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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 Pueblo Oldtimers, 1981 August 7

 Item
Identifier: B098.01.0003.00052
Abstract

Interviews with the Pueblo "Old-timers" speaking on escaping Russia and coming to Pueblo, building the Temple, the Jewish community in Pueblo, and the flood of 1921 in Pueblo.

Dates: 1981 August 7

Oral History Interview with Rabbi B. Baskin, circa 1980

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Identifier: B098.01.0006.00143
Abstract

Rabbi Baskin was born in New Jersey, not sure why the family came to Denver but thinks his father may have had some tuberculosis. Interview split between talking about his father Rabbi Sam Baskin and his own life.

Dates: circa 1980

Oral History Interview with Rabbi Bernard Eisenman, 1981 September 10

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Identifier: B098.13.0010.00012
Abstract

Rabbi talks about his early career, how he came to Rodef Shalom, the atmosphere of the congregation, education, problems with growth and expansion of the synagogue.

Dates: 1981 September 10

Oral History Interview with Rabbi Earl Stone, 1991

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Identifier: B098.01.0006.00147
Abstract

Topics Covered: Joining the Army, served as the first Jewish Chaplain to enter the European Theater in WWII, organizing a wedding in a few days when unexpected orders to deploy were received, experiences as a chaplain in the army during WWII.

Dates: 1991

Oral History Interview with Rabbi Israel Rosenfeld, 1981 August 12

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Identifier: B098.16.0011.00003
Abstract

Rabbi Rosenfeld is a Czechoslovakian born Holocaust survivor. The oral history covers his pre-war and war-time experiences especially when he was interned at Auschwitz. Also talks about his post-war adjustment and resettlement, ending up in Denver, CO.

Dates: 1981 August 12

Oral History Interview with Rabbi Samuel Horwitz, 1978 June 15

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Identifier: B098.01.0002.00030
Abstract

Rabbi Samuel Horwitz talks about New York (his birth place), seminary school, experience as a Jewish Chaplin and a Captain in the US Army during WWII. He speaks about his family and Jewish life in Billings, Montana.

Dates: 1978 June 15

Oral History Interview with Rae Weiss, 1979 August

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Identifier: B098.04.0008.00017
Abstract

Topics covered: Came to Denver from Newark, New Jersey, parents died young and she lived with grandmother, came to Denver on her own, siblings followed, lived on Westside but moved to Eastside, married, community life.

Dates: 1979 August

Oral History Interview with Raisie Rifkin, 1982 October 6

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Identifier: B098.01.0005.00101
Abstract

Interview covers Raisie's father, Adolf Keisler, her life in Denver, life in New York City, her marriage to Max Rifkin and her children in Denver.

Dates: 1982 October 6

Oral History Interview with Ralph Atkinson, 1986

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Identifier: M054.01.0001.00001
Abstract

Ralph Atkinson discusses what the University Park area of Denver, Colorado was like when he moved into his house in 1952, including the extent of housing development and the number of commercial businesses in the area.

Dates: 1986

Oral History Interview with Ralph Gallegos, 1989 September 30, 2006

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Identifier: BHS-SCA-015
Abstract

Ralph Gallegos went to school in Primero, Colorado. His grandfather came to the area in 1900 at the age of eighteen.

Dates: 1989 September 30; Digitization: 2006