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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 213 Collections and/or Records:

Smith, Dwight - Photo VIP, 1970-1998

 File
Identifier: U201.02.0141.0017
Abstract Images of University of Denver Chancellor Dwight M. Smith: 29 black and white prints, including Smith at the press conference announcing his appointment as Chancellor with Vice-Chancellors Terry Gibson, Liz Williams, Tim Johnson and Tom Goodale, and Lucien Wulsin, president of the Board of Trustees; addressing a TV camera at the news conference; with laboratory equipment; in the Humanities Gardens overlooking Evans Chapel and Mt. Evans; at Chancellor's Forums; with Walden Irish, Ken Jastrow,...
Dates: 1970-1998

Smith, Dwight Photos, 1972-1998

 File
Identifier: U201.02.0141.0016
Abstract Images of University of Denver Chancellor Dwight M. Smith: 54 black and white prints, including Smith at convocation with Vice-Chancellor Kenneth Kindelsperger; speaking about University finances; with President Gerald Ford; delivering diploma to student in hospital; at Denver Days; at a Chancellor's Forum; in chef's hat at the Chancellor's BBQ (?); with Corey Suppes; with Dean Charles Cortese; delivering a State of the University address; at a Golden Key meeting; at convocation with...
Dates: 1972-1998

Social Work Class, 1954

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0071.0019.00001
Abstract

A social work class at the University of Denver in 1954 engages in discussion. Nine students are seated around a long table, with books and papers on the table in front of them, while a professor is standing behind the table.

Dates: 1954

Social Work Class, 1959

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Identifier: U201.01.0071.0019.00002
Abstract

A professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Denver talks to four students seated around a table.

Dates: 1959

Speech and Hearing Center - Hearing Test, 1972 December

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0073.0013.00001
Abstract

Mel Struck, a graduate student at the University of Denver, watches a young child perform tests in the Speech and Hearing Center at the University of Denver as Dr. Bob Johnson runs the test through a soundproof window in an adjacent room. The child is wearing headphones hooked up to a jack in the wall and pointing to various cards on a table according to Johnson's instructions.

Dates: 1972 December

Speech Clinic, 1981 November 12

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0073.0014.00001
Abstract

A group of students watches a professor operate a machine in the Speech Pathology and Audiology Speech Clinic at the University of Denver while one student speaks into a microphone attached to the machine.

Dates: 1981 November 12

Student and Professor in Computer Lab, between 1980-1989

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0130.0003.00006
Abstract

An unidentified University of Denver student and faculty member talk in a computer lab while other students work at computers.

Dates: between 1980-1989

Student Union - Dedication, 1950 September 30

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0136.0028.00001
Abstract

The image depicts five individuals including Chancellor Albert Charles Jacobs holding an oversized key, affiliated with the student union at the University of Denver, on Sept. 30, 1950.

Dates: 1950 September 30

Students - Classes - Students with Faculty, 1910-circa 1990

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0089.0006
Abstract

Contains black and white images of students with faculty. Most of the image are undated.

Dates: 1910-circa 1990

Students in Computer Lab, between 1980-1989

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0130.0001.00001
Abstract

Four unidentified students work on computers in a computer lab at the University of Denver in the 1980s while an instructor helps one of them.

Dates: between 1980-1989