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 47 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983
Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the fire. Fire truck with extendable bucket in the foreground.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983-1984
Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado, fenced off after the July 1983 fire.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983
Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the July 1983 fire; walls and roof caved in.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983
Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the July 1983 fire. Student cars parked by front of ruined building after stairs demolished.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983-1984
Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the July 1983 fire. View of the charred front of the chapel with front stairs demolished.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983
Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the fire. Rubble fills the former chapel.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983
Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the fire. Bricks and part of the roof fall as one of the towers is torn down.