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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 212 Collections and/or Records:

Traditions - Winter Carnival - Contact sheets + slides 3, 1983-1999

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0102.0023
Abstract Images related to Winter Carnival at the University of Denver: 6 medium format black and white negatives with prints. 4 medium format black and white negatives, including students eating lunch at Winter Carnival 1998; students snowboarding at Winter Carnival 1998. 4 sets of black and white negatives with contact sheets. 2 black and white contact sheets without negatives. 13 color slides of group portraits of Winter Carnival staff, including with Chancellor Daniel Ritchie.. 2 medium format...
Dates: 1983-1999
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Group Portrait of Chancellors McDowell, Moore, and Buchtel

Trustees, 1957-1985

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0120.0026
Abstract 15 black and white prints of members of the Board of Trustees at the University of Denver, including Board chairs Robert Selig and John Evans Jr. with Chancellor Chester Alter; Chancellor Ross Pritchard, Arthur Laffer, and Jane Hamilton; Chancellor Ross Pritchard, Board chair Walter Koch, Distinguished Service Award recipient Roger D. Knight, and Colorado Governor John Love at Founders Day 1981; Board chairs Ed Estlow and Lucien Wulsin; Vice-Chancellor Leonard Meyer and trustee Marion...
Dates: 1957-1985
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 120

University of Denver Chancellor and President of Board of Trustees Speak to Founders Day Award Recipients, 1959

 Item
Identifier: U201.03.0011.0004.00004
Abstract

University of Denver (DU) alumnus Clarence A. Myrhe (far left) speaks as (left to right) Evans Award recipient Joseph Lohman, Chancellor Chester M. Alter, and President of the Board of Trustees Robert W. Selig look on at the 1959 Founders Day event in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1959
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Representative / Box 11: Best of U201 / Founders Day 1959

University of Denver Founders Day Award Recipients and Administrators, 1959

 Item
Identifier: U201.03.0011.0004.00002
Abstract University of Denver (DU) Founders Day award recipients pose with the Chancellor and President of the DU Board of Trustees at Founders Day in Denver, Colorado. Standing, left to right: Robert W. Selig (President of DU Board of Trustees, 1959) and Clarence A. Myrhe. Seated, left to right: Randolph McDonough (President, DU Alumni Relations), Eugene T. Halaas (Professor, DU Finance and Banking), Jane Gould (Chief Circulation Librarian and DU Assistant Professor of Librarianship, Joseph Lohman...
Dates: 1959
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Representative / Box 11: Best of U201 / Founders Day 1959

University of Denver - Students, 1964

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0096.0038.00005
Abstract

The image depicts Grace Melzer, Chancellor Chester M. Alter, Chas Hahn, Marry Dodds, at a Class of 1914 Reunion for the University of Denver, in 1964.

Dates: 1964
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 96 / Students (1910-19)

University of Denver Students at Founders Day, 1959

 Item
Identifier: U201.03.0011.0004.00001
Abstract University of Denver (DU) students cut a cake as Board of Trustees President Robert W. Selig speaks at a podium during the 1959 DU Founders Day celebration in Denver, Colorado. Chancellor Chester M. Alter (to right of Selig) and award recipients look on. Students, left to right: Jeanette Dale (1959 Miss DU and President of Associated Women Students), Jim Sorenson (President of Student Senate), Edythe (Edie) Goldstein (President of Coed Journalists), and Steve LeSatz (Pioneers men's...
Dates: 1959
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Representative / Box 11: Best of U201 / Founders Day 1959

Wilbur D. Engle, between 1914-1928

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0413.00012
Abstract

University of Denver vice chancellor and acting chancellor Wilbur D. Engle poses for a portrait. Engle served as vice chancellor starting in 1914. He also served as acting chancellor for two separate terms, first from 1920-1922 (between chancellors Buchtel and Harper), then from 1927-1928 (between chancellors Harper and Hunter).

Dates: between 1914-1928
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 413

William Fraser McDowell, between 1890-1899

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0413.00008
Abstract

University of Denver second chancellor William Fraser McDowell poses for a portrait. McDowell was DU's chancellor from 1890-1899.

Dates: between 1890-1899
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 413

William Fraser McDowell, between 1890-1899

 Item
Identifier: U201.02.0140.0017.00001
Abstract

Cabinet cards with black and white portrait of William Fraser McDowell, second chancellor of the University of Denver.

Dates: between 1890-1899
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Biographical Files / Box 140 / McDowell, William Photos

William Fraser McDowell

 Item
Identifier: U201.02.0140.0017.00002
Abstract

Black and white headshot of William Fraser McDowell, second Chancellor of the University of Denver.

Dates: 1890-1899
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Biographical Files / Box 140 / McDowell, William Photos

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