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Denver (Colo.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

1900 Pi Beta Phi

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Identifier: U201.01.0413.00026
Abstract

Group portrait of the 1900 Pi Beta Phi sorority. Visible in back row, left to right (according to inscription, 1901 Kynewisbok), Reba Brewster, Isadore Van Gilder, Ellen Anderson, Nanaruth Taggart, Anna Berry, Marguerite Dyer. Bottom row, left to right, Mary Traylor, Alice Richardson, Bertha Brooks, Ethel Antrim, Agnes Glasgow, Grace Cockle, Lida Burkhart, Mabel Wheeler.

Dates: 1793-2009

Application form for Harry Glass to JCRS, 1905 December 15

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Identifier: B002.01.0097.0097.00001
Abstract Application for admittance to JCRS filled out by hand for Harry Glass and dated December 15, 1905. Information on the form includes fields for his age, birth place, occupation, residence, marital status, nearest relatives, not filled out. The back of the form has sections titled "Report of Medical Examiner, blank. The middle section of the back is a form filled out by hand. It reads, "No. 168, Case #89, Application of Harry Glass, Dec. 15, 1905. Admitted December 15,1905. Died Jan. 24,...
Dates: 1905 December 15

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

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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

Civilizing the West: Early Colorado Jews in the Arts, 2011

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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00010
Abstract

Brief biographies of Jewish artists, musicians, composers, and conductors in Colorado. Jewish influence on arts in Colorado.

Dates: 2011

Disease in World History, 2015-2017

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Identifier: B382.01.0001.0001
Scope and Contents

Seventeen student papers from ASEM 2615: Disease in World History class taught by Dr. Hilary A. Smith. Students were assigned to choose a JCRS patient as the subject of their paper.

Dates: 2015-2017

Dr. Charles Spivak and Jennie Charsky in Philadelphia, 1892 September

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Identifier: B250.01.0003.00001
Abstract Dr. Charles David Spivak and his fiancee, Jennie Charsky, pose for a studio photograph in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in September 1892. The picture was taken the day before Jennie left to attend college at Cornell University. Dr. Charles Spivak was the longtime secretary of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). After the couple moved to Colorado in 1896, Jennie completed her college degree at the University of Denver. She later taught Russian language classes at the University for...
Dates: 1892 September

From Cotopaxi to Denver: Immigrant Jewish Farmers Become American Urban Community Leaders, 2010

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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00009
Abstract

History of the ill-fated Cotopaxi Colony of Jewish immigrants in Colorado. Brief biographies of the families involved and their contribution to Denver and Colorado after they left the colony.

Dates: 2010

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

Letter from JCRS to Mrs. Max Sharlott, 1905 November 17

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Identifier: B002.01.0097.0073.00014
Abstract

Typed letter from JCRS to Mrs. Max Sharlott, dated November 17, 1905. The letter confirms the posting of the watch, chain, and ring of Max Sharlott to Mrs. Sharlott. It also acknowledges senting $8.50 that was left over from Max Sharlott's money after funeral expenses were deducted. It does not acknowledge that a pawn ticket was found among his effects. The letter is unsigned.

Dates: 1905 November 17

MTV on Campus, 1999 October

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Identifier: U201.01.0031.00003.00004
Abstract

Exterior view of University of Denver Camous in Denver, Colorado. Students participate in MTV on Campus activities. Photographic print included.

Dates: 1999 October