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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 62 Collections and/or Records:

Rocky Mountain Conservation Center, 1978-1998

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0095.0017
Abstract

Black and white negatives, contact sheets, and prints; and color negatives and contact sheets relating to the Rocky Mountain Art Conservation Center.

Dates: 1978-1998

Shwayder Center, 1977

 File
Identifier: M028.02.0009.0046
Abstract

Types of Materials: Correspondence, schedule, transcript of speech

Dates: 1977

Social Sciences Division Records

 Collection
Identifier: U091
Abstract

The Social Sciences Division Records at the University of Denver contain material that relates solely to the Social Science Department while a stand-alone unit and after its incorporation into the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Department. Although not complete, the records do include annual reports, meeting minutes and information on the curriculum.

Dates: 1946-1993

Student Activities - Art Show (SPLIBS), 1988

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0130.0011
Abstract

Black and white prints related to SPLIBS and senior art shows at the University of Denver.

Dates: 1988

Students in Art Class, circa 1940

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0129.0003.00002
Abstract

The image depicts 10 unidentified University of Denver students and one unidentified University of Denver professor in art class, circa 1940. The students are sitting at desks with eight portraits on a shelf against the back wall.

Dates: circa 1940

University of Denver Art Class Portrait, between 1880-1915

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0413.00031
Abstract

11 women and two men pose for a portrait. In an enclosed handwritten note, the two men are identified as Professor Preston Powers and Mr. Thompson, and one of the women is identified as Miss Hilda Hager. The note and photo are both undated.

Dates: between 1880-1915

University of Denver Schwayder Art Building, Dedication, 1975 February 6

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0012.0013.00058.00001
Abstract

Still image of a statue in a mostly empty, white-walled, brightly lit gallery. Photos and other works of art lean against the wall, waiting to be hung. On the University of Denver campus, 2/6/1975.

Dates: 1975 February 6

University of Denver Schwayder Art Building, Dedication, 1975 February 6

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0012.0013.00058.00002
Abstract

Still image of art gallery on the University of Denver campus, 2/6/1975. The walls are white and bright lights are overhead. Pieces of art lean on walls and lay on the floor, prepatory to being hung.

Dates: 1975 February 6

University of Denver Shwayder Art Building, Gallery, 1998 January

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0012.0019.00031
Abstract

Negatives and a photograph of the negatives depicting interior views of the art gallery after the renovation at the University of Denver's Shwayder Art Building in Denver, Colorado. Some images show the gallery empty, with paintings on the white walls. Other images show visitors looking at the artwork.

Dates: 1998 January

University of Denver Shwayder Art Building, Gallery, 1998 September

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0012.0019.00032
Abstract

Negatives and a photograph of the negatives depicting the 20th aniversary celebration of the University of Denver's Shwayder Art Building in Denver, Colorado. Some images are of posed groups and some of visitors looking at art. Two frames show a harpist playing her instrument.

Dates: 1998 September