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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:

Miriam Goldberg and Family, 1953

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Identifier: B063.05.0013.00086
Abstract

Miriam Goldberg sits on a couch in a living room surrounded by her children, mother, and grandmother. Left to right seated on the couch are Amelia Shibko, Minnie Harris, Miriam Goldberg, Dorothy Goldberg, and Charles Goldberg and seated on the floor are Hillel Goldberg and Richard Goldberg.

Dates: 1953

Miriam H. Goldberg, 1972-2017

 File
Identifier: B434.02.0001.0007
Abstract

File contains the November 3, 1972 issue of the Intermountain Jewish News edition with a message from the new publisher and editor, "Mrs. Max Goldberg"; flyer on Miriam Goldberg's 1916 induction in the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame for her national leadership in print media; Intermountain Jewish News 1917 announcement of Miriam Goldberg's death at the age of 100; and the IJN Miriam H. Goldberg Memorial Edition.

Dates: 1972-2017

Oral History Interview with Miriam Goldberg, 1982 July 15

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Identifier: B098.01.0004.00096
Abstract "Miriam Goldberg (née Harris) details the history of her family, beginning with her maternal great-grandparents, Louis and Bertha (née Joseph) Cohn, German immigrants in the late 1840s. Specifics of her grandmother's family, and mother and father's family, are also included, as well as a discussion of her four children. She recounts growing up in Denver, Colo. in a Jewish family, and comments on the division between Denver's East Side and West Side Jewish communities. She talks about Temple...
Dates: 1982 July 15

Program to Save Old Temple Emanuel, 1983 February 10

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Identifier: B063.06.0042.00041
Abstract

Men and women in the basement of the Temple Emanuel, 16th and Pearl Street, during a program to save the Old Temple Emanuel. Miriam Goldberg on the right.

Dates: 1983 February 10

Program to Save Old Temple Emanuel, 1983 February 10

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Identifier: B063.06.0042.00042
Abstract

Men and women in the basement of the Temple Emanuel, 16th and Pearl Street, during a program to save the Old Temple Emanuel. Jeanne Abrams and Miriam Goldberg can be seen in the center of the photograph.

Dates: 1983 February 10

Rededication of Francis Wisebart Jacobs Park, 1993

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Identifier: B063.05.0053.00120
Abstract

Miriam Goldberg and Dr. Thomas McGonagle at the rededication of Francis Wisebart Jacobs Park.

Dates: 1993

RMJHS Bus Trip, 1983 June 26

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Identifier: B063.02.0040.00019
Abstract

Miriam Goldberg sits at an old typewriter in the newspaper office in the Fairplay Museum during a Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society bus tour to Fairplay and Alma, Colorado.

Dates: 1983 June 26

RMJHS Bus Trip, 1983 June 26

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Identifier: B063.02.0040.00020
Abstract

Miriam Goldberg sits at an old typesetter in the newspaper office in the Fairplay Museum during a Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society bus tour to Fairplay and Alma, Colorado.

Dates: 1983 June 26