Alumni Relations Records

Collection

Identifier: U120

Staff Only

Alumni Relations records consist of the administrative records of the Alumni Relations office as well as minutes, governance documents and annual reports of the University of Denver Alumni Association. The records also include publications and material related to the annual fundraiser, Founders Day.

Dates

1916-2006

Creator

University of Denver. Office of Alumni Relations (Organization)

Extent

82 Linear Feet (81 boxes) (5 rolls)

Additional Description

Scope and Contents

Biographical / Historical

The University of Denver Alumni Association was organized in 1906. The earliest material in the Alumni Relations collection is from 1914, with the minutes of the Alumni Association. In 1916, an Alumnae Association was established for female graduates and contributed minutes to the collection until the late 1920s. By 1927 the Alumni Association was large enough that it needed an on-campus coordinating entity, and an Alumni Office was created.

Over the years the alumni of the University have been active in every capital campaign through the Alumni Fund. Alumni Relations also manages reunions and outreach. There are eleven alumni associations associated with current schools, and nine regional groups which sponsor events and maintain contacts with alumni in the area.

Arrangement

The collection is partially arranged. __Two cassettes were separated and put into the audio cassette collection in Box 1, #8. One is a duplicate of the other. (mak 1/28/2008)

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred from Alumni Relations, 1974-2006

Accruals

Further accruals are expected.

General

There are four additional collection records in the "Alumni Office donor files" that do not correspond with an accession in Past Perfect. Dates are March 29, 1977, August 6, 1979, May 12-14, 1980, July 9, 1980.