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Colorado

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Beck Archives Clippings File Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B113
Abstract Intentionaly created collection to keep newspaper clippings about Jews in the west. Some of the people and organizations are also in other collections. The articles contain miscellaneous clippings and articles about Jews in the Rocky Mountain west, primarily from the Rocky Mountain News, the Intermountain Jewish News (IJN) and the Denver Post. Some of the articles are from a column, "Out of the Past," written by Mike Zelinger that appeared in the IJN. Also included is the Century Edition of...
Dates: 1913-2013
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Beck Archives Clippings File Collection

Blazing the Trail: An Early History of Denver’s Jewish Community, 2009

 Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00008
Abstract

Brief description of several early Jewish leaders of commerce, philanthropy, religion, and community as well as several Jewish lawyers, doctors, merchants, and politicians in Colorado.

Dates: 2009
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B230, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Records / Publications / Box 23 (DVDs)

Cane Head, circa 1865

 Item
Identifier: B106.01.0007.00004
Abstract

A gold canehead belonging to Colorado Jewish pioneer Louis Anfenger, given as a gift before he left Oswego, New York for Denver, Colorado in 1865. It is inscribed:'''Louis Anfenger by the B'ris Shalom Congregation, Oswego N.Y.''

Dates: circa 1865
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B106, Anfenger Family Diaries and Material Culture / Material Culture / Box 7

Charter of B'nai B'rith No. 171 of Denver, Colorado, 1872

 Item
Identifier: B063.04.0004.00004
Abstract

B'nai B'rith Denver Lodge No. 171 charter listing the names of applicants. A number of Denver's early prominent Jewish pioneers are listed on the charter, including Julius Londoner, David Kline, Fred Z. Salomon and his brother Hyman, Michael Hattenbach, Louis Anfenger, Philip Trounstine, Edward Pisko and Dr. John Elsner.

Dates: 1872
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Organizations / Box 4

Citizens of the State: Colorado's Early Jewish Politicians, 2007

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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00006
Abstract This film examines the pivotal role early Colorado Jewish citizens played in the state's political life. Despite their distinction as a religious minority, pioneer Jews in communities throughout Colorado were viewed as a positive and stablitizing influence who upheld morality and order in the new settlements. Virtually every town in Colorado had a Jewish mayor by the turn of the nineteenth century, including Denver, Central City, and Fairplay. Includes brief biographies of Jewish men and...
Dates: 2007
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B230, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Records / Publications / Box 23 (DVDs)

Container 12: Anfenger Family Trunk, circa 1890

 Item — Crate B106.01.0012: Series B106.01 [Barcode: U186023246324]
Identifier: B106.01.0012
Abstract A sturdy travelling trunk made from wood, covered with treated tan/green canvas and reinforced with wood, leather and metal bracings. Leather handles are on the right and left sides. It has one metal lock, two metal latches and two leather straps on the lower part of the trunk that are meant to buckle. The inside lid is lined with a rust-colored cloth-backed with paper, and the inside bottom is lined with the same treated canvas as the exterior. Louis Anfenger used this trunk when he and...
Dates: circa 1890
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B106, Anfenger Family Diaries and Material Culture / Material Culture

Framed Sampler, 1861

 Item
Identifier: B106.01.0006.00002
Abstract

Embroidered sampler created by Louise Anfenger (formerly Louise Schlesinger) when she was about fourteen. Louise Anfenger (1847-1938) was born in Bavaria and came to Denver, Colorado in the 1870s with her husband Louis Anfenger (1842-1900). They became the parents of eight children and were both leaders within the Denver Jewish community.

Dates: 1861
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B106, Anfenger Family Diaries and Material Culture / Material Culture / Box 6

Growing up in Early Colorado: The Lives of Jewish Children, 2012

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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00011
Abstract

Brief biographies of Jewish men and women who grew up in Jewish communities in Colorado. Contains historical photographs and interviews with people describing their childhoods.

Dates: 2012
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B230, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Records / Publications / Box 23 (DVDs)

Louis Anfenger Diary, 1870 October 15-1872 August 19

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Identifier: B106.02.0007.00001
Abstract

Diary of Louis Anfenger, a Denver businessman and Colorado State legislator, as well as a founder of Congregation Emanuel, B'nai B'rith, and the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives. This diary chronicles Anfenger's journey from Oswego, New York to Denver, Colorado and his marriage to Louise Schlesinger. The diary was transcribed from the handwritten original by Kathleen Abplanalp in 1999.

Dates: 1870 October 15-1872 August 19
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B106, Anfenger Family Diaries and Material Culture / Louis Anfenger's Diaries / Box 7

Louis Anfenger with Daughter and Grandchild, between 1890-1900

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Identifier: B063.05.0005.00049
Abstract

Left to right, Stella Anfenger Michael, her son Henry Michael, and her father Louis Anfenger pose together for a formal studio portrait.

Dates: between 1890-1900
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Families and Groups / Box 5

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