Morris, Max, 1867-1909
Biography
Max Morris was born in Mobile, Alabama in 1867 to Moses Morris and Henrietta Lewyn Morris. He was the third oldest of nine (surviving) children. In approximately 1880, his family moved to Breckenridge, CO, where he attended public school. He spent several years in Leadville and Glenwood Springs prior to moving to Denver where he married his wife, Julia G. Emanuel by Rabbi Friedman of Temple Emanuel on January 10, 1892. Beginning at the turn of the century, Max dedicated his life to civil service and specifically the fair treatment of laborers. He served in the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth general assemblies of Colorado, beginning in 1903. Max served as the International Secretary-Treasurer of Retail Clerks International, fighting for the rights of laborers, fighting against child labor, and other labor causes. Sadly, Max died of a heart complication on June 6, 1909. He funeral was well attended and presided over by Rabbi Friedman.
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Box 1: Photographs and Memorial Books, 1860 - 1909
This box contains six folders: photographs, Theodore Roosevelt Banquet, miscellaneous, two (2) books in memoriam for Max Morris, and the official roster of the fourteenth general assembly of Colorado.
Box 2: Scrapbook, 1903 - 1909
This box contains a scrapbook of Max Morris newspaper clippings from the timesurrounding his death in 1909.
Group Photograph at the Garden if the Gods, Unknown
A group photograph at the Garden of the Gods, Max Morris is at the rear of the group.
Henrietta Morris Portrait, 1860
A photograph of a portrait of Henrietta Morris, mother of Max Morris, in the 1860s.
In Memoriam for Max Morris, 1909
This folder contains an In Memoriam for Max Morris from the Retail Clerks International Advocate, dated July 1909.
In Memoriam for Max Morris, 1909
This folder conatins an In Memoriam for Max Morris from the American Federation of Labor, dated June 16, 1909.
Invitation with Ticket, 1905
An envelope with invitation and seat ticket to the banquet honoring Presidetn Theodroe Roosevelt on May 8, 1905.
Max Morris Papers
Menu and Program , 1905
The menu and program for the banquet honoring President Theodore Roosevelt on May 8, 1905.
Miscellaneous , 1902 - 1908
This folder contains a menu card from the banquet of the Affliated Locals R.C.I.P.A. of San Francisco honoring Max Morris from July 24, 1902 and one envelope from the June 1908 Republican National Convention.
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