Denver Public Schools
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Use for the Denver School system generally. For the governing board, use: School District Number One in the City and County of Denver, Colorado. --Board of Education.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Archie Loyd Threlkeld Papers
Collection
Identifier: M012
Abstract
Archie Loyd Threlkeld (1889-1967) was Assistant and Deputy Superintendent of the Denver Public Schools from 1921 to 1927 under Jesse H. Newlon. He was Superintendent of the Denver Public Schools for ten years, from 1927 to 1937. While Deputy Superintendent, A. L. Threlkeld directed the curriculum revision program that became internationally known. During the Great Depression, Threlkeld continued the school building program and successfully resisted cutting teachers' salaries. This...
Dates:
1924-1966; Majority of material found in 1924-1932
B'nai B'rith Women, circa 1963
Item
Identifier: B063.04.0004.00082
Abstract
Left to right: Barbara Coopersmith, Superintendent of Schools Kenneth E. Oberholtzer, Mary Morris, and Ann Grazi sit around a table looking at 1962-63 Memo and Date Books. The women are members of B'nai B'rith Women in Denver, Colorado.
Dates:
circa 1963
Jesse H. Newlon Papers
Collection
Identifier: M013
Abstract
Jesse H. Newlon (1882-1941) served as Superintendent of the Denver Public Schools from 1920 to 1927. During his tenure, Denver became nationally known for its innovations in public education. While Superintendent of the Denver Public Schools, Newlon oversaw the building of fifteen schools, created a program for curriculum revision in which classroom teachers were the key participants, and gained consensus for a single salary schedule for teachers, regardless of whether they taught in...
Dates:
1916-1941
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