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 212 Collections and/or Records:
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Identifier: U201.02.0138.0004
Abstract
38 black and white prints, mostly undated, of University of Denver Chancellor Chester Alter. Images include Alter with Morrison and John Shafroth; with Dr. Moore, Charlotte Lang, and international students; in front of Mary Reed building; with Air ROTC professor Shayler; with Francis VanDerbur; with a map of worldwide activities of DU; with an international student pointing out his home country on a globe; with Quigg Newton; with Charlotte Fowler Fraser and Martha Kimball; giving a speech at...
Dates:
1951-1966
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Identifier: U201.02.0138.0005
Abstract
32 black and white prints, mostly undated, of University of Denver chancellor Chester Alter. Images include Alter with students; with Col. Shayler and a world map; reading the Pioneer magazine; hanging a painting with Mrs. Alter; in front of Mary Reed building with Mrs. Alter and son Dick; with John Evans Jr. and a model of plans for the DU campus; with Mrs. Alter and Mr. and Mrs. Rodgers; with dead antelope; giving a speech outdoors on the DU campus; in academic regalia with Bob Selig and...
Dates:
1953-1980
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Identifier: U201.02.0138.0006
Abstract
24 black and white prints, mostly undated, of University of Denver chancellor Chester Alter, mostly portraits or headshots. Images also include headshots of Arvilla Alter and Dick Alter; Alter family portraits; Arvilla Alter pouring tea for Chester Alter in his office; Chester Alter with Robert L. Glanz and Cris Dobbins; Chester Alter with John Evans Jr.; and a wedding portrait of Chester and Arvilla Alter with one other couple. 3 color prints, including one of Alter with Chancellor Daniel...
Dates:
1953-1993
File
Identifier: U201.02.0138.0007
Abstract
13 black and white prints, mostly undated, of University of Denver Chancellor Chester Alter. Images include Alter at Homecoming with Barbara Jean Davis and Clarence Myhre; riding the "Brain Train" with John Evans Jr., Jo Korbel, and Bob McCollum; with Orie Phillips and Mr. Johnston announcing the creation of the Law Center; with Lawrence Perkins and others at the Law Center luncheon; having tea with Mrs. R. Bradford and Mrs. F. Olinger; at Phipps House with Jim Cover, Bill Laas, Bud Mayer,...
Dates:
1950-1959
File
Identifier: U201.02.0138.0008
Abstract
10 black and white prints of University of Denver Chancellor Chester Alter, mostly headshot portraits; also including an image of Alter at a groundbreaking ceremony. 2 color prints of Alter, including one at the dedication of the Chester Alter Arboretum and one of Alter in the Humanities Gardens in 2001 3 black and white contact sheet of portraits of Alter, one with accompanying negatives; one black and white contact sheet of images from a Public Affairs coffee event.
Dates:
1966-2001
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Identifier: U201.02.0138.0009
Abstract
18 black and white prints, mostly undated, of University of Denver Chancellor Chester Alter. Images include Alter with a large group of students in the mountains at the Chancellor's Retreat; with a Mr. Rosenthal and four other men at a scholarship award event; with Judge Don Bowman at an athletic awards dinner; with William Rhodes, Carolyn Bush, Lloyd Garrison, and Dean Purdue; with a map of worldwide activities of DU; wearing a freshman beanie cap; with Paul Seifert (?) in a...
Dates:
1954-1959
Item
Identifier: U201.03.0011.0033.00001
Abstract
Ben Cherrington, Chancellor of the University of Denver, reads a letter.
Dates:
between 1943-1946
Item
Identifier: U201.03.0011.0033.00002
Abstract
Portrait of University of Denver Chancellor Ben M. Cherrington.
Dates:
between 1943-1946
Item
Identifier: U201.02.0138.0033.00004
Abstract
Black and white print of University of Denver Chancellor Ben M. Cherrington and his wife Edith Harper Cherrington reading the book Tito's Communism by Josef Korbel, Dean of the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver.
Dates:
1951-1976
Item
Identifier: U201.01.0097.0029.00002
Abstract
University of Denver Chancellor Ben Mark Cherrington talks with three unidentified persons at a Founders Day reception in the Renaissance Room in Mary Reed Building on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
Dates:
between 1943-1946
