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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 4 Collections and/or Records:

Freshman Orientation, 1967 September

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0134.0006.00001
Abstract

The image depicts four individuals including Mrs. Mitchell and Chancellor Chester M. Alter greeting new students and parents at a Pionner Week reception, at the University of Denver, in September 1967.

Dates: 1967 September

Parent-Student Photograph at Parents Weekend, between 1960-1969

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0120.0007.00002
Abstract

An unidentified man takes a photograph of two women, apparently a University of Denver student and her mother, at the bottom of the bleachers in University of Denver Stadium during Parents Weekend.

Dates: between 1960-1969

Traditions - Parents Weekend (1970-79), 1969-1979

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0120.0008
Abstract

Images from Parents Weekend at the University of Denver, mostly from the 1970s: 1 set of black and white negatives with contact sheet. 4 black and white contact sheets without negatives, including images from the parents' reception at the Tennis House. 9 black and white prints, including students with their parents.

Dates: 1969-1979

Traditions, Parents Weekend 1980-1999, 1984-1994

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0120.0009
Abstract

One set of black and white negatives with contact sheet with images from Parents Weekend 1984 at the University of Denver. 11 color slides of images from Parents Weekend 1994.

Dates: 1984-1994