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Denver (Colo.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 55917 Collections and/or Records:

Shwayder Center, 1977

 File
Identifier: M028.02.0009.0046
Abstract

Types of Materials: Correspondence, schedule, transcript of speech

Dates: 1977

Shwayder Family

 File
Identifier: U201.02.0141.0012
Abstract

Black and white print of headshot of Nellie Shwayder, University of Denver donor and wife of Jesse Shwayder.

Dates: 1793-2009

Shwayder Family, 1938 March 17

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0013.00026
Abstract

Rachel Kobey Shwayder sits center left surrounded by her family on her 80th birthday celebration. The Shwayder family pose on a stairway at the Green Gables Country Club.

Dates: 1938 March 17

Shwayder Family, 1938 June 30

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0021.00006
Abstract

The Shwayder family pose on a stairway at the Green Gables Country Club during Rachel Shwayder's 80th birthday celebration.

Dates: 1938 June 30

Shwayder Family, between 1960-1970

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0041.00082
Abstract

Three generations of the Shwayder family pose together on steps.

Dates: between 1960-1970

Shwayder Family, 1893

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0041.00084
Abstract

Ten members of the Shwayder family pose for a formal studio portrait.

Dates: 1893

Shwayder Family Papers and Samsonite Corporation Records

 Collection
Identifier: B245
Abstract The Shwayder family of Denver, Colorado, is best known for the luggage company Samsonite Corporation, which the family founded and operated. Isaac and Rachel Shwayder had migrated from Manchester, England to Colorado in 1881 and eventually settled in Denver. In 1910 their son, Jesse Shwayder, opened a small luggage factory in Denver with his father along with his brothers Mark, Maurice, Benjamin, and Solomon Shwayder. The company started as Shwayder Trunk Manufacturing Company, was later...
Dates: 1896-2002

Shwayder, King David, 1970-1981

 File
Identifier: U201.02.0141.0013
Abstract Images of Jesse Shwayder, founder of the Samsonite Corporation and donor to the University of Denver, and his son King David Shwayder, DU alumnus and trustee, and president of the Samsonite Corporation: 12 black and white prints, including headshots of Jesse Shwayder; portrait of Jesse Shwayder holding a Bible; King Shwayder with an unidentified woman; John Evans Jr., Jesse Shwayder, Mr. Heitler, and Mr. Kaye; and headshots of King Shwayder. 5 sets of black and white negatives with contact...
Dates: 1970-1981

Shwayder Siblings, circa 1900

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0021.00074
Abstract

Siblings Florence Shwayder Krohn, Hannah Shwayder Berry, Maurice Shwayder, and Gertrude Shwayder Breetwor as small children in a yard. They were the younger children of Isaac and Rachel Shwayder.

Dates: circa 1900

Shwayder Siblings, 1900 October 28

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0021.00075
Abstract

Formal studio portrait of siblings Maurice Shwayder, Hannah Shwayder Berry, and Ben Shwayder. They were the younger children of Isaac and Rachel Shwayder.

Dates: 1900 October 28