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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 109 Collections and/or Records:

University of Denver Apartments, 1949-1950

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0012.0005.00017
Abstract

Two students watch as a man and a woman with shovels participate in the ground breaking ceremony for a University of Denver apartment-residence hall in Denver, Colorado, circa 1950.

Dates: 1949-1950

University of Denver Apartments, circa 1955

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Identifier: U201.01.0012.0005.00019
Abstract

Aerial view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado; photograph of a model for proposed University of Denver housing, circa 1955.

Dates: circa 1955

University of Denver Boettcher Center, between 1963-2008

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Identifier: U201.01.0015.0001.00001
Abstract

Exterior view of University of Denver's Boettcher Center in Denver, Colorado. Fountain in the foreground.

Dates: between 1963-2008

University of Denver Buchtel Chapel, between 1910-1917

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0015.0007.00001
Abstract

Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. Drawing of the Buchtel Chapel published during its construction.

Dates: between 1910-1917

University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Construction, between 1908-1917

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Identifier: U201.01.0015.0017.00002
Abstract

Interior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado. Construction of the roof in the sanctuary area.

Dates: between 1908-1917

University of Denver Daniels College of Business Construction, between 1997-1999

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Identifier: U201.01.0017.0036.00003
Abstract

Construction workers sign the main support beam of the Daniels College of Business building on the campus of the University of Denver at the topping-off ceremony for the building's construction.

Dates: between 1997-1999

University of Denver Identified Apartments, Columbine Hall, 1980 September

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Identifier: U201.01.0012.0008.00014
Abstract

Photograph of contact sheet of negatives; interior and exterior views of construction on the University of Denver's Columbine Hall in Denver, Colorado, September, 1980. 23 frames.

Dates: 1980 September

University of Denver Identified Apartments, Spruce Hall, between 1945-1950

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0012.0008.00010
Abstract

Exterior view of the construction of the University of Denver's Spruce Hall in the late 1940s. Mary Reed Hall is visible in the background.

Dates: between 1945-1950

University of Denver Johnson-McFarlane Hall - Construction, 1957

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Identifier: U201.01.0019.0015.00011
Abstract

Exterior view of the construction of Johnson-McFarlane Hall (JMac) nearing completion on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with cars parked in a dirt lot in the foreground.

Dates: 1957