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Jewish businesspeople -- Colorado

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: FOR USE AT RESOURCE LEVEL ONLY

Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:

Aaron and Carrie Strauss Friedman

 File
Identifier: B111.03.0003.0029
Abstract

File contains two (2) photographs, one of Aaron Friedman, and one of Carrie Strauss Friedman, both taken in 1938. Both have a small amount of biographical information written on the back. File also contains the deed of gift from Ralph Silversmith, donating the pictures to the University of Denver Libraries.

Dates: Coverage: 1836-2009

Accrual: Larry A. Mizel Papers, B302

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2024.010
Dates: 1988 - 2010

Annual RMJHS Dinner, Jewish Grocers of Colorado, May 6, 2002

 File
Identifier: B230.02.0021.0003
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 6, 2002

Appel Family and Orange Glo International Records

 Collection
Identifier: B128
Abstract Max Appel, born in Denver, married Elaine Monderer, born in Pueblo, Colorado, in 1958. Elaine and Max Appel began their first commercial enterprise as a "mom and pop" business called Hoky Carpet Sweeper Company in 1977. They promoted their product locally at state fairs and local department stores. In 1986, Max developed an environmentally safe cleaning product in his garage that incorporated Valencia oranges, and the initial company was named Appel Mountain, Inc. Orange Glo Wood Cleaner...
Dates: 2002-2005

Beck Archives Businesses Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B112
Abstract

The Businesses Collection reflects the diverse role Jews played in the economic growth of the American West, particularly within Colorado. It includes a paper on Jewish businesses and articles and documents from and about a variety of businesses, dating from 1890 to 2007.

Dates: Coverage: 1861-2015; Majority of material found in 1920-1985

Box 1, 1944-1994

 File
Identifier: B456.03.0001
Abstract Box includes eight file folders from the third series. File folder seven [7]: United Distributing ephemera; file folder eight [8]: United Distributing scrapbook pages; file folder nine [9]: Tobacco and candy distributors booklets; file folder ten [10]: United Distributing stock distribution; file folder eleven [11]: United Distributing correspondence; file folder twelve [12]: United Distributing clippings; file folder thirteen [13] and fourteen [14]: United Distributing bylaws and...
Dates: 1944-1994

Box 1, 1983-1989

 File
Identifier: B456.02.0001
Abstract

Box contains two [2] file folders from the second series. File folder five [5]: Leo Marks estate and family trust; file folder six [6] Bernice and Leo Marks scrapbook.

Dates: 1983-1989

Box 13, c. 1880 - 2002

 File — Box B256.01.0013: Series B265.01 [Barcode: U186023293486]
Identifier: B265.01.0013
Abstract

Box contains eleven (11) file folders, six (6) of which are from the photographs, scrapbooks, and clippings series. File folders contain portrait photos of Weil ancestors; Levy family photos; photos of Bill and Elise Weil; scrapbook pages; newspaper clippings about William Weil; and a VHS of family photos entitled "Weil: Reflections 1944-1990".

Dates: c. 1880 - 2002

Charlie's 2nd Hand Store, 2009

 File
Identifier: B112.03.0001.0013
Abstract

File contains a Denver Post article from 2009 regarding Charlie's 2nd Hand Tool Store in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 2009

Collection on Otto Mears

 Collection
Identifier: B216
Abstract Otto Mears (1840-1931) was an entrepreneurial businessman who built railroads and was essential to the development of Southwestern Colorado. The son of an English father and Russian mother, he immigrated to the United States after being orphaned at an early age. After making it all the way to California he was placed in a boardinghouse at eleven years old when relatives could not be found to care for him. After serving in the Civil War he moved to Colorado where he began to build his empire....
Dates: Other: 1892, 1948-1980