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 657 Collections and/or Records:
Editorial Staff, 1904
A sheet from an unidentified pamphlet or booklet, of an image of six editorial staff members, from left to right: Annette Badgley, Wallace M. Bayliss, Edith J. Boughton, Theodore M. Stuart, Sallie R. Welch, Winton M. Ault, of the University of Denver, class of 1904.
Finding Common Ground: An Interfaith Forum Open To The Entire Community
Flier advertising for a series of forums sponsored by the Institute for Interfaith Studies and Social Concerns at the University of Denver. Topics include religious perspectives on war, the Holocaust's Christian rescuers, social priorities for religious faiths, and images of the holy life in Judaism and Christianity.
Foreign Students, 1979 May 23
The contact sheet depicts multiple unidentified individuals having group meetings in unidentified spaces, affiliated with the University of Denver, in 5-23-79.
Freshman Dorm Basement, 1954
The image depicts two unidentified students hanging laundry on water pipes in the basement of a residential building at the University of Denver, in 1954.
Freshman Housing, circa 1950
The contact sheet depicts two unidentified freshman students in University of Denver housing, circa 1950.
Freshman Orientation, 1967 September
The image depicts four individuals including Mrs. Mitchell and Chancellor Chester M. Alter greeting new students and parents at a Pionner Week reception, at the University of Denver, in September 1967.
Freshman Orientation, 1952
The image depicts five unidentified students and one unidentified teacher having a conversation at freshman orientation, at the University of Denver, in 9/1952. All of the students are wearing identical hats and the middle student is wearing a "Howdy Pioneer" tag on her hip. Other students can be seen sitting at desks in the background.
Freshman Orientation, 1952
The image depicts multiple unidentified freshman students at the University of Denver orientation, all wearing identical hats and circled around two unidentified authorities, in 1952.
Freshman Orientation, circa 1950
The image depicts a large crowd of people sitting on chairs outside of Margery Reed Hall, at the University of Denver for Freshman Orientation, circa 1950. The Mary and Margery Reed Statue is seen in the foreground of the image.
Freshman Orientation, 1951
The image depicts 11 unidentified individuals participating in a game of a three legged race at freshman orientation, in front of Margery Reed Hall, at the University of Denver, in 1951. A couple of students stand on the top of the steps to the building watching the race.