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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:

Isidor Rothschild Biography and Diary Transcript

 Collection
Identifier: B327
Abstract

Isidor Rothchild was a Jewish business man who worked in the grocery trade in Greeley, CO. He owned and operated the I. Rothchild Produce Company. Collection contains a biography and diary transcript from Isidor Rothschild.

Dates: Coverage: 1861-1922

Jordon and Essie Perlmutter Family Papers

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Identifier: B401
Abstract Jordon Perlmutter was born in 1931 to immigrant parents and died in Denver on December 7, 2015. He was a Denver builder, real estate developer, and property manager. In 1951, he founded Perl-Mack Enterprises with his cousin Sam Primack. Perl Mack introduced the concept of planned communities in Denver in Northglenn, Southglenn and Montbello. In the 1983 Perl-Mack was dissolved and Jordon and his eldest son Jay founded Perlmutter and Company. Jordon Perlmutter was a trustee of the University...
Dates: 1970-2016

Jordon Perlmutter: A Tribute to His Meaningful Life Vol 1, 2011

 Item
Identifier: B401.02.0003.00001_dig
Abstract

This is a PDF of Jordon Perlmutter: A Tribute to His Meaningful Life Vol 1. The file is not available in the public repository, however is available by contacting an archivist at the Beck Archives. The PDF contains images of letters, photographs, and memorabilia related to Jordon Perlmutter and was a gift on his 80th birthday. This is volume 1 of 2.

Dates: 2011

Joseph, Solomon, 1880-circa 1992

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Identifier: B111.09.0009.0013
Abstract Joseph Solomon was born in Essen, Prussia on May 14, 1840. He moved to Nashville when he was 19 and opened a clothing store there. He married Emma Adler in 1865 and moved to Kentucky 9 years later with their 3 children. They moved again to Denver in 1878, now with 6 children, and Joseph opened a pawn and loan business and helped to found the early Jewish congregations in Denver. He operated a dry goods business for the miners in Alma, CO and owned the "Daisy Mine." He died in 1901 of what...
Dates: 1880-circa 1992

Kadish Gass Family Papers

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Identifier: B358
Abstract Joseph Gass (1870-1943) and his brother Samuel Gass moved to Liverpool, UK. In the 1880s and they immigrated to the United States in 1890. Joseph Gass lived in the failed agrigultural colony at Atwood, Colorado. He moved to Denver, Colorado and married Mollie Kadish in 1896. Mollie Kadish was born in Russia and was brought to Denver by her father Harry Kadish in 1890 from Brest Litovsk, which was part of Russia until 1918. Harry Kadish was an officer in the Russian cavalry during the...
Dates: between 1870-2013

Marks Elfenbein Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B456
Dates: Other: 1944 - 2007

Max Stein of Pueblo, circa 1932-1949

 File
Identifier: B112.03.0001.0015
Abstract

File contains three photocopies of articles and advertisements of Max Stein's Grocery Store in Pueblo, Colorado from around 1932-1949.

Dates: circa 1932-1949

Minnette Miller and Edward Blair at Leadville, Colorado, 1978 July 9

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Identifier: B098.01.0002.00033
Abstract "Edward Blair, curator of Healy House, a museum in Leadville, Colo., answers questions from a Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society (RMJHS) tour group about the Healy House and Jewish families in Leadville. Minnette Miller, the oldest living Jewish resident of Leadville at that time, talks about growing up in Leadville and what it was like to live there.Minnette Miller taught school in Leadville, Colorado for 25 years and served as the director of the Lake County Department of...
Dates: 1978 July 9

Morris Strouse , 1886-1977

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Identifier: B111.09.0009.0018
Abstract

Morris Strause was born in Braunsbach, Germany on August 28, 1835. He moved to New York where he married Theresa Holzman and traveled across the US in various merchant positions. He moved to Colorado in search of gold and settled in Grand Junction with his family in 1882 where he began a clothing business, trading furs and skins and incorporating wool when the railroad was built. He passed away in November, 1928 as the Grand Junction's oldest and longest running merchant.

Dates: 1886-1977

Myron (Micky) and Louann Rosenbaum Miller Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B339
Abstract A large Jewish family emigrated from Wilna, Lithuania and three of the brothers went into the cattle business in Colorado. Joseph Miller was the father of Israel Miller and the grandfather of Micky Miller. Micky (Myron) married Louann, daughter of Charles and Louise Rosenbaum. Micky Miller received his law degree from the University of Denver. Both Micky and LouAnn Miller are active in the Colorado Democratic Party. Micky Miller had a successful legal career in Isaacson Rosenbaum, with his...
Dates: 1940-2016