Historical Records

The Office of the Registrar maintains academic records from the inception of the University of Denver. Follow the links below for excerpts from these records.

 

Student Records from DU's inception Through 1904

Student records from the University of Denver’s inception through 1904 were hand-written in bound volumes. There are six of these volumes in existence – labeled Book B through Book G. Book A had been lost as early as 1904. These volumes were annotated by Herbert Alonzo Howe, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and the Graduate School in 1904. His introductory notes to each volume are listed below. Phyllis Bay, Associate Registrar, indexed these volumes in 2005.

List of Students 1882 to 1904

Howe’s Notes on the Record Books

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For more info, see the General Index to Student Record Books Prior to Loose Leaf Ledgers

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Degrees Awarded 1884-1900

Eleanor Lawney, a pioneer in women's suffrage, was the first woman to graduate from a Colorado medical institution in 1887. Dr. Lawney served on the state's Charities and Corrections board in 1900.

An ad eundem degree is a courtesy degree awarded by one university or college to a graduate of another.

The University of Denver dental school came into being in 1887 as the Denver Dental School, with a faculty of eight. They graduated four students in 1889. The school closed in the early 1930s.

Degrees Awarded 1884-1900

 

Colorado Women’s College Records

The University of Denver's Office of the Registrar retains records (Academic Transcripts) for the Colorado Women's College dating from its inception in 1908. The records (Academic Transcripts) for the Colorado Women's College Preparatory School, which existed from 1908 through 1936, are held by the University of Denver's Special Collections and Archives Department.

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