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Charity organization

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Use for: Philanthropy DU NOTE: Use for the process of endowing, organizing and funding charitable organizations. For the actual organizations and their activities, use: Charities, or at the Resource level only, the subdivision -- Charities under names of individual corporate bodies and under individual religions and Christian denominations for works about charities sponsored by the corporate body, religion, or denomination. Use under ethnic groups for works about charities serving or benefiting the group.

Found in 47 Collections and/or Records:

Oral History Interview with Dr. Alfred Neumann, 1978 July 19

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Identifier: B098.09.0009.00004
Abstract Topics covered: Brief biographical information on Dr. Neumann, social work; working with other organizations; helping refugees, resettlement; services provided and available. In the interview, Dr. Alfred Neumann touches on his life in New York in 1938, where he received graduate training in social work. He discusses his marriage, family life, and positions in social work--most notably his directorship of the Jewish Family and Children's Service of Denver (JFCS) from 1948 to 1976. In this...
Dates: 1978 July 19
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / Jewish Family and Children's Service / Box 9

Oral History Interview with Jennie Pells, 1978 August 1

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Identifier: B098.10.0009.00002
Abstract

Topics covered: About half of the interview is family history, biographical information; second half of interview covers the children’s home, people involved with it, her mother (Sadie Francis) on board of home from 1908-1946 when she died, then Jennie was on the board; conventions.

Dates: 1978 August 1
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / National Asthma Center / Box 9

Oral History Interview with Lillian "Billie" Stein, 1978 April 4

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Identifier: B098.11.0009.00001
Abstract

Topics covered: Early family life, learning to play the trumpet, father had a Taylor shop; life as a musician with her all girls band “The Harmony Girls”; had been on Junior Council, became vice president and then president of National Council of Jewish Women, activities they did (bowling, theatrical group), early council memories, hat council has done and still does.

Dates: 1978 April 4
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / National Council of Jewish Women / Box 9

Oral History Interview with Sam Robinson, 1979 August 13

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Identifier: B098.10.0009.00003
Abstract

Topics covered: Brief family history, from Robinson farming family; grew up around the home, both parents and grandfather helped the home; came on board in 1934; name changes- Denver Sheltering Home, National Home for Jewish Children, National Asthma Center; functions, activities and anecdotes related to home.

Dates: 1979 August 13
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / National Asthma Center / Box 9

Oral History Interview with Sheldon Friedman, 1979 November 18

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Identifier: B098.09.0009.00007
Abstract

Topics covered: Brief biographical information; served on board and as president; program for the aged and Russian resettlement; adoption program; aiding Russian immigrants; always a need for volunteers.

Dates: 1979 November 18
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / Jewish Family and Children's Service / Box 9

Oral History Interview with Tillye Levy, 1978 November 2

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Identifier: B098.09.0009.00003
Abstract

Topics covered: Interview focuses on the resettlement of refugees in the Denver area and nationally; need was especially heavy after WWII; adoption services and foster home program; resettling German Jews post WWII and the Russian Jewry later; surveys of Denver Jews.

Dates: 1978 November 2
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / Jewish Family and Children's Service / Box 9

Oral History Interview with Will and Faye Cohen, circa 1978

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Identifier: B098.10.0009.00004
Scope and Contents From the Collection: RMJHS Oral Histories comprises audio and video cassettes of oral history interviews recorded by the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society. The recordings document Jewish history and culture in Colorado in the 19th and 20th century. The men and women interviewed for this collection are descendants of early Jewish pioneers in Colorado or were Jewish newcomers to the region at the beginning of the 20th century. Most of the interviewees were born between 1886 and 1927 and died in the 20th...
Dates: circa 1978
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / National Asthma Center / Box 9

Oral History Interviews with Tillye Levy and Mary Jacobs, 1978 July 24

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Identifier: B098.09.0009.00006
Abstract

Tillye Levy topics covered: JFCS coordinating committee for immigrants, resettling refugees on Denver Plan, adoption and foster services; surveying the elderly community.

Mary Jacobs topics covered: what happened during her presidency of the agency in 1962-63; her husband was treasurer; family life education; utility workshop was to help people work who couldn’t work in the open job market due to age or ability.

Dates: 1978 July 24
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / Jewish Family and Children's Service / Box 9

Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B098
Abstract In 1976 the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society (RMJHS) began conducting interviews of Denver's long-time Jewish community members in an effort to record oral histories reflecting Jewish history and culture in Colorado. The interviews were made by the former and current directors of RMJHS as well as its trained volunteers. These recordings of Jewish men and women reveal information about the history of various individuals and families, Jewish organizations, religious groups, medical...
Dates: 1970s-2009; Coverage: 1859 - 2009
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection

Rose Annual Breakfast, 2017 April 7

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Identifier: B384.01.0001.0001
Scope and Contents

Intivation and Program from the 2017 annual breakfast meeting of the Rose Communtiy Foundation themed "Leadership, Legacy and Looking Forward." The event honored Sheila Bugdanowitz who was the President and CEO of the Rose Community Foundation until her unexpected passing in December 2016. Pictured on the materials is Sheila and Ellie Wiesel.

Dates: 2017 April 7
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B384, Rose Community Foundation Records / Events / Box 1

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