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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:

Maurice Mitchell with Frankie Freeman

 Item
Identifier: U201.02.0140.0023.00001
Abstract

Black and white print of University of Denver Chancellor Maurice Mitchell on a Civil Rights Commission panel with Frankie Freeman and an unidentified man.

Dates: 1969-1974

May Day Candidates, 1969

 File
Identifier: U201.03.0011.0001
Abstract

4 black and white prints of 1969 May Day queen candidates at the University of Denver, including a group portrait of finalists Bette Lord, Lela Scott, Karen Nelker [?], Penny Frederickson, Linda Murphy, Patti Tilden, Cheryl Barnes, Karen Sanderlin, and Randee Bloom; and individual headshot of Bette Lord. 1 set of black and white negatives with contact sheets of group and individual portraits of 1969 May Day queen candidates.

Dates: 1969

May Day Meeting Flier, 1970 May

 Item
Identifier: U219.03.0004.0012.00006
Abstract

Flier for May Day meeting at 7 pm to implement the result of the referendum.

Dates: 1970 May

May Day Queens, 1952 May

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0120.0004.00001
Abstract

Black and white photograph of three women in formal white dresses holding bouquets, apparently posing as May Day Queens at the University of Denver.

Dates: 1952 May

May Day Referendum Flier, 1971 May

 Item
Identifier: U219.03.0004.0020.00008
Abstract

Flier stating that a year ago people were killed at Jackson and Kent States. Calls for May Day Referendum to protest the war.

Dates: 1971 May

May Day Referendum Flier, 1970 May

 Item
Identifier: U219.03.0004.0012.00005
Abstract

Flier for May Day Referendum asking if the university should be closed May 3rd, 4th, and 5th to commemorate Kent State and Jackson State killings.

Dates: 1970 May

May Days, 1969

 File
Identifier: U201.03.0011.0002
Abstract

Images of students setting up for May Day celebrations at the University of Denver, including 2 sets of black and white negatives with contact sheets and 1 black and white print.

Dates: 1969

Mayfield Foundation, 1986-1988

 File
Identifier: U158.01.0035.0018
Abstract

Contains correspondence between members of the Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, primarily Dr. Theodore Puck, and other individuals or companies. Includes correspondence related to business practices and experimentation results and progress, publications when exchanged for review, newspaper articles, photographs, cards, and occasionally patient information when related to research.

Dates: 1986-1988

Mayo, Paul T.

 File
Identifier: U201.02.0140.0014
Abstract

Black and white print of a number of persons in academic regalia at the University of Denver (possibly the Mary Reed building) with the unveiling of a statue. Paul T. Mayo was an alumnus of the University of Denver and husband of Margery Reed.

Dates: 1793-2009

Mayo, Ralph, 1956

 File
Identifier: U201.02.0140.0015
Abstract

3 black and white prints of Ralph Mayo, member of the Board of Trustees at the University of Denver.

Dates: 1956