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 Students with Machine, 1940-1959
Still image of a group of eight business administration students and faculty, standing and gathered around an unidentified machine. On the University of Denver campus, circa 1950.
Business Business Administration Students with Film Projector, 1951 July
Still image of business administration faculty and students gathered around a film projector. The group of about fifteen are standing in the middle of a classroom and appear to be looking at the inside of the projector. On the University of Denver campus, July, 1951.
Business Students with Equipment, 1940-1959
Still image of three business administration students stand and look at a large piece of machinery. A placard on the machine reads "Security Life and Accident Company". Another, similarly shaped machine is on the left, with a panel of lights, knobs, and buttons on its front. A wooden desk sits in the foreground.
Campus - Early Buildings, 1890 April 3
The contact sheet depicts images of the groundbreaking for the University Hall, at the University of Denver, on 4/3/1890.
Chancellors Mitchell, Alter, and Ritchie, circa 1995
Photographic image of [left to right] Chancellors Maurice B. Miller, Chester M. Alter, and Daniel Ritchie, in front of what appears to be a framed painting of Chancellor Alter at the University of Denver, circa 1995.
Chancellors Ritchie, Alter, and Smith, circa 1995
Photographic image of [left to right] Chancellors Daniel Ritchie, Chester Alter, and Dwight Smith dressed in tuxedos at the University of Denver, circa 1995.
Chester Alter Serving Students Tea, between 1953-1966
University of Denver Chancellor Chester Alter serves tea to a table of female students at a "Faculty Fetch" event. Alter is wearing a white apron and waiter's cap over his suit and tie. Part of a kitchen and a Coca-Cola vending machine are visible in the background.
Contact Sheet of Aspen Conference, 1976 March 31
Black and white contact sheet of Aspen Conference for the administration of University of Denver, on 3-31-76.
Contact Sheet of Aspen Conference, 1976 March 31
Black and white contact sheet of Aspen Conference for the administration of University of Denver, in Aspen, Colorado, on 3-31-76. Frame 30 is an image of an unidentified speaker in front of an audience in an auditorium.