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 187 Collections and/or Records:
Business Administration Class, 1940-1959
Still image of seated female business administration students in a classroom with instructor standing at the front of the room. Each student has a typewriter in front of them. An older female stands in the background.
Business Administration Group Photo, 1951 July
Still image of about fifty business administration faculty and students, standing in a group on the steps of an unidentified building.
Business Administration Men, 1940-1959
Still image of two men seated behind a desk covered with piles of paper. The older, on the left, is reading a newspaper and smoking a pipe. The younger is on the right with a phone to his ear as he reads papers.
Business Administration Student, 1940-1959
Still image of female business administration student working with a piece of equipment. She is holding a check and looking at it and a pile of checks sits beneath. She is using her right hand to enter information on a 10-key.
Business Administration Student and Professor, 1940-1959
Still image of a professor standing over a seated student. Both are looking at what appears to be an adding machine. The student holds a pencil poised above a notepad. In the background are a chalkboard, some type of chart on the wall, and an unidentified piece of machinery. On the University of Denver campus, circa 1950.
Business Administration Students, 1940-1959
Still image of classroom full of business administration students and professor. The professor stands at the front of the room in front of a blackboard. Each student is seated at a desk using a different machine; some appear to be adding machines or typewriters, along with other unidentified machines. Large windows line one side of the classroom. On the University of Denver campus, circa 1950.
Business Administration Students Cleaning Windows, 1951 May
Still image of 3 female business adminstration students. They are standing on the outside of a glass door, looking in, and cleaning it with rags. All three are laughing. On the University of Denver campus, May 1951.
Business Administration Students in Class, 1940-1959
Still image of an instructor standing and pointing to a chart with multiple graphs on it. Four male and one female student are seated at tables immediately in front of him. The chart is titled: "Salient Features of the Postwar Transition".
Business Administration Students in Typing Class, 1940-1959
Still image of female professor standing over five business administration students seated at typewriters. The professor is leaning over, pointing at a paper, and smiling at a female student, who smiles back and also points at the paper. A blackboard in the backgrounds reads: "Please don't move the typewriters" in cursive. What appears to be a typing instruction poster is to the right of the written words. It is titled: "Diagrammatic Chart Royal", with other illegible words below.
Business Administration Students on Sundeck, 1940-1959
Still image of two female and two male business administration students on the sundeck of the business administration building on DU's downtown campus. Three are seated at a white picnic table and the fourth leans over, talking to them. On the table are books and Coca-Cola bottles. In the background Colorado's capital building is prominently featured.