Jewish Relief Society (Denver, Colo.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Industrial Removal Office Colorado Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: B171
Abstract
The Industrial Removal Office (IRO) was created in New York to Americanize Eastern European Jews, find jobs for the immigrants, and relocate them throughout the United States. The Jewish Relief Society and the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith (B'nai B'rith) in Denver worked to resettle the immigrants in Colorado. Lesser Levy and Milton Schayer headed the industrial removal committee of the B'nai B'rith. The collection contains copies of correspondence from the Industrial Removal Office...
Dates:
1903-1916
Jewish Relief Society, 1903-1911
File
Identifier: B171.01.0001.0001
Abstract
Contains correspondence between the Industrial Removal Office, the Colorado Committee, and Jewish charities, primarily the Jewish Relief Society of Denver.
Dates:
1903-1911
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- Charity organization 1
- Denver (Colo.) -- Social conditions 1
- Immigrants 1
- Jewish families -- Colorado 1
- Jewish refugees 1