University of Denver
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 folderFound in 32 Collections and/or Records:
Homecoming Traditions - Parade Float, 1996
Color slide depicting a float in the University of Denver's 1996 Homecoming parade. Three persons are sitting in the float, one of them waving to the camera, along with a large papier-mache figure possibly representing Denver Boone. The float is decorated with crimson and gold streamers, and it reads "HOMECOMING" along the side in giant letters.
Homecoming Traditions - Parade Float (Frame 20), 1989 November
Black and white negative depicting the Alpha Gamma Omega float in the University of Denver's 1989 Homecoming parade. Ten students are sitting or standing on the bed of a truck, while the decorations behind them include a cardboard house labeled Alpha Gamma Delta, and a giant papier-mache figure.
Homecoming Traditions - Parade Floats, 1979 November 2
Black and white negative depicting a float in the 1979 Homecoming parade at the University of Denver. The float, built on the back of a pickup truck, features a papier-mache tiger with its tail raised and is labeled along the side "BLOW CC'S TAIL OFF"; the back of the float bears the Greek letters Gamma Delta and (spelled in English) the word "BETA."
Homecoming Traditions - Woodstock West Parade Float, 1999
Black and white print of a "Class of 1971 Presents Woodstock West" float in the University of Denver's 1999 Homecoming parade. Several persons are standing or sitting in the back of a pickup truck, holding signs reading "Woodstock West Peace + Freedom Founded May 8, 1970," "Peace," "The Doors at DU September 1967 Freshman Year," and "Waiting to [cut off]," and crosses labeled "Kent State."
Traditions - Homecoming - 1940, 1940
10 black and white prints from the 1940 University of Denver Homecoming Parade on 16th St.
Traditions - Homecoming 1969, 1969
Images related to Homecoming 1969 at the University of Denver: 1 set of black and white negative with contact sheets with images from the Homecoming parade. 3 black and white contact sheets without negatives, including images from the Homecoming parade. 2 black and white prints, including a group portrait of Homecoming queen finalists Beth Elsen, Sue Whelan, Jana Parlow, Kathie Ball, and Leslie Chew.
Traditions - Homecoming 1974, 1974 November 7
1 set of black and white negatives with contact sheet of images from Homecoming 1974 at the University of Denver.
Traditions - Homecoming 1975, 1975 November
One set of black and white negatives with contact sheets, and one black and white contact sheet without negatives with images from Homecoming 1975 at the University of Denver.
Traditions - Homecoming 1976, 1967-1983
2 sets of black and white negatives with contact sheets with images from the 1975 Homecoming parade at the University of Denver. Also includes one set of black and white negatives with contact sheet with images from the 1983 Winter Carnival.
Traditions - Homecoming 1977, 1977 November 4
1 black and white print and 1 set of black and white negatives with contact sheet with images from the 1977 Homecoming parade at the University of Denver.