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Immigrants

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 129 Collections and/or Records:

Russian Immigrants, between 1970-1979

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Identifier: B063.04.0037.00060
Abstract

Chaya Shtrom and Bennie Robey shake hands in an airport. Arika Levenshtein and an unidentified woman can be seen in the background.

Dates: between 1970-1979

Ruth Cluff, 1978-1979

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Identifier: B111.02.0002.0006
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Ruth Cluff (1912-1990), wrote an account of her grandmother Devoira Brox Lassett's (1864-1940) immigration to the United States from Poland in 1890. Cluff's mother Bertha came to Denver from New York in 1927 to receive treatment for Tuberculosis at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society.

Dates: 1978-1979

Sam and Rose Brown Cohn, circa 1971

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Identifier: B111.02.0002.0014
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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

Solomon Herbert Bassow, 1894-circa 1980

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Identifier: B111.01.0001.0021
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Born in Russia, Bassow emigrated to New York in 1906, eventually moving to Wyoming where his family briefly were homesteaders and he taught in a one-room schoolhouse. Later he graduated from the University of Colorado Medical School.

Dates: 1894-circa 1980

United States Lines Affidavit of Support, 1939 November 25

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Identifier: B333.01.0001.0001.00014
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Affidavit of support filled out by Nathan Greensberg of Williamsport, PA stating that he is willing to take in the Lowenstein family who are applying to visas to the United States because of religious persecution. The affidavit labels the Lowenstein family as good friends of Nathan Greensberg and states that the Lowenstein’s may remain with him until such time that they become self-supporting. The form lists the family's birth dates, countries of birth and occupations.

Dates: 1939 November 25

Vera Sears Oral History, 2004

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Identifier: D009.03.0005.00004
Abstract Vera Sears recounts her childhood growing up in Germany and attending the Berlin Opera School. She performed with a group of students in the summers, which gave her the background for her life in dance. Edwin Sieradz, Sears' future husband, was a musician in this group. He studied law in Berlin and also worked as a secretary for Albert Einstein. Sears talks about living in Germany in the 1930's when Hitler came to power, and about the fear you had of all people, even your friends and your...
Dates: 2004

Vera Sears Oral History Transcript, 2004

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Identifier: D009.03.0002.0006.00001
Abstract Vera Sears recounts her childhood growing up in Germany and attending the Berlin Opera School. She performed with a group of students in the summers, which gave her the background for her life in dance. Edwin Sieradz, Sears' future husband, was a musician in this group. He studied law in Berlin and also worked as a secretary for Albert Einstein. Sears talks about living in Germany in the 1930's when Hitler came to power, and about the fear you had of all people, even your friends and your...
Dates: 2004

Wedding Portrait of Bessie and Ellis Wedgle, 1914 March 17

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Identifier: B063.05.0041.00113
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Wedding portrait of Ellis and Bessie Wedgle.

Dates: 1914 March 17

Western Union Telegram from Henry, 1947 June 11

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Identifier: B333.06.0001.0006.00016
Abstract

Western Union telegram from Henry Lowenstein to his family at 924 Cemetery Street in Williamsport, Pa. Message says "Sailing tomorrow Marine Falcon expect to arrive 20 June Love to all -Henry." Telegram message is pasted on the on the the official Western Union form.

Dates: 1947 June 11