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 Civic Center Library, 1954-1957
Interior view of the Civic Center Library on the Civic Center Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, showing students studying at a long row of table between bookshelves
University of Denver Civic Center Library, between 1955-1965
Interior view the Civic Center Library on the Civic Center Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, showing students studying at tables by the window.
University of Denver Civic Center Library, between 1949-1967
Black and white print of students studying in the Student Union cafeteria at the Civic Center campus of the University of Denver in the 1950s.
University of Denver Civic Center Library, 1954-1957
Interior view of the Civic Center Library on the Civic Center Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, showing students checking out books from library employees at the circulation desk.
University of Denver Civic Center Library, 1946
Interior view of the Civic Center Library on the Civic Center Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, showing brid's-eye view (taken from balcony) of students studying at tables near an entrance.
University of Denver Civic Center Library, between 1949-1967
Exterior view of the library building on the Civic Center Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with a cowboy statue in the foreground.
University of Denver Civic Center Library, between 1947-1955
Exterior view of the library building on the Civic Center Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, seen from across the street with downtown Denver buildings in the background.
University of Denver Civic Center Library, between 1947-1967
Black and white print of two students standing on the sun deck of the Civic Center Library on the Civic Center Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with the Colorado State Capitol in the background.
University of Denver Civic Center Library under Construction, 1949
Exterior view of the Civic Center Library on the Civic Center Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado under construction, seen from across the street, with downtown Denver buildings in the background.
University of Denver Clarion, 1970 May 6
University of Denver Clarion for May 6, 1970. Front page news articles include piece on deaths at Kent State University, and student strike at the University of Denver.