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Fort Collins, Colorado Trip Panel, 1986 August 1
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Identifier: B098.01.0005.00133
Abstract
Recording covers a bus tour of Fort Collins, Colorado by the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society and a discussion about growing up Jewish in Fort Collins.
Dates:
1986 August 1
Oral History Interview with Ben Gvirtz, 1981 November 4
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Identifier: B098.01.0004.00076
Abstract
Ben Gvirtz is interviewed about growing up in Colorado and his parents, moving around for work a bit and then settling back down in Fort Collins starting a hay business, later commercial real estate.
Dates:
1981 November 4
Oral History Interview with Donald Meyer, 1985 August 27
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Identifier: B098.01.0005.00127
Abstract
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 migration of his father's brothers to Colorado, and the Meyer...
Dates:
1985 August 27
Oral History Interview with Forrest Meyer, 1984 November 1
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Identifier: B098.01.0005.00125
Abstract
"Forrest Meyer recounts the history of his family, beginning with his father who migrated as a teenager from Poland to Rocky Ford, Colo. He describes his family moving to Ft. Collins, Colo. where his father opened a clothing store. Forrest recalls the role that religion played in his life as a young boy, including the weekly trips his family made to attend Temple Emanuel in Denver. He describes growing up Jewish in a rural town, and the camaraderie that existed between him and his friends of...
Dates:
1984 November 1
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