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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 46995 Collections and/or Records:

Group Portrait of Chancellors McDowell, Moore, and Buchtel

 File — Box U201.01.0102: Series U201.01 [Barcode: U186018629363]
Identifier: U201.01.0102
Abstract

Contains framed and matted black and white portrait of the first three University of Denver chancellors.

Dates: 1793-2009

Group Portrait of Chancellors McDowell, Moore, and Buchtel, circa 1900

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0102.00001
Abstract

Chancellor William Fraser McDowell and David H. Moore sit with Henry Augustus Buchtel standing behind.

Dates: circa 1900

Group Portrait of Cheerleaders

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0130.0012.00003
Abstract

Group portrait of eight cheerleaders at the University of Denver with giant pom-poms. The cheerleaders' first names, including Amy, Shirley, and Laura, are written on the collars of their shirts.

Dates: 1950-1999

Group Portrait of Dept. of State Orientation Summer Group, 1951 September

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0130.0015.00002
Abstract

Group portait of students from the Department of State Orientation summer group who were at the University of Denver for six weeks in 1951.

Dates: 1951 September

Group Portrait of Faculty and Staff, circa 1950

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0086.0018.00005
Abstract

Black and white photographic image of University of Denver faculty and staff: Hartman, Russell Porter, Hall, Friday, Crown, H. Moore, M. Miller, Shirey, B. Cohn, [illegible] name, Engle, Fuller, E. Cohn, Vance Kirkland, [illegible] name, Rasmussen, [illegible] name, Fee, Young, Allen Breck, on campus outside, circa 1950.

Dates: circa 1950

Group Portrait of Faculty and Staff, between 1953-1966

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0086.0022.00001
Abstract

Group portrait of a large group of University of Denver faculty, staff, and administration at a retreat. The individuals are arranged in three rows, with the back two rows standing and the front row seated; visible in the background are a house with log shingles and a 1950s-type automobile.

Dates: between 1953-1966

Group Portrait of Faculty Members, between 1945-1962

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0086.0018.00003
Abstract

Black and white print of eight University of Denver faculty members standing on a sidewalk at the bottom a set of stone steps. Faculty members pictured include Raymond Carey (Professor of History from 1945 to 1971), Elwood Murray (Professor of Speech from 1932 to 1962), Keith Case (head of Communication department), and Elton "Tad" Wieman (Director of Athletics).

Dates: between 1945-1962

Group Portrait of ROTC Cadets, 1951 April

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0095.0009.00004
Abstract

Black and white print of group portrait of 9 men in military officer's uniforms, along with two men and two women in civilian clothes.

Dates: 1951 April

Group Portrait of Unidentified Men

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0411.00009
Abstract

A group of 16 men in white ties poses for a portrait.

Dates: 1793-2009

Group Portrait of Unidentified Men, 1914

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0411.00010
Abstract

Seven men in suits pose for a photograph .

Dates: 1914