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Family-owned business enterprises -- Colorado

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Leopold H. Guldman and Golden Eagle Dry Goods Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: B092
Abstract

Leopold H. Guldman was born in Harburg, Bavaria in 1853 and immigrated to the United States in 1870. Guldman opened the successful chain of Golden Eagle clothing stores in Leadville, Cripple Creek and Denver. He was one of Colorado's leading merchants and philanthropists. The collection consists largely of business records including correspondence, ledgers, journals, and financial papers related to the Golden Eagle stores.

Dates: 1800-1980; 1879-1941

Oral History Interview with Mandel Winter, 1983 October 1

 Item
Identifier: B098.01.0005.00120
Abstract

Topics covered family coming here for his grandfather’s health. Family came from Germany through Galveston or New Orleans in the mid-1800s. Family ran the Winter-Weiss company which manufactured trucks, trailers, and buses. Covers personal history and family history.

Dates: 1983 October 1