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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 36 Collections and/or Records:

University of Denver Boettcher Center, between 1963-2008

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0015.0001.00026
Abstract

Exterior view of University of Denver's Boettcher Center from the south in Denver, Colorado. Drawing of a possible layout for the Boettcher Center.

Dates: between 1963-2008

University of Denver Campus, 1940

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Identifier: U300.01.0002.00215
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1940

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, 1913

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Identifier: U201.01.0017.0032.00019
Abstract Exterior view of the University of Denver (DU) Chamberlin Observatory in Denver, Colorado. The observatory is on the National Register of Historic Places, and is named for Humphrey B. Chamberlin, a local land developer who donated $50,000 toward the project. The observatory was designed by Denver astronomer Herbert A. Howe, and the architect was Robert Sawyers Roeschlaub. Howe based the design on the Goodsell Observatory in Northfield, Minnesota. A dirt road and prarie grass are visible in...
Dates: 1913

University of Denver Cherrington Hall Groundbreaking, 1965 December

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Identifier: U201.01.0017.0011.00008
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1965 December

University of Denver - Denver Research Institute, 1962 May

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Identifier: U201.01.0018.0001.00017
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1962 May

University of Denver Downtown Denver Campus, between 1902-1911

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Identifier: U201.01.0021.0027.00005
Abstract

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.

Dates: between 1902-1911

University of Denver Evans Chapel - Reconstruction Photos, 1959

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Identifier: U201.01.0018.0013.00025
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1959

University of Denver Evans Chapel - Slides, between 1961-2008

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Identifier: U201.01.0018.0022.00042
Abstract

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.

Dates: between 1961-2008

University of Denver Football Fans at Broadway Park, 1910

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Identifier: U201.01.0033.0017.00005
Abstract

University of Denver (DU) football fans fill the stands at Broadway Park, located at South Avenue and Broadway Boulevard in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1910