Helena (Mont.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Former Location of Temple B'nai Israel, between 1970-1979
Item
Identifier: B063.06.0022.00024
Abstract
Exterior view of the former Temple B'nai Israel in Helena, Montana. At the time of the photograph the building was used as the Department of Public Welfare.
Dates:
between 1970-1979
Helena, Montana, 1885
File
Identifier: B114.04.0001.0011
Abstract
Beginning in the 1870s, prior to Montana statehood, Jewish merchants settled in Billings, Butte, Glasgow, Great Falls, Havre, Helena, and Missoula. They established benevolent societies, cemeteries, B'nai B'rith chapters, and synagogues. Several Jews were mayors. Butte newspaper editor Charles C. Cohan authored the lyrics to "Montana," the state song. Joseph Soss built the capital building in Helena, completed iin 1902. The Jewish population increased with the discovery of oil in 1950 but...
Dates:
1885
Wolf Anspach, 1866-1871
File
Identifier: B111.01.0001.0006
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of handwritten correspondence between Wolf Anspach in Helena, Montana, and his brother Aaron in Chicago, Illinois. Original letters in the American Jewish Archives in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Dates:
1866-1871