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 102 Collections and/or Records:
Selig, Robert
Black and white print of Robert W. Selig, alumnus and chairman of the Board of Trustees at the University of Denver.
Selig, Robert W., between 1947-1961
Shwayder, King David, 1970-1981
Silver, Harold F
Black and white print of headshot of businessman and inventor Harold F. Silver, member of the Board of Trustees at the University of Denver.
Support - Trustees, Others - Woodstock West, 1970
Types of Materials: Correspondence received
The Evans Family Photographs VIP, 1963-1991
The Science Hall Groundbreaking, 1911 November 15
Portrait of a group of men standing around two men, one with a spadeful of dirt. Inscription on the photo identifies some of the men, and names and dates this event as the groundbreaking for the Science Hall on November 15, 1911.
The Science Hall Groundbreaking, 1911 November 15
A group of men observe in a semi-circle around chancellor Henry A. Buchtel (who clutches a spade) and Bishop William Fraser McDowell. The inscription identifies this as the groundbreaking for the Science Hall on November 15, 1911.
Tramway Tech PHOTO, 1966-1992
Images related to the old University Park tram line in Denver, Colorado: 2 sets of black and white negatives with contact sheets of Streetcar #8 and old tram tracks being torn up on Evans Avenue. 1 black and white contact sheet without negatives of an old streetcar. 1 undated black and white print of Dewey Flint, Alfred C. Nelson, John Gorsuch, Judge Philip Gillian, and Francis Van Derur taking the last ride on the #8 University Park tramway line.