Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society
Biography
The Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society (RMJHS) was established in 1976 to promote and sponsor historical activity related to the Jewish experience in the Rocky Mountain region. The Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado partners with the RMJHS and Ira M. Beck and Perle Hayutin Beck Memorial Archives of Rocky Mountain Jewish History to publicize and preserve the Jewish history of the Rocky Mountain region. The first director was Belle Marcus and Dr. Jeanne E. Abrams became the director in 1982. The Beck Archives became a fully integrated part of University of Denver Penrose Library (now University Libraries) Special Collections and Archives in 1995.
Found in 341 Collections and/or Records:
Box 18, 1980-1990
Copies of Beck Archives oral histories: Holocaust. numbers 1-19.
Box 19, circa 1990
(8) VHS and (1) DVD include:Jewish Historical Society records- Peryle Beck 80th Birthday; Sisterhood of Congregation Emanuel; Morris Brown Oral History Interview; RMJHS 11th Annual Heritage Award Recepient; Max Sklar oral history interview. DVD includes Sobol and Gross Family Films.
Box 20, circa 1990
(8) VHS include: Donald Meyer interview; (2) RMJHS oral history interview with Sylvia Ginsburg, Zelda Guttman; NCJW Tapestry- Robert Lasky; Arthur Lang; (2) Arnold Cook oral history interview; The Beck Family.
Box 21, 1996
U-matic and VHS tapes with oral history interviews with Hispano Crypto Jews and VHS tape of Hispano Crypto Jewish Resource Center annual meeting May 1966.
Box 22, 1950-2005
(37) file folders include: Oral Histories general releases; files on each project; guide to the oral histories collection; digital information; photographs.
Box 23, 2000-2016
4 items include: (1) VHS "Scrapbook of an American Family - The Hershkovitz Family of Denver"; (1) CD RMJHS oral history interviews - Sylvia Ginsberg, Zelda Guttman; (3) DVDs - Lynn Lehman video interview (3/28/2007); "The Times of Your Life" - Frieda Shames Makovsky Englard; and "Ann Susel Life Story."
Box 24, 2009 May
Box 24, 2004-2016
17 folders of financial records and 3 folders of budget information.
Box 25, circa 1970
(33) CD copies of Beck Archives oral histories: General, numbers 1-55.
Box 25, 2002-2019
This series contains records of the promotional activities of the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society to publicize the history of the Jewish experience in the west. These activities include: trips to historical sites, annual dinners, fundraisers, and commemorative events.
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