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Oral histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 568 Collections and/or Records:

Louis Siegel on Jewish West Colfax, 1979 July 1

 Item
Identifier: B098.01.0003.00051
Abstract

Life on Denver's west side, describes businesses and residences in the West Colfax Jewish neighborhood.

Dates: 1979 July 1
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / General / Box 3

Lyle W. Dorsett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: M052
Abstract Lyle Wesley Dorsett (1938- ) served as Professor of History at the University of Denver, Denver, Colorado from 1972-1983, specializing in urban history. He earned his Ph.D. in history from the University of Missouri in 1965. His dissertation on the political machine of Kansas City, Missouri Alderman Jim Pendergast was published in 1968 under the title The Pendergast machine. He taught at the University of Missouri, The University of Southern California and the University of Colorado at...
Dates: 1887-1983; Majority of material found in 1972-1983
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Lyle W. Dorsett Papers

Marcus Family of Chugwater, Wyoming Oral History, 1977 September

 Item
Identifier: B098.01.0001.00013
Abstract

Frieda Marcus describes life in the Jewish settlement in Chugwater, Wyoming, circa 1912. This recording is a family conversation rather than a formal interview.

Dates: 1977 September
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / General / Box 1

Margot Grünfeld Shafran: Escape from Nazi Germany Survival in the Shanghai Ghetto, 2015-09

 Item
Identifier: B452.01.0001.0004
Abstract Oral history interview with Margot Grünfeld Shafran. Margot, born on January 10, 1924 in Berlin, Germany, discusses her early years as a treasured only child; growing up with an extended Jewish family in Berlin in the 1920s and 1930s; her father Reuben Grünfeld, a Polish citizen who in October 1939 was seized and deported to the Polish border where he languished for nine months until his wife, Lotte Secher Grünfeld, arranged for three sets of papers and...
Dates: 2015-09
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B452, Giselle Heimann Ratain Family Holocaust Videos / Oral Histories / Box 1

Maria Lowenstein Oral History Transcripts, 2001-2002

 File
Identifier: B333.09.0014.0005
Scope and Contents

Folder contains transcripts of oral histories by Maria Lowenstein, most done in the late 1970s. Maria talks about her childhood in Estonia, WWI, WWII, Nazis, finding Henry Lowenstein, Karin Steinberg, and Ingrid Lind. Also, one DVD with 29 mp3 files of the interviews and an Excel index. Oral histories were transcribed by Henry Lowenstein on 2001-2002.

Dates: 2001-2002
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B333, Lowenstein Family Papers and Art / Henry Lowenstein Papers and Art / Box 14

Marjorie Hornbein on the Jewish History of Trinidad, 1979 June 26

 Item
Identifier: B098.01.0003.00058
Abstract

Marjorie Hornbein giving a presentation for Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society about the history of Jews in Trinidad.

Dates: 1979 June 26
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / General / Box 3

Mary Pepper Segal Video Interview, 1987

 Item
Identifier: B098.15.0019.00007
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series features oral history video recordings of Denver's Jewish community and of the Hispano Crypto-Jewsish Resource Center. Among the events covered is a recording of Peryle Beck's 80th birthday party in 1995.

Dates: 1987
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / Audiovisual / Box 19

Max Sklar Video Interview, 1987

 Item
Identifier: B098.15.0019.00009
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series features oral history video recordings of Denver's Jewish community and of the Hispano Crypto-Jewsish Resource Center. Among the events covered is a recording of Peryle Beck's 80th birthday party in 1995.

Dates: 1987
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / Audiovisual / Box 19

Michael Saliman Papers and Religious Objects

 Collection
Identifier: B342
Abstract The Saliman family of Denver, Colorado dates back to Paul Michael (known as Michael) and Bessie Radetsky Saliman, both from Russia and born in 1852 and 1853, respectively. As did most Jewish families, Paul Michael and his wife Bessie Radetsky Saliman settled on the west side near Sloan's Lake in 1886. Michael pushed a cart through the alleys of Denver collecting rags and junk to re-sell, finally developing a business of collecting, cleaning and recycling milk bottles for local...
Dates: circa 1825-1980
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Michael Saliman Papers and Religious Objects

Michael Zelinger on History and Programming of Jewish Community Center, circa 1980

 Item
Identifier: B098.07.0009.00010
Abstract

Topics covered: History of programs of the JCC

Dates: circa 1980
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / Jewish Community Center / Box 9

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