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Poland

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:

Oral History Interview with Marie Rafael, 1979 August 23

 Item
Identifier: B098.04.0008.00016
Abstract

Topics covered: Born in Poland, moved to London as a small child, became a dress maker, talks about husband and marriage, a lot about her son, her love of languages, father made clothes, England during World War II.

Dates: 1979 August 23

Oral History Interview with Max Grimes, 1976 September 20

 Item
Identifier: B098.01.0001.00001
Abstract "Max Grimes recounts life in Denver, Colorado, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He discusses the immigration of his ancestors from Russia and Poland to Denver and his father's various attempts to make a living in Denver and Salt Lake City, Utah. Grimes details his boyhood, pastimes, and education in Denver while also discussing numerous Jewish families and businesses in the city in the early 20th century. He also recounts his first and second marriages, his brief time studying...
Dates: 1976 September 20

Oral History Interview with Max Grimes, 1976 September 20

 Item
Identifier: B098.01.0001.00006
Abstract "Max Grimes recounts life in Denver, Colorado, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He discusses the immigration of his ancestors from Russia and Poland to Denver and his father's various attempts to make a living in Denver and Salt Lake City, Utah. Grimes details his boyhood, pastimes, and education in Denver while also discussing numerous Jewish families and businesses in the city in the early 20th century. He recounts his first and second marriages, his brief time studying at...
Dates: 1976 September 20

Oral History Interview with Miriam Miklin, 1984 October 10

 Item
Identifier: B098.16.0012.00016
Abstract

Interview covers life experiences from before WWII in Poland and through her entire experience in the Holocaust. Miriam and her two sisters were the only surviving members of their family. After the war they tried to go home, stopping at a town 30km away and sensing the hostility toward them they left. Later the same evening there was a pogrom where 60 young Jewish survivors were murdered. They were too afraid to go home after that and left for Czech.

Dates: 1984 October 10

Oral History Interview with Solomon Schindel, 1982 December 25

 Item
Identifier: B098.16.0011.00009
Abstract

Oral history covers growing up in Poland, father sold baskets and mother died when he was six. Pre-war life in Poland and his experience during the war and in concentration camps. Life after the war. Immigrated to US in 1949 through New York, shortened name from Schindelheim to Schindel. Lived in Chicago and then Denver.

Dates: 1982 December 25

Photograph of Hannah Levi Hirsch, 1870

 Item
Identifier: B411.02.0003.00002
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains two framed documents and two photographs. One frame has two pages of ledgers for the town of Virginia City, Colorado created by Solomon Harris who was the town's treasurer and an envelope from the U.S. Census Bureau to Solomon Harris, treasurer. The other frame contains an envelope from the Gunnison County Clerk and a document from the Town of Tin Cup appointing Solomon Harris treasurer of Tin Cup until his successor can be qualified. There is also a photograph of the...
Dates: 1870

Photographs, 1870-1878

 File
Identifier: B411.02.0003.0001
Abstract

Contains black and white photograph of the six Harris brothers taken in New Jersey and a photocopy of their mother Hannah Levi Hirsch.

Dates: 1870-1878

Spivak Confidential Report, 1920 April 13

 File
Identifier: B250.02.0001.0012
Abstract

The folder contains a copy of Confidential Report from Dr. Spivak. The report was created by Dr. C.D. Spivak who was a commissioner on the Commission Health and Sanitation of the Joint Distribution Committee. He investigated the health and sanitation of the Jews in Warsaw, Wilno, Minsk, Bobrujsk and other parts of Poland and occupied Ukraine.

Dates: 1920 April 13

Spivak Letters, National Library of Israel

 Collection
Identifier: B375
Abstract Dr. Charles Spivak was born in Russia in 1861 and died in Denver, Colorado in 1927. He arrived in New York City in 1882 and graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1893, Charles Spivak married Jennie Charsky and they had three children: David, Deena, and Ruth. Jennie Charsky was born in Russia in 1871 and briefly studied law at Cornell before graduating from the University of Denver. Because of Jennie's poor health the Spivaks moved to Denver in 1886. Dr....
Dates: 1919-1920

The Blessing of the Moon, c. 1960 - 1979

 Item
Identifier: B362.01.0002.00002
Abstract

This painting is entitled The Blessing of the Moon. It measures approximately 24" x 18" and is oil on canvas board. The image depicts Kracow at night under a starry sky and bright moon. The image is of the same street/area of his other painting, "The Burning of Cracow." In line with his other paintings, Veston did not date the painting, though it can be assumed that it was created while living in Albuquerque--between 1955 and 1980.

Dates: c. 1960 - 1979