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 18 Collections and/or Records:
Position Paper, 1970
Position paper presented as a response to the paper presented by the steering committee of the Ad Hoc Faculty Committee. Paper is not signed but a pencil note on the first page says ''Chapman to Breck''.
Position Paper, 1970
Position paper presented as a response to the paper presented by the steering committee of the Ad Hoc Faculty Committee. It also addresses the points of re-establishing order on campus, reaffirming the original objectives of the student strike, proposing grading options for quarter, re-establishing the educational process, future of the university and expressing the sentiment of the faculty on the Woodstock experience.
Statement of Dr. J. Donald Hughes Concerning the Events of Saturday, May 9, 1970 May 13
Statement of Dr. J. Donald Hughes concerning the events of Saturday, May 9. Hughes details being called to campus to try to prevent destruction of property, describes the students around Woodstock shanty town as moderates and tells of a confrontation between student agitators and faculty at the ''Strike Central.'' He claims the Strike Central people tried to rouse the Woodstock people with no success.
Statement To Judge Flanigan, 1970
Handwritten draft of Statement to Judge Flanigan that DU was not proceeding with Restraining Order due to the calm on DU's campus.
Violence: The Campus and Vietnam, 1970 May 18
Paper to ''Concerned Colleagues'' from George W. Shepherd, Jr. G.S.I.S. about student unrest and deaths on campuses.
Woodstock Chronology - University of Denver, 1970, 1970 August
Chronology of the events of Woodstock West in the Spring of 1970. Jim Wagenlander was a graduating senior and compiled this chronology under the ''auspices of Dr. William Adrian, Special Assistant to the Chancellor and Dr. John Blackburn, Vice Chancellor of Student Affair''.
Woodstock West: DU's Response to the Student Revolt, 1970 June 5
Paper written for Comparative Revolutions class by Julie Callahan.
Writings on University Openness, 1970
Statement written by Russell Porter on what he sees as an attempt to undermine the openness of universities to the entire spectrum of political, social and cultural thought.