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Jewish pioneers -- Colorado

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Annual RMJHS Dinner, "A Pioneering Legacy", May 7, 2001

 File
Identifier: B230.02.0021.0002
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains records of the promotional activities of the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society to publicize the history of the Jewish experience in the Rocky Mountain West. These activities include: trips to historical sites, annual dinners, fundraisers, and commemorative events.

Dates: May 7, 2001

Beck Archives - Curriculum Guide, circa 1998-2002

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Identifier: B230.03.0003.0004
Abstract

File folder contains "A Curriculum Guide for the Study of the Early History of Jews of Colorado", a photograph of curriculum materials, and additional information about the curriculum guide.

Dates: circa 1998-2002

Blazing the Trail Exhibit and Colorado History Symposium, 2009

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Identifier: B230.02.0007.0024
Abstract

File folder contains brochure for the "Denver Inside and Out" Symposium which took place at History Colorado, as well as a list of objects, item records, and correspondence for the "Blazing the Trail" exhibit.

Dates: 2009

Box 29: Colorado Jewish History Week, May 25-31, 1992, 1991 - 1993

 File — Box B230.02.0029: Series B230.02 [Barcode: U186023303574]
Identifier: B230.02.0029
Abstract

Box contains eight file folders related to Colorado Jewish History Week, which took place May 25-31, 1992. Topics include publicity, correspondence, general documents, income and finances, contracts, scholar-in-residence, May 31st dinner, and agency fair/history week Shabbat. The box also contains the book produced for the week, A Colorado Jewish Family Album 1859-1992, and sample versions to demonstrate full page/half page advertisements.

Dates: Event: May 25-31, 1992; Coverage: 1991 - 1993

Box 43 (Reading Room Exhibit Materials), 2014 - 2018

 File — Box B297.02.0043: Series B297.02 [Barcode: U186023293355]
Identifier: B297.02.0043
Abstract Box contains 57 reading room exhibit labels and reproduction photographs from the Beck Archives collection mounted on foam core boards. labels and photos cover a variety of individuals, families, and organizations. Some of those included are the Hornbein family; The Anfenger family; Rabbi William S. Friedman; The Jewish Consumptives Relief Society; Temple Emanuel; Peryle Hayutin Beck; Channah Milstein; Jesse Shwayder; Frances Wisebart Jacobs; Seraphine...
Dates: 2014 - 2018

Emanuel Saltiel, 1942-1995

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Identifier: b111.09.0009.0003
Abstract Emanuel Saltiel was born in Bath, England in 1844 and emigrated to the United States, joining the Confederate army in 1864. In 1866 Saltiel, now a member of the Union army under the name Joseph Isaacs, was court-martialed for treason. He moved to Colorado, became involved with many of the Jewish organizations in Denver as well as businesses such as the Denver Daily Times, and invested in two mines near Cotopaxi, CO, offering to populate them with Jewish farmers and promising high wages, good...
Dates: 1942-1995

Fred Zadek Salomon , 1872-1978

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Identifier: B111.09.0009.0001
Abstract Fred Zadek Salomon was born April 10, 1830 in Strelno, Poland and opened the first general mercantile house in Denver in 1959. He fought in the Civil War and was instrumental in the formation of Denver as the major city in the what would become the state of Colorado. Fred was involved with the Denver City Water Company, the Denver Chamber of Commerce, the Denver Town Co., Denver Lodge No. 171, B'nai B'rith, the Merchants Protective Association, the Denver Pacific Railroad, and the Denver...
Dates: 1872-1978

Grant Agreement: Colorado Endowment for the Humanities, 1985-1986

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Identifier: B230.03.0003.0012
Abstract

File folder contains grant proposal and grant agreement with the Colorado Endowment for the Humanities.

Dates: 1985-1986

Handleman and Jacobs Scrapbook--Atwood, Colorado, c.1867-c.1970

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Identifier: B114.02.0001.0018
Abstract

This scrapbook contains images of individuals from the Handleman and Jacobs families. The Handleman family was an instrumental family in the Atwood colony--surviving longer than many who homesteaded the colony. One image in the scrapbook is from the Atwood colony in 1917 (at which point the Handleman family was one of, if not the last, remaining family).

Dates: c.1867-c.1970

Herman Weinberger, circa 1928-1953

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Identifier: B111.10.0010.0003
Abstract

Born in 1844, and descended from Hungarian and Galician families, Weinberger emigrated to the U.S. in 1888, folowing several years of teaching, brewery management, cattle trading and farming. In Denver he worked as a clerk and grocer, residing on Market Street. Herman and his wife Nettie were founders of B.M. H. Synagogue. A stained glass window was created in their honor at B.M. H. in 1953, by their children.

Dates: circa 1928-1953