Jewish way of life
Found in 112 Collections and/or Records:
Oral History Interview with Hyman Wright, 2002 October 16
Topics covered: Parents Russian immigrants came to New York, Hymie grew up in New York, went to school there but ended up in Denver looking for work, Married Hungarian immigrant Frida Eisen in Denver, changed his name from Rytsis to Wright when he got married (a few uncles had already changed to that name), drafted in WWII, lived and worked rest of life in Denver.
Oral History Interview with Ida Aaron, 1980 April
Covers life on the West Side of Denver; some information in interview not accurate.
Oral History Interview with Irvin ''Budd'' Greenberg, 1978 July 11
Budd talks about his family background and the Jewish commmunity in Pueblo.
Oral History Interview with Isidore Caplan, 1978 July 20
Topics include: Early history, born in Kiev, what his family did in Russia; immigrating to America through Galveston, family farm in St. Joseph, MO, farming and labor on the farm, spoke Yiddish at home, met wife in Atlantic City, worked in amusement business, wife’s family background.
Oral History Interview with Israel Toltz, 1982 January 19
"Israel Toltz discusses the arrival of his family in Montrose, Colo., as well as Jewish businesses in Montrose. He recounts moving to Denver, Colo. in 1913. He also talks about Jewish families in small towns, life on the West Side of Denver, and his personal history. Israel Toltz married Frieda Radetsky (1906-1978) and they raised two children: Warren and Roberta."
Oral History Interview with Jane Edelstein, 1978
Jane talks about family background and life in Pueblo. Parents immigrated from Russia.
Oral History Interview with Jennie Goldberg, 1982 March 10
Major subjects covered in the interview include family immigrating to Denver form Poland, fathers’ grocery business, growing up in a Jewish family, schooling, charity work and religious life. Also talks about Rabbi Kauvar.
Oral History Interview with Joe Coffee, 1981 October 5
Speaks about early life in Pueblo and carrer as a boxer.
Oral History Interview with Joe Glaser, 1979 August 4
Topics covered: Early life in Austria, Chedar education, only surviving child of 10 boys (all others died in infancy, mother died at tuberculosis, Czarist Russia, Polish/Russian relations, came to US at 15 years old, memories of his grandparents, ended up in South Bend, Indiana with his uncle working with horses, went to night school to learn English, farm work, Austrian Army, married and lived in Toledo.
Oral History Interview with Joseph Ginsburg, 1983 May 30
Interview covers buildings, businesses and families who lived along West Colfax and West 14th Avenue from 1912 until the 1970s. A little family history at the end of the Colfax drive.