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Memoirs and biographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

Freda and Charles Wenger, 1981

 File
Identifier: B111.10.0010.0007
Abstract

Freda Cohen and Charles Wanger were married in Rocky Ford in 1931. Both came from large Jewish Russian immigrant families. They moved to Denver after the birth of their three children.

Dates: 1981

General Maurice Rose, 1910-2008

 File
Identifier: B233.01.0001.0008
Abstract Folder full of photocopies and articles printed via the internet about Maurice Rose, census records he appears on and historical information on General Rose Memorial Hospital. Also a copy of the Intermountain Jewish News with articles on Rose and one copy of Colorado History Now, published by the Colorado Historical Society with a cover article on General Rose. Three copies of the Rose Hospital brochure "General Maurice Rose: A Profile." "This Man Belongs to American" fundraising booklet, "A...
Dates: 1910-2008

Henry Frank, circa 1900

 File
Identifier: B111.03.0003.0018
Abstract Henry Frank (1836-1916) was born in Obbach, Bavaria, to Mayer and Caroline Frank. He left for the United States at the age of eighteen in 1854 and began as a peddler in New York. He moved to Cincinnatti to briefly work as an apprentice in the textile buisiness before moving to St. Joseph, Missouri in 1856 to work in a retail clothing business. Frank joined a party of people headed to the Colorado area in search of gold, but were unsuccessful and returned to St. Joesph. Frank fought in the...
Dates: circa 1900

Jacob Weinberger, 1971

 File
Identifier: B111.10.0010.0004
Abstract

Judge Jacob Weinberg married Blanche Solomon of Solomonville, Arizona, daughter of Isidor Elkan Solomon. (See B111.09.0009.0012.)

Dates: 1971

Max Zall, 1993-2003

 File
Identifier: B111.10.0010.0009
Abstract

The son of Russian Immigrants, Leah and Herman Zall, Max Zall was born in Denver on March 12, 1901. He earned his law degree from the University of Denver in 1922 and continued working as a lawyer until his death in 1983, winning himself the title of longest-serving City Attorney for the City and County of Denver as well as first Jewish City Attorney. He was named one of the six Outstanding Lawyers in Colorado History by "The Colorado Lawyer" in 1993.

Dates: 1993-2003

Prezant Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B322
Abstract Chalres Prezant helped to organize the first Jewish colony and the first synagogue in Denver, CO. He came from Russia in 1880 with 13 other Jewish families straight to Denver. With his wife, Clara, they had nine children. One file folder containing two copies of ''The Prezant Family'' and personal papers. "The Prezant Family" is a history of the family compiled by Carol Friedman. Book includes photographs, correspondence, biographies and written family history beginning with Charles and...
Dates: 1991; Coverage: Late 19th - Early 20th Centuries

Publications, 2018

 Series
Identifier: B409.01
Abstract

Contains a memoir written by Barbara A. Bloom and published in 2018: Ephemeral Blooms, A Memoir with Roots in Colorado.

Dates: 2018

Recollections of 1936 Trip, between 1990-2018

 File
Identifier: B266.04.0008.0001
Abstract

Eleanor Winograd took a trip to Europe in 1936 and went to visit family in Poland. All but a few died in the Holocaust. She wrote a 9 page memoir telling about her trip. Also contains a 2018 article "'All Aboard for Europe': American Youth Travel to Europe Between the World Wars." by Katherine Cartwright, a Ph.D candidate at the College of William and Mary.

Dates: between 1990-2018

Rosen and Sladek Family Papers, B292, Accrual

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2022.042
Dates: 2022

Samuel Ralph Freeman Memoir

 Collection
Identifier: B274
Abstract

Samuel Ralph Freeman was a lawyer originally from New York. He was assistant to the Colorado Attorney General from 1955-1958, Vice President of the Denver Rio Grande Railroad and later as the assistant to the chancellor at the University of Denver. He was also president of B’nai B’rith. Collection contains memoirs written by Samuel Freeman related Samuel Ralph from 1929 through 2003.

Dates: Coverage: 1929-2003