Parents

The collection consists of over two terabytes of digital images, made available to the University Libraries by the Myhren Art Gallery at the University of Denver for the purposes of long-term preservation and user access. Images are curated at the item level.

An unidentified man takes a photograph of two women, apparently a University of Denver student and her mother, at the bottom of the bleachers in University of Denver Stadium during Parents Weekend.

Series 2 consists of subject files related to Wallace’s work as executive director of Wallace Village. The files include such topics as administrative files, development, history, technique manuals, publications, speeches, staff training, and self studies regarding the school. Also included are materials related to Henry A. Winters, an early benefactor of the Wallace School.

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.

Set of black and white negatives with contact sheet of images of events at Parents Weekend 1969 at the University of Denver.

Black and white negative depicting parents walking into the Student Union at the University of Denver for a 1969 Parents Weekend event. A large banner above the door reads "Welcome Parents, University of Denver Parents Weekend."

Black and white print of Mr. and Mrs. David Schaps of E. Rockaway, N.Y. at a parents meeting during Parents Weekend at the University of Denver. My. Schaps is smoking a pipe, and Mrs. Schaps is holding a large handbag.

Images from Parents Weekend at the University of Denver in the 1960s: 9 black and white prints, including Mr. and Mrs. Paul Wertz at the Parents Reception with Chancellor Maurice Mitchell (?); Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Sutherland with Dr. James Davis, director of the School of Education; and Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. King. 4 sets of black and white negatives with contact sheet.

Images from Parents Weekend at the University of Denver, mostly from the 1970s: 1 set of black and white negatives with contact sheet. 4 black and white contact sheets without negatives, including images from the parents' reception at the Tennis House. 9 black and white prints, including students with their parents.

One set of black and white negatives with contact sheet with images from Parents Weekend 1984 at the University of Denver. 11 color slides of images from Parents Weekend 1994.