Shwayder Camp of Congregation Emanuel
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Box 116 (photographs), c. 1959
File — Box B258.06.0116: Series B258.06 [Barcode: U186023306043]
Identifier: B258.06.0116
Abstract
Box contains one file folder in the sixth series. File folder one [1]: Photographs of the 1959 Missouri Valley NFTY (also known as MoVFTY).
Dates:
c. 1959
Cabin Built by Maurice B. Shwayder, between 1940-1948
Item
Identifier: B063.08.0033.0005.00002
Abstract
Cabin in Colorado mountains that was built by Maurice B. Shwayder at his fishing camp. The cabin stands in front a mountain side with trees. Cars and a truck are parked by the cabin. When Maurice Shwayder died in 1948, his widow Ruth Shwayder donated 242 acres in the Colorado mountains to Congregation Emanual for use as a camp for Jewish children and it became the Shwayder Camp of Congregation Emanual. Maurice Shwayder helped found the Samonsite Luggage Company with his four brothers. He was...
Dates:
between 1940-1948
Oral History Interview with Aimee Strauss, 1982 March 19
Item
Identifier: B098.01.0004.00092
Abstract
"Aimee (nee Peyser) Strauss reminisces about growing up in Denver, Colo. She talks specifically about the education she received in public schools, as well as her religious education at Temple Emanuel Sunday School. She discusses her work experience while a single woman, including her involvement in the education of immigrant Jews on the West Side of Denver. She describes her wedding to Melvin Strauss, their honeymoon in California, and their experiences in the grocery business in Denver....
Dates:
1982 March 19
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