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 46995 Collections and/or Records:
Miscellaneous Athletics Information, between 1985-2000
Research reports and photocopies of clippings regarding NCAA Division I status.
Miscellaneous Athletics Records, Reports, between 1947-2001
University of Denver (DU) Pioneers athletics newspaper clippings, records and press releases from 1947-2001.
Miscellaneous Courses, 2017
One student research paper entitled "What was the purpose of the Chicano/Jewish Dialogues? Can they Endure?" written for SOC 2655: Latinos in American Society.
Miscellaneous photos
Black and white negatives, contact sheets, and prints relating to miscellaneous people and place at the University of Denver.
Miscellaneous Publications, 1977
Athletics fliers, letters, and season ticket ordering forms.
Mischke, Barbara, between 1940-2008
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.
Miss DU, Alice Joseffer, 1971
Black and white portrait of Alice Joseffer, named Miss DU 1971 at the University of Denver. Joseffer is wearing a dark vest over a white long-sleeved shirt with a bow at the neck and is holding a bouquet of flowers and greenery with a large ribbon.
Miss DU, Betty Fern Hoyt
Betty Fern Hoyt, named Miss University of Denver, receives a trophy from an unidentified woman wearing a frilly dress and feathered hat, onstage in an unidentified room. Hoyt is wearing a light-colored skirt and jacket with a belt and has a crown on her head.
Miss Mabel Rilling : Supervisor of Children's Play, Stories for Children, between 1912-1930
Program detailing University of Denver (DU) Director of Physical Education for Women Mabel Rilling's participation in Chautauquas, an education movement popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes brief biography of Rilling and personal endorsements from organizers of Chautauquas in Illinois, South Dakota, Iowa, Missouri, and Henry Augustus Buchtel, DU chancellor.
Miss Olive Potter at the University Office, between 1889-1892
A photograph of Miss Olive Potter, the Haish Manual Training School bookkeeper, at the University Office in Denver, Colorado.