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 368 Collections and/or Records:
Daniel Ritchie Skiing with Students, between 1989-2005
University of Denver Chancellor Daniel Ritchie pauses with students at the top of a ski slope at the University of Denver's Winter Carnival.
DU Dance Collective, 1996 May
The image depicts six unidentified students dancing on an unidentified stage wearing baseball caps backwards, jeans, and tank tops for the University of Denver Dance Collective, in 5/1996.
Dudes and Dames, 1951 March
The photograph depicts four females holding hands while being held up by four males, all in western costume, while three other individuals watch a few feet away, outside of unidentified location, for the University of Denver's Dudes and Dames, in 3/51.
Dudes and Dames, 1951 March
The photograph depicts three males lifting three females outside of the Mary Reed Building, for the University of Denver's Dudes and Dames, in 3/1951.
Dudes and Dames, 1952
This photograph depicts 16 students dancing in front of the University of Denver's Mary Reed Building, for the Dudes and Dames organization, in 1952.
Dudes and Dames, circa 1950
The photograph depicts 12 students dancing on the west side of the University of Denver's Mary Reed Library Building, for the Dudes and Dames, circa 1950. The image shows the mountains in the horizon while the students twirl on the sidewalk, while wearing western costumes.
Dudes and Dames, circa 1950
The image depicts four students dancing on the west side of the Mary Reed Building on the University of Denver's campus, for the Pioneer Square Dancers, circa 1950. Two of the students are holding the other two students while they swing them in the air.
Dwight Smith and Chancellor's Leadership Core, 1986 October
Contact sheet of images of Chancellor Dwith Smith and the Chancellor's Leadership Core, October of 1986.
Dwight Smith Serving Food to Students at Spring Carnival, between 1984-1989
University of Denver Chancellor Dwight M. Smith serves food to students at the Spring Carnival Chancellor's Barbecue on Driscoll Green on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. Smith is wearing a white chef's coat and hat, a dark apron, and an oven mitt; one of the students is wearing a Broncos shirt, and an unidentified man is wearing an apron reading "Chancellors BBQ."
Freshman Dorm Basement, 1954
The image depicts two unidentified students hanging laundry on water pipes in the basement of a residential building at the University of Denver, in 1954.