School management and organization

Abstract Archie Loyd Threlkeld (1889-1967) was Assistant and Deputy Superintendent of the Denver Public Schools from 1921 to 1927 under Jesse H. Newlon. He was Superintendent of the Denver Public Schools for ten years, from 1927 to 1937. While Deputy Superintendent, A. L. Threlkeld directed the curriculum revision program that became internationally known. During the Great Depression, Threlkeld continued the school building program and successfully resisted cutting teachers' salaries. This...

Abstract Collection contains the records of the School of Engineering and Computer Science at University of Denver from 1959-1975. Though engineering degrees were offered as early as 1881, the College of Engineering was first established in 1919 and became the Daniel Felix Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science in 2014. Collection contains issues of the publication “The Denver Engineer,” awards, memos, reports, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, proposals and, correspondence relating...

Abstract Jesse H. Newlon (1882-1941) served as Superintendent of the Denver Public Schools from 1920 to 1927. During his tenure, Denver became nationally known for its innovations in public education. While Superintendent of the Denver Public Schools, Newlon oversaw the building of fifteen schools, created a program for curriculum revision in which classroom teachers were the key participants, and gained consensus for a single salary schedule for teachers, regardless of whether they taught in...