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 (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-fourth Year, 1958 August 15
Program from the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, August fifteenth, 1958 at Ten o'clock. Honorary degree recipients: Florence Windsor Hutsinpillar, Doctor of Humane Letters; Maurice B. Mitchell, Doctor of Laws. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Chester M. Alter. The commencement address was given by Chancellor Chester M. Alter.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-second Year, 1956 June 8
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June Eighth, 1956. Honorary degree recipients: Haslett Platt Burke, Doctor of Laws; Walker Van Riper, Doctor of Science; George Carl Wilsnack, Doctor of Science. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Chester M. Alter.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-seventh year, 1961 June 9
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June Ninth, Nineteenth, 1961 at Seven-thirty o'Clock. Honorary degree recipient: Joseph Patterson Binns, Doctor of Laws; Harold Raymond Keables, Doctor of Letters; Etienne Bernardeau Renaud, Doctor of Laws; John Ewart Wallace Sterling, Doctor of Laws. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Chester M. Alter.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-sixth Year, 1960 August 19
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, August Nineteenth, 1960 at Ten o'Clock. Honorary degree recipient: Elizabeth Lenore Fackt, Doctor of Laws. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Chester M. Alter.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-third Year, 1957 June 14
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral commencement ceremony, June Fourteenth,1957 at Seven-thirty o'Clock. Honorary degree recipients: Heber Reece Harper, Doctor of Public Service; Edwin Carl Johnson, Doctor of Laws; Eugene Donald Millikin, Doctor of Laws; William Edgeworth Morgan, Doctor of Laws; Henry Leonard Weiss, Doctor of Divinity. Conferring of Degrees: Chancellor Chester M. Alter.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-third Year, 1957 August 23
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, August Twenty-third, 1957 at Ten o'Clock. Honorary degree recipients: Wilbur McClure Alter, Doctor of Laws; Abraham David Hannath Kaplan, Doctor of Public Service; Willis McDonald Tate, Doctor of Laws. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Chester M. Alter. The commencement address was given by Chancellor Chester M. Alter.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program,Eighty-fifth Year, 1949 August 26
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, August Twenty-sixth,1949. Honorary degree recipients: Mr. Saul Caston, Doctor of Music; Mr. Burnham Hoyt, Doctor of Fine Arts. Conferring of degrees in course: Chancellor Alfred C. Nelson. The commencement address was given by Dr. Alfred C. Nelson.
University of Denver Colorado Seminary, Evans House- Before 1880, between 1864-1880
Black and white card-size print of exterior view of the original University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) building and Gov. John Evans' house at 14th and Arapahoe Streets in Denver, Colorado before 1880.
University of Denver Colorado Seminary, Evans House- Before 1880, between 1860-1969
Black and white print of exterior view of the original University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) building and Gov. John Evans' house at 14th and Arapahoe Streets in Denver, Colorado, along with other downtown buildings, including a drugstore and a church.
University of Denver Colorado Seminary, Evans House- Before 1880, 1864
Black and white print of exterior view of Colorado Gov. John Evans' house at 14th and Arapahoe Streets in Denver, Colorado, next to the original site of the University of Denver (Colorado Seminary).