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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 115 Collections and/or Records:

University of Denver Architects, 1999

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0030.0003.00002
Abstract

University of Denver's Architects in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1999
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 30: Campus Aerials - Campus Miscellaneous / Campus - Architects

University of Denver Architects, 1999

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0030.0003.00003
Abstract

University of Denver's Architects in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1999
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 30: Campus Aerials - Campus Miscellaneous / Campus - Architects

University of Denver Architects, 1999

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0030.0003.00004
Abstract

University of Denver's Architects in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1999
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 30: Campus Aerials - Campus Miscellaneous / Campus - Architects

University of Denver Architects, 1999

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0030.0003.00005
Abstract

University of Denver's Architects in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1999
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 30: Campus Aerials - Campus Miscellaneous / Campus - Architects

University of Denver Architects, 1999

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0030.0003.00006
Abstract

University of Denver's Architects in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1999
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 30: Campus Aerials - Campus Miscellaneous / Campus - Architects

University of Denver Boettcher Center, between 1963-2008

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0015.0001.00026
Abstract

Exterior view of University of Denver's Boettcher Center from the south in Denver, Colorado. Drawing of a possible layout for the Boettcher Center.

Dates: between 1963-2008
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 15: Buildings Boettcher Center - Business Administration / Buildings - Boettcher Center, Slides

University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Tower, between 1970-2008

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0015.0015.00037
Abstract

Exterior view of the University of Denver's Buchtel Tower in Denver, Colorado. Panoramic view of the tower with Penrose Library behind it. Students walk on sidewalks in front of the Tower.

Dates: between 1970-2008
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 15: Buildings Boettcher Center - Business Administration / Buildings - Buchtel Chapel - Tower, 1

University of Denver Campus, 1940

 Item
Identifier: U300.01.0002.00215
Abstract

Aerial view of the University of Denver University Park campus in the early 1940s. In foreground, left to right: University Hall; Iliff School of Theology, and the Mary Reed Building (then the Mary Reed Library). In middle, left to right: the Alumni Gymnasium, Margery Reed Hall, Buchtel Memorial Chapel, and Science Hall. In background: DU Hilltop Stadium, before the construction of the Field House Arena.

Dates: 1940
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U300, Division of Athletics and Recreation Records / Athletics and Recreation Photographs / Box 2

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 Cherrington Hall Groundbreaking, 1965 December

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0011.00008
Abstract

Black and white contact sheet of images from the groundbreaking ceremony for Ben M. Cherrington Hall on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1965 December
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 - Cherrington Hall - Groundbreaking

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