Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol (Denver, Colo.)

An unidentified man stands at a podium speaking during the groundbreaking ceremony for Beth haMedrosh Hagodol Congregation (BMH). Propped on easels in front of the podium are interior and exterior drawings of the proposed building.

An unidentified man stands at a podium speaking during the groundbreaking ceremony for Beth haMedrosh Hagodol Congregation (BMH) with two other men sitting behind him. Propped on an easel in front of the podium is an interior drawings of the proposed building.

An unidentified man stands at a podium speaking during the groundbreaking ceremony for Beth haMedrosh Hagodol Congregation (BMH). Propped on easels in front of the podium are interior and exterior drawings of the proposed building.

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.

File contains an Intermountain Jewish News article titled "Joe Silver is better than Gold", and two programs from the March 15, 2018 event honoring Joe Silver.

Henry Plonsky sits, wearing a suit and holding a document in his hand. Polish-born Plonsky arrived in Denver in 1877. He helped form an Orthodox minyan above his store on Larimer Street. He became a successful shoe and boot merchant in partnership with Leopold Mayer and was instrumental in the establishment of the Orthodox Jewish congregation Ahavey Emunah in 1880 and later the Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol Synagogue and the Beth Joseph congregation.

Several men and women sit in the BMH Chapel listening to a speaker during the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society's Historic Jewish Denver Tour. Dr. Jeanne Abrams' sons sit in the front row.