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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 42391 Collections and/or Records:

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

William Fraser McDowell

 Item
Identifier: U201.02.0140.0017.00003
Abstract

Black and white print of William Fraser McDowell, former chancellor of the University of Denver and later Methodist bishop in Chicago and Washington, D.C.

Dates: 1890-1899

William Gray Evans, between 1910-1925

 Item
Identifier: U201.03.0011.0061.00001
Abstract

Black and white print of portrait of William Gray Evans, son of Governor John Evans and president of the Board of Trustees at the University of Denver.

Dates: between 1910-1925

William T. Driscoll, between 1943-1980

 Item
Identifier: U201.03.0011.0043.00001
Abstract

Black and white portrait of William T. Driscoll, Professor of Zoology and Dean at the University of Denver.

Dates: between 1943-1980

William Zaranka Lecturing to Students, 1983 January 25

 Item
Identifier: U201.02.0141.0029.00001.00001
Abstract

Still image of English professor William (Bill) Zaranka, right, seated and lecturing to students seated at desks in a semicircle around him, on the University of Denver campus, 1/25/1983.

Dates: 1983 January 25

Williams Tower, 2006 November 17

 Item
Identifier: U116.01.0001.00801
Abstract

The carillon bells inside Williams Tower at the Ritchie Center.

Dates: 2006 November 17

Williams Tower, 2006 April 13

 Item
Identifier: U116.01.0001.00883

Williams Tower, 2004 November 3

 Item
Identifier: U116.01.0001.00888

Williams Tower, 2004 November 3

 Item
Identifier: U116.01.0001.00889