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 4 Collections and/or Records:
Box 29, Scrapbook and Map, 1923, 1970-1971
Scrapbook contains 1970 and 1971 clippings on University of Denver Evans Award to Frances S. Van Derbur, B.A. '29, the Woodstock West anti-Vietnam War protest, Kappa Sigma fraternity, the subsequent university investigations and disciplinary actions, and DU athletics.
Flier for Demonstration Against Use of Napalm, 1970 April
Flier for demonstration of the effects of napalm at University of Denver on Friday, April 30th.
Richard Wihera Woodstock West Photographs
Richard Wihera (BA, 1973) was a Mass Communications undergraduate during the Woodstock West protest in 1970 working as a reporter with DUTV, a closed circuit television station for the University of Denver campus run by the Mass Communications department. Wihera had a press pass and this allowed him to take photographs sometimes behind police lines. The collection consists of slides of photographs taken at the University of Denver during the Woostock West protest.
Rusk in Retrospect
Leaflet advertising "Rusk in Retrospect" discussion panel on Dean Rusk address and the Vietnam War.