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 402 Collections and/or Records:
Telephone Log, 1970
Telephone log from the project to create a history of Woodstock West.
Temporary Restraining Order, 1970 May 11
Temporary restraining order by Colorado Seminary and University of Denver against three named students and 1000 John Does, Weatherman, Weatherman Faction, Students for a Democratic Society and Strike Center. Orders defendants not to damage university property or interfere with students or classes.
Tentative Agenda for Faculty in Support of the ''Strike'', 1970
Mimeographed sheet of options for faculty to show support for student strike.
The Completion of Academic Requirements for Courses Offered at the University of Denver in the Spring Quarter 1970, 1970
Proposal by Assistant Professor of Religion Arnold Harms for grading students for the quarter in which Woodstock West took place.
The Concerned Students Against the War Press Release, 1969
Press release from the Concerned Students Against the War announcing protest plans, and noting that the Vietnamese Liberation Front flag will not be flown. Attached is an opinion piece clipping against the use of such flags, as well as notes and an envelope addressed to Chancellor Mitchell.
The DU Story, 1968
"Advance backgrounder" press release that was distributed to the media following the on-campus sit-in in April 1968.
The Sit-In: Why
Flier explaining the motivations behind the student sit-in protest at the University of Denver
The Unsatisfied Man: A Review of Colorado Journalism, 1970 September
Periodical with several articles about Woodstock West and media coverage of the protest.
To Members of the University Community, 1970 May 13
Letter to Members of the University Community from Chancellor Maurice Mitchell explaining the events on campus that took place in the preceding days.
To the Faculty, 1970 May 7
Memo to faculty that there is a faculty meeting at 12:00 in the Student Union.