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Alan Saliman Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: B399
Abstract
The history of the Saliman family in the Denver area dates to the immigration of the family patriarch Paul Michael Saliman (known as Michael.) As did most Jewish families, Michael and his wife Bessie Radetsky Saliman settled on the west side near Sloan's Lake in 1886. Paul Michael pushed a cart through the alleys of Denver collecting rags and junk to re-sell, finally developing a business of collecting, cleaning and recycling milk bottles for local dairies. Michael Saliman was a leader of...
Dates:
Other: 1874-2000
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Bercu Gross Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: B356
Abstract
The material in the collection includes items, photographs, and papers related to Dorothy Bercu Gross and her husband Norman Gross, her extended family, and her Vaudeville career in the 1920s and 1930s. Her father owned the Chicago Hide, Fur and Wool Company in Douglas, Wyoming and Denver, Colorado. The collection spans from the late 1800s to 2015 and illustrates an extended Jewish family and vaudeville performers.
Dates:
1904-2015
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Jacob Marinoff Papers and Photographs
Collection
Identifier: B420
Abstract
Jacob Marinoff was a founder and the first superintendent of the JCRS Sanatorium in 1906. He served as the field secretary for four years, doing press and propaganda work in Yiddish. He was also involved in The Sanatorium, a journal from the JCFRS Press and Propaganda Committee. Jacob Marinoff was born in Russia in 1869 and immigrated United States in 1893. He came to Denver in 1895. He married May Charsky, the sister-in-law of Dr. Charles Spivak, in 1899. They were divorced and Jacob...
Dates:
1893-1970
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Kagan Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: B187
Abstract
Alexander Kagan was born in Paris, France in 1906 to Russian parents. At the age of 14, Alexander began work as a fabric and jewelry designer. He came to the United States in 1922 with his mother Chana (Anna) and his brother Haim Persah (Paul). He worked as a fabric designer in New York and in 1930 he became a US citizen. In 1942, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps and was stationed in Pueblo, Colorado. He graduated from the University of Denver in 1954 and died in the Denver area in 1994....
Dates:
1895-1980
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Kaplan Family Religious Objects and Photograph
Collection
Identifier: B188
Abstract
The Kaplan family came from Memphis, Tennessee to Denver, Colorado. Gerson and his wife Adelle Trauke Kaplan were the parents of Belle N., Dora G., and Sallie Kaplan who were born in Memphis and died in Denver, Colorado. Collection contains a photograph, memorial books and ephemera related to the Kaplan Family from 1880-1981.
Dates:
Other: 1880-1981
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Kupetz Family Bible and Prayer Books
Collection
Identifier: B318
Abstract
Kupetz family in Denver. Collection contains three prayer books, one hymnal and one bible belonging to the Kupetz Family from 1899 through 1922.
Dates:
1899-1922
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Mendelsberg and Tempelhof Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: B325
Abstract
Both Hil and Ida Hecht Tempelhof were natives of Constantine, Poland. They were married in Constantine in 1919. Hil Tempelhof began his long immigration journey while Ida remained with her parents in Poland. It was seven years before the couple was reunited in Juarez, Mexico. Hil Tempelhof went from Poland to Spain to South America. In Buenos Aries he became a much in demand tailor and designer of men’s suits. Evelyn, the eldest of the Tempelhof’s three daughters was born in Juarez, Mexico....
Dates:
1968-2015
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Morris and Price Family Material Culture and Photographs
Collection
Identifier: B351
Abstract
The Morris and Price families became connected with the marriage of Stanley A. Morris and Maylene Price. Both were Russian Jewish immigrant families with Yiddish and English speaking parents. Collection contains Russian candlesticks, religious items, medals, photographs, and scrapbooks related to the Morris and Price family from 1865 through 2012.
Dates:
1865-2012
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Paper and Himelgrin Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: B392
Abstract
Both the Paper and the Himelgrin families are of Polish and Jewish decent. The families knew each other in Poland and both immigrated to the United States. The families were united with the marriage of Evelyn Paper and Gerald Himelgrin in 1947. This collection portrays Jewish community life in Denver. This collection includes scrapbooks, photographs, artist sketch books, correspondence, transcripts, marriage certificate and documents relating to the Evelyn Paper Himelgrin and Gerald...
Dates:
1932-2004
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Pizer and Grimes Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: B219
Abstract
The Grimes family came to the United States from Russia Poland in the 1880s and settled in Denver and in Salt Lake City. The Pizer family were early settlers in Nebraska, where Jacob Pizer was a successful merchant. Annette Frances Pizer was born in Hastings, Nebraska. After she married Julian Lewis, she kept a scrapbook with wedding and anniversary cards. Sam Grimes worked in both Utah and Colorado before starting a junkyard in Denver. His son Max Grimes joined him in the junkyard business,...
Dates:
1892-2000
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
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