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Oral histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 577 Collections and/or Records:

Oral History Interview with Ida Aaron, 1980 April

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Identifier: B098.01.0004.00085
Abstract

Covers life on the West Side of Denver; some information in interview not accurate.

Dates: 1980 April

Oral History Interview with Ida Bloom, 1990

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Identifier: B098.01.0006.00145
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Dates: 1990

Oral History Interview with Ida Riskind, 1980 October 15

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Identifier: B098.08.0009.00004
Abstract

Topics covered: Lifelong career with the auxiliaries of JCRS and later at the AMC Research Center and Hospital.

Dates: 1980 October 15

Oral History Interview with Irene Miller Stein, 1978 April 27

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Identifier: B098.01.0002.00034
Abstract "Irene Stein (née Miller) talks about the Miller family in Denver, Colo. and her father Robert Lazar Miller. She gives extensive details about early life in Denver. She also discusses her life as an artist, media she worked with, and her husband Azriel Stein who founded Pencol Drug Store.Irene Miller (Mrs. Azriel) Stein was born in Denver, Colo. in 1894 and died in Aurora, Colorado in 2000 at the age of 106. Irene Stein was a professional artist well into her 90s. She worked in...
Dates: 1978 April 27

Oral History Interview with Irvin ''Budd'' Greenberg, 1978 July 11

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Identifier: B098.01.0004.00079
Abstract

Budd talks about his family background and the Jewish commmunity in Pueblo.

Dates: 1978 July 11

Oral History Interview with Irving Schaffer, 1985 June 2

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Identifier: B098.16.0012.00019
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1985 June 2

Oral History Interview with Isadore Hershkowitz, 1980 April 1

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Identifier: B098.01.0004.00088
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1980 April 1

Oral History Interview with Isidore Caplan, 1978 July 20

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Identifier: B098.04.0008.00008
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1978 July 20

Oral History Interview with Israel Kreiner, 1970

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Identifier: B098.01.0001.00021
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1970