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:
University of Denver Buchtel Memorial Chapel, between 1910-1983
Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Memorial Chapel in Denver, Colorado. Construction going on in some prints.
University of Denver Buchtel Memorial Chapel, 1954 April
Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Memorial Chapel in Denver, Colorado. Snow covers the grounds and building.
University of Denver Buchtel Memorial Chapel, 1954 April
Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Memorial Chapel in Denver, Colorado. Snow covers the grounds and building. A man walks down a sidewalk.
University of Denver Buchtel Memorial Chapel, 1954 April
Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Memorial Chapel in Denver, Colorado. There is snow everywhere.
University of Denver Buchtel Memorial Chapel, 1950
Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Memorial Chapel in Denver, Colorado. A sign can be seen in the foreground which reads: ''University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Founded in 1864>'
University of Denver Buchtel Memorial Chapel and Margery Reed Building, between 1910-1983
Buchtel Chapel as seen through the entrance to Margery Reed Hall
University of Denver Buchtel Memorial Chapel and Margery Reed Building, 1959 September
Exterior view of University of Denver's Buchtel Memorial Chapel and Margery Reed Building in Denver, Colorado. Snow covers the grounds and building.
University of Denver Buchtel Memorial Chapel Organ, 1925
The organ console in Buchtel Memorial Chapel of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Buchtel Memorial Tower, 2004 August 16
Exterior view of the University of Denver Buchtel Memorial Tower on the DU campus in Denver, Colorado, taken on August 16, 2004. The tower is one of the four towers of Buchtel Memorial Chapel, which burned in 1983, and houses the Victory Bell, which rings every year at the end of Commencement.