Aspen (Colo.)
Found in 83 Collections and/or Records:
Montage of Elias Cohen and Family of Aspen, Colorado, circa 1905
Composite of the Elias Cohen family of Aspen including a formal portrait of Elias Cohen (bottom left); a formal portrait of his wife and two daughters (bottom right); and formal portraits of his in-laws, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weinberg (top). Elias Cohen was a resident of Aspen by 1891, a mine supervisor in, and manager of David Hyman's properties. It was Cohen who suggested the use of deep-sea divers to repair broken mine-pump shafts.
Morgan Smith for Colorado Reflections
Morgan Smith discusses his family's move from the East Coast to a ranch in Aspen, Colorado. Smith speaks about following rodeos up and down the Western slope as a young adult and his memories of Rifle in the Grand Valley area. Smith also reflects on the changes in Colorado from the 1940s and the growth of small towns and cities in the state.
Mrs. Hattie Kobey, 1906
Studio portrait of Hattie Kobey, Mrs. Ben Kobey, as a young woman wearing a dress with a tall collar of lace.
Oral History Interview with Dora Kay, 1980 October 13
Topics include: Education, father was a Rabbi, mother was a midwife, talks about her brothers, grew up in Aspen, family life.
Oral History Interview with Dorothy ''Dokes'' Kobey Berry, 2002 March 22
Discusses life as a pioneer in the thriving mining town of Aspen, family ran business there and prospered, growing up without many other Jewish families, school life, teaching in a country school, moved to Denver around 1924, and talks a lot about her family life.
Oral History Interview with Henry Goldsmith, 1981 April 18
Henry Goldsmith discusses work with partisans, life during the war. getting cought by the Gestapo multiple times and escaping.
Oral History Interview with Keith Marolt, 1990 September 4, 2006
Keith Marolt describes his growing up on the Marolt ranch and working it over the years. Discusses his family, the ranch buildings and how they were used, railroads, irrigation water rights, crops livestock and machinery used.
Oral History Interview with Leo Block, 1989 May 12
Topics covered: Family roots in Colorado, Denver, Leadville and Aspen. Father Nathan was born in Russia, came in 1890. Mother born in Leadville, father worked in mining until it fizzled out. Father was close with Rabbi Kauvar and BMH. Leo graduated from DU, editor of the Clarion. Established a professorship at University of Denver.
Oral History Interview with Opal Peterson Marolt, 1990 July 13, 2006
Oral History Interview with Peggy Marolt, 1990 July 20, 2006
Peggy Marolt discusses growing up in Aspen, Colorado and on the Marolt Ranch also known as Midland Ranch. She describes daily life, household items, her family, buildings around the ranch and the old Holden Lixiviation Works, businesses around Aspen, and orgaizations she was involved in. She also goes into detail on crops raised, livestock and machinery used on the ranch. She talks about various schools, churches and special events from her childhood.