Anfenger, Milton L. (Milton Louis), 1874-1952
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.
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B'nai B'rith District Grand Lodge No. 2 Convention President's Message, 1941 May 25
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.
Bound Meeting Minutes Volume IV, 1896-1903
Box 1, 1892-1949
(7) file folders include: photographs, ephemera, newspaper articles, NJH articles, Denver Bears baseball team.
Box 1, 1897-1950
(7) file folders include: photographs, ephemera, newspaper articles, NJH articles, Denver Bears baseball team.
Box 1, 1915-1952
(7) file folders include: photographs, ephemera, newspaper articles, NJH articles, Denver Bears baseball team.
Box 1, 1905-1915
(7) file folders include: photographs, ephemera, newspaper articles, NJH articles, Denver Bears baseball team.
Box 1, 1906-1912
(1) file folder in this series: Denver Bears beseball team.
Box 1, 1952
Obituaries and Memorials 1952
Box 2, 1903-1952
(2) bound scrapbooks
Box 3, 1906-1916
(1) framed Milton Anfenger caricature; (2) newspaper articles and publications; (1) photographs; (1) resolution
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