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:
Maurice Mitchell Interview, Tape II, 1970 May
Interview with Chancellor Maurice Mitchell about Woodstock West.
Maurice Mitchell with Civil Rights Commission, 1969 February 14
Group portrait of the members of the United States Commission on Human Rights on February 14, 1969, including University of Denver Chancellor Maurice B. Mitchell.
Maurice Mitchell with Frankie Freeman
Black and white print of University of Denver Chancellor Maurice Mitchell on a Civil Rights Commission panel with Frankie Freeman and an unidentified man.
May Day Candidates, 1969
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.
May Day Meeting Flier, 1970 May
Flier for May Day meeting at 7 pm to implement the result of the referendum.
May Day Queens, 1952 May
Black and white photograph of three women in formal white dresses holding bouquets, apparently posing as May Day Queens at the University of Denver.
May Day Referendum Flier, 1970 May
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.
May Day Referendum Flier, 1971 May
Flier stating that a year ago people were killed at Jackson and Kent States. Calls for May Day Referendum to protest the war.
May Days, 1969
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.
Mayfield Foundation, 1986-1988
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.