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 348 Collections and/or Records:
A Legacy of Healing: Early Colorado Jews in Medicine, 2005
Brief biographies of Jewish men and women who contributed to medicine, the Jewish community, and Colorado. Contains historical photographs and interviews with people who knew some of the early key figures.
A Legacy of Healing: Early Colorado Jews in Medicine, 2005
Brief biographies of Jewish men and women who contributed to medicine, the Jewish community, and Colorado. Contains historical photographs and interviews with people who knew some of the early key figures.
A Legacy of Leadership: Colorado Jewish Women for 150 Years, 2020
This DVD contains the film, "A Legacy of Leadership: Colorado Jewish Women for 150 Years." The film was created for the 2020 RMJHS annual dinner.
A Pioneering Legacy: An Early History of the Jews of Colorado, 1987
Brief biographies of Jewish pioneers and histories of Jewish influence in Colorado. Contains historical photographs and interviews with descendents of Jewish pioneers.
And Justice You Shall Pursue: Colorado's Early Jewish Attorneys, 2003
Brief biographies of early Jewish lawyers in Colorado and their contributions to the law, the Jewish community, and Colorado. (Two DVD copies.)
And Justice You Shall Pursue: Colorado's Early Jewish Attorneys, 1885-1930, 2003
Brief biographies of early Jewish lawyers in Colorado and their contributions to the law, the Jewish community, and Colorado.
Anfenger Home, 1982 June 27
The old Anfenger home at 2900 Champa in Denver, Colorado.
Audiovisual, 1859-2007
This series features oral history video recordings of Denver's Jewish community and of the Hispano Crypto-Jewsish Resource Center. Among the events covered is a recording of Peryle Beck's 80th birthday party in 1995.
Beck Archives' Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Collection
Dr. Jeanne Abrams of the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society of the Center for Judaic Studies collected materials of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society separate from the JCRS Records. Collection contains a draft of "The Origins of Denver's JCRS" by Dr. Charles Spivak, newspaper articles, issues of patients' magazine Hatikvah, contribution forms, "Thirty Years of Saving Lives" history of JCRS sanitorium, JCRS programs and pamphlets and, books related JCRS from 1900 through 1982.
Beck Archives Photograph Collection
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.
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