Denver (Colo.)
Found in 55351 Collections and/or Records:
Oral History Interview with Charlotte and Sam Bock, 1983 August 1
Sam Bock shares the history of his early days in Denver, his parents, education, work history, work on the Moffat Tunnel, and engineering career which took him to Boston. Charlotte- history of Atlovick family, her father Henry Trustman Ginsberg, her parents’ divorce, education and teaching in a Hebrew day school in Baltimore.
Oral History Interview with Charlotte (Lottie) Gold, 1977 August 7
Interview discusses growing up in Leadville, CO; Jewish community. family, childhood activities; beginning her career as a field worker for National Jewish Hospital.
Oral History Interview with David Eskenazi, 1979 August 22
Topics covered: Goals of the Jewish Community Center, functions of the center, relationship to other agencies, individual leaders of the center. Index in file: B098.18.0022.0010.
Oral History Interview with David Rafflelock, 1985 March 21
Topics covered include David Rafflelock’s career as a writer, involvement in the National Writers Club, and his career as the editor of The Echo Publishing Company, which published "The Echo: Colorado's Magazine of Comment and Art."
Oral History Interview with Davida Danish, 1981 August 11
Interview covers the history of the religious school at Rodef Shalom which Davida was the head of.
Oral History Interview with Deena Spivak Strauss, 1982 March 13
Deena Spivak Strauss discusses her early life and her father Dr. Charles Spivak, a founder, medical advisor, and executive secretary of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). She also talks about the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society and her travels as a field worker for JCRS.
Oral History Interview with Dora Goldstein, 1979 August 1
Topics include: Why family emigrated, what family did before in Europe, life in New York, life in Denver and at Beth Israel, work life and family life, old country health remedies.
Oral History Interview with Dora Kay, 1980 October 13
Topics include: Education, father was a Rabbi, mother was a midwife, talks about her brothers, grew up in Aspen, family life.
Oral History Interview with Dora Perlmutter, 1979 July 29
Topics include: Born in Russia, father a cattle dealer; married in Russia to Pinchus Perlmutter who was a plasterer/contractor; first children were a set of triplets, one died, now has 5 children; father came to America and brought back money, was killed in WWI; when immigrating the boat ran into a storm and sank, she and her children were saved on a lifeboat but many died; learning the daven; talks about life in Russia and life in Denver.
Oral History Interview with Dorothy and Ernest Cassel, 1981 July 24
Interview covers Ernest fleeing Germany in 1939 for Shanghai, eventually coming to the US in 1949; focus is on founding of Rodef Shalom and history since; separating from BMH.