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University of Denver

LC control no.n 80050497
Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingUniversity of Denver
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Variant(s)Denver (Colo.). University of Denver
Denver. University
DU ((Colo.). University)
Universität Denver
See alsoPrecedessor: Colorado Seminary
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Absorbed corporate body: Colorado Women's College
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Beginning date1880
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedDenver (Colo.)
Found inBuilt for learning, c2008: p. 10 (University of Denver began as Colorado Seminary in 1864; at current location since 1890) p. 14 (DU)
Der einsame Grosstädter, 2014: flap (Universität Denver)
Colorado Women's College web site, Jan. 13, 2017 : History, 1888-1982 (Colorado Woman's College (CWC) founded in 1888 in Denver; name changed to Colorado Women's College March 29, 1973, merged with University of Denver in 1982) History 1982-2016 (program known as The Weekend College incorporated into the College of Business in 1982, renamed The Women's College in the 1990s; in 2013 the Women's College renamed Colorado Women's College, in 2016 stopped enrolling students and became the Colorado Women's College Collaboratory)
   <http://womenscollege.du.edu>
University of Denver website, viewed April 24, 2017: History & traditions (founded in 1864 as Colorado Seminary by John Evans, with backing of local businessmen and the Methodist Church; closed doors for a few years after Denver's gold rush; reopened in 1880 as the University of Denver; relocated several miles south of Denver, the University Park campus was born in 1890 at what is now University Boulevard and Evans Avenue)