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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 154 Collections and/or Records:

Group of Students in an Elevator, circa 1980

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0131.0025.00002
Abstract

The image depicts 21 unidentified individuals posing in an elevator at a residence hall, at the University of Denver, circa 1980.

Dates: circa 1980

Iliff School of Theology, between 1892-1950

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0019.0011.00001
Abstract

Exterior view of the main Iliff School of Theology building in Denver, Colorado. The building was designed and built in the Richardsonian Romanesque style by New York architecture firm Fuller and Wheeler. The Iliff School of Theology was founded as part of the University of Denver (DU), but after a brief closing, reopened in 1910 as a separate institution. A circular flowerbed and bare trees are visible in the foreground.

Dates: between 1892-1950

Misc. Images - Buildings & Some Events & Athletics, 1950-1997

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0097.0003
Abstract Miscellaneous images of athletics, buildings, and traditions at the University of Denver: 1 color print of Sigma Kappa house. 13 black and white prints of unidentified buildings; Buchtel Chaptel tower; Leo Block Alumni Center; the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house; portraits of DU hockey players and coaches, including Murry Armstrong, Jim Brown, Con Collie, Wayne Klinck, Rodney Schenck, Murray Massier, Livingstone, and Sharp; student drinking Coors beer; students in front of the Sigma Chi house;...
Dates: 1950-1997

Nursing Students in Front of Dawson Hall, circa 1955

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0070.0014.00006
Abstract

Photographic image of five nursing students on the steps in front of Dawson Hall on the campus of the University of Denver, circa 1955.

Dates: circa 1955

Nursing Students in front of Dawson Hall, circa 1950

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0070.0013.00008
Abstract

Photographic image of nursing students on the steps of Dawson Hall on the University of Denver campus, circa 1950.

Dates: circa 1950

Olin Opening, 1995

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0136.0005
Abstract

Contains a black and white image relating to the opening of the Olin building.

Dates: 1995

Photograph of Group on the way to the Science Hall Groundbreaking, 1911 November 15

 File — Box U201.01.0106: Series U201.01 [Barcode: U186018629062]
Identifier: U201.01.0106
Abstract

Contains black and white framed photographic print of group of men in a field, headed to the groundbreaking of the Science Hall.

Dates: 1911 November 15

Residence Hall - Students, circa 1990

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0131.0024.00001
Abstract

The image depicts two unidentified students sitting in a dormroom in a residence hall, on two different couches with a dresser, television, and computer behind them, at the University of Denver, circa 1990.

Dates: circa 1990

Residence Hall - Students, circa 1990

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0131.0024.00002
Abstract

The image depicts two unidentified individuals sitting in a dorm in a residence hall at the University of Denver, circa 1990. In the background the dorm walls are decorated with posters and pictures while the students sit in chairs and on a bed.

Dates: circa 1990

Residence Halls - Students, circa 1990

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0131.0024.00003
Abstract

The image depicts seven unidentified individuals gathering at Centennial Halls at the University of Denver, circa 1990.

Dates: circa 1990