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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 292 Collections and/or Records:

Chancellors Mitchell, Alter, and Ritchie, circa 1995

 Item
Identifier: U201.02.0141.0001.00002
Abstract

Photographic image of [left to right] Chancellors Maurice B. Miller, Chester M. Alter, and Daniel Ritchie, in front of what appears to be a framed painting of Chancellor Alter at the University of Denver, circa 1995.

Dates: circa 1995

Chancellors Ritchie, Alter, and Smith, circa 1995

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Identifier: U201.02.0141.0001.00003
Abstract

Photographic image of [left to right] Chancellors Daniel Ritchie, Chester Alter, and Dwight Smith dressed in tuxedos at the University of Denver, circa 1995.

Dates: circa 1995

Chemistry Professor Dwight Smith in Laboratory, circa 1970

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Identifier: U201.02.0141.0017.00008
Abstract

Photographic image of Professor Dwight Smith working with chemistry equipment in a laboratory, on the campus of the University of Denver, circa 1970.

Dates: circa 1970

Cherrington, Ben M. - Chancellor - Photographs, 1951-1976

 File
Identifier: U201.02.0138.0033
Abstract 33 black and white prints, mostly undated, of University of Denver Chancellor Ben M. Cherrington. Images include Cherrington with United Nations flag-decorated podium; at his desk in his office; at a Social Science Foundation luncheon with Dorothy Fosdick, a Mr. Lewis, and a Mr. Wilson; with an unidentified man holding a globe beneath a United Nations emblem; with C. Dale Fuller; with Mrs. Cherrington, Heber R. Harper, and Mrs. Harper; at the Social Science Foundation's 50th anniversary and...
Dates: 1951-1976

Cherrington, Ben M. - Chancellor Photographs 2, 1951-1976

 File
Identifier: U201.02.0138.0034
Abstract Images of University of Denver Chancellor Ben M. Cherrington: 33 black and white prints, including Cherrington at the dedication of Cherrington Hall with Josef Korbel, Richard Olson, acting chancellor Wilbur C. Miller, and US Secretary of State Dean Rusk; at his 90th birthday party; with Josef Korbel, Elizabeth Fackt, and C. Dale Miller; in academic regalia with Prof. Gustafson and Lowell Thomas; at an educators' conference in Estes Park, Colo.; with wife Edith Cherrington, Heber R. Harper...
Dates: 1951-1976

Cherrington, Ben Mark, between 1943-1946

 File
Identifier: U201.03.0011.0033
Abstract

2 black and white prints of portraits of University of Denver Chancellor and director of the Social Science Foundation Ben Mark Cherrington.

Dates: between 1943-1946

Chester Alter and Daniel Ritchie in Red Vests, 1993

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Identifier: U201.02.0138.0006.00001
Abstract

Color print of University of Denver Chancellor Daniel Ritchie and former chancellor Chester Alter in the chancellor's traditional red vests at a holiday party.

Dates: 1993

Chester Alter and Glenn Phillips at 1955 Methodist Conference, 1955

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Identifier: U201.01.0095.0007.00002
Abstract

University of Denver Chancellor Chester Alter and Methodist Bishop Glenn Randall Phillips read from a pamphlet along with an unidentified man at a 1955 Methodist youth conference.

Dates: 1955

Chester Alter and Lucy Marsh, 1980 July 7

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Identifier: U201.02.0138.0003.00001
Abstract

Set of black and white negatives with contact sheet depicting former University of Denver Chancellor Chester Alter and professor Lucy Marsh in Harper Humanities Gardens near Evans Memorial Chapel.

Dates: 1980 July 7

Chester Alter and Lucy Marsh (Frame 31), 1980 July 7

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Identifier: U201.02.0138.0003.00001.00001
Abstract

Black and white image depicting former University of Denver Chancellor Chester Alter and professor Lucy Marsh talking in Harper Humanities Gardens, with Mary Reed Building in the background.

Dates: 1980 July 7