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:
Chester Alter with John Evans Jr. and Model of Campus, between 1953-1966
Black and white print of University of Denver Chancellor Chester Alter and Chairman of the Board of Trustees John Evans Jr. looking at a model of the University Park campus showing existing and proposed buildings.
Chester Alter with Sculptures
Black and white print of University of Denver former chancellor Chester Alter with an unidentified student and an array of sculptures looking like twisted tree branches, one of which Alter is holding.
Chester Alter with Student, between 1953-1966
Black and white print of University of Denver Chancellor Chester Alter at a microphone with an unidentified student.
Chester Alter with Students, between 1953-1966
Black and white print of University of Denver Chancellor Chester Alter standing on the steps of an unidentified building on the university's campus with a group of unidentified students.
Chester Alter with U Thant, 1964
Black and white print of University of Denver Chancellor Chester Alter in academic regalia with United Nations Secretary General U Thant.
Chester Alter with William Rhodes and Carolyn Bush, 1956
Black and white print of University of Denver Chancellor Chester Alter with University Chaplain William Rhodes and Carolyn Bush at a reception, with Lloyd Garrison and Dean James Purdue in the background.
Chester, Annetta and Robert (Bob), 1989 April 11-1995 March 22
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.
Chester M. Alter, between 1953-1967
University of Denver twelfth chancellor Chester M. Alter poses for a portrait. Alter served as chancellor from 1953 to 1967.
Chester M. Alter, between 1953-1967
Series 3 contains representative images of the history of the University of Denver selected by the Curators of Special Collections and Archives for prioritized cataloging and digitization.
Cheung, Minot, 1988 August
Contains a black and white image, negatives, and contact sheet of images of Minot Cheung.