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 54 Collections and/or Records:
Pioneer Astronomer: The Story of Herbert Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver: Chapter 5 "Growing Pains", 1999 March
Chapter 5 covers the years 1903-1912.
Ruth F. Wheeler Scrapbook
This collection contains two scrapbooks and a K-Book related to Ruth Wheeler's time as a student at the University of Denver in 1910.
University of Denver Student Loretta Norris, circa 1970
University of Denver (DU) student Loretta Norris poses for a portrait outside a building on the DU campus in Denver, Colorado. Norris majored in math and came to DU from Greenville, Alabama.