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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 3074 Collections and/or Records:

University of Denver Downtown Denver Campus, between 1902-1911

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0021.0027.00005
Abstract

Exterior view of (left to right) University of Denver (DU) Denver and Gross College of Medicine laboratory building, dispensary, first Colorado Seminary Building, and Haish Building between 13th and 14th Streets on Arapahoe Street in downtown Denver, Colorado.

Dates: between 1902-1911
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 21: Buildings Lowell Thomas Law Center - Mount Evans Meyer Womble Observatory / Buildings - Medical School

University of Denver Football Fans at Broadway Park, 1910

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Identifier: U201.01.0033.0017.00005
Abstract

University of Denver (DU) football fans fill the stands at Broadway Park, located at South Avenue and Broadway Boulevard in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1910
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 33: Campus Scenes - University Park Aerial Views / Campus - University Park Photos (3 of 3)

University of Denver Football Team, 1954, 1954

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Identifier: U201.01.0413.00029
Abstract The 1954 University of Denver football team poses in the stands at the stadium. Row 1: Joe Strasser, Ed Stuart, Charles DeLuca, Dean Westgard, Jack LaSalle, Ed Horvat, Larry Ross, Rusty Fairly, Fred Tesone, Fred Mahaffey, Walt Anderson. Row 2: Charles Olson, Jay Schnitker, Vince Benstead, Bob Ball, John Mette, Nick Angele, Don Griebel, Jim Bowen, Willie Anthony, Max Willsey, Danny Biro. Row 3: Ernie Pitts, Paul Koss, Dick Herman, Richard Mucha, Marvin Popp, Duane Hueneke, Roger Brandon, Bob...
Dates: 1954
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 413

University of Denver Founder and Trustee John Evans, between 1880-1897

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Identifier: U201.03.0011.0011.00001
Abstract

University of Denver (DU) founder John Evans poses for a portrait. Evans was also one of the founders of Northwestern University, as well as the second governor of the Colorado Territory.

Dates: between 1880-1897
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Representative / Box 11: Best of U201 / Evans, John

University of Denver Founders Day Award Recipients and Administrators, 1959

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Identifier: U201.03.0011.0004.00002
Abstract University of Denver (DU) Founders Day award recipients pose with the Chancellor and President of the DU Board of Trustees at Founders Day in Denver, Colorado. Standing, left to right: Robert W. Selig (President of DU Board of Trustees, 1959) and Clarence A. Myrhe. Seated, left to right: Randolph McDonough (President, DU Alumni Relations), Eugene T. Halaas (Professor, DU Finance and Banking), Jane Gould (Chief Circulation Librarian and DU Assistant Professor of Librarianship, Joseph Lohman...
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 Iliff School of Theology and University Hall, between 1893-1899

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Identifier: U201.01.0019.0012.00017
Abstract

Exterior view of the Iliff School of Theology (left) and University Hall (right) on the University Park campus of the University of Denver (DU) in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: between 1893-1899
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 19: Buildings General Classroom Building - Law Center Library / Buildings - Iliff School of Theolog, 2

University of Denver Merle Catherine Chambers Center for the Advancement of Women, 2004 September 2

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Identifier: U116.01.0001.00001
Abstract

Exterior view of the University of Denver Merle Catherine Chambers Center for the Advancement of Women on the DU campus in Denver, Colorado, taken on September 2, 2004.

Dates: 2004 September 2
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U116, Division of Marketing and Communications Records / University Communications Photographs / Digital Photographs

University of Denver Professor and Botanist Ira E. Cutler, between 1898-1934

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Identifier: U201.03.0011.0020.00001
Abstract

University of Denver (DU) professor and botanist Ira E. Cutler poses for a portrait, seated in an armchair with a book in Denver, Colorado. Cutler developed a variety of roses known as ''Rosa Denvera,'' also known as the ''DU Rose.''

Dates: between 1898-1934
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Representative / Box 11: Best of U201 / Cutler, Ira E

University of Denver Science Hall, between 1912-1930

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0026.0018.00025
Abstract

Exterior view of University of Denver (DU) Science Hall in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: between 1912-1930
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 26: Buildings Ritchie Center - Science Hall / Buildings-Science Hall-EXT.

University of Denver Student Activity ''Juniors in Bathrobes'', 1906

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Identifier: U201.03.0011.0014.00001
Abstract

The University of Denver (DU) junior class of 1906 mocks the senior class' caps and gowns by wearing bathrobes in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1906
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Representative / Box 11: Best of U201 / Students

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