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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 3888 Collections and/or Records:

University of Denver Benefactor Rufus Clark, between 1850-1890

 Item
Identifier: U201.03.0011.0009.00001.00001
Abstract

University of Denver benefactor Rufus ''Potato'' Clark poses for a portrait. Clark was a reformed alcoholic and potato farmer who donated the land for the University Park campus of the University of Denver (DU) in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: between 1850-1890
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Representative / Box 11: Best of U201 / Clark, Rufus (Potato) / University of Denver Benefactor Rufus ''Potato'' Clark

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1913

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0032.00019
Abstract Exterior view of the University of Denver (DU) Chamberlin Observatory in Denver, Colorado. The observatory is on the National Register of Historic Places, and is named for Humphrey B. Chamberlin, a local land developer who donated $50,000 toward the project. The observatory was designed by Denver astronomer Herbert A. Howe, and the architect was Robert Sawyers Roeschlaub. Howe based the design on the Goodsell Observatory in Northfield, Minnesota. A dirt road and prarie grass are visible in...
Dates: 1913
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 17: Buildings Centennial Towers - DU Curb Stone / Buildings - Chamberlin Observatory - Exterior, 3

University of Denver Chancellor and President of Board of Trustees Speak to Founders Day Award Recipients, 1959

 Item
Identifier: U201.03.0011.0004.00004
Abstract

University of Denver (DU) alumnus Clarence A. Myrhe (far left) speaks as (left to right) Evans Award recipient Joseph Lohman, Chancellor Chester M. Alter, and President of the Board of Trustees Robert W. Selig look on at the 1959 Founders Day event in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1959
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Representative / Box 11: Best of U201 / Founders Day 1959

University of Denver Chancellor Henry Augustus Buchtel, between 1899-1921

 Item
Identifier: M048.06.0005.0001.00002
Abstract

University of Denver (DU) Chancellor Henry Augustus Buchtel poses for a formal portrait, seated in an armchair.

Dates: between 1899-1921
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M048, Buchtel Family Papers / Photographs / Box 5 / Buchtel Portraits

University of Denver Chancellor- Part 1, 1967-1996

 File
Identifier: M028.05.0013.0001
Abstract

Types of Materials: newspaper clippings

Dates: 1967-1996
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M028, Maurice B. Mitchell Papers / Newspaper Clippings / Box 13

University of Denver Chancellor- Part 2, 1967-1996

 File
Identifier: M028.05.0013.0002
Abstract

Types of Materials: newspaper clippings

Dates: 1967-1996
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M028, Maurice B. Mitchell Papers / Newspaper Clippings / Box 13

University of Denver Class of 1894, 1894

 Item
Identifier: U201.03.0011.0018.00001
Abstract

The University of Denver (DU) class of 1894 poses for a formal portrait in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1894
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Representative / Box 11: Best of U201 / Class of 1894

University of Denver Commencement Records

 Collection
Identifier: U138
Abstract

Contains invitations, programs, correspondence, speeches, press clippings and miscellaneous materials related to commencement exercises of the University of Denver and its constituent units. Some law commencment materials (programs) included in this collection, but the majority of publications and records related to law commencement are in the Sturm College of Law Records (U057).

Dates: 1881- 2017
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / University of Denver Commencement Records

University of Denver Dean GSIS Bernard J. Abrahamson, between 1981-1982

 Item
Identifier: U201.02.0001.0017.00001
Abstract

University of Denver Dean of Graduate School of International Studies poses for a portrait Denver Colorado.

Dates: between 1981-1982
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Biographical Files / Box 1 / Abrahamson, Bernard J.

University of Denver Dean GSIS Bernard J. Abrahamson, 1982

 Item
Identifier: U201.02.0001.0017.00002
Abstract

University of Denver Dean of Graduate School of International Studies poses for a portrait in Denver Colorado.

Dates: 1982
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Biographical Files / Box 1 / Abrahamson, Bernard J.

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