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Eighty Years Story by Donald Meyer, 1985 August 27
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Identifier: B098.01.0005.00128
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Donald Meyer reads "Eighty Years" which he wrote about his life. Judge Donald H. Meyer, the son of Morris Meyer, describes the early life of the Meyer brothers, Morris, Sam, Max, and Charles, who emigrated from Poland in the late 1800s. He talks about his father Morris' early business efforts in Wisconsin as well as his father's marriage to his mother, a German immigrant. He also recounts the couple's move to Colorado after his father was diagnosed with tuberculosis. He further describes the...
Dates:
1985 August 27
Minnette Miller and Edward Blair at Leadville, Colorado, 1978 July 9
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Identifier: B098.01.0002.00033
Abstract
"Edward Blair, curator of Healy House, a museum in Leadville, Colo., answers questions from a Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society (RMJHS) tour group about the Healy House and Jewish families in Leadville. Minnette Miller, the oldest living Jewish resident of Leadville at that time, talks about growing up in Leadville and what it was like to live there.Minnette Miller taught school in Leadville, Colorado for 25 years and served as the director of the Lake County Department of...
Dates:
1978 July 9
Oral History Interview with Anna Sidon, 1979 October 31
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Identifier: B098.01.0003.00057
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Anna talks about how her family came to Denver, her father’s bakery (the first Jewish bakery in Denver), life in a Jewish neighborhood, caring for others, her mother caring for the Tabor Children at the Windsor, and 11th Street Colony.
Dates:
1979 October 31
Oral History Interview with Emmett Heitler, 1978 October 23
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Identifier: B098.12.0010.00001
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Topics covered include family history in Denver (6 generations at time of interview), mechanical engineer but when no work during depression worked as a hosiery salesmen with Jack Levy; married Dorothy Schwayder (daughter of Jesse Schwayder, founder of Samsonite). Time on NJH board and joining the Community Chest, move from Tuberculosis focus to asthma, medicine, merging and expanding facilities.
Dates:
1978 October 23
Oral History Interview with Irene Miller Stein, 1978 April 27
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Identifier: B098.01.0002.00034
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"Irene Stein (née Miller) talks about the Miller family in Denver, Colo. and her father Robert Lazar Miller. She gives extensive details about early life in Denver. She also discusses her life as an artist, media she worked with, and her husband Azriel Stein who founded Pencol Drug Store.Irene Miller (Mrs. Azriel) Stein was born in Denver, Colo. in 1894 and died in Aurora, Colorado in 2000 at the age of 106. Irene Stein was a professional artist well into her 90s. She worked in...
Dates:
1978 April 27
Oral History Interview with Jacqueline Goodstein Friedman, 1980 July 14
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Identifier: B098.01.0003.00060
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Talks about growing up on Denver's East Side, the Goodstein family, Goodstein's Delicatessen and Rev. Black.
Dates:
1980 July 14
Oral History Interview with Joseph Ginsburg, 1983 May 30
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Identifier: B098.01.0005.00112
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Interview covers buildings, businesses and families who lived along West Colfax and West 14th Avenue from 1912 until the 1970s. A little family history at the end of the Colfax drive.
Dates:
1983 May 30
Oral History Interview with Max Grimes, 1976 September 20
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Identifier: B098.01.0001.00001
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"Max Grimes recounts life in Denver, Colorado, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He discusses the immigration of his ancestors from Russia and Poland to Denver and his father's various attempts to make a living in Denver and Salt Lake City, Utah. Grimes details his boyhood, pastimes, and education in Denver while also discussing numerous Jewish families and businesses in the city in the early 20th century. He also recounts his first and second marriages, his brief time studying...
Dates:
1976 September 20
Oral History Interview with Mindell Stein, 1979 July 18
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Identifier: B098.01.0003.00054
Abstract
Mindell Stein discusses the philosophy of Temple Micah, reason why people were compelled to start Temple Micah, the character of the congregation and its relationship with the community, the rabbi's that have served the congregation and the problem of declining membership.
Dates:
1979 July 18
Oral History Interview with Phillip Hornbein, Jr., 1981 May 9
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Identifier: B098.01.0004.00095
Abstract
"Philip Hornbein, Jr. talks about his father, Philip Hornbein, Sr. He describes his father's parents, immigrants from Eastern Europe in the 1870s and his siblings, as well as his father's education in Denver, Colo. He details legal cases his father handled while an attorney in Denver, including his efforts against the Ku Klux Klan. His father was born in New York City and attended the University of Denver, School of Law, graduating in 1902. Philip Hornbein, Jr. describes his father's role in...
Dates:
1981 May 9
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