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 7 Collections and/or Records:
Adolph Kiesler Receiving an Honorary Ph.D., between 1950-1967
Chester Alter, left, stands at a speaker's podium as Adolph Kiesler stands beside him to receive his honorary Ph.D.
Adolph Kiesler Receiving an Honorary Ph.D., 1955
Chester Alter, left, stands at a speaker's podium as Adolph Kiesler stands beside him to receive his honorary Ph.D.
Ben Miller, between 1918-1922
Studio portrait of Ben Miller, possibly a grandson of Robert Lazar Miller, dressed in his wrestling sweats as a member of the University of Denver wrestling team.
Blazing the Trail: An Early History of Denver’s Jewish Community, 2009
Brief description of several early Jewish leaders of commerce, philanthropy, religion, and community as well as several Jewish lawyers, doctors, merchants, and politicians in Colorado.
Civilizing the West: Early Colorado Jews in the Arts, 2011
Brief biographies of Jewish artists, musicians, composers, and conductors in Colorado. Jewish influence on arts in Colorado.
Growing up in Early Colorado: The Lives of Jewish Children, 2012
Brief biographies of Jewish men and women who grew up in Jewish communities in Colorado. Contains historical photographs and interviews with people describing their childhoods.
Small Town Jews: Creating Colorado Communities, 2014
Brief biographies of Jewish men and women who grew up in small communities in Colorado. Contains historical photographs and interviews with people describing their childhoods.