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 145 Collections and/or Records:
Feldman Documents, ''112 Mercer Street'', Outlines and Notes (8 or 9), circa 2002
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.
Feldman Documents, ''112 Mercer Street'', Outlines and Notes (9 or 9), between 2001-2002
This folder is the ninth of nine containing outlines and notes for Burton Feldman's ''112 Mercer Street'' book.
Feldman Documents, ''Against Fame'' Prospectus, circa 1970-1990
This folder contains a prospectus for Burton Feldman's book entitled ''Against Fame.''
Feldman Documents, Early ''112 Mercer Street'' Drafts, circa 2001
This folder contains early concept drafts of portions of Burton Feldman's ''112 Mercer Street''.
Feldman Documents, ''Fame'' Prospectus and IntroFeldman Documents, ''Fame'' Prospectus and Intro, circa 1993
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.
Feldman Documents, Feldman/Yourgrau Notes on Yourgrau's ''Essay on Nietzsche'', late 20th century
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.
Feldman Documents, from ''Notes 1/1 to 1/100 etc.'' Binder, between 1960-1970
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.
Feldman Documents, ''Liszt Notes'' for ''Chopin's Bones'', between 1993-1994
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.
Feldman Documents, ''Mercy for Miss Awdy'' by Walter D. Love, circa 1970
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.
Feldman Documents, ''Myth, Kinship, and Politics'', 1978
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.''