Davis, Leslie Friedman
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Attendees at a Reunion of Emanuel Confirmands, 1992 August 23
Item
Identifier: B063.06.0006.00064
Abstract
Several Emanuel Confirmands from 1916-1942 pose together in Temple Emanuel during a reunion. Left to right first row: Joan (Heidenheimer) Travis, Celia (Atlavaick) Meyers, Betty (Fine) Striker, Marjorie (Bernick) Grimes, Dee (Rosenblum) Paul, Patty (Jacobs) Baum, Edna Conner, Bobbie (Milstein) Cook, Mildred (Menkovsky) Karden. Second row: Joan (Goodney) Axelrod, Phyllis (Atlavaick) Reckler, Jean (Hershorn) Segal, Billie (Reichart) Silversmith, Bobbi (Barnett) Tobias, Peggy (Frankel) Crane,...
Dates:
1992 August 23
Individuals, 1962-1994
File
Identifier: B113.01.0001.0004
Abstract
File contains newspaper clippings from 1962-1994 that are about individual people in the Jewish Denver community. The majority of the articles are from the early 1980s.
Dates:
1962-1994
Leslie Davis, 2007 November 16-17
File
Identifier: B111.03.0003.0001
Abstract
Leslie Friedman Davis (1922-2007), granddaughter of Leopold H. Guldman (of the Golden Eagle Dry Goods Co.) was a prominent Denver philanthropist and organizer. She was born in Denver, Colorado, attended East High School, and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado. Davis founded the Women's Bank in Denver in 1978. The bank was owned and operated mostly by women, and was created so that women could be self-sufficient and get credit without their husbands. the Women's Bank...
Dates:
2007 November 16-17
Oral History Interview with Leslie Davis, 2006 March 23
Item
Identifier: B098.01.0007.00169
Abstract
Leslie Davis' grandfather was Leopold Guldman, owner of the Golden Eagle Dry Goods Store, later department store, in Denver from 1880s-1940s. Lived with her grandparents from 1927 until she married in 1944, father worked for Denver Post. Memories of her grandmother, grandfather and his generosity and business practices, religious life, and growing up in Denver and the Guldman mansion.
Dates:
2006 March 23
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- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- Colorado 1
- Department stores 1