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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 110 Collections and/or Records:

Business Administration Student and Professor, 1940-1959

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0049.0003.00007
Abstract

Still image of a professor standing over a seated student. Both are looking at what appears to be an adding machine. The student holds a pencil poised above a notepad. In the background are a chalkboard, some type of chart on the wall, and an unidentified piece of machinery. On the University of Denver campus, circa 1950.

Dates: 1940-1959

Business Administration Students, 1940-1959

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0049.0003.00008
Abstract

Still image of classroom full of business administration students and professor. The professor stands at the front of the room in front of a blackboard. Each student is seated at a desk using a different machine; some appear to be adding machines or typewriters, along with other unidentified machines. Large windows line one side of the classroom. On the University of Denver campus, circa 1950.

Dates: 1940-1959

Business Administration Students Cleaning Windows, 1951 May

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0049.0003.00005
Abstract

Still image of 3 female business adminstration students. They are standing on the outside of a glass door, looking in, and cleaning it with rags. All three are laughing. On the University of Denver campus, May 1951.

Dates: 1951 May

Business Administration Students in Class, 1940-1959

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0049.0003.00002
Abstract

Still image of an instructor standing and pointing to a chart with multiple graphs on it. Four male and one female student are seated at tables immediately in front of him. The chart is titled: "Salient Features of the Postwar Transition".

Dates: 1940-1959

Business Administration Students in Typing Class, 1940-1959

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0049.0003.00001
Abstract

Still image of female professor standing over five business administration students seated at typewriters. The professor is leaning over, pointing at a paper, and smiling at a female student, who smiles back and also points at the paper. A blackboard in the backgrounds reads: "Please don't move the typewriters" in cursive. What appears to be a typing instruction poster is to the right of the written words. It is titled: "Diagrammatic Chart Royal", with other illegible words below.

Dates: 1940-1959

Business Administration Students on Sundeck, 1940-1959

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0049.0002.00012
Abstract

Still image of two female and two male business administration students on the sundeck of the business administration building on DU's downtown campus. Three are seated at a white picnic table and the fourth leans over, talking to them. On the table are books and Coca-Cola bottles. In the background Colorado's capital building is prominently featured.

Dates: 1940-1959

Business Administration Students with Machine, 1940-1959

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0049.0003.00006
Abstract

Still image of a group of eight business administration students and faculty, standing and gathered around an unidentified machine. On the University of Denver campus, circa 1950.

Dates: 1940-1959

Business Business Administration Students with Film Projector, 1951 July

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0049.0003.00004
Abstract

Still image of business administration faculty and students gathered around a film projector. The group of about fifteen are standing in the middle of a classroom and appear to be looking at the inside of the projector. On the University of Denver campus, July, 1951.

Dates: 1951 July

Business Students with Equipment, 1940-1959

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0049.0002.00011
Abstract

Still image of three business administration students stand and look at a large piece of machinery. A placard on the machine reads "Security Life and Accident Company". Another, similarly shaped machine is on the left, with a panel of lights, knobs, and buttons on its front. A wooden desk sits in the foreground.

Dates: 1940-1959

Family Learning about Insurance from Business Administration, 1940-1959

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0049.0002.00002
Abstract

Still image of a family with two children looking at insurance papers with an older man. Left to right are: the older gentleman (seated at table), mother holding young girl (standing and leaning over to see papers), and father and young girl (seated at table). Some text in English can be read from the insurance papers: "Money for Emergencies" "Monthly Income" "Annual Report" and other partial words.

Dates: 1940-1959