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University of Denver

 Organization

Biography

The first reference to Colorado Seminary was in The Rocky Mountain News of November 27, 1862: “ a board of Trustees, composed of the solid men of Denver, has been organized to superintend the erection of a seminary building… for an academic education.”

Sources

Breck, "From the Rockies to the World"

Biography

University of Denver votes to adopt quarter system in 1929.

Sources

"University Adopts New Quarter Plan; Vote Unanimous," The Denver Clarion, vol. 34, no. 19, November 26, 1929, 1.

Biography

First year Hillel organization features full programming at DU

Citation:
Jan. 30, 1974, letter to faculty, U172._.0003, Hillel folder

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

Athletics - Football - Individual and Team Photos Part II, 1950-2000

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0079.0025
Abstract

Contains negatives and a contact sheet of images relating to football. Most of the negatives and then contact sheet are undated.

Dates: 1950-2000

Athletics - Football Photos, 1976

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0079.0023
Abstract

Contains negatives and a contact sheet of images relating to football. Most of the negatives are undated.

Dates: 1976

Athletics - Football - Reunions Photos, 1999-2002

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0079.0022
Abstract

Contains negatives and contact sheets of images relating to football reunions. One negative is undated.

Dates: 1999-2002

Cheerleaders Dancing at Football Game

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0130.0012.00005
Abstract

Four female cheerleaders dance on the sidelines at a football game at University of Denver Stadium while a male cheerleader looks on. The cheerleaders are wearing sneakers, knee-length skirts, DU sweaters, and headscarves. Football players standing on the sidelines, piles of snow, and the South High School building are visible in the background.

Dates: 1950-1999

Cooper, Gordon Roger, between 1949-1951

 File
Identifier: U201.03.0011.0021
Abstract

Black and white print of Gordon Roger Cooper, wide receiver on the University of Denver football team from 1949-1951.

Dates: between 1949-1951

Denver University Football Team Training, 1927

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0041.00095
Abstract

Members of the University of Denver football team wrestle during training. Joe ''Awful'' Coffee was their trainer.

Dates: 1927

D.U. Football Calendars. D.U. Football Program., between 1905-1916

 Item
Identifier: U300.08.0430.00010
Abstract

University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's football microfiche featuring images of a DU football calendar from 1905-1906 and a DU football program for a game against Colorado School of Mines from 1916.

Dates: between 1905-1916

Football Stadium

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0136.0034.00001.00002
Abstract

The image depicts a football stadium next to a parking lot filled with cars, affiliated with the University of Denver, undate.

Dates: 1890-1970

Freshman Orientation, 1954

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0131.0022.00010
Abstract

The image depicts two unidentified students bending down and waving on the football field, at the University of Denver, in 1954.

Dates: 1954

Homecoming Traditions - Students in Football Costumes, 1957 October

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0099.0012.00002
Abstract

Black and white print of four apparently female students dressed up in football uniforms for Homecoming 1957 at the University of Denver. The students are wearing bandages on their faces and legs, and of them is preparing to snap the football to another. The room behind them is decorated with streamers, University of Denver pennants, and signs reading "No More Broadway Park!", "Press Box," and "Coach Crying Towel Ser[vice?]."

Dates: 1957 October