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 427 Collections and/or Records:
Support - Telephone Messages - Woodstock West, 1970
The Student Protests series contains materials related to the registrar's office sit-in (4/30/1968), student demands and Woodstock West. The materials have been kept in original order with notes from original file binders from Mitchell's office.
Support - Trustees, Others - Woodstock West, 1970
Types of Materials: Correspondence received
Telephone Log, 1970
Telephone log from the project to create a history of Woodstock West.
Temporary Restraining Order, 1970 May 11
Temporary restraining order by Colorado Seminary and University of Denver against three named students and 1000 John Does, Weatherman, Weatherman Faction, Students for a Democratic Society and Strike Center. Orders defendants not to damage university property or interfere with students or classes.
Tentative Agenda for Faculty in Support of the ''Strike'', 1970
Mimeographed sheet of options for faculty to show support for student strike.
The Completion of Academic Requirements for Courses Offered at the University of Denver in the Spring Quarter 1970, 1970
Proposal by Assistant Professor of Religion Arnold Harms for grading students for the quarter in which Woodstock West took place.
The Concerned Students Against the War Press Release, 1969
Press release from the Concerned Students Against the War announcing protest plans, and noting that the Vietnamese Liberation Front flag will not be flown. Attached is an opinion piece clipping against the use of such flags, as well as notes and an envelope addressed to Chancellor Mitchell.
The Crisis on Campus (Long Version), 1969 June
"The Crisis on Campus" (Long Version). Reader's Digest - June 1969. 16mm, color, 14:35, SOF. "The Crisis on Campus," June '69. Chancellor Maurice Mitchell of Denver University interviewed by C.R. Devine, of Reader's Digest, in Denver, April 29, 1969.
The Denver Clarion, vol. 77, issue 61, 1973 March 2
AUSA court recommends $14.59 fine for Heberlein. Wednesday’s hearing hits minority treatment. Panel protests federal cutbacks.
The DU Story, 1968
"Advance backgrounder" press release that was distributed to the media following the on-campus sit-in in April 1968.