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:
Pioneer Club - Square Dancers, circa 1950
Students in costume posing for a photo with a dog and an accordian for the University of Denver's Pioneer Square Dancers organization on the University of Denver campus in Denver, Colorado.
Pioneer Club Square Dancers, 1956
Students of the University of Denver's Pioneer Club Square Dancers organization pose for a photo in a gymnasium in 1956.
Pioneer Club Square Dancers, circa 1950
Three pairs of students from the University of Denver's Pioneer Club Square Dancers dance outside with a view of the mountains in the background.
Pioneer Club Square Dancers, 1942
Members of the University of Denver's Pioneer Club Square Dancers pose for a photo on stage in western costume beneath a Chesterfield cigarettes ad in 1942.
Pioneer Days, 1980 September 16
The contact sheet depicts images of Pioneer Day outside on the University of Denver campus, on 9-16-80.
Pioneer Days, 1980 September 16
An audience surrounds a rock band on a stage set up for Pioneer Days outside of Sturm Hall building on the University of Denver campus in Denver, Colorado.
Pioneer Days 1946, 1946
Several unidentified persons participate in a Pioneer Days activity in front of Margery Reed Hall at the University of Denver campus.
Pioneer Days 1946, 1946
Several unidentified persons in old-time pioneer costumes participate in a Pioneer Days activity at the University of Denver in 1946, held on the steps in front of Margery Reed Hall.
Pioneer Days 1946, 1946
At least ten unidentified persons in old-time pioneer costumes participate in a Pioneer Days activity in front of Margery Reed Hall on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
Pioneer Days 1946, 1946
Four unidentified men wearing false sideburns and mustaches sing from a book as a part of a Pioneer Days event at the University of Denver. They are standing at the edge of the patio in front of Margery Reed Hall, with a row of unidentified persons sitting on chairs behind them.