Morris, Ernest, 1874-1937
Person
Biography
Ernest Morris was born in Thorn, Germany and came to the United States as a child. He graduated from the University of Colorado with degrees in philosophy and law. He served terms as president in the early 1900s of B'nai B'rith Denver, the Colorado Philosophical Society, Denver Bar Association, and the Colorado Historical Association from 1932 through 1937. He was also a member of the Board of trustees of the National Jewish Hospital. He died in Denver in January 1937.
Citation:
Obituary in Intermountain Jewish News, 1937 January 29Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Ernest Morris Manuscript
Collection
Identifier: B397
Abstract
Ernest Morris was born in Thorn, Germany and came to the United States as a child. He graduated from the University of Colorado with degrees in philosophy and law. He was a board member of the Colorado Historical Association for two decades and was president from 1932 through 1936. His unpublished manuscript "Gathering Much" covers his early life and legal career. While he was chairman of the Denver County Council of Defense during WWI, he charged the Denver Post with libelous attacks. The...
Dates:
1936
Jean and Milt Morris, between 1960-1980
Item
Identifier: B063.05.0051.00043
Abstract
Jean and Milton Morris eating on a porch with Ernest Morris, Milt's brother, and two unidentified women.
Dates:
between 1960-1980