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Anfenger, Milton L. (Milton Louis), 1874-1952

 Person

Biography

Milton Louis Anfenger was born in Denver, Colorado, September 3, 1874. It is said that Congregation Emanuel in Denver, Colorado was founded at the bris or circumcision ceremony of Milton Anfenger, the eldest son of Louis and Louise Anfenger. He married Essie Wolfshon in 1911. Milton Anfenger became a successful attorney and leader in Denver. He was a lifetime board member of National Jewish Hospital and wrote a book about its early history. Anfenger was active in state politics and was elected to the Colorado state senate in 1904. From 1923 to 1932, he was the owner of the Denver Bears baseball club. Milton Anfenger was a humanitarian, and civic leader in Denver, president of the Denver Western Baseball Club, and a member of the Elks, Masons, Shriners, and B'nai B'rith. Milton Anfenger died in Denver in 1952.

Found in 87 Collections and/or Records:

B'nai B'rith District Grand Lodge No. 2 Convention President's Message, 1941 May 25

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Identifier: B091.02.0001.0003.00003
Abstract

Message of Samuel J. Mantel, president of B'nai B'rith District Grand Lodge No. 2, for the eighty-ninth annual convention of the B'nai B'rith District Grand Lodge No. 2 in Columbus, Ohio. Milton Louis Anfenger served as president of the Denver Lodge No. 171 and as president and treasurer of B'nai B'rith Grand Lodge No. 2. Milton Anfenger was also a Colorado state senator and an attorney.

Dates: 1941 May 25

Bound Meeting Minutes Volume IV, 1896-1903

 Item
Identifier: B009.01.0039.00001
Abstract Bound Volume I of meeting minutes from the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith, Lodge 171, Denver, Colorado. Minutes are from regular and special meetings and include nominations and elections for officers, trustees, and lecture master; appointments of committees; petitions for membership, new member inductions, and degree appointments; financial information; member issues such as travel, illness, or death; philanthropy; communications from other B'nai B'rith lodges; updates of by laws and...
Dates: 1896-1903

Box 1, 1952

 File — Box B091.01.0001: Series B091.01; Series B091.02; Series B091.03; Series B091.05; Series B091.06; Series B091.07 [Barcode: U186020759166]
Identifier: B091.07.0001
Abstract

Obituaries and Memorials 1952

Dates: 1952

Box 1, 1892-1949

 File — Box B091.01.0001: Series B091.01; Series B091.02; Series B091.03; Series B091.05; Series B091.06; Series B091.07 [Barcode: U186020759166]
Identifier: B091.01.0001
Abstract

(7) file folders include: photographs, ephemera, newspaper articles, NJH articles, Denver Bears baseball team.

Dates: 1892-1949

Box 1, 1897-1950

 File — Box B091.01.0001: Series B091.01; Series B091.02; Series B091.03; Series B091.05; Series B091.06; Series B091.07 [Barcode: U186020759166]
Identifier: B091.02.0001
Abstract

(7) file folders include: photographs, ephemera, newspaper articles, NJH articles, Denver Bears baseball team.

Dates: 1897-1950

Box 1, 1915-1952

 File — Box B091.01.0001: Series B091.01; Series B091.02; Series B091.03; Series B091.05; Series B091.06; Series B091.07 [Barcode: U186020759166]
Identifier: B091.03.0001
Abstract

(7) file folders include: photographs, ephemera, newspaper articles, NJH articles, Denver Bears baseball team.

Dates: 1915-1952

Box 1, 1905-1915

 File — Box B091.01.0001: Series B091.01; Series B091.02; Series B091.03; Series B091.05; Series B091.06; Series B091.07 [Barcode: U186020759166]
Identifier: B091.05.0001
Abstract

(7) file folders include: photographs, ephemera, newspaper articles, NJH articles, Denver Bears baseball team.

Dates: 1905-1915

Box 1, 1906-1912

 File — Box B091.01.0001: Series B091.01; Series B091.02; Series B091.03; Series B091.05; Series B091.06; Series B091.07 [Barcode: U186020759166]
Identifier: B091.06.0001
Abstract

(1) file folder in this series: Denver Bears beseball team.

Dates: 1906-1912

Box 2, 1903-1952

 File — Box B091.01.0002: Series B091.01 [Barcode: U186020759174]
Identifier: B091.01.0002

Box 3, 1952

 File — Box B091.02.0003: Series B091.02; Series B091.04; Series B091.06; Series B091.07 [Barcode: U186020759182]
Identifier: B091.07.0003
Abstract

(1) framed Milton Anfenger caricature; (2) newspaper articles and publications; (1) photographs; (1) resolution

Dates: 1952

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