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Arnold Sky on the Jewish Colony at Chugwater, Wyoming, 1979 June 24
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Identifier: B098.01.0003.00046
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Recording of Arnold Sky speaking at a BMH study group about his upbringing in Chugwater, WY. Includes questions form the audience.
Dates:
1979 June 24
Emanuel Saltiel, 1942-1995
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Identifier: b111.09.0009.0003
Abstract
Emanuel Saltiel was born in Bath, England in 1844 and emigrated to the United States, joining the Confederate army in 1864. In 1866 Saltiel, now a member of the Union army under the name Joseph Isaacs, was court-martialed for treason. He moved to Colorado, became involved with many of the Jewish organizations in Denver as well as businesses such as the Denver Daily Times, and invested in two mines near Cotopaxi, CO, offering to populate them with Jewish farmers and promising high wages, good...
Dates:
1942-1995
Louis Siegel on Jewish West Colfax, 1979 July 1
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Identifier: B098.01.0003.00051
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Life on Denver's west side, describes businesses and residences in the West Colfax Jewish neighborhood.
Dates:
1979 July 1
Oral History Interview with Aaron Seiver, 1980 April 1
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Identifier: B098.01.0004.00086
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Covers early life on the West Side of Denver and the 11th Street colony.
Dates:
1980 April 1
Oral History Interview with Frank Quicksilver, 1979 July 25
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Identifier: B098.04.0008.00022
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Topics covered: Father died when he was six; served in WWI for the Russian Army on the front line; 1920 Russian civil war starts, white army killed Jews; leaves for US paying many bribes to get out; comes through Elis Island, goes to Baltimore where uncle was and later to DC; gets TB and comes to Denver for treatment with wife and 18 mo. old child, in Denver diagnosed as asthmatic; worked in produce sales, talks about JCRS jobs; lost only son in World War II; feelings on Jewish community;...
Dates:
1979 July 25
Oral History Interview with Henry Michael, 1982 March 15
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Identifier: B098.01.0004.00091
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"Henry Michael shares his early recollections of growing up in Denver in the early years of the 19th century. He also provides a portrayal of his grandfather, Louis Anfenger, and some of his accomplishments as one of the Jewish communal leaders in Denver, as well as his memories of the elder Anfenger’s house at 2900 Champa Street in the Curtis Park neighborhood. With clarity, Henry relates dates and addresses of the various places where he lived in Denver, and describes some of the...
Dates:
1982 March 15
Oral History Interview with Herman Speken, 1978 June 17
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Identifier: B098.01.0004.00080
Abstract
Herman talks about his family background in Russia, father coming to Pueblo looking for work in the steel industry and life in Pueblo.
Dates:
1978 June 17
Oral History Interview with Irvin ''Budd'' Greenberg, 1978 July 11
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Identifier: B098.01.0004.00079
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Budd talks about his family background and the Jewish commmunity in Pueblo.
Dates:
1978 July 11
Oral History Interview with Israel Toltz, 1982 January 19
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Identifier: B098.01.0004.00087
Abstract
"Israel Toltz discusses the arrival of his family in Montrose, Colo., as well as Jewish businesses in Montrose. He recounts moving to Denver, Colo. in 1913. He also talks about Jewish families in small towns, life on the West Side of Denver, and his personal history. Israel Toltz married Frieda Radetsky (1906-1978) and they raised two children: Warren and Roberta."
Dates:
1982 January 19
Oral History Interview with Joe Coffee, 1981 October 5
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Identifier: B098.01.0004.00075
Abstract
Speaks about early life in Pueblo and carrer as a boxer.
Dates:
1981 October 5
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