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 28 Collections and/or Records:
Athletics - Football - Individual and Team Photos, 1983
Contains a contact sheet of images relating to football team and individual photos.
Athletics - Football - Individual and Team Photos, 1924-1925
Contains negatives of images relating to football. Most of the negatives are undated.
Athletics - Football - Individual and Team Photos Part II, 1950-2000
Contains negatives and a contact sheet of images relating to football. Most of the negatives and then contact sheet are undated.
Athletics - Football Photos, 1976
Contains negatives and a contact sheet of images relating to football. Most of the negatives are undated.
Athletics - Football - Reunions Photos, 1999-2002
Contains negatives and contact sheets of images relating to football reunions. One negative is undated.
Denver University Football Team Training, 1927
Members of the University of Denver football team wrestle during training. Joe ''Awful'' Coffee was their trainer.
Homecoming Traditions - Students in Football Costumes, 1957 October
Black and white print of four apparently female students dressed up in football uniforms for Homecoming 1957 at the University of Denver. The students are wearing bandages on their faces and legs, and of them is preparing to snap the football to another. The room behind them is decorated with streamers, University of Denver pennants, and signs reading "No More Broadway Park!", "Press Box," and "Coach Crying Towel Ser[vice?]."
Sports - Football, 1908-1989
Black and white negatives and prints; and color prints and slides of football at the University of Denver.
Traditions - May Days 1951-1952, 1951-1952
Black and white negatives related to May Days activities from 1951-1952 at the University of Denver.
University of Denver Football Field Hall of Fame Presentation for Tad Wieman, 1956
University of Denver (DU) Pioneers football field hall of fame presentation for athletic director Tad Wieman with individuals spelling the name Tad across the field.