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 47001 Collections and/or Records:
Founders Day - 1972
Images from Founders Day 1972 at the University of Denver, including 1 black and white contact sheet without negatives and 1 black and white print of unidentified persons cutting the DU birthday cake.
Founders Day - 1973, 1973 March 7
1 black and white contact sheet without negatives with images from Founders Day 1973 at the University of Denver.
Founders Day - 1974, 1974 March 9
Images from Founders Day 1974 at the University of Denver: 12 black and white prints, including Mrs. Mitchell, Colorado Gov. John Vanderhoof, and Mrs. Webster; Randolph McDonough, Maurice Mitchell, John Gorsuch, and Robert Yegge; Gov. John Vanderhoof and Mrs. Harold Webster; the DU birthday cake; and ice sculpture at Founders Day banquet. 5 black and white contact sheets without negatives.
Founders Day - 1976, 1976 March 4
Images from Founders Day 1976 at the University of Denver: 2 black and white prints, including the US bicentennial/DU birthday cake; and Ed Estlow and Doug Michel. 4 black and white contact sheets without negatives. One image is credited to Howard Brock, Rocky Mountain News.
Founders Day - 1977, 1977 March
Images from Founders Day 1977 at the University of Denver: 4 black and white contact sheets without negatives. 3 black and white prints, including alumni presenting a gift of a portrait of Al Serafin. Also includes a typed Public Relations document with detailed cutlines for images from Founders Day 1977, but not specifying which cutlines go with which images.
Founders Day - 1978, 1978 March 2
Images from Founders Day 1978 at the University of Denver: 3 black and white prints, including awardee Al Cohen; and trustee Lucien Wulsin announcing the DENVER DESIGN capital campaign. 5 black and white contact sheets without negatives, including Maurice Mitchell at a reception in the Fieldhouse kicking off the capital campaign.