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Greta Hilb Artwork

 Collection
Identifier: B154
Abstract Greta Hilb (1904-1998) was born in Stuttgart, Germany and became a local Denver Jewish female artist of note. She studied at the Parsons School of Design in New York and settled in Denver in 1934. In 1964, she also co-authored a cookbook titled For Goodness Sake with Denver author Leora Mattingly Weber, famous nationally for her Beany Malone juvenile series. The Hilbs were related to the Levy family of Denver, founders of the Fashion Bar clothing store chain. The collection consists of...
Dates: 1930-1990

Grey and Byron Collection

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Identifier: B458
Abstract The Grey and Byron collection contains a variety of materials from the traveling Vaudeville pair, Dolly Grey and Bert Byron. Types of materials include clothing, accessories, jewelry, handgun, bullets, photographs, newspaper clippings, membership certificates, property documents, death certificates, scripts, poems, notes, short stories, sheet music, lyrics, general ledgers, pocket calendars, travel albums, and photo albums. Individuals included in this collection include Dolly Grey, Bert...
Dates: 1885 - 1964

Ida C. Failing Paint Box and Receipts

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Identifier: B361
Abstract

She was an artist in Denver, Colorado around the turn of the century. She did paintings on canvas as well as hand painting bone china pieces. Ida C. Failing was born in Illinois in 1857 and died in Denver Colorado in 1918. Collection contains a paint box containing art supplies and receipts related to Ida C. Failing from 1895.

Dates: circa 1895

Incidents of Travel and Adventures in the Far West by Carvalho

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Identifier: B388
Abstract

Memoir by Solomon Nunez Carvalho about his five-month journey on an expedition west over the Rocky Mountains with Colonel John C. Fremont.

Dates: Publication: 1857

Irene Miller Stein Family Objects, Artwork, and Other Material

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Identifier: B173
Abstract Irene Miller (Mrs. Azriel) Stein was a professional artist well into her 90s. She was the daughter of Anna and Robert Lazar Miller, both pioneers of Denver's Jewish community. In 1921 she married Azriel Stein, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaina native and they had a son Stanley. Azriel Stein founded, owned, and operated Pencol Drug Store on the corner of Pennsylvania Street and Colfax Avenue in Denver. The collection contains papers, objects, scrapbooks that belonged to Robert Lazar Miller and...
Dates: 1885-2000

Jane O. Russo Papers and Art

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Identifier: B447
Abstract Jane Russo is the great-granddaughter of Charles and Jenny Charsky Spivak. Jane Russo was born in Denver in 1946 to Nelson and Ruth Strauss Oppenheim in 1946. Ruth Strauss was the daughter of Herman and Deena Spivak Strauss and Deena was the daughter Dr. Charles and Jenny Charsky Spivak. Charles Spivak was a medical doctor and the long-time secretary of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. Jane Oppenheim Russo created and donated a sculpture and two printed copies of her watercolor...
Dates: 1925-1990

Kagan Family Papers

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Identifier: B187
Abstract Alexander Kagan was born in Paris, France in 1906 to Russian parents. At the age of 14, Alexander began work as a fabric and jewelry designer. He came to the United States in 1922 with his mother Chana (Anna) and his brother Haim Persah (Paul). He worked as a fabric designer in New York and in 1930 he became a US citizen. In 1942, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps and was stationed in Pueblo, Colorado. He graduated from the University of Denver in 1954 and died in the Denver area in 1994....
Dates: 1895-1980

Laura Wait Papers

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Identifier: M282
Abstract

Laura Wait is a book artist living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She graduated from Barnard College with a degree in art history and studied printmaking and bookbinding afterwards. She ran a bookbinding and conservation business in Denver from 1981 to 2003. The collection contains of materials related to the production of various artist’s books by Laura Wait.

Dates: 1997-2012

Lauretta Dimmick Papers

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Identifier: M032
Abstract Lauretta Dimmick is an art historian and co-author of American sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, volume I: a catalogue of works by artists born before 1865. Published in 1999, this is the first volume of a two-volume set and the definitive catalogue of the Museum's collection of American sculpture. Dimmick graduated from the University of Denver, Denver, Colorado in 1976 with a B.A. She received her master and doctorate in art history from the University of Pittsburgh,...
Dates: Other: Date Not Yet Determined

Leon Loughridge Papers

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Identifier: M451
Abstract

This collection contains works, publications, and other papers related to Leon Loughridge.

Dates: 2018

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