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Beck Archives Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B063
Abstract

The Beck Archives Photograph Collection contains photographs, negatives, and other materials which reflect the rich, varied, and vibrant Jewish experience in the Rocky Mountain region, with a special emphasis on Colorado. It also contains some photographs from other states and countries.

Dates: 1790-2006; 1790 - 2006

Goodstein Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B153
Abstract Joseph Scher was born in Latvia in 1884 and died in Denver in 1969. He emigrated in 1904 and graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a BA degree in Sociology and Economics in 1913. Joseph Scher joined the Immigration Service in 1918 and was an investigator for 32 years. He married Rose Saperstein of Pennsylvania that same year. Their daughter Lillian Marie Scher Goodstein was born in Chicago in 1914 and graduated from the University of Chicago. She was a teacher and school librarian...
Dates: 1893-1980

Harry Kornfield Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B455
Abstract This collection contains photographs of the Kornfield family, specifically focused on Harry J Kornfield who was a landlord in Denver, Colorado. The Kornfield family consists of Jacob and Dara, parents of Saul Samuel, Mollie, Ephraim (Eph), Bertha, Harry, Matthew, Irving Abram (Babe), and Shirley. Bertha married Nathan Miller and they had a son, Glenn Miller. Irving Abram married Ruth Levy and had a daughter, Donna. Ephraim Kornfield married Mona Rosenbloom. Harry married Sophia (unknown...
Dates: c. 1910 - c. 1950

Loeb Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B407
Abstract

Collection contains family documents and material objects related to the Loeb Family. Many of these items relate directly to the Holocaust and WWII. Important items include German passports and IDs, documents relating firsthand accounts of WWII and the Holocaust, photographs from before, during, and after the war, including photographs of Ernest Loeb as a US soldier in Germany, Ernest Loeb's Bronze Star Medal, scrapbooks, early German school report cards, and Jewish books of scripture.

Dates: 1827-1987

Phil Goodstein Exploring Jewish Colorado Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B025
Abstract Phil H. Goodstein (1952- ) is a freelance historian who has written articles and books about Colorado and its history including "Exploring Jewish Colorado" published in 1992. The book covers Jewish history, people and organizations in Colorado. The papers relate to the writing of the book "Exploring Jewish Colorado" and include correspondence, questionnaires, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, manuscript drafts, galley proofs, photocopies of photographs and illustrations from the book, and a...
Dates: 1990-1992

Schayer Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B239
Abstract Milton M. Schayer was born in Denver, Colorado, in 1876 to German-Jewish parents and died in Denver in 1935. In 1920 he founded the Bankers Building and Loan Association, and served as its first president and treasurer. His son Charles Milton Schayer, born in 1913, married Faye Greenberg in 1941. Milton M. Schayer was active in many civic and religious organizations. He was director of the Denver Chamber of Commerce, which designated him Denver’s “most valuable citizen” in 1925. He...
Dates: 1879-2009

Shwayder Family Papers and Samsonite Corporation Records

 Collection
Identifier: B245
Abstract The Shwayder family of Denver, Colorado, is best known for the luggage company Samsonite Corporation, which the family founded and operated. Isaac and Rachel Shwayder had migrated from Manchester, England to Colorado in 1881 and eventually settled in Denver. In 1910 their son, Jesse Shwayder, opened a small luggage factory in Denver with his father along with his brothers Mark, Maurice, Benjamin, and Solomon Shwayder. The company started as Shwayder Trunk Manufacturing Company, was later...
Dates: 1896-2002

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Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society 2
Berry, Hannah Shwayder, 1895-1986 1
Cohen, Simon Abraham, 1791-1871 1
Friedenthal, Hattie Schayer, 1867-1922 1
Goldman Loeb, Gloria Ann 1
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Goodstein, Hyman A. 1
Goodstein, Phil H. 1
Kobey, Miriam Rachofsky, 1840-1921 1
Kornfield (Rosenbloom), Mona 1
Kornfield, Dara (1878-1972) 1
Kornfield, Donna 1
Kornfield, Ephraim (1904-February 9, 1951) 1
Kornfield, Harry J (January 27, 1907-October 28, 1993) 1
Kornfield, Irving Abram (Babe) (July 4, 1913-May 14, 2006) 1
Kornfield, Jacob (January 31, 1875-August 23, 1952) 1
Kornfield, Matthew (1911-August 28, 1979) 1
Kornfield, Mollie (1902-) 1
Kornfield, Rachel (c. 1905-) 1
Kornfield, Saul Samuel (August 8, 1899-August 4, 1973) 1
Kornfield, Shirley Eva (June 20, 1923-June 1, 1989) 1
Kornfield, Sophia (September 28, 1906-October 27, 1969) 1
Levi (Levӱ), Heinrich, 1861-1930 1
Levy (Kornfield), Ruth 1
Loeb (Löb), Bella Levi, 1890-1960 1
Loeb (Löb), Emil, 1881-1952 1
Loeb (Löb), Ernest K., 1924-1972 1
Loeb (Löb), Frank Ludwig, 1921-2007 1
Loeb, Dorothy Anne Katz, 1925-1998 1
Loeb, Laurence (Larry) Harvey, born 1950 1
Loeb, Ron (Ronald Emil), 1953-2018 1
Miller (Kornfield), Bertha Ellen (1906-June 9, 1973) 1
Samsonite Corporation (1910-1973) 1
Schayer, Charles M., Jr., 1913-1997 1
Schayer, Faye G. (Faye Greenberg), 1915-2002 1
Schayer, Milton M. (Milton Mincha), 1876-1935 1
Schayer, Ricka Saft (Fredricka), 1847-1921 1
Schuckman, Walter (Walther) 1
Shwayder Art Building (Denver, Colo.) 1
Shwayder Family 1
Shwayder, Isaac, 1855-1916 1
Shwayder, Jesse, 1882-1970 1
Shwayder, Nellie Weitz, 1886-1977 1
Shwayder, Rachel Leah Kobey, 1858-1938 1
United States. Army. Women's Army Corps 1
University of Denver. Center for Judaic Studies. Ira M. Beck Memorial Collection of Rocky Mountain Jewish History 1
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