Shwayder, Isaac, 1855-1916
Person
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Ellis Island Wall of Honor, 1992
File
Identifier: B433.01.0001.0011
Abstract
Contains Ellis Island certificates for Isaac and Rachel Kobey Shwayder from Poland and Harry and Anna Corske Friedland from Lithuania.
Dates:
1992
Isaac Shwayder, between 1875-1880
Item
Identifier: B063.08.0047.00031
Abstract
Wedding portrait of Isaac Shwayder leaning against a bench.
Dates:
between 1875-1880
Isaac Shwayder Family, circa 1905
Item
Identifier: B063.05.0041.00085
Abstract
Isaac and Rachel Shwayder sit for a formal family portrait surrounded by their ten children: Sol, Jesse, Rachel, Mark, Gertrude, Florence, Maurice, Hannah, Ben and Liebe.
Dates:
circa 1905
Photograph of Isaac Shwayder, 1880
Item
Identifier: B101.01.0001.0003.00001
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains a cd, two original photographs, and photo prints of the Shwayder family.
Dates:
1880
Shwayder Family Histories and Genealogical Material, 1967-2002
Series
Identifier: B245.02
Scope and Contents
The series includes 20th-century materials detailing Shwayder family history. including two copies of the book "The Tale of a Little Trunk and Other Stories" by Hannah Shwayder Berry (1977 and 2002), a transcript of an oral history by Hannah Shwayder Berry (1981), a newspaper clipping of Hannah Shwayder Berry's story The 'pied piper' of West Colfax (1967), and a booklet describing the genealogy of the Shwayder family that includes family members born as early as 1876 and as late as 1943....
Dates:
1967-2002
Shwayder Family Papers and Samsonite Corporation Records
Collection
Identifier: B245
Abstract
The Shwayder family of Denver, Colorado, is best known for the luggage company Samsonite Corporation, which the family founded and operated. Isaac and Rachel Shwayder had migrated from Manchester, England to Colorado in 1881 and eventually settled in Denver. In 1910 their son, Jesse Shwayder, opened a small luggage factory in Denver with his father along with his brothers Mark, Maurice, Benjamin, and Solomon Shwayder. The company started as Shwayder Trunk Manufacturing Company, was later...
Dates:
1896-2002
Small Town Jews: Creating Colorado Communities, 2014
Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00014
Abstract
Brief biographies of Jewish men and women who grew up in small communities in Colorado. Contains historical photographs and interviews with people describing their childhoods.
Dates:
2014
Ted E. and Jessie Shwayder Harsham Family Research Papers
Collection
Identifier: B433
Dates:
Other: Date Not Yet Determined
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