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:
Chancellor Maurice Mitchell Speaks to Media, 1968
University of Denver Chancellor Maurice Mitchell speaks to the media during a 1968 DU student sit-in at the DU registrar's office in Denver, Colorado.
Chancellor Mitchell Made the Following Release, 1970 May 7
Chancellor Mitchell's Statement, 1970 May 13
Press release from Chancellor Mitchell regarding the actions taken by the Denver Police and National Guard and the provocation by the students.
Chancellor, Patricia, 1946
Contains black and white image of Patricia Chancellor.
Chancellor Ritchie, circa 1995
Photographic image of Chancellor Daniel Ritchie with unknown man at the University of Denver, circa 1995. The Chancellor is holding a mortarboard and what appears to be a degree while the unknown man places an ornate medallion around his neck. Both wear academic regalia.
Chancellor Ritchie and VIPs at Facilities Management Groundbreaking, 1994 September 27
Photographic image of men in suits wearing hard hats and holding shovels full of dirt: [left to right] Cal Cox (Project Contractor), Keith Heaton (DU), Jeff Bemilin [sp] (DU), Chancellor Ritchie, Rod Davis (Architect), at the groundbreaking of the Facilities Management building on the campus of the University of Denver on 9/27/1994.
Chancellor Ritchie and VIPs at the Yegge Center Dedication, circa 1995
Chancellor Ritchie Conducting Lamont Symphony Orchestra, 1995
Photographic image of Chancellor Daniel Ritchie conducting the Lamont Symphony Orchestra at the University of Denver, circa 1995. Chancellor Ritchie is facing the orchestra and in the forground of the image most of the musicians can be seen.
Chancellor Ritchie in Homecoming Parade, 1995 November
Black and white print of University of Denver Chancellor Daniel Ritchie riding in the front of a covered wagon in DU's Homecoming parade in November 1995. Both Ritchie and the driver of the wagon are wearing cowboy hats and boots, and the wagon bears signs reading "[illegible] Marshall" and "Wagons furnished by Cowboy Metal."
Chancellor Ritchie in Parade, circa 1995
Photographic image of a parade with Chancellor Ritchie riding in the back of a Jeep with no top; a male student is driving and a female student stands in the passenger side. A line of vehicles carrying students stretches down the street behind them; balloons adorn almost every car. In the far rear a band and cheerleaders are visible. On or near the University of Denver campus, circa 1995.