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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 145 Collections and/or Records:

Feldman Documents, ''112 Mercer Street'', Outlines and Notes (8 or 9), circa 2002

 File
Identifier: M145.08.0018.0022
Abstract

This folder is the eighth of nine containing outlines and notes for Burton Feldman's ''112 Mercer Street'' book. This particular folder holds the contents of a small notebook filled with handwritten notes.

Dates: circa 2002

Feldman Documents, ''112 Mercer Street'', Outlines and Notes (9 or 9), between 2001-2002

 File
Identifier: M145.08.0018.0023
Abstract

This folder is the ninth of nine containing outlines and notes for Burton Feldman's ''112 Mercer Street'' book.

Dates: between 2001-2002

Feldman Documents, ''Against Fame'' Prospectus, circa 1970-1990

 File
Identifier: M145.05.0012.0017
Abstract

This folder contains a prospectus for Burton Feldman's book entitled ''Against Fame.''

Dates: circa 1970-1990

Feldman Documents, Early ''112 Mercer Street'' Drafts, circa 2001

 File
Identifier: M145.08.0018.0014
Abstract

This folder contains early concept drafts of portions of Burton Feldman's ''112 Mercer Street''.

Dates: circa 2001

Feldman Documents, ''Fame'' Prospectus and IntroFeldman Documents, ''Fame'' Prospectus and Intro, circa 1993

 File
Identifier: M145.05.0012.0016
Abstract

This folder contains a draft and prospectus of Burton Feldman's proposed book tentatively titled ''Against Fame: The Romantics and Glory'' as well as letters of response from some of the publishers that he sent copies of the work to.

Dates: circa 1993

Feldman Documents, Feldman/Yourgrau Notes on Yourgrau's ''Essay on Nietzsche'', late 20th century

 File
Identifier: M145.04.0016.0004
Abstract

This folder contains drafts and notes of Wolfgang Yourgrau's ''Essay on Nietzsche.'' Burton Feldman helped Yourgrau to edit the work. There is also a bound copy of the work with notation.

Dates: late 20th century

Feldman Documents, from ''Notes 1/1 to 1/100 etc.'' Binder, between 1960-1970

 File
Identifier: M145.06.0013.0009
Abstract

This folder contains more than one hundred drafts by Feldman of the introduction to ''The Rise of Modern Mythology: 1680 - 1860'' that have been extracted from a large binder. Each draft is numbered with the notes that contributed to the changes.

Dates: between 1960-1970

Feldman Documents, ''Liszt Notes'' for ''Chopin's Bones'', between 1993-1994

 File
Identifier: M145.09.0021.0005
Abstract

This folder contains notes about Franz Liszt for a fiction project by Burton Feldman called ''Chopin's Bones.'' The story is a murder mystery featuring Feldman's stock characters Wrist and Emma Carew.

Dates: between 1993-1994

Feldman Documents, ''Mercy for Miss Awdy'' by Walter D. Love, circa 1970

 File
Identifier: M145.04.0011.0028
Abstract

This folder contains a draft copy of Walter D. Love's ''Mercy for Miss Awdy, In a Vile Acting of the Sacred''. The piece is a dialogue that was published as the Appendix of John B. Cobb Jr.'s book entitled ''The Theology of Altizer: Critique and Response''. This copy appears to have been sent to Burton Feldman as a review copy, as Feldman has made some corrections scattered throughout the text.

Dates: circa 1970

Feldman Documents, ''Myth, Kinship, and Politics'', 1978

 File
Identifier: M145.06.0013.0002
Abstract

This folder contains a copy of a paper written by Burton Feldman in 1978 entitled ''Myth, Kinship, and Politics: How Poetry Articulates What Myth Does Not Say.''

Dates: 1978