Industrial Removal Office

Organization

Staff Only

Biography

1901-1922; 1901-1907

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Industrial Removal Office Colorado Correspondence

Collection

Identifier: B171

Abstract The Industrial Removal Office (IRO) was created in New York to Americanize Eastern European Jews, find jobs for the immigrants, and relocate them throughout the United States. The Jewish Relief Society and the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith (B'nai B'rith) in Denver worked to resettle the immigrants in Colorado. Lesser Levy and Milton Schayer headed the industrial removal committee of the B'nai B'rith. The collection contains copies of correspondence from the Industrial Removal Office...

Dates: 1903-1916

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Industrial Removal Office Colorado Correspondence

Jewish Social Service Bureau, 1913-1915

File

Identifier: B171.01.0001.0003

Abstract

Contains correspondence between Jewish Social Service Bureau (later Jewish Social Service Federation) and the Industrial Removal Office.

Dates: 1913-1915

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B171, Industrial Removal Office Colorado Correspondence / Correspondence / Box 1

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Subject: Correspondence X
Subject: Jewish refugees X