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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 55 Collections and/or Records:

Josef Korbel with Byron "Whizzer" White

 Item
Identifier: U201.02.0140.0006.00004
Abstract

Black and white print of Josef Korbel, Dean of the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver, with former professional football player, and U.S. Supreme Court justice Byron R. "Whizzer" White, who was born and raised in Colorado.

Dates: 1959-1976

Josef Korbel with Students, 1952 April

 Item
Identifier: U201.02.0140.0005.00001
Abstract

Josef Korbel, Dean of the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver, feeds a student a sandwich during a theatre production while another student looks on.

Dates: 1952 April

Korbel, Josef

 File
Identifier: U201.03.0011.0032
Abstract

Black and white print of portrait of University of Denver GSIS Dean Josef Korbel.

Dates: 1793-2009

Korbel, Josef (Photos) 2 VIP, 1951-1959

 File
Identifier: U201.02.0140.0007
Abstract Contains a glass plate positive image of Josef Korbel that is incredibly fragile and undated. Also found in this folder are 33 black and white images of and relating to Josef Korbel. These images include numerous headshots of Josef Korbel, a black and white undated image of Mrs. Korbel, a smaller image of Korbel recieving his honorary degree from Chancellor Mitchell, Korbel with students and other professors, and images of Korbel speaking at different events. Many of these images are...
Dates: 1951-1959

Korbel, Josef - VIP, 1951-1967

 File
Identifier: U201.02.0140.0005
Abstract

Contains black and white images and negatives of images relating to Josef Korbel. The images are taken throughout his life time and include portraits, images of him with students, and images of him speaking. There is an image of Korbel speaking at the dedication of Cherrington Hall in 1967. Many of the images are undated.

Dates: 1951-1967

Korbel, Joseph (Photos) VIP, 1959-1976

 File
Identifier: U201.02.0140.0006
Abstract Contains 19 black and white images of Josef Korbel. Among these images are Korbel recieving an honorary degree from Chancellor Mitchell, Korbel in a group with other faculty lecturers, Korbel with Supreme Court Justice White, with the Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynn, with Dr. Alfred "Pete" Nelson, and other group and individual photos. The file folder also contains 14 sleeves of black and white contact sheets and negatives of images of Josef Korbel and images of the award given in his...
Dates: 1959-1976

Miller, Dr. Wilbur C. Photos, 1958-1973

 File
Identifier: U201.02.0140.0022
Abstract Images of Dr. Wilbur C. Miller, alumnus, vice-chancellor, and acting chancellor of the University of Denver and president of Drake University: 21 black and white prints, including Miller receiving the Chancellor's medallion from student Jeffrey Supinger; with Chancellor Maurice Mitchell; with US Navy Cmdr. Scott Carpenter at groundbreaking ceremonies for NASA building; with Allen D. Breck; and with a drawing of the propsed business administration building. 3 black and white contact sheets...
Dates: 1958-1973

Molenaar, John B., circa 1930s-1940s

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0417.00005
Abstract

Black and white portrait ofJohn Bart Geijsbeek Molenaar. A native of the Netherlands, Molenaar received a law degree from the University of Denver in 1907, and founded and served as dean of the School of Commerce, Accounts, and Finance at DU.

Dates: circa 1930s-1940s

Paul Roberts, Bill Paul, and Jo Gear, 1957

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0095.0004.00001
Abstract

(from magazine clipping) "Bill Paul, Aurora, center, coordinator of Religion-In-Life-Week, and Jo Gear, 633 S. York, Denver, talk to the Very Rev. Paul Roberts, Dean of St. John's Cathedral, following Dean Roberts' address at the Student Union on "The Maker and the Image Makers."

Dates: 1957

Photograph of William Driscoll and John Wesley Rice, Jr., 1954-1983

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0086.0018.00004
Abstract

Black and white photographic image of William T. Driscoll (professor and associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Denver) and John Wesley Rice, Jr., (assistant dean at DU) undated and at an unidentified place.

Dates: 1954-1983