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:
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1955
Exterior view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado. Two female students are walking down a short flight of cement stairs as another female student puts a letter in a mailbox outside the building.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1955
Exterior view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado. The rear of Mary Reed Building and University Hall are visible in the left rear. Students walk on sidewalks in the midground. A large lawn and multiple trees surround the buildings.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1955
Exterior view of a University of Denver apartment in Denver, Colorado. A large lawn, trees and sidewalks surround the three story brick building.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1955
Exterior view of the construction of one of the University of Denver apartment buildings in Denver, Colorado. A construction worker wearing a hat and smoking a pipe uses a hammer on top of a cement wall. A second construction worker is also on top of the foundation. Mary Reed Building is in the background.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1955
Exterior view of a University of Denver apartment buildings in Denver, Colorado. Children play on a slide and swingset to the left. A parking lot with cars parked is on the front right. People walk on a sidewalk throughout.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1955
Exterior view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado; children play on a playground (slide, swingset, teeter totter) in front of an apartment building.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1953
Exterior view of the construction of the University of Denver's Spruce Hall in the early 1950s in Denver, Colorado. Half complete buildings sit on a dirt lot. A truck is parked on the street in the foreground. The Mary Reed building is visible in the background.
University of Denver Apartments, 1950
Exterior view of the University of Denver apartments in Denver, Colorado; the parking lot between the Student Union and Columbine Hall under construction in the early 1950s.
University of Denver Apartments, 1950
Exterior view of the construction of a University of Denver apartment in the early 1950s in Denver, Colorado. Scaffolding sits aside a three story high brick wall, several of which are visible in the photo. Two cars sit in the right midground; a dirt road runs across the foreground.
University of Denver Apartments, circa 1953
Aerial view of the University of Denver apartments under construction in the early 1950s in Denver, Colorado. Taken from the roof of the Mary Reed building, multiple apartments are in various stages of being built. The surrounding neighborhood and Rocky Mountains are visible in the background.