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Oral histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 590 Collections and/or Records:

Oral History Interview with Sally Friedman and Carol Friedman Groussman, 1983 April 21

 Item
Identifier: B098.01.0005.00109
Abstract Sally Donavik (Mrs. Sam) Friedman talks about her husband's family business, Friedman's Store, a grocery store, and life in Brighton, Colo. Daughter Carol J. (Mrs. Allen) Groussman, who grew up in Brighton with her sister Donna (Mrs. Howard Lutz), discusses Jewish life in a small Colo. town.Sally’s family came to Denver for the climate since her mother had asthma. Sally went to Denver Schools. Married Sam Friedman, moved to Brighton, CO and ran a grocery store. Sam had been at DU...
Dates: 1983 April 21
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / General / Box 5

Oral History Interview with Sally Schneider, 1979 August 30

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Identifier: B098.04.0008.00023
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1979 August 30
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / Beth Israel Residents / Box 8

Oral History Interview with Sam Barter, 1983 November

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Identifier: B098.01.0005.00121
Abstract

Topics include coming to Denver; parents had already come from Russia and he came over around age 8 or 12 to join them. He was a newsboy for the Rocky Mountain News and shined news. Married Mary Mandel (granddaughter of P. Radinsky) when he was still in is teens, had 6 children. Later runs Barter Machinery. Charitable, very involved in Beth Israel.

Dates: 1983 November
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / General / Box 5

Oral History Interview with Sam Beck, 1976 September 17

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Identifier: B098.01.0001.00007
Abstract "Sam Beck explains how his family escaped from Russia when he was very young and lived in Cotopaxi, Colorado, before settling in Denver. He discusses his life in Denver in the early 1900s, including such topics as his school days, some of his pastimes, Jewish families living in Denver, farmers in Colorado, and businesses and business owners in Denver. He mentions prejudice against Jews in Denver and also talks about the Ku Klux Klan's influence in the city. In addition, he discusses Jewish...
Dates: 1976 September 17
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / General / Box 1

Oral History Interview with Sam Bloom, 1990

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Identifier: B098.01.0006.00146
Abstract

Topics covered: Coming to Denver in 1914, Blizzard of 1914, mom worked in a feed and hay store and dad hauled, shoveled and delivered coal, dad did lots of odd manual labor jobs to support his family. Later family had a hardware store, then appliance store. Family life.

Dates: 1990
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / General / Box 6

Oral History Interview with Sam Boscoe, 1978 April 2-16

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Identifier: B098.01.0001.00022
Abstract Sam Boscoe recalls growing up as a young boy on West Colfax Street on Denver, Colorado's west side. He details his family's early ventures into the bakery business and the establishment of Star Bread Co., previously Star Bakery. He also discusses his time in the U.S. Army during World War II, and describes his memories of the 1913 Denver snowstorm and the 100-year flood of 1965. Sam Boscoe was born in Denver in 1905. His father was Jacob Boscoe (European name was Boscowitz), the founder of...
Dates: 1978 April 2-16
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / General / Box 1

Oral History Interview with Sam Flax, 1976 November 3

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Identifier: B098.01.0001.00005
Abstract "Sam Flax recounts his early years of growing up in Russia, then later moving to the United States, first to New York City and then to Colorado. He details the jobs he held in New York and later in Cripple Creek and Victor, Colo. He describes his experiences of raising a family in Denver and his real estate ventures.Sam Flax was born in Russia in 1887 and spent his early years there before immigrating to the United States. He lived in New York and later moved to Colorado,...
Dates: 1976 November 3
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / General / Box 1

Oral History Interview with Sam Robinson, 1979 August 13

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Identifier: B098.10.0009.00003
Abstract

Topics covered: Brief family history, from Robinson farming family; grew up around the home, both parents and grandfather helped the home; came on board in 1934; name changes- Denver Sheltering Home, National Home for Jewish Children, National Asthma Center; functions, activities and anecdotes related to home.

Dates: 1979 August 13
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / National Asthma Center / Box 9

Oral History Interview with Sanford Green, 1988 December 1

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Identifier: B098.01.0006.00138
Abstract

Topics include: Family immigration from Budapest, Hungary to Kansas (where his father was born) and then to Alameda, Colorado. Family ran a general mercantile store in Antonito, Colorado. Later stores in Denver.

Dates: 1988 December 1
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / General / Box 6

Oral History Interview with Sarah and Julius Meer, 1983 April 25

 Item
Identifier: B098.01.0005.00108
Abstract

Daughter of Abrahm & Fannie Vear Juddlowitz from Lithuania, came to Denver. Family had 7 boys and 2 girls. Interview covers activities in Denver, JCRS, Ex-Patients home and BMH.

Dates: 1983 April 25
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / General / Box 5

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