Jews
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
A Grocery Store on Every Corner: A Century of Jewish Grocers in Colorado, 1859-1959, 2002
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Identifier: B230.03.0013.00008
Overview
Brief biographies of Jewish grocers and histories of groceries in Colorado, the Jewish community, and Colorado. Contains historical photographs and interviews with grocers and with people who knew some of the early grocers.
Dates:
2002
A Grocery Store on Every Corner: A Century of Jewish Grocers in Colorado, 1859-1959, 2002
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Identifier: B230.03.0013.00002
Overview
Brief biographies of Jewish grocers and histories of groceries in Colorado, the Jewish community, and Colorado. Contains historical photographs and interviews with grocers and with people who knew some of the early grocers.
Dates:
2002
A Pioneering Legacy: An Early History of the Jews of Colorado, 1987
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Identifier: B230.03.0012.00004
Overview
Brief biographies of Jewish pioneers and histories of Jewish influence in Colorado. Contains historical photographs and interviews with descendents of Jewish pioneers.
Dates:
1987
Blazing the Trail: An Early History of Denver’s Jewish Community, 2009
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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00007
Overview
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
Citizens of the State: Colorado's Early Jewish Politicians, 1859-1940, 2007
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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00006
Overview
This film examines the pivotal role early Colorado Jewish citizens played in the state's political life. Despite their distinction as a religious minority, pioneer Jews in communities throughout Colorado were viewed as a positive and stablitizing influence who upheld morality and order in the new settlements. Virtually every town in Colorado had a Jewish mayor by the turn of the nineteenth century, including Denver, Central City, and Fairplay. Includes brief biographies of Jewish men and women...
Dates:
2007
Civilizing the West: Early Colorado Jews in the Arts, 1865-1950, 2011
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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00009
Overview
Brief biographies of Jewish artists, musicians, composers, and conductors in Colorado. Jewish influence on arts in Colorado.
Dates:
2011
From Peddlers to Merchant Princes: Early Colorado Jewish Entrepreneurs, 2006
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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00005
Overview
Jews played a central role in the development of Colorado through their contributions to economic life and development. Denver's first mercantile store was opened by Jewish citizen Fred Salomon in 1859. Before long, stores run by Jewish merchants and their family members in search of work and wealth flourished on the main streets of most Colorado towns including, Denver, Central City, Leadville, Trinidad, and Fairplay. This film focuses on the lives of a number of early merchants, including...
Dates:
2006
Growing up in Early Colorado: The Lives of Jewish Children, 1860-1940, 2012
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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00010
Overview
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
Small Town Jews: Creating Colorado Communities, 2014
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Identifier: B230.03.0023.00013
Overview
Brief biographies of Jewish men and women who grew up in small communities in Colorado. Contains historical photographs and interviews with people describing their childhoods.
Dates:
2014