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 84 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1955
Exterior view of a University of Denver apartment buildings in Denver, Colorado. Children play on a slide and swingset to the left. A parking lot with cars parked is on the front right. People walk on a sidewalk throughout.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1955
Exterior view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado; children play on a playground (slide, swingset, teeter totter) in front of an apartment building.
University of Denver Apartments, 1950
Exterior view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado; the parking lot between the Student Union and Columbine Hall under construction in the early 1950s.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1960
Exterior view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado, circa 1960. A large shade tree stands in front of a brick apartment building. Sidewalks crisscross a grassy lawn.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1955
Aerial view of two University of Denver apartment buildings in Denver, Colorado, circa 1955. The three story red brick buildings sit on a grassy lawn. A dirt road runs in front of them and many trees and the Rocky Mountains are visible in the rear.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1960
Exterior view of the quad and playground in front of a University of Denver apartment in Denver, Colorado, circa 1955. Three story brick buildings flank a parking lot, playground where children are playing, and grassy lawn. People walk along sidewalks and a bicyclist is visible.
University of Denver Apartments, 1949-1950
Two students watch as a man and a woman with shovels participate in the ground breaking ceremony for a University of Denver apartment-residence hall in Denver, Colorado, circa 1950.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1955
Exterior view of the front of a University of Denver apartment in Denver, Colorado, circa 1955. A female student walks on a sidewalk between the three story brick building and a large grassy lawn. Other apartment buildings are visible in the background.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1955
Exterior view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado, circa 1955; students walk on sidewalks in front of the Student Union and an apartment building right next to it.
University of Denver Apartments, 1949 December 16
Aerial photo of Aspen and Hilltop apartments with snow on December 16, 1949 in Denver, Colorado, on the University of Denver campus. Quonset huts are visible in the background, and neighborhoods reaching back to the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains.