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Wisebart Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B319

Hornbein Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B167
Abstract

The Hornbein family of Denver, Colorado, was actively involved in the Colorado Jewish and larger community. Philip L. Hornbein (1879-1962) married Flora Anfenger (1888-1964) in 1905, and they had three children: Louis (1907-1912), Marjorie (1913-2006) and Philip (1915-1987). The collections consists of material objects, photographs, and documents that belonged to the Hornbein family.

Dates: 1902-1988

Isidor Bronfin, M.D. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B174
Abstract Isidor D. Bronfin was born in 1886 in Russia and migrated to the United States in 1902. He earned a medical degree from the University of the State of New York in 1911--the same year that he became a U.S. citizen. Bronfin was a noted authority on tuberculosis treatment and authored several publications on the topic. Within the Colorado medical community and at the national level, he served in a number of leadership roles including medical director of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief...
Dates: 1911-1939

Beck Archives Biographical Materials Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B111
Abstract

This collection contains biographical materials associated with prominent Colorado Jewish individuals or families and, in a few cases, groups of Jewish Coloradoans. Materials include newspaper clippings, obituaries, correspondence, photocopies of legal documents, books, magazines, and essays.

Dates: Coverage: 1836-2017

Morris Strouse , 1886-1977

 File
Identifier: B111.09.0009.0018
Abstract

Morris Strause was born in Braunsbach, Germany on August 28, 1835. He moved to New York where he married Theresa Holzman and traveled across the US in various merchant positions. He moved to Colorado in search of gold and settled in Grand Junction with his family in 1882 where he began a clothing business, trading furs and skins and incorporating wool when the railroad was built. He passed away in November, 1928 as the Grand Junction's oldest and longest running merchant.

Dates: 1886-1977

King David, circa 1960

 Item
Identifier: B193.01.0003.00001
Abstract

Oil painting of King David, as evidenced by his crown and harp, playing his harp. King David was a harpist who is mentioned in the Book of Samuel as playing for King Saul to calm him. Painting is in blues, greens and purples with a yellow harp, and black lines. Signed "Goldberg" bottom right.

Dates: circa 1960

Portrait of Jesse Shwayder, between 1960-1970

 Item
Identifier: B063.01.0001.00017
Abstract

Portrait of Jesse Shwayder standing behind a table with a bible in his right hand. Jesse Shwayder and his brothers founded the Samsonite Corporation.

Dates: between 1960-1970

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Aguilar, Grace, 1816-1847 1
Ben Wisebart, Wide Awake Clothiers 1
Bronfin, Isadore D., 1886-1934 1
Goldberg, Lillian C., 1915-1991 1
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