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 51 Collections and/or Records:
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.
Traditions - Homecoming 1979, 1979
2 sets of black and white negatives with contact sheets with images from the 1979 Homecoming parade at the University of Denver. Also includes 5 black and white prints with images from Fallfest 1979, including Chancellor Ross Pritchard and Ann Richardson; Gordon Stone in a dunk tank; and dancers from Panama.
Traditions - Homecoming 1981, 1981
Images related to Homecoming and Fallfest 1981 at the University of Denver: 20 black and white prints. 4 sets of black and white negatives with contact sheets.
Traditions - Homecoming 1989, 1989 November
3 sets of black and white negatives with contact sheets of images from Homecoming 1989 at the University of Denver, including the Homecoming Parade and the Class of 1949.
Traditions - Homecoming 1994, 1994 October
Images from Homecoming 1994 at the University of Denver: 1 black and white print of Jennifer Walls and Dion Demeyer. 15 color slides, including images from the Homecoming parade; students on twirling Sooper Hoop at Homecoming festivities; a clown at Homecoming/Parent's Weekend; and students jumping on an inflated castle at Homecoming festivities. 11 sets of black and white negatives with contact sheets. 6 black and white contact sheets without negatives.
Traditions - Homecoming - 1995 PHOTO, 1995-2005
Traditions - Homecoming, 1996, 1996
23 color slides from Homecoming 1996 at the University of Denver, including students getting caricatures drawn; Denver Boone playing with children at the Boone Barbeque; images from the Homecoming parade; and alumni in front of their double decker bus for the Alumni Parade.