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Mitchell, Maurice B., 1915-1996

 Person

Biography

Maurice B. Mitchell b. 09 Feb 1915 in New York City; d. 30 Nov 1996 in Santa Barbara, Calif. Chancellor of the University of Denver from 1967 to 1978.

Citation:
Breck, A.D. (1996). From the rockies to the world (pg. 172). Board of Trustees – Volume S: page 114.

Biography

Elected Chancellor of DU 1967. At the time was the editorial director of Encyclopedia Britannica Inc.

Found in 195 Collections and/or Records:

Mitchell, Maurice - Chancellor VIP Photographs - Civil Rights Commission, 1969-1974

 File
Identifier: U201.02.0140.0023
Abstract Images of University of Denver Chancellor Maurice B. Mitchell and his actvities on the US Civil Rights Commission: 3 black and white prints, including Mitchell with Frankie Freeman and a headshot of Mitchell. 3 sets of black and white negatives with contact sheets and 11 black and white contact sheets without negatives, including images of Mitchell being sworn in as a member of the US Civil Rights Commission with Justice Robert McWilliams; on a civil rights panel at an ACU Black Experience...
Dates: 1969-1974

Mitchell Reflects on Woodstock West, 1970 August 9

 Item
Identifier: U219.03.0006.0012.00001
Abstract

Mitchell Reflects on Woodstock West. Reprint from the Perspective, Denver Post, August 9, 1970 edition.

Dates: 1970 August 9

Mitchell Statements - Woodstock West, 1970 June 22

 File
Identifier: M028.07.0015.0012
Abstract

Types of Materials: transcript of interview

Dates: 1970 June 22

News Clipping with Note from Maurice B. Mitchell, 1970 May 18

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Identifier: U219.03.0003.0008.00001
Abstract

News clipping of a Rocky Mountain News story with Chancellor Mitchell's picture on which someone has added a red mustache and the word: ''PIG.'' Attached is a memo from the desk of Maurice B. Mitchell to Adolph ''Bud'' Mayer indicating it came from the Student Union Building at the University of Colorado.

Dates: 1970 May 18

Notes on Possible Press Release on Support for Mitchell, 1970

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Identifier: U219.03.0003.0005.00008
Abstract

Notes on possible press release on support for Mitchell.

Dates: 1970

Parents Meeting with Chancellor Mitchell, between 1967-1969

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Identifier: U201.01.0120.0007.00003
Abstract

A young girl rests on the shoulder of an unidentified man, apparently the father of a University of Denver student, as University of Denver Chancellor Maurice Mitchell speaks in the background at a meeting between Mitchell and parents of freshman students during Parents Weekend.

Dates: between 1967-1969

Partly Unfavorable or Doubtful, Partly Favorable Correspondence: Registrar's Office Sit-In and Woodstock West, 1968-1970

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Identifier: M028.07.0013.0022
Abstract

Types of Materials: Correspondence that is usually approving of the Administration's quick actions but thinks that expelling students is too severe a penalty.

Dates: 1968-1970

Petition Demanding Mitchell's Resignation, 1970 May 13

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Identifier: U219.03.0004.0015.00002
Abstract

Blank form of a petition blaming Chancellor Mitchell for the trouble at Woodstock West and demanding his resignation.

Dates: 1970 May 13

Photographs - Awards and Presentations, 1968-1978

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Identifier: M028.06.0013.0011
Abstract

Types of Materials: photographs

Dates: 1968-1978

Photographs - Events and General: Part 1, 1957-1978

 File
Identifier: M028.06.0013.0012
Abstract

Types of Materials: photographs

Dates: 1957-1978

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