Cheyenne (Wyo.)
Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf
Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:
Beck Archives Congregations Collection
Collection
Identifier: B115
Overview
This collection contains materials intentionally assembled by Beck Archives. Materials relate to past and present Jewish congregations, which were or still are located in Denver, Colorado, or the western United States. Materials are originals or copies of items dating from 1906-2004, including receipts, correspondence, newspaper clippings, newsletters, member and founder lists, event programs, invitations, legal documents, interview transcripts, brochures, slichos, Hebrew Bibles, and...
Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1916-1921, 1980-2014
File
Identifier: B114.09.0001.0007
Overview
Two Jewish men, Simon Bamberger and Henry Altman, were among the founders of Cheyenne in 1867. Jewsh businessmen followed, and the first congregation was incorporated in 1888. B'nai B'rith was established in Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1921.
Cheyenne, Wyoming , 1870-1968
File
Identifier: B114.09.0002.0001
Overview
In 1884, the City Directory of Cheyenne listed 11 businesses owned by Jewish men. In 1913-14, it listed a Jewish cemetery, Mt. Sinai Congregation, and approximatel 43 Jewish family names.
Ed Kaufman, circa 1987
Item
Identifier: B063.08.0039.00053
Overview
Studio portrait of Ed Kaufman in Cheyenne, WY.
Green Gables, Sportland, Morty Miller's Bar Mitzvah, 1930-1939
Item
Identifier: B229.01.0035.0001
Overview
Silent black and white film contains depictions of family at Green Gables, the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo, scenes from Morty Miller's bar mitzvah, and other family recordings.
Letter in Yiddish, 1919 June 25
Item
Identifier: B002.01.0102.0001.00008
Overview
Handwritten letter in black ink on lined paper. Letter written on Metropolitan Hotel letterhead in Cheyenne, Wyoming and is dated in English.
Letter in Yiddish from Louis Klebanoff, 1919 May 1
Item
Identifier: B002.01.0102.0001.00010
Overview
Handwritten letter in black ink on Metropolitan Hotel letterhead in Cheyenne, Wyoming and is mostly written in Yiddish. Letter is dated and signed in English and "1530 Hooker St, Denver, Colo." is written below the signature.
Louis Sky in Cheyenne, Wyoming, between 1930-1939
Item
Identifier: B063.08.0024.00069
Overview
Louis Sky stands in front of a car in Cheyenne, Wyoming wearing a suit and holding a hat.
Louis Sky in Sky Drug, between 1930-1939
Item
Identifier: B063.08.0024.00070
Overview
Louis Sky stands in Sky Drug in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Marchick Vinnik Digitized Family Photographs
Collection
Identifier: B359
Overview
Samuel and his wife Lillie Rice Marchick were born in Ostrovo, Poland. Relatives brought Samuel Marchick to Denver, Colorado in 1904. In 1908, he sent for his wife and three sons. Three daughters were born in Denver. The family moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming and opened a clothing store and pawn shop. Samuel Marchick bought the Tivili building and opened the Tivoli building. In 1915, he helped organize and build the first synagogue in Cheyenne. He was active in Jewish organizations in Cheyenne and...