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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 427 Collections and/or Records:

Student Protesters on Steps of University Hall, 1968

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0132.0004.00009.00003
Abstract

Black and white contact sheet image of a crowd of students standing on the steps of University Hall during a student demonstration at the University of Denver in 1968.

Dates: 1968

Student Protesters Sitting in Hallway, 1968

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0132.0004.00009.00001
Abstract

University of Denver students standing and sitting in a crowded hallway in University Hall, listening to an unidentified male speaker, during a student demonstration at the University of Denver in 1968.

Dates: 1968

Student protests, 1969-1970

 File
Identifier: M028.05.0013.0003
Abstract

Types of Materials: newspaper clippings

Dates: 1969-1970

Student - Protests - Anti-Wallace Demonstrations

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0132.0005
Abstract

Black and white prints related to student protests against George Wallace at the University of Denver.

Dates: 1793-2009

Student Protests Collection

 Collection
Identifier: U219
Abstract

The Student Protests Collection is a collection of materials related to student protests, whether against the University, as in the case of a tuition protest, or American policies, as in the case of Woodstock West and anti-draft demonstrations. The collection includes newspaper clippings as well as University documents and other published material.

Dates: 1911-1991

Student Protests - Gulf War Demonstrations, 1990-1991

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0132.0008
Abstract

Black and white negatives, contact sheets, and prints related to student protests at the University of Denver against the Gulf War.

Dates: 1990-1991

Student - Protests - Sit Ins, 1969-1985

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0132.0004
Abstract

Black and white negatives, contact sheets, and prints related to student sit-in protests at the University of Denver.

Dates: 1969-1985

Student Senate Flier

 Item
Identifier: U219.02.0002.0007.00008
Abstract

Flier questioning the real power of the student senate.

Dates: 1968

Student Strike Leaflet

 Item
Identifier: U219.01.0001.0002.00005
Abstract

Typewritten leaflet outlining a strike at the University of Colorado-Boulder, and the University of Denver Chancellor's stance on striking students, and calls for staying on strike until demands are met.

Dates: 1964-1971

Students - Protest - Campus Issues, 1977-1981

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0132.0011
Abstract

Black and white contact sheets and prints related to student protests of campus issues at the University of Denver.

Dates: 1977-1981