Jacobs, Mary N., 1904-1992

Left to right Mary Jacobs, an unidentified woman, Raisie Rifkin, and an unidentified man at a dinner event.

Mary Jacobs and Tillye Levy stand on either side of an unidentified woman at an event.

Tillye Levy and Mary Jacobs with two unidentified women at an event.

Left to right an unidentified woman, Tillye Levy, and Mary Jacobs at an event.

Mary Jacobs speaks at a fund raising event. She stands in front of a board that records the totals raised.

Mary Jacobs (1902-1994) grew up in Denver and was involved extensively with social service organizations in Denver including the National Council of Jewish Women, which she was President of Council 1954-55, Jewish Family and Children's Services and the Allied Jewish Community Council. The Mary Jacobs Papers contains newspaper clippings, correspondence, programs, by-laws, speeches, notes, board meeting agenda, newsletters and notebooks related to Mary Jacobs from 1950 through 1988.

Mary Jacobs, Saralee Shaper, and Tillye Levy at an event.

Three women pose on a stage with a scenery tree. Mary Jacobs stands at the far right.

Series includes (4) file folders include: by-laws of National Conference of Jewish Women; speeches, notes, board meeting agenda re: NCJW; NCJW misc. correspondence; NCJW Newsletter; (1) notebook re: Angel Week 1966 and 1967. Most materials date betweem 1954-1956 when Mary Jacobs was president.

Members of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Denver Section attend the 23rd Biennial Convention of the National Council of Jewish Women held in Los Angeles, Calif. in 1959, including from left to right: Myra Levy, an unidentified registrar, Mary Jacobs, Bernice Frieder, an unidentified woman, Faye Schayer, Billie Stein, Marilyn Berenbeim, Saralee Pollock (later Shaper) and an unidentified woman.