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 93 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver Chancellor's Commencement Address, August, 15, 1980, 1980 August 15
Text of the commencement address by the Chancelor of the University, Ross Pritchard, delivered at the Unversity of Denver, August 15, 1980.
University of Denver College of Law Commencement Address May 30, 1989, 1989 May 30
Text of the commencement address by Colorado Governor Thomas H. Kean, delivered at the University of Denver, May 30, 1989.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Ceremony Program , 10:00 am, June 6, 1970, University Arena, 1970 June 6
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) commencement ceremony script, June 6, 1970 10:00 am University arena. Commencement address was given by Eugene J. McCarthy a long-time member of the United States Congress from Minnesota. Conferring of the degrees: Maurice B. Mitchell, Chancellor of University of Denver
University of Denver Commencement Address August 11, 1995, 1995 August 11
Text of the commencement address by Sheila Phelan Wright, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies, delivered at the University of Denver, August 11, 1995.
University of Denver Commencement Address June 4, 1994, 1994 June 4
Text of the commencement address by The Honorable Timothy E. Wirth, Counselor of the Department of State and he was a Colorado senator from 1987-1993.
University of Denver Commencement Records
Contains invitations, programs, correspondence, speeches, press clippings and miscellaneous materials related to commencement exercises of the University of Denver and its constituent units. Some law commencment materials (programs) included in this collection, but the majority of publications and records related to law commencement are in the Sturm College of Law Records (U057).
University of Denver Commencement Speech, August 13, 1993, 1993 August 13
Text of the commencement address by Vice Chancellor, Business and Financial Affairs, University of Denver, Dr. James R. Griesemer, delivered at the University of Denver, August 13, 1993.
University of Denver Professor and Administrator Levette Jay Davidson, between 1922-1957
University of Denver(DU) professor and administrator Levette Jay Davidson delivers a speech or address from behind a long table. Over the course of his career at DU, Davidson served as head of the English Department (1940-1957), and was the first faculty member elected as president of the University Senate. He taught at the University of Denver until his death in 1957.
"War & the University Graduate" Commencement Address, 1942, 1942 June
Commencement address "War and the University Graduate" given by Dr. Thurston J. Davies at the University of Denver Commecement May 29, 1942.
"World Citizens for a World Community", 1947 August 22
Text of the commencement address "World Citizens for a World Community" by Franklin D. Cogswell, delivered at the University of Denver, 22 August, 1947.