Oral histories
Found in 577 Collections and/or Records:
Oral History Interview with Rose Rotenberg, 1978 June 1
Interview discusses life on Denver's West side, training new immigrants for American citizenship. Also discusses stories of Russian and Nazi persecution in Europe.
Oral History Interview with Rose Stuhlbarg, 1978 August 6
Rose Stuhlbarg details Jewish life on the West Side of Denver, Colo. She also talks about her parents who emigrated from Russia. Her father practiced folk-medicine and her mother was a midwife. She mentions the Yiddish theater in Denver. She discusses her life after her first husband died, and the Depression years in Denver. Her first husband was murdered while on the Denver Police Force in 1919.
Oral History Interview with Rosi Wahl, 1984 May 2
Interview covers prewar experiences in Poland, antisemitism, and children's transport to Britain.
Oral History Interview with Roslyn Krim, 1978 December 27
Reminisces about life in Denver, going downtown, neighborhood she grew up in and how Buffalo Bill was a neighbor.
Oral History Interview with Roy Erickson, 1978 May 20
Roy Erickson is interviewed about his family background. He is also interviewed about his business, Erickson Monuments, and relationship to the Jewish community in Denver.
Oral History Interview with Royce Forsyth, 1986
Oral History Interview with Ruth Dobin Stein, 1978 March 8
Interviewed about life in Russia during World War I, family life and Jewish life in Pueblo, Colorado.
Oral History Interview with Ruth Elliot, 1992 January 9
Topics Covered: Family immigrated about 1909 to New York City, mother was ill so they came to Denver and stayed for a while, moved to Laramie, WY when Ruth was in school. Talks about Jewish life in Laramie, had to go to Cheyenne for services. Later she worked for the May company and moved back to Denver. Had family in Trinidad, Sanderson’s. Talks about life in Pueblo as well.
Oral History Interview with Sally Friedman and Carol Friedman Groussman, 1983 April 21
Oral History Interview with Sally Schneider, 1979 August 30
Topics Covered: Life in the old country, working at age 11 stripping tobacco, parents very poor, father blind so sent to live with aunt, aunt was horribly abusive; police threatened to take children away; mother kept having children; Sally was in an out of school, eventually lied about her age and got married at 14, left school; worked to send money to her mother.