Oral histories
Found in 577 Collections and/or Records:
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 Ida Bloom, 1990
Series 1 consists of the recorded oral histories of individuals and, occasionally, groups of individuals representing Jewish organizations. Many of the interviewees are descendants of early Colorado Jewish pioneers or were Jewish newcomers to the state in the beginning of the 20th century. The interviews document Jewish history in Colorado in the 20th century.
Oral History Interview with Ida Riskind, 1980 October 15
Topics covered: Lifelong career with the auxiliaries of JCRS and later at the AMC Research Center and Hospital.
Oral History Interview with Irene Miller Stein, 1978 April 27
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 Irving Schaffer, 1985 June 2
Interview covers prewar experiences in Czechoslovakia, talks of the insistent antisemitism he experienced, smuggling food to the ghetto, life in the camps, Dachua and Auschwitz.
Oral History Interview with Isaac D. Williams, 1969 June 7, 2006
Oral History Interview with Isadore Hershkowitz, 1980 April 1
Subjects cover early Jewish life, working in the tavern business, difficulty finding a job with a Jewish name, Congregation Shearith Israel and Klu Klux Klan.
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 Kreiner, 1970
Israel Kreiner came over from Austria when he was 7 years old. He traveled across the country in a group with other Jewish families on a train from Philadelphia to San Francisco. Was part of a Jewish cooperative colony. Talks about his family and wife. His father had semicha.