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:
Traditions - Founders Day, 1996, 1996 February
Images from Founder's Day 1996 at the University of Denver: 5 sets of black and white negatives with contact sheets. 3 sets of color negatives with contact sheets. 4 black and white prints, including Nancy Sampson and Mike Griffin; and Founder's Day award recipients James Johnstone, Merry Lowe, and Bill Mitchell.
Traditions - Founder's Day 1997, 1997 March
Images from Founder's Day 1997 at the University of Denver: 2 black and white prints of the Founder's Day auction 10 sets of black and white negatives of Founder's Day award recipients and Chancellor Daniel Ritchie; and of the Founder's Day co-chairs. 3 sets of color negatives with contact sheets of portraits of Founder's Day award recipients.
Traditions - Founders Day - 1998, 1998
Images related to Founders Day 1998 at the University of Denver: 4 sets of color negatives with contact sheets of images from the Founders Day awards dinner; and of the Founders Day award recipients. 5 sets of black and white negatives with contact sheets of images from the Founders Day awards dinner with Chancellor Daniel Ritchie; and of the Founders Day co-chairs. 6 medium format black and white negatives with headshots of unidentified persons.
Traditions - Founders Day 1999, 1999
Images from Founders Day 1999 at the University of Denver: 6 sets of color negatives with contact sheets, including the alumni co-chairs for Founders Day, alumni with Chancellor Daniel Ritchie, and portraits of the Founders Day award recipients. 2 sets of black and white negatives with contact sheets, including images from the Wall of Honor reception. 2 color prints of an edible cookie sculpture and a John Elway autographed football at the Founders Day silent auction.
Traditions - Founders Day 2001, 2001
4 color prints from Founders Day 2001 at the University of Denver, including alumni onstage with Chancellor Daniel Ritchie; and images from the silent auction.
Traditions - Greek Week Queen Finalists, 1959
Black and white photograph, of 1959 Greek Week queen finalists, in 1959. The image is of four women, three standing next to a grand piano, and one woman posing as if she is playing the grand piano, in an unidentified large upper-story room.
Traditions - Homecoming, 1938-1988
Traditions - Homecoming - 1940, 1940
10 black and white prints from the 1940 University of Denver Homecoming Parade on 16th St.
Traditions - Homecoming - 1946 PHOTO, 1946
5 black and white prints of parade floats from the 1946 University of Denver Homecoming (Pioneer Days?) parade, including a Sigma Kappa float, with the Colorado State Capitol in the background.
Traditions - Homecoming 1949, 1949
Images related to Homecoming 1949 at the University of Denver: 3 color slides of marching band at the football game. 14 black and white prints, including Dick Phelps, Margarte Romine, Ilene Barr, Muriel Davis, Pat Long, and Earnest Lamb on parade floats; Pioneer Day; Gordon Johnston, Mrs. Wilbur Denious, and "Cac" Hubbard; and Mary Young, Gerry Shank, and others on a float. 1 set of black and white negatives without contact sheets.