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Oral History Interview with Alfred Thal, 1976 October 1

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Identifier: B098.01.0001.00004
Abstract "Alfred Thal discusses his immigrant parents' homestead in what was then the U.S. territory of North Dakota, and he provides details about his education, marriage, and employment. Thal mentions his involvement in the Jewish community in Bismarck, North Dakota, and his assistance in building the synagogue there. He also recounts his his work documenting Jewish history, including his recording of a number of oral histories, in North Dakota, and he discusses the process that this work...
Dates: 1976 October 1

Oral History Interview with Barney Rubin, 1979 July 20

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Identifier: B098.04.0008.00010
Abstract

Topics include: Family background in Russia, father a tailor, family got sick in the epidemic in Russia and died when Barney was 14, resisted Czarist Russia and the draft so left for America, worked as tailor, life in New York, attachment to Russia clothes and ways.

Dates: 1979 July 20

Oral History Interview with Bessie Katchen, 1978 July 15

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Identifier: B098.01.0002.00037
Abstract Bessie (Mrs. William) Katchen recounts her life in a Russian village and her emigration to America, alone at the age of 14. She settled in Boston, Mass. and worked in poor conditions in a shoe factory. She talks about coming to Denver, Colo. and her life in early Denver. She also discusses the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society where her uncle was a patient. She married William Katchen and after World War I became a citizen so she could bring her mother to the United States. She also talks...
Dates: 1978 July 15

Oral History Interview with Bessie Winograd Lewis, 1981 July 24

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Identifier: B098.01.0004.00074
Abstract

Bessie is interviewed about life as a child growing up in La Junta, Colorado.

Dates: 1981 July 24

Oral History Interview with David Eskenazi, 1979 August 22

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Identifier: B098.07.0008.00003
Abstract

Topics covered: Goals of the Jewish Community Center, functions of the center, relationship to other agencies, individual leaders of the center. Index in file: B098.18.0022.0010.

Dates: 1979 August 22

Oral History Interview with Dr. Alfred M. Neumann, 1976 October 6

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Identifier: B098.01.0001.00002
Abstract "Dr. Alfred Neumann recounts his experience as a Vienna refugee and his migration to New York in 1938, where he received graduate training in social work. He discusses his marriage, family life, and positions in social work--most notably his directorship of the Jewish Family and Children's Service of Denver (JFCS) from 1948 to 1976. In this interview Dr. Neumann gives details about the founding of this agency, the various services it provided, and the ways in which Jewish European immigrants...
Dates: 1976 October 6

Oral History Interview with Dr. Alfred Neumann, 1978 July 19

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Identifier: B098.09.0009.00004
Abstract Topics covered: Brief biographical information on Dr. Neumann, social work; working with other organizations; helping refugees, resettlement; services provided and available. In the interview, Dr. Alfred Neumann touches on his life in New York in 1938, where he received graduate training in social work. He discusses his marriage, family life, and positions in social work--most notably his directorship of the Jewish Family and Children's Service of Denver (JFCS) from 1948 to 1976. In this...
Dates: 1978 July 19

Oral History Interview with Florence Greenblatt Siegel, 1979 August 1

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Identifier: B098.01.0003.00055
Abstract

Informal conversation with Florence about family history in Denver and her family’s immigration from England.

Dates: 1979 August 1

Oral History Interview with Henry "Ruby" Rubenstein, 1979 April 2

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Identifier: B098.01.0002.00043
Abstract

Interview covers Henry (aka Ruby) Rubenstein's arrival in Denver from Russia by himself at the age of 14. He was also a patient at JCRS and later an employee. He talks about his memories of Dr. Charles Spivak, patients, living and working at JCRS and JCRS events.

Dates: 1979 April 2

Oral History Interview with Jacob Hayutin, 1976 December 6

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Identifier: B098.01.0002.00040
Abstract

Jacob Hayutin talks about early Denver, Colo. and "West Side" families, including the Hayutins. He chronicles the family's arrival in the United States, and also talks about businesses in Denver. He is imterviewed by his niece Mrs. Peryle Hayutin Beck.

Dates: 1976 December 6

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