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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