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Family histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 81 Collections and/or Records:

Philip Brown, 1919-1963

 File
Identifier: B111.01.0001.0018
Abstract Phillip P. Brown (1912-1994) was a Jewish activist and writer in Denver. He was part of the Motor Transport Corps of the U.S. Army, and was promoted to Seargent First Class in 1919. He married Juliette Lang on December 18, 1921, and they had two children, Jerome and Cecile. He fought in World War II from 1941-1945. Brown wrote a number of pamphlets and essays about Judaism, including: "Judaism and Christianity: Fundamental Differences," and "Why Jews & Judaism Could not and Should not...
Dates: 1919-1963
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B111, Beck Archives Biographical Materials Collection / Series 1, A-B / Box 1

Phipps Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M180
Dates: Other: Date Not Yet Determined
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Phipps Family Papers

Porter-Waring Family Material Culture Collection

 Collection
Identifier: M360
Abstract

The Porter and Waring families have long histories in Colorado. The collection consists of various lace and/or embroidered items including table cloths, doillies, pillow covers, clothing, animal fur, and a wedding dress dating to 1938.

Dates: 1890-1925
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Porter-Waring Family Material Culture Collection

Prezant Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B322
Abstract Chalres Prezant helped to organize the first Jewish colony and the first synagogue in Denver, CO. He came from Russia in 1880 with 13 other Jewish families straight to Denver. With his wife, Clara, they had nine children. One file folder containing two copies of ''The Prezant Family'' and personal papers. "The Prezant Family" is a history of the family compiled by Carol Friedman. Book includes photographs, correspondence, biographies and written family history beginning with Charles and...
Dates: 1991; Coverage: Late 19th - Early 20th Centuries
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Prezant Family Papers

Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Halpern, 1959 March, circa 1920

 File
Identifier: B111.05.0005.0001
Abstract

Tribute to Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Halpern

Dates: 1959 March; Event: circa 1920
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B111, Beck Archives Biographical Materials Collection / Series 5, H-I / Box 5

Research, Documents, and Correspondence, 1995 - 2007

 Series
Identifier: B433.01
Abstract

This series contains research, documents, and correspondence produced in conjunction with the Shwayder and related families. A substantial amount of documents exist related to Ted and Jesse Shwayder.

Dates: 1995 - 2007
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B433, Ted E. and Jessie Shwayder Harsham Family Research Papers

Roll of family geneology

 Item
Identifier: M283.02.0013.00003
Abstract

Roll of family geneology

Dates: 1894-2008
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M283, Loraine Capps Kehl Family Papers / Nicholson Family / Box 13

Rose Brown Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B336
Abstract Rose Lenore Cohn Brown and her father Mose Cohn write about the Cohn and Ittleson families. Mose Cohn and his family lived in Carbondale, Colorado from 1890 to 1903. The Ittleson family moved from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and arrived in Kansas around 1886. In 1887, Emma Ittleson married Mose Cohn in Kansas and Rose Lenore was born in 1888. The Cohn family (originally Kimchi) emigrated from Lithuania and settled in Ravana, Kansas. Mose Cohn writes about some of his adventures in the western...
Dates: 1971
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Rose Brown Papers

Sam and Rose Brown Cohn, circa 1971

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Identifier: B111.02.0002.0014
Abstract

These two volumes contain the family histories of Rose Lenore Cohn Brown and her father, who emigrated from Lithuania, Russia to Carbondale, Colorado, during the 1880s.

Dates: circa 1971
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B111, Beck Archives Biographical Materials Collection / Series 2, C / Box 2

Samuel Bernstein Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B291
Abstract

Russian born Samuel D. Bernstein married Lena and had, possibly, seven children: Aron, Harry, Morris, Rose, Bernie Moses, and Shirley; though the census records are confusing. Samuel worked in livestock, hides and wool. Collection contains a draft of “Our Pioneers,” and papers related to the Samuel Bernstein Family from 1980 through 2000 including a brief family tree chart.

Dates: 1980-2000
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Samuel Bernstein Family Papers

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