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Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society

 Organization

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 345 Collections and/or Records:

From Peddlers to Merchant Princes: Early Colorado Jewish Entrepreneurs, 2006

 Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00005
Abstract Jews played a central role in the development of Colorado through their contributions to economic life and development. Denver's first mercantile store was opened by Jewish citizen Fred Salomon in 1859. Before long, stores run by Jewish merchants and their family members in search of work and wealth flourished on the main streets of most Colorado towns including, Denver, Central City, Leadville, Trinidad, and Fairplay. This film focuses on the lives of a number of early merchants, including...
Dates: 2006

Group at Jewish Community: In Search of our Roots Lecture, 1977

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Identifier: B230.02.0005.0009.00001
Abstract

Picture shows a group of people at a 1977 lecture titled, The Jewish Community: In Search of our Roots. This lecture was put on by the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society and displayed a photographic history of the Jews of Colorado.

Dates: 1977

Group at the Jewish Heritage Week, 1978

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Identifier: B230.02.0005.0004.00004
Abstract

Group of four people at a table during a dinner for the 1978 Jewish Heritage Week, which took place between April 16th and April 21st.

Dates: 1978

Group at the Jewish Heritage Week, 1978

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Identifier: B230.02.0005.0004.00005
Abstract

Group of people at a table during a dinner for the 1978 Jewish Heritage Week, which took place between April 16th and April 21st.

Dates: 1978

Group at the Jewish Heritage Week, 1978

 Item
Identifier: B230.02.0005.0004.00006
Abstract

Group of people at a table during a dinner for the 1978 Jewish Heritage Week, which took place between April 16th and April 21st.

Dates: 1978

Growing up in Early Colorado: The Lives of Jewish Children, 2012

 Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00011
Abstract

Brief biographies of Jewish men and women who grew up in Jewish communities in Colorado. Contains historical photographs and interviews with people describing their childhoods.

Dates: 2012

Jeanne Abrams, 1982

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Identifier: B063.08.0016.00060
Abstract

Jeanne Abrams stands holding her booklet ''Historic Jewish Denver.''

Dates: 1982

Marjorie Hornbein at Anfenger Home, 1982 June 27

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Identifier: B063.02.0018.00122
Abstract

Marjorie Hornbein stands in front of the old Anfenger home at 2900 Champa in Denver, Colorado. Marjorie's mother was Flora Anfenger Hornbein.

Dates: 1982 June 27

Marjorie Hornbein at Anfenger Home, 1982 June 27

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Identifier: B063.02.0018.00123
Abstract

Marjorie Hornbein stands in front of the old Anfenger home at 2900 Champa in Denver, Colorado. Marjorie's mother was Flora Anfenger Hornbein.

Dates: 1982 June 27

Marks Elfenbein Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B456
Dates: Other: 1944 - 2007

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Tours 118
Colorado 114
Historic sites 87
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Denver (Colo.) 62
Jewish women 56
Temples 54
Jewish men 51
Greeley (Colo.) 50
Fairplay (Colo.) 48
Jews 45
Alma (Colo.) 35
Synagogues 34
Pueblo (Colo.) 28
Cheyenne (Wyo.) 26
Wyoming 26
Trinidad (Colo.) 21
Colorado Springs (Colo.) 15
Art museums -- United States 13
Rabbis 11
Jewish families 7
Jewish way of life 7
Hospitals 6
Colfax Avenue (Colo.) 5
Jewish families -- Colorado 5
Leadville (Colo.) 5
Merchants 5
Mikveh 5
Cemeteries 4
Central City (Colo.) 4
Fort Collins (Colo.) 4
Gardens 4
Jewish children 4
Jewish hospitals -- Colorado -- Denver 4
Jewish women -- Colorado 4
Jews -- Colorado -- Denver 4
Men 4
West Colfax (Denver, Colo.) 4
Women 4
Anniversaries 3
Ceremonies 3
Colorado -- History 3
Editors 3
Houses 3
Jewish community centers 3
Jewish pioneers -- Colorado 3
Jewish women -- Colorado -- Denver 3
Publications 3
Schools 3
Stores, Retail 3
Sukkot 3
Tour buses 3
Community organization 2
Composers 2
Concerts 2
Cotopaxi (Colo.) 2
Cripple Creek (Colo.) 2
Education 2
Financial records 2
Floods 2
Grocers 2
Grocery trade 2
History--Societies, etc. 2
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) 2
Immigrants 2
Jewish businesspeople 2
Jewish composers 2
Jewish hospitals 2
Jewish lawyers 2
Jewish lawyers -- Colorado -- Denver 2
Jewish men -- Colorado -- Denver 2
Jewish merchants 2
Jewish physicians -- Colorado -- Denver 2
Jewish pioneers 2
Jews -- Colorado -- Charities 2
Kitchens 2
Las Vegas (Nev.) 2
Lawyers 2
Log cabins 2
Musicians 2
Newsletters 2
Open-air museums 2
Orchestra 2
Physicians 2
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Presentations (Communicative events) 2
Questionnaires 2
Reunions 2
Students 2
Synagogues -- Colorado -- Denver 2
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Tuberculosis -- Hospitals -- Colorado -- Denver 2
Archives 1
Art 1
Aspen (Colo.) 1
Authors 1
Authors and publishers 1
Berlin (Germany) 1
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