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 17 Collections and/or Records:
Orchestra, 1984 April 10
A musical director with upraised hand instructs orchestra students at the University of Denver on 4/10/1984.
Student Activities - Concerts - Orchestras
Contains undated images relating to orchestra concerts.
Student Activities Full Orchestra Concert, between 1960-1979
Black and white photograph of a full orchestra and conductor performing a concert in an unknown location while an audience watches. The photograph is taken from the back of the room, slightly to the audience's right of center, and an unidentified person is walking up the center aisle towards the conductor's podium.
Student Musicians Performing Outdoors, 1976 June
Photographic image of three student musicians performing outdoors on the University of Denver campus in June, 1976. Left to right: a violin player, a flute player standing in a long dress, and seated cello player also in a long dress.
Student with Double Bass, 1981 October 14
Photographic image of a male student carrying a double bass between buildings on the University of Denver campus on 10-14-81.
Students on Campus - Interiors, 1981 October 28
Set of black and white negatives with images of students studying in the library and performing in a music ensemble at the University of Denver.
The "D" Club, circa 1945
Film transparency depicts an image of unidentified individuals dancing on a dance floor while Verne Byers and His Orchestra plays on a stage next to emergency doors to the left. The image is connected to The "D" Club affiliated with the University of Denver, circa 1945.