Grossman Family Papers
Abstract
The Grossman family emigrated to America from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and moved to Denver because of tuberculosis. Abraham Grossman was an active member of the traditional Beth Ha Medrosh Hagodol (BMH) Synagogue and later of the Oheb Zedek Congregation which broke away from BMH in 1911. The Oheb Zedek Congregation rejoined the parent synagogue toward the end of the Great Depression. Abraham Grossman was the proprietor of the Grossman's Haberdashery, located on Sixteenth Street in Denver, Colorado. Collection contains an wooden award to Sydney Grossman (Abraham's son) and a framed award to Sydney's wife Adeline, and a framed photo of Abraham Grossman and a B’nai B’rith application. all related to Abraham Grossman from 1916 through 1973.
Dates
- 1916-1973
Creator
- Grossman, Abraham (Person)
Extent
2.75 Linear Feet (2 containers)
- Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado
- Awards
- Denver (Colo.) -- Social life and customs
- Grossman, Abraham
- Grossman, Adeline
- Grossman, Sydney Harold, 1908-1981
- Independent Order of B'nai B'rith. Denver Lodge No. 171 (Denver, Colo.)
- Jewish businesspeople -- Colorado -- Denver
- Jewish families -- Colorado
- Jews -- Colorado -- Charities
- Jews -- Colorado -- Social life and customs
- Photographs
- Reform Judaism
- Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America
Creator
- Grossman, Abraham (Person)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository