University of Denver

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University of Denver Chancellor Ross Pritchard and Chairman of the Board of Trustees Walter Koch present the Community Service Award to banker Roger Knight Jr. at Founders Day 1981 while Evans Award recipient, Colorado Governor John Love appluads. Love is seated at a long table with dishes from the Founders Day banquet, while the others are standing behind the table next to a podium decorated with the University of Denver seal.

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Black and white print of headshot of lawyer and free-press advocate Richard M. Schmidt Jr., alumnus and member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Denver.

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Black and white print of Robert W. Selig, alumnus and chairman of the Board of Trustees at the University of Denver.

Abstract Images and newspaper clippings related to Robert W. Selig, chairman of the Board of Trustees at the University of Denver: 2 color prints, including Selig with Robert Lotito. 26 black and white prints, including Selig with Chester Alter at a Chancellor's Report Dinner; Selig with Chester Alter and Harvey Willson; portraits of Selig; Selig with Helen Bonfils at the opening of a new Denver Post building; receiving the Evans Award from Chester Alter at Founders Day 1961; speaking at an event...

Abstract Images of Jesse Shwayder, founder of the Samsonite Corporation and donor to the University of Denver, and his son King David Shwayder, DU alumnus and trustee, and president of the Samsonite Corporation: 12 black and white prints, including headshots of Jesse Shwayder; portrait of Jesse Shwayder holding a Bible; King Shwayder with an unidentified woman; John Evans Jr., Jesse Shwayder, Mr. Heitler, and Mr. Kaye; and headshots of King Shwayder. 5 sets of black and white negatives with contact...

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Black and white print of headshot of businessman and inventor Harold F. Silver, member of the Board of Trustees at the University of Denver.

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Abstract Images of Colorado Governor and University of Denver founder John Evans and his family: 8 black and white prints, including headshot of Mrs. William P. Gray; headshot of John Evans; headshot of John Evans Sr.; headshot of an unidentified man; bird's-eye view of Evanston, Ill. in winter with John Evans' home; exterior view of Denver Union Station; exterior view of the Denver Railroad Building; and John Evans and his daughter Josephine, wife of Samuel Elbert. Color print of painting of Rachel...

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Portrait of a group of men standing around two men, one with a spadeful of dirt. Inscription on the photo identifies some of the men, and names and dates this event as the groundbreaking for the Science Hall on November 15, 1911.

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A group of men observe in a semi-circle around chancellor Henry A. Buchtel (who clutches a spade) and Bishop William Fraser McDowell. The inscription identifies this as the groundbreaking for the Science Hall on November 15, 1911.