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Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 60903 Collections and/or Records:

Traditions - Homecoming 1950 PHOTO, 1950-1959

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Identifier: U201.01.0099.0005
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Images related to Homecoming at the University of Denver in 1950 and the 1950s: 26 black and white prints, including Homecoming parade floats; students making parade floats; ringing the Rio Grande bell; Catherine Fisher and others selling beverages; alumni dinner; donkey labeled with sign "D.U. or Bust"; donkey in parade labeled with sign "This is not Carberry". 11 medium format black and white negatives.

Dates: 1950-1959

Traditions - Homecoming - 1951 PHOTO, 1951

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Identifier: U201.01.0099.0006
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Images related to Homecoming at the University of Denver in 1951: 14 black and white prints, including queen candidates; Queen Betty Fern Hoyt and attendant Joan Aspinwall; ODK initiation; the registrar's office decorated as the Pioneer Gulch Bank; and Betty Hoyt, Winnie Peterson, and Kay Carpenter at the mum sale. 5 color slides of floats on parade at the football game.

Dates: 1951

Traditions - Homecoming - 1952 PHOTO, 1952 October

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Identifier: U201.01.0099.0007
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Images related to Homecoming at the University of Denver in 1952: 26 black and white prints, including queen candidates; queen Betty Fern Hoyt; skit at the Student Union; student shaving for the beard contest; and the mum sale. 7 medium format black and white negatives.

Dates: 1952 October

Traditions - Homecoming - 1953, 1953

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Identifier: U201.01.0099.0008
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33 black and white prints related to Homecoming 1953 at the University of Denver, including Chancellor Chester Alter with Homecoming queen (?); students ringing the Rio Grande Bell; Dean James Perdue helping Chancellor Alter put on the red vest; the mum sale; Barbara Neff and Shirley Smock; Daleyne Smith; queen Barbara Jones with mums; and house decorations for Homecoming.

Dates: 1953

Traditions - Homecoming - 1954, 1950-1959

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Identifier: U201.01.0099.0009
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25 black and white prints related to Homecoming 1954 at the University of Denver, including house decorations for Homecoming; queen Daleyne Smith; and students making glue for Homecoming parade floats.

Dates: 1950-1959

Traditions - Homecoming - 1955 PHOTO, 1955

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Identifier: U201.01.0099.0010
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19 black and white prints related to Homecoming 1955 at the University of Denver, including Alice Peterson, Jan Evans, Carolyn Alkine, and Jan Rhody; Chester Alter, John Evans Jr., and Ms. ? Bradford; Mr. Johnston and Mr. Moore with judicial decorations representing the Homecoming game; Chester Alter with a plaque commemorating the original site of DU; and the mum sale.

Dates: 1955

Traditions - Homecoming - 1956 PHOTO, 1956

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Identifier: U201.01.0099.0011
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21 black and white prints related to Homecoming 1956 at the University of Denver, including Chester Alter with the Homecoming queen; queen Elaine Peterson; Homecoming Life Week; Homecoming royalty. Also includes 15 color slides of floats in the Homecoming parade, donated by alumnus Emory Walker.

Dates: 1956

Traditions - Homecoming - 1957 PHOTO, 1950-1959

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Identifier: U201.01.0099.0012
Abstract 33 black and white prints related to Homecoming 1957 at the University of Denver, including decorations on Pi Beta Phi House and Mary Reed Building; queen Barbara Jean Davis; Chester Alter, Clarence Myhren, and Barbara Jean Davis; Coach John Roning with "Linus" cutout"; Harvey Willson and Barbara Jean Davis; Alpha Chi house decorations; Homecoming queen candidates Marlys Nelson, Veronica Marta, Lynn Allred, Joan Palmer, and Barbara Jean Davis; Natalie Bruebel, Kaye Cullen, Cindy Harris,...
Dates: 1950-1959

Traditions - Homecoming - 1958 PHOTO, 1950-1959

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Identifier: U201.01.0099.0013
Abstract 51 black and white prints related to Homecoming 1957 at the University of Denver, including Glenda King, Sandra Toomey, and Carol Knies; Chester Alter and the Women's Week committee; Chester Alter and queen candidates; queen candidates Virginia Hickman, Jeannette Dale, Sue Gibson, Jeanette Eitelgeorge, and queen Conni Dent; and student act during Homecoming football game. Some of these prints appear to be more like contact sheets, with images of two medium format negatives next to each...
Dates: 1950-1959

Traditions - Homecoming - 1959 PHOTO, 1959

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Identifier: U201.01.0099.0014
Abstract 24 black and white prints related to Homecoming 1959 at the University of Denver, including Sterling Nelson with "59" shaved into his beard; the all-student Homecoming show; the Gwen Bowen dancers at the Homecoming buffet/dance; house decorations for Homecoming; Homecoming queens and attendants at football game; Chancellor Chester Alter crowning Glenda King as queen; Sandra Toomey, Carol Knies, and Glenda King; Marilyn Harlow; the alumni buffet and dance; house decorations; Homecoming queens...
Dates: 1959