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 Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983
Interior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the July 1983 fire. Boxes on shelves and debris on the floor appear water-damaged.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983
Interior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the December 1983 fire. Burned timbers litter the floor in front of a broken window.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983
Interior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the July 1983 fire.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983
Interior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the December 1983 fire. Burnt timber and singed papers litter the ground.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983
Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado during the fire. Fire fighters stand on a ladder and roof, looking over the building on fire.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1984
Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the fire. After the demolition of the chapel, repairs on the remaining tower. Cement truck in the foreground.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983
Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the fire. Fire hoses crisscross a driveway behind a firetruck. A latter reaches between the north towers of Buchtel Chapel. Smoke and haze cover the scene.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983 July 21
Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the fire. Looking at main entrance, caution tape in the foreground.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983
Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the fire. The chapel smokes immediately after the flames are extinguished.
University of Denver Buchtel Chapel - Fire and Demolition, 1983
Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Chapel in Denver, Colorado after the fire. View of one of the remaining towers with piles of dirt in the foreground.