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Pageants

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:

Centennial

 Collection
Identifier: U129
Abstract

Collection contains scrapbooks, recordings of Convocation, mailing lists, medallions, music, Centennial pageant picture history and plans, newspaper clippings, marketing materials, brochures, correspondence, speeches, publications, lectures, alumni activities, committees, press releases, and intellectual history card files related to the Centennial celebration at the University of Denver from 1964.

Dates: Other: 1958-1965

Lilian White Spencer Collection - Pageants, 1923

 File
Identifier: M034.01.0001.0001
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 1 contains scripts, programs, production notes about pageants, plus biographical information.

Dates: 1923

Lilian White Spencer Collection - Pageants, cont., 1927

 File
Identifier: M034.01.0001.0002
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 1 contains scripts, programs, production notes about pageants, plus biographical information.

Dates: 1927

Lilian White Spencer Collection - ''The Sun Bride'', 1930-1943

 File
Identifier: M034.01.0001.0003
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series 1 contains scripts, programs, production notes about pageants, plus biographical information.

Dates: 1930-1943

Lilian White Spencer Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M034
Abstract Lilian White Spencer (1876-1953) was a playwright and poet who lived in Denver, Colorado as a child and again from 1918-1944. Spencer wrote plays, reviews of plays, script revisions, poetry and also translated French literature. She was best known in Denver for pageant writing. She wrote The Pageant of Colorado, an epic drama, which was performed May 1927 with a cast of 1,500 as part of a celebration commemorating the opening of the Moffatt Tunnel. Her papers include pen and ink drawings...
Dates: 1918-1944

Miss DU, Alice Joseffer, 1971

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0120.0004.00002
Abstract

Black and white portrait of Alice Joseffer, named Miss DU 1971 at the University of Denver. Joseffer is wearing a dark vest over a white long-sleeved shirt with a bow at the neck and is holding a bouquet of flowers and greenery with a large ribbon.

Dates: 1971

Miss DU, Betty Fern Hoyt

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0120.0004.00003
Abstract

Betty Fern Hoyt, named Miss University of Denver, receives a trophy from an unidentified woman wearing a frilly dress and feathered hat, onstage in an unidentified room. Hoyt is wearing a light-colored skirt and jacket with a belt and has a crown on her head.

Dates: 1952-1971

Sheliah Faye Wilkins - Miss Colorado 1979, 1979

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0088.0026.00001
Abstract

Black and white image of Sheliah Faye Wilkins, BA at University of Denver in 1978. She was awarded Miss Colorado in 1979. The image shows Sheliah Faye Wilkins holding a trophy and wearing a crown and a sash.

Dates: 1979

Students - Awards - Miss Co., 1978

 File
Identifier: U201.01.0088.0026
Abstract

Black and white prints relating to Miss Colorado awards at the University of Denver.

Dates: 1978

The Denver Clarion, vol. 31, issue 18, 1955 February 18

 Item
Identifier: clarion_v031i18_19550218
Abstract

Coeds pick Morton Roth as Dream Man. The College of Engineering will have Engineer’s Day on February 25, 1955. Three women in the race for A and S Woman Senator – Nancy Shiperd the newest candidate. Chancellor Alter commends Denver. Harrison Salisbury, foreign correspondent for the New York Times will present a lecture for the series on Mass Media and Foreign Policy. Freshman stage dance on February 19, 1955 – theme is “Ebony and Ivory”. Tax help offered.

Dates: 1955 February 18