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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 Noah Atler, 1978 January 24

 Item
Identifier: B098.08.0009.00002
Abstract Topics covered: Tillye Levey describes the project; Noah a Denver native, talks about JCRS beginnings and history, he was president in 1954 and didn't want to close after it was no longer needed as a TB center so shifted to cancer research; talks about hospital research, the shopping center, commercialized the land after they got rid of the farm; talks a lot about fund raising; differences and competition between JCRS and NJH. Second half on Interview focuses on the B’nai B’rith, camps,...
Dates: 1978 January 24
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society / Box 9

Oral History Interview with Noreen and Sid Stillman, 1981 July 17

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Identifier: B098.13.0010.00006
Abstract

Interview discusses when (1967 or 1968) and why they joined Rodef Shalom, Hebrew school for their children and youth group activities.

Dates: 1981 July 17
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / Rodef Shalom / Box 10

Oral History Interview with Oren F. Bridwell, 1968 July 25, 2006

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Identifier: BHS-SCA-009
Abstract

Oren F. Bridwell worked as a navy operator and was sent to work in Denver in 1945. He left the navy in 1947 as a LT. Commander. Before working for the Navy, Bridwell worked at the Climax Mine in Leadville, Colorado. After a strike, he went to work with an insurance company that was created by the coal operators. They couldn't buy insurance any other way, so they all contributed to the one they created.

Dates: 1968 July 25; Digitization: 2006
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U358, A Sound Model Digital Archive / Bessemer Historical Society

Oral history interview with Otis Meril Chartier, 2003 March 13

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Identifier: DCL2003.204
Abstract Chartier describes his initial enlistment in the Army Air Corps, his efforts to pursue an army career related to airplanes, and his eventual enrollment in the Infantry shortly before being deployed to duty in France. From there he provides a detailed account of being an infantry soldier on the war's front on the Maginot Line. He recalls his initial contact with German soldiers, being the only survivor of a 12-member scouting squad ambushed by the Germans, and recovery in a French hospital as...
Dates: 2003 March 13
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U358, A Sound Model Digital Archive / Douglas County Libraries

Oral History Interview with Pat Gilmore, 1986

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Identifier: M054.01.0001.00020
Abstract Pat Gilmore discusses details about the University Park area of Denver, Colorado and the changes that took place since she moved to the area in 1960. She talks about the neighborhood schools such as the University Park Elementary School, as well as local businesses. She provides a brief history of her home at 2474 S. Jackson Street, which was one of two log cabins that were built in the neighborhood. Gilmore also talks about the wide variety of religious denominations that are present in...
Dates: 1986
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M054, Barry Matchett University Park Oral History Collection / Oral History Tapes / Box 1

Oral History Interview with Pat Sullivan, 1986

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Identifier: M054.01.0002.00016
Abstract

Pat Sullivan discusses details about the University Park area of Denver, Colorado and the changes that took place since he moved to the neighborhood in 1940. He talks about the local businesses including a gas station and butcher store, how he used the streetcar to go to football games at the University of Denver, playing softball and soccer with his friends in Observatory Park and the professions of the neighbors in the area.

Dates: 1986
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M054, Barry Matchett University Park Oral History Collection / Oral History Tapes / Box 2

Oral History Interview with Pearl Alperstein, 1978 July 13

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Identifier: B098.01.0002.00036
Abstract

Pearl Alperstein provides autobiographical information about herself, including her education, marriage, and family as well as her participation in community activities. She spends part of the interview discussing her involvement in the American Jewish Committee and its program to end discrimination. She also talks about the Mexican-American group Centro-Cultural and its relationship with the American Jewish Committee.

Dates: 1978 July 13
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / General / Box 2

Oral History Interview with Peryle Hayutin Beck, 1989 February 5

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Identifier: B098.01.0006.00139
Abstract Peryle Hayutin Beck (1914-2006) recalls her family history, including the Ginsbergs' and Hayutins' origins in the Russian Empire; their arrival in America in the late 19th century; the loss of several relatives in World War I; her family's ties to the Lower East Side Jewish community in New York City and Memphis, Tennessee; the arrival of Dora Ginsberg, her paternal grandmother, in Denver, Colorado for health reasons; and the extended family's gradual move from New York to Denver. She also...
Dates: 1989 February 5
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / General / Box 6

Oral History Interview with Philip Milstein, 1979 August 8

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Identifier: B098.01.0003.00048
Abstract

Phil Milstein talks about his growing up in Denver and the Jewish community. Grandfather lived on West Colfax.

Dates: 1979 August 8
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / General / Box 3

Oral History Interview with Phillip Hornbein, Jr., 1981 May 9

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Identifier: B098.01.0004.00095
Abstract "Philip Hornbein, Jr. talks about his father, Philip Hornbein, Sr. He describes his father's parents, immigrants from Eastern Europe in the 1870s and his siblings, as well as his father's education in Denver, Colo. He details legal cases his father handled while an attorney in Denver, including his efforts against the Ku Klux Klan. His father was born in New York City and attended the University of Denver, School of Law, graduating in 1902. Philip Hornbein, Jr. describes his father's role in...
Dates: 1981 May 9
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / General / Box 4

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