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Goldberg, Miriam Harris, 1916-2017

 Person

Biography

Miriam Harris Goldberg (1916-2017) was born May 18, 1916, in Chicago to Harry and Minnie Harris. Harry Harris was the postmaster in Cripple Creek, Colorado in the 1890s. The couple later moved to Denver where Harry Harris operated a coal company. Miriam graduated from East High school in Denver. On Feb. 12, 1936, Miriam Harris married Max Goldberg in Denver at the BMH Synagouge. Max Goldberg purchased the Intermountain Jewish News in 1943. He also wrote a weekly column, "Side Street," for The Denver Post in the 1950s and 1960s. Max Goldberg died in 1972 and Miriam Goldberg succeeded her late husband at the helm of the IJN. Miriam Goldberg died Sunday, January 8th in 2017 in Denver at the age of 100 and is interred in Rose Hill Cemetery.

Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

Attendees at a Reunion of Emanuel Confirmands, 1992 August 23

 Item
Identifier: B063.06.0006.00064
Abstract Several Emanuel Confirmands from 1916-1942 pose together in Temple Emanuel during a reunion. Left to right first row: Joan (Heidenheimer) Travis, Celia (Atlavaick) Meyers, Betty (Fine) Striker, Marjorie (Bernick) Grimes, Dee (Rosenblum) Paul, Patty (Jacobs) Baum, Edna Conner, Bobbie (Milstein) Cook, Mildred (Menkovsky) Karden. Second row: Joan (Goodney) Axelrod, Phyllis (Atlavaick) Reckler, Jean (Hershorn) Segal, Billie (Reichart) Silversmith, Bobbi (Barnett) Tobias, Peggy (Frankel) Crane,...
Dates: 1992 August 23

Autograph Books, 1888-1929

 Series
Identifier: B434.01
Abstract

Contains two autograph books: "Harry Harris' Autograph Book Leaving the Cleveland Orphange 1888-1889" and "Miriam Harris Goldberg's Autograph book 1928-1929 (Miriam was 12 and 13 years old)."

Dates: 1888-1929

Box 1, 1943-2019

 File — Box B434.01.0001: Series B434.01; Series B434.02 [Barcode: U186023300356]
Identifier: B434.02.0001
Abstract

Box contains "The Max Goldberg Story" by Owen Chariton, clippings and journal articles on Max and Miriam Goldberg, and DVDs with interviews done by Max Goldberg.

Dates: 1943-2019

Goldberg Women, circa 1937

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0013.00025
Abstract

Four generations of women, left to right: Minnie S. Harris, Miriam Goldberg, Amelia Shepco, and Dorothy Lee Goldberg (in front).

Dates: circa 1937

IJN Century Edition, 2013

 File
Identifier: B113.01.0001.0003
Scope and Contents

File contains articles and reprints from the Century Edition of the Intermountain Jewish News, published throughout 2013. Articles cover highlights of the past 100 years (1913-2013).

Dates: 2013

Intermountain Jewish News Records

 Collection
Identifier: B172
Abstract The Intermountain Jewish News (IJN) is a weekly newspaper serving the Denver-Boulder communities and the greater Rocky Mountain Jewish community (Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah, and Montana). The newspaper was founded in 1913 and had a series of editors before being taken over by Robert Gamzey and Max Goldberg in 1943. Since then the newspaper has been owned and operated by the Goldberg family. Max Goldberg served as publisher from 1943-1972 and Miriam Harris Goldberg served as editor...
Dates: 1951-1973

Irene Stein Art Exhibit, 1979 June

 Item
Identifier: B063.02.0018.00043
Abstract

Milton Morris (far right) photographs a group of people including Marjorie Hornbein (third from left) and Miriam Goldberg (fifth from left in white) as they look at artwork at Irene Stein's art exhibit in Emmanuel Gallery, formerly Shearith Israel.

Dates: 1979 June

Max and Miriam Goldberg, 1970

 Item
Identifier: B063.04.0012.00026
Abstract

Miriam Goldberg and Max Goldberg hold and award that says, ''Presidents Special Recognition Award 1970 to Max Goldberg [the rest is illegible].''

Dates: 1970

Max and Miriam H. Goldberg Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B434
Abstract Miriam Harris Goldberg was born May 18, 1916, in Chicago to Harry and Minnie Harris. Harry Harris was the postmaster in Cripple Creek in the 1890s. The couple later moved to Denver where Harry Harris operated a coal company. Miriam graduated from East High school in Denver. On Feb. 12, 1936, Miriam Harris married Max Goldberg in Denver at the BMH Synagouge. Max Goldberg was an advertising man, pioneering television personality, political affairs expert, and publisher of the Intermountain...
Dates: 1888-2019

Max Goldberg, 1972 November 3

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0032.0013.00001
Abstract

Copy of a page from the Intermountain Jewish News featuring a collage of photographs from Max Goldberg's personal and professional life. Photos include Max and Mariam Goldberg's wedding portrait, Max shaking hands with President John F. Kennedy, Max standing with Robert Kennedy, Max holding a sheriff's badge, Max posed with President Dwight Eisenhower, Max posed with President Gerald Ford, Max shaking hands with Danny Kaye, and shaking hands with Max Baer.

Dates: 1972 November 3