LC control no. | n 80050497 |
---|---|
Descriptive conventions | rda |
Corporate name heading | University of Denver |
Variant(s) | Denver (Colo.). University of Denver Denver. University DU ((Colo.). University) Universität Denver |
See also | Precedessor: Colorado Seminary Absorbed corporate body: Colorado Women's College |
Beginning date | 1880 |
Associated country | United States |
Located | Denver (Colo.) |
Found in | Built 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) |