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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 47001 Collections and/or Records:

Physical Education - Tumbling

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0071.0007.00002
Abstract

A University of Denver student throws another student into the air in a tumbling exercise. The students are standing on a tumbling mat in Observatory Park, with two chairs and a row of houses in the background. Tumbling was a popular collegiate sport in the early 20th century.

Dates: circa 1920-circa 1966

Physical Education - Tumbling

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0071.0007.00003
Abstract

A group of male students participate in a tumbling exercise at the University of Denver. One of the students is doing a headstand, a second is grabbing his ankles and swinging over him, and while a third is preparing to catch him. The students are standing on a large cloth in an open grassy area, with Buchtel Memorial Chapel visible in the background. Tumbling was a popular collegiate sport in the early 20th century.

Dates: circa 1920-circa 1966

Physical Plant photo, 1951-1996

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0093.0011
Abstract

Black and white negatives, contact sheets, and prints relating to physical plant, maintenance, and custodial activities at the University of Denver.

Dates: 1951-1996

Physics Department Requisitions, 1960-1962

 File
Identifier: M043.03.01.0001.0039
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The Bryon Cohn subseries University of Denver Administrative materials contains correspondence, course information, budget information and fire damage data.

Dates: 1960-1962

Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women, 1974

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0412.00008
Abstract

Members of the Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women pose on and around a car parked in the quad outside of Mary Reed, which is visible in the background.

Dates: 1974