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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 616 Collections and/or Records:

AcU - Law - Photo - Faculty (3), 1969-1989

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0058.0017
Abstract

Contains black and white images, negatives, and contact sheets of images relating to law faculty.

Dates: 1969-1989

AcU - Math & Computer Science - Faculty, 1969-1999

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0067.0007
Abstract

Contains black and white images, negatives and contact sheets of black and white and color images relating to math and computer science faculty.

Dates: 1969-1999

AcU - Music - Faculty, 1976-1998

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0067.0012
Abstract

Contains black and white images, negatives and contact sheets of images relating to music faculty.

Dates: 1976-1998

AcU - Social Work (GSSW) Faculty - Photo, 1948-1997

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0072.0012
Abstract

Contains color photographic prints, negatives, and contact sheets and black and white prints of faculty in the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver.

Dates: 1948-1997

Ad Hoc Committee for Student Consultation, 1970

 Item
Identifier: U219.03.0003.0009.00002
Abstract

Ad Hoc Committee for Student Consultation from the A. A. U. P Executive Committee. List of Members.

Dates: 1970

Ad Hoc Committee of Faculty and Students Statement, 1970

 Item
Identifier: U219.03.0003.0009.00003
Abstract

Ad Hoc Committee of Faculty and Students Statement on opposition to the war in Southeast Asia and racism in the country. Calls for interested faculty to contact one member of the committee.

Dates: 1970

Administration - Chancellors, circa 1900

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0090.0008.00001
Abstract

This portrait depicts the University of Denver Administration Chancellors: Henry Augustus Buchtel, William Fraser McDowell, and David Hastings Moore, circa 1900.

Dates: circa 1900

Albert Sims, Ben Cherrington, Josef Korbel, and Joe Slater, between 1962-1975

 Item
Identifier: U201.02.0138.0033.00003
Abstract

Black and white print of Albert Sims, former University of Denver chancellor Ben M. Cherrington, DU professor and dean Josef Korbel, and Joe Slater examining some papers around a table.

Dates: between 1962-1975

Allen Breck as John Evans, 1971-1988

 File
Identifier: U201.02.0138.0022
Abstract

25 black and white prints, mostly undated; 4 sets of black and white contact sheets with negatives; and 2 black and white contact sheets without negatives of University of Denver history professor Allen DuPont Breck impersonating John Evans. Also includes one black and white print and one set of black and white negatives with contact sheets of Breck impersonating Bishop Joseph Talbot.

Dates: 1971-1988

Allen DuPont Breck Photos, 1972-1999

 File
Identifier: U201.02.0138.0018
Abstract 40 black and white prints of University of Denver history professor Allen DuPont Breck, mostly headshots. Images also include Breck with Chancellor Chester Alter; Breck with history professor John Livingston and photos of Woodstock West; Breck impersonating a historical character at a "Nostalgia" event; Breck impersonating Copernicus in a speech at summer commencement; and Breck receiving a Distinguished Teaching Award. 5 color prints of portraits of Breck, including Breck as Copernicus and...
Dates: 1972-1999