Social Sciences

Abstract Born in Denver, Allen Dupont Breck graduated from the University of Denver in 1936 and served in World War II. He was a professor of history at DU from 1946 to 1996, during which time he was chair of the history department and wrote the official history of the university. He helped found the Rocky Mountain Medieval Renaissance, Western History, and Western Social Science associations. The Allen duPont Breck Papers contain material he collected in writing his history of the University of...

Abstract This collection contains the records the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences from 1984 on. The College of Arts and Sciences (collection U007) was dissolved in 1984 and became the Division of Arts and Humanities until 2018. Collection contains slides from D. U. Program: “King and Queens,” “High C’s,” office files, bound print-outs from Banner containing the financial records for various Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS) academic units and the dean's office for the fiscal...

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Collection contains annual reports, proposals, meeting minutes, memoranda, pamphlets, budget reports, syllabi, and course materials related to the Humanities Program at the University of Denver.

Abstract John Charles Livingston (1935-1999) served as professor and chair of the History Department of the University of Denver, Denver, Colorado from 1963-1964 and from 1968-1999. His areas of expertise were United States intellectual and social history in the 20th century, concentrating on the 1960s and American Jewish history. He wrote several books including, Clarence Darrow: Sentimental Rebel (1988) and Jews of the American West (1989). He was a founder and research director of the Rocky...

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Marcy M. Marconi (Class of '89) was a History Major at the University of Denver when she contacted numerous women who had graduated from DU during the 1920s and asked them to fill out a questionnaire about being a female student at DU during that time. This small collection consists of 35 quesionnaires filled out by the alumnae.

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The Social Sciences Division Records at the University of Denver contain material that relates solely to the Social Science Department while a stand-alone unit and after its incorporation into the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Department. Although not complete, the records do include annual reports, meeting minutes and information on the curriculum.