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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 657 Collections and/or Records:

DU Dance Collective, 1996 May

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0091.0031.00001
Abstract

The image depicts four pairs of unidentified legs tap dancing on an unidentified stage for the University of Denver Dance Collective in 1996. The four unidentified individuals wearing beige tights and leotards.

Dates: 1996 May

DU Dance Collective, 1996 May

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0091.0031.00002
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1996 May

DU Examines The War In The Gulf

 Item
Identifier: U219.01.0001.0010.00006
Abstract

Agenda for a forum on the Gulf War at the University of Denver.

Dates: 1991

Dudes and Dames, 1951 March

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0092.0027.00001
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1951 March

Dudes and Dames, 1951 March

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0092.0027.00002
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1951 March

Dudes and Dames, 1952

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0092.0027.00003
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1952

Dudes and Dames, circa 1950

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0092.0027.00004
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1950

Dudes and Dames, circa 1950

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0092.0027.00005
Abstract

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.

Dates: circa 1950

Dwight Smith and Chancellor's Leadership Core, 1986 October

 Item
Identifier: U201.02.0141.0017.00006
Abstract

Contact sheet of images of Chancellor Dwith Smith and the Chancellor's Leadership Core, October of 1986.

Dates: 1986 October

Dwight Smith Serving Food to Students at Spring Carnival, between 1984-1989

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0120.0016.00001
Abstract

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."

Dates: between 1984-1989