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 505 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver Stadium Groundbreaking Ceremony, 1925 March 26
Chancellor Heber Harper stands on a platform and prepares to address the crowd at the University of Denver Stadium groundbreaking ceremony on March 26, 1925 in Denver, Colorado. Several banners are visible, including one that reads: ''College of Liberal Arts University of Denver.''
University of Denver Stadium Groundbreaking Ceremony, 1925 March 26
A crowd watches as an excavation team begins to dig during the University of Denver Stadium groundbreaking ceremony on March 26, 1925 in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Stadium Groundbreaking Ceremony, 1925
Groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the University of Denver (DU) Pioneers Stadium.
University of Denver Stadium Groundbreaking Ceremony, 1925
Groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the University of Denver (DU) Pioneers Stadium.
University of Denver Student Athlete Awards Ceremony, between 1995-1996
University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's baseball player Dan Nagy shakes the hand of men's baseball head coach Jack Rose as he receives an award during the 1995-1996 Student Athlete Awards Ceremony.
University of Denver Summer Commencement, 1956
The image depicts University of Denver students at summer commencement, in front of Illif School of Theology, in 1956.
University of Denver Summer Convocation Commencement Program: Eightieth Year, Memorial Chapel, August Twenty-fourth, 1944, 1944 August 24
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate summer convocation commencement ceremony, August Twenty-fourth, 1944. Honorary degree recipient: Caleb Frank Gates, Doctor of Humane Letters. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Ben M. Cherrington. The commencement address was given by Captain Arthur S. Adams, USN (Retired).
University of Denver Summer Convocation Commencement Program, Eighty-first Year, 1945 August 24
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate summer convocation commencement ceremony, August Twenty-fourth, 1945. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Ben M. Cherrington. The commencement address was give by Dr. George D. Humphrey.
University of Denver Summer Convocation Commencement Program, Eighty-second Year, 1946 August 23
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate summer convocation commencement ceremony, August Twenty-third, 1946. Commencement Address "Victorious Thinking" by Milton S. Eisenhower. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Caleb F. Gates.
University of Denver Summer Convocation Commencement Program, Seventy-Eighth Year, 1942 August 21
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremony, August Twenty-first, 1942. Conferring degrees: Chancellor Caleb F. Gates, Jr. The commencement address was given by Mr. Morrison Shafroth.