Livingston, John Charles, 1935-1999

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Dr. John Livingston speaking to an audience in Penrose Library during the Beck Archives Dedication.

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Dr. John Livingston poses in front of bookshelves in Penrose Library during the Beck Archives Dedication.

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Nancy and John Livingston during the Center for Judaic Studies Elie Wiesel Tribute Dinner at the Marriot.

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Recording of the funeral service of John C. Livingston.

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Left to right: Julie Livingston, Dr. John Livingston, and Michael Rapp stand outside at Irene Stein's art exhibit in Emmanuel Gallery, formerly Shearith Israel.

Abstract John Charles Livingston (1935-1999) served as professor and chair of the History Department of the University of Denver, Denver, Colorado from 1963-1964 and from 1968-1999. His areas of expertise were United States intellectual and social history in the 20th century, concentrating on the 1960s and American Jewish history. He wrote several books including, Clarence Darrow: Sentimental Rebel (1988) and Jews of the American West (1989). He was a founder and research director of the Rocky...

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The material is copies of correspondence of the Industrial Removal Office in New York and relief organizations in Colorado from 1903 to 1916. Correspondents include the Jewish Relief Society of Denver, the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, National Jewish Hospital, the Denver lodge of the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith, and the two Colorado IRO committee directors, Lessy Levy and Milton M. Schayer.

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Left to right Arnie Hayutin, Dr. Jeanne Abrams, Dr. John Livingston, Nancy Livingston, Rabbi Marc Angel, Marvin Meyers, and Rabbi Stanley Wagner pose together at the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society's Colorado Heritage Award ceremony when Dr. John Livingston was honored in May 1995.