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 2 Collections and/or Records:
Business Administration Students on Sundeck, 1940-1959
Still image of two female and two male business administration students on the sundeck of the business administration building on DU's downtown campus. Three are seated at a white picnic table and the fourth leans over, talking to them. On the table are books and Coca-Cola bottles. In the background Colorado's capital building is prominently featured.
Traditions - Debates, 1962-1997
Images related to debates at the University of Denver: 3 black and white contact sheets without negatives with images of the 1962 Student Conservatives and Student Liberals; and students with debate trophies. 1 black and white prints from the 1973 Chase Rashkind debate. 2 sets of color negatives with contact sheets with images from the captial punishment debate between Archbishop Hank Brown and Mike Rosen.