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University of Denver

 Organization

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 folder

Found in 47001 Collections and/or Records:

Ben Cherrington with Globe, circa 1950

 Item
Identifier: U201.02.0138.0033.00002
Abstract

Black and white print of University of Denver Chancellor Ben M. Cherrington with an unidentified man holding a globe beneath a United Nations emblem. Cherrington was involved with the founding convention of the U.N. in San Francisco in 1944 and was an author of the United Nations Charter and a co-founder of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

Dates: circa 1950

Ben M. Cherrington, between 1943-1946

 Item
Identifier: U201.02.0138.0033.00001
Abstract

Black and white print of portrait of University of Denver Chancellor Ben M. Cherrington.

Dates: between 1943-1946

Ben M. Cherrington Hall, circa 1960s

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0412.00026
Abstract

View from behind two men on the walkway amongst the columns of Ben Cherrington Hall on the University of Denver campus.

Dates: circa 1960s

Ben M. Cherrington Hall, circa 1960s

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0412.00027
Abstract

View from behind two men on the walkway amongst the columns of Ben Cherrington Hall on the University of Denver campus.

Dates: circa 1960s

Ben Mark Cherrington, between 1943-1946

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0413.00013
Abstract

University of Denver eighth chancellor Ben Mark Cherrington poses for a portrait. Cherrington served as chancellor from 1943 to 1946.

Dates: between 1943-1946

Ben Mark Cherrington Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M126
Abstract Ben Mark Cherrington (1885-1980) served as acting Chancellor of the University of Denver, Denver, Colorado from October 1943 to February 1946. He also served as Director of the University of Denver Graduate School of International Studies and as Chair of the Graduate School. He waa a founder and the first exceutive director for the board of the Social Science Foundation. Cherrington was also an author of the Charter of the United Nations, and a co-founder of the United Nations...
Dates: 1911-1952; Majority of material found in 1911-1952

Ben Miller, between 1918-1922

 Item
Identifier: B063.08.0024.00027
Abstract

Studio portrait of Ben Miller, possibly a grandson of Robert Lazar Miller, dressed in his wrestling sweats as a member of the University of Denver wrestling team.

Dates: between 1918-1922

Ben-Ze'ev, Avri, 1992 January 30-April 27

 File
Identifier: U158.01.0011.0062
Abstract

Contains correspondence between members of the Eleanor Roosevelt Institute, primarily Dr. Theodore Puck, and other individuals or companies. Includes correspondence related to business practices and experimentation results and progress, publications when exchanged for review, newspaper articles, photographs, cards, and occasionally patient information when related to research.

Dates: 1992 January 30-April 27