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 80 Collections and/or Records:
Students - Classroom Settings (1990-99), 1980-1999
Black and white prints and color slides of students in classroom settings at the University of Denver, mostly from the 1990s.
Students - Lectures
Black and white prints of students attending lectures at the University of Denver.
Summer School - Students, circa 1920
The image depicts 29 unidentified students at the University of Denver's summer school, in front of Carnegie Library, circa 1920.
Traditions - Class Gift PHOTO, 1980-1999
Traditions - Homecoming 1989, 1989 November
3 sets of black and white negatives with contact sheets of images from Homecoming 1989 at the University of Denver, including the Homecoming Parade and the Class of 1949.
University of Denver Art Class Portrait, between 1880-1915
11 women and two men pose for a portrait. In an enclosed handwritten note, the two men are identified as Professor Preston Powers and Mr. Thompson, and one of the women is identified as Miss Hilda Hager. The note and photo are both undated.
University of Denver Class of 1894, 1894
The University of Denver (DU) class of 1894 poses for a formal portrait in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver - Freshman Class 1907, 1907
The image depicts 67 unidentified freshman students of the University of Denver, sitting on the steps to the entrance to the University Hall, wearing winter apparel, in 1907.
University of Denver - Latin Major Students, 1901 January
The image depicts 13 unidentified students, the Latin majors, of the University of Denver, in a classroom with two empty chairs and a chalkboard to the left, in 1/1901. Two of the students standing in the second row are wearing cap and gown.
University of Denver - Students, circa 1890
The image depicts 15 unidentified individuals in an algebra class with chalkboards behind the students, in an unidentified classroom, for the University of Denver, in circa 1890.