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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:

University of Denver Students, 1950s

 Item
Identifier: U201.03.0011.0003.00001
Abstract

Five University of Denver (DU) female college students and one male student, holding pennants, pose in and on a 1920s-era convertible, en route to a pep rally. A ''University of Denver'' banner is displayed on the car.

Dates: 1950s

University of Denver - Students 1918 Class Reunion Dinner, circa 1960

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Identifier: U201.01.0096.0038.00006
Abstract

University of Denver alumni sitting at long tables at a University of Denver Class of 1918 Reunion dinner, circa 1960.

Dates: circa 1960

University of Denver - Students and Faculty, circa 1960

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Identifier: U201.01.0129.0007.00004
Abstract

Students and fauclty returning for the fall quarter pose for a photograph outside of the Margery Reed building on the University of Denver campus in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: circa 1960

University of Denver Students at Founders Day, 1959

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Identifier: U201.03.0011.0004.00001
Abstract University of Denver (DU) students cut a cake as Board of Trustees President Robert W. Selig speaks at a podium during the 1959 DU Founders Day celebration in Denver, Colorado. Chancellor Chester M. Alter (to right of Selig) and award recipients look on. Students, left to right: Jeanette Dale (1959 Miss DU and President of Associated Women Students), Jim Sorenson (President of Student Senate), Edythe (Edie) Goldstein (President of Coed Journalists), and Steve LeSatz (Pioneers men's...
Dates: 1959

University of Denver Students Cook in a Dormitory Kitchen, circa 1952

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Identifier: U201.03.0011.0014.00004
Abstract

Three University of Denver (DU) male and female students, all wearing aprons, cook together in a student dormitory kitchen in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: circa 1952

University of Denver - Students from Sigma Kappa, 1912

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Identifier: U201.01.0096.0038.00003
Abstract

(Left to right) Mary Rich, Gertrude Gray, Bird Rector, and Edna Rosen of Sigma Kappa for the University of Denver posing for a photograph in spring bonnets.

Dates: 1912

University of Denver - Students in Summer School, 1911

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Identifier: U201.01.0096.0038.00009
Abstract 75 individuals pose for a photograph in front of a building for Summer School affiliated with the University of Denver. 40 individuals identified: "front Row (left to right) (underlined), 1. Hahn, Charles L., 2. Hix, Homer B., 3. Werthan, Sidney, 4. Beattie, Harry J., 5. Dewey, Albert W., 6. Moles, Oliver C., Second Row (left to right) (underlined), 1. Carson, Martha J., 2. Cook, Henry A., 3., 4. Culbertson, George W., 5., 6. Miller, Earl, 7. Melzer, Alma O., 8. Kidd, William J., 9. Herbert,...
Dates: 1911

University of Denver Students Listen to Records, between 1950-1970

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Identifier: U201.03.0011.0014.00003
Abstract

Four University of Denver (DU) students listen to records in a student dormitory common room in Denver, Colorado

Dates: between 1950-1970

University of Denver Students on Campus, 1998

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Identifier: U300.06.0008.01039
Abstract

University of Denver (DU) students sit on the grass on campus.

Dates: 1998

University of Denver - Students Portrait, bulk: between 1880-1890

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Identifier: U201.01.0096.0035.00003
Abstract

A student poses for a portrait photograph at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: Majority of material found within between 1880-1890