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 36 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver Architects, 1999
University of Denver's Architects in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Boettcher Center, between 1963-2008
Exterior view of University of Denver's Boettcher Center from the south in Denver, Colorado. Drawing of a possible layout for the Boettcher Center.
University of Denver Campus, 1940
Aerial view of the University of Denver University Park campus in the early 1940s. In foreground, left to right: University Hall; Iliff School of Theology, and the Mary Reed Building (then the Mary Reed Library). In middle, left to right: the Alumni Gymnasium, Margery Reed Hall, Buchtel Memorial Chapel, and Science Hall. In background: DU Hilltop Stadium, before the construction of the Field House Arena.
University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1913
University of Denver Cherrington Hall Groundbreaking, 1965 December
Black and white contact sheet of images from the groundbreaking ceremony for Ben M. Cherrington Hall on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver - Denver Research Institute, 1962 May
Medium-format black and white negative of exterior view of the chemistry building at the Denver Research Institute at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Downtown Denver Campus, between 1902-1911
Exterior view of (left to right) University of Denver (DU) Denver and Gross College of Medicine laboratory building, dispensary, first Colorado Seminary Building, and Haish Building between 13th and 14th Streets on Arapahoe Street in downtown Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Evans Chapel - Reconstruction Photos, 1959
Exterior view of Evans Memorial Chapel being dismantled from its original location on the downtown campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, next to Grace Church, to be relocated to the University Park campus. Two workers are standing in a basket labeled "Sputnik" suspended from a crane, and all the stone blocks of the walls are labeled in order for reassembly.
University of Denver Evans Chapel - Slides, between 1961-2008
Exterior view of Evans Memorial Chapel and Harper Humanities Gardens on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, in summer, taken from the patio of Mary Reed Building, with people talking on the sidewalk and Mount Evans in the background.
University of Denver Football Fans at Broadway Park, 1910
University of Denver (DU) football fans fill the stands at Broadway Park, located at South Avenue and Broadway Boulevard in Denver, Colorado.