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Denver (Colo.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Name Authority File

Found in 55520 Collections and/or Records:

Box 1, 1969-2016

 File — Box B379.0001: Series B379.01 [Barcode: U186023261578]
Identifier: B379.01.0001

Box 1, 1926-1996

 File — Box B192.0001: Series B192.01 [Barcode: U186020738673]
Identifier: B192.01.0001
Abstract

Newsclippings, scrapbook pages, and laminated newspaper articles from Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News and newsclippings.

Dates: 1926-1996

Box 1, circa 1950

 File — Box B415.0001: Series B415.01 [Barcode: U186023258332]
Identifier: B415.01.0001
Abstract Contains check protector (check writing machine) which was created in 1917 by the Checkometer Sales Company owned by Theodore Hirschberg in Chicago, Illinois. It was developed in Chicago because check fraud was rampent there in the early 1900s. The machine was designed to punch, print, and watermark paychecks that forgers could not duplicate. It became the paymaster machine in the 1950s. The paymaster machines are still currently sold. On the cover of the machine: "F and E Check Protector."...
Dates: circa 1950

Box 1, circa 1900-1905

 File — Box B106.0001: Series B106.01 [Barcode: U186020736223]
Identifier: B106.01.0001
Abstract

Contains Flora Anfenger Hornbein (maiden name Flora Anfenger)'s wedding dress and corset.

Dates: circa 1900-1905

Box 1, 1920-1966

 File — Box B088.0001: Series B088.01 [Barcode: U186020737596]
Identifier: B088.01.0001
Abstract

(29) File folders #1-29 include: correspondence (majority); job files, financial records.

Dates: 1920-1966

Box 1, 1968-1978

 File — Box B093.0001: Series B093.01 [Barcode: U186020739263]
Identifier: B093.01.0001
Abstract

(31) file folders include: Action Committee of Newcomers from Soviet Union; Anti-defamation League; Bay area council; Jews in the USSR; Multiple committee papers. The Union of Councils for Soviet Jews created massive lists of Refuseniks and political prisoners in the Soviet Union (Prisoners of Conscience)." The Union and set up action committees in cities across the U.S. and began the "Adopt a Prisoner" program.

Dates: 1968-1978

Box 1, between 1960-2020

 File — Box B442.0001: Series B442.01 [Barcode: U186023300306]
Identifier: B442.01.0001
Abstract

Contains a Challah tray and the top of Seder Plates (the three tiers are in box 4.)

Dates: between 1960-2020

Box 1, 1874-2013

 File — Box B115.0001: Series B115.01 [Barcode: U186020742698]
Identifier: B115.01.0001
Abstract Box contains files on individual congretations around the Denver area, as well as a few files on misc. congregations by area. Files include: B'nai Jacobs, Pueblo; Beth Israel, Evergreen; Congregation Beth Shalom; Synogagues of Colorado (WPA project); Temple Emanuel, Pueblo; Temple Shalom, Colorado Springs; B'nai Israel, Colorado Springs; Temple Beth Isreael, Boise; Temple Beit Torah, Colordo Springs; Temple Emanuel, Pueblo; Temple Shalom, Colorado Springs; Intermountain Jewish New L'chaim...
Dates: 1874-2013

Box 1, bulk: 1910 - 1999

 File — Box U125.0001: [Barcode: U186023304889]
Identifier: U125.0001
Abstract

University of Denver wall calendars in folders. Includes: 1910 calendar, 1913 calendar, 1914 calendar (2 copies, one with pictures of sorority and fraternity houses labelled), 1987 calendar (2 copies), 1988 calendar (2 copies, one with former owner's name inscribed on front), 1990-1991 calendar (2 copies, September to August), 1991-1992 calendar (2 copies, September to August), 1998 calendar (2 copies), and a 1999 calendar.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1910 - 1999

Box 1, 1908-1920

 File — Box B005.0001: Series B005.01 [Barcode: U186020746286]
Identifier: B005.01.0001
Abstract

Correspondence relating to the National Jewish Hospital, containing correspondence of Miller, Grabfelder, and Seraphine Pisko.

Dates: 1908-1920