David May
Abstract
Born in 1848 in Bavaria, David May lived in New York and Cincinnati before travelling for health reasons to Colorado, where he opened a dry goods store in Leadville. This store became the foundation of one of America's biggest and best-known department store chains, the May Department Stores Company. May was a leader in the Leadville Jewish community and also had close ties to the Denver Jewish community, especially with Temple Emanuel and National Jewish Hosspital.
Dates
- 1879-2008
Language of Materials
Materials are predominantly in English; some materials are in German or Hebrew.
Extent
From the File: 1 Items (Contains 27 file folders.) : legal document box
Scope and Contents
Folder cantains an article "Immigrant Entreprneurship" about David May and the May Department stores (May D. & F.) by Jeanne Abrams. Newspaper article on "The Glory days of retailing: Showdown on 16th Street.
Creator
- From the Collection: University of Denver. Center for Judaic Studies. Ira M. Beck Memorial Collection of Rocky Mountain Jewish History (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository