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Jews

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5096 Collections and/or Records:

Operating Room at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1941

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0003.00031
Abstract

Interior of an operating room at the Texas Pavilion, on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.

Dates: circa 1941

Oral Histories, 1984-2021

 Series
Identifier: B452.01
Abstract

This series contains Oral history interviews with members of the Grünfeld/Heimann family who discuss their escape from Nazi Germany and experiences as refugees.

Dates: 1984-2021

Oral History Interview with Ben and Bessie Glass, 1978 October 22-1979 August 1

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Identifier: B098.08.0009.00001
Abstract

Ben and Bessie Glass both came to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) as patients in 1928. Bessie Glass was treated for six years. They met in the hospital and married in 1931. Ben Glass was a printer at the JCRS bindery from 1928 through 1978. They discuss how the JCRS was like a large family of young adults from all over the country and talk about what life was like at the JCRS. They also talk about the transition from JCRS to AMC Cancer Center.

Dates: 1978 October 22-1979 August 1

Oral History Interview with Sam Boscoe, 1978 April 2-16

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Identifier: B098.01.0001.00022
Abstract Sam Boscoe recalls growing up as a young boy on West Colfax Street on Denver, Colorado's west side. He details his family's early ventures into the bakery business and the establishment of Star Bread Co., previously Star Bakery. He also discusses his time in the U.S. Army during World War II, and describes his memories of the 1913 Denver snowstorm and the 100-year flood of 1965. Sam Boscoe was born in Denver in 1905. His father was Jacob Boscoe (European name was Boscowitz), the founder of...
Dates: 1978 April 2-16

Oral History Interview with Wolfe Karsh, 1977 March 1

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Identifier: B089.01.0001.00008
Abstract

Wolfe Karsh discusses his family's emigration from Poland to Denver, Colorado when he was three years old. He describes Jewish life in Denver in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the Jewish religious community in the early 20th century. He also discusses his interest in singing, his various jobs in Denver, his experience in the U.S. Navy, and his experience as a farmer and cattle rancher.

Dates: 1977 March 1

Oral History Interviews on Colorado Committee of Concern for Soviet Jewry, 1994 November 21

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Identifier: B098.01.0006.00155
Abstract

Discusses the inception, development and evolution of the Colorado Committee for Concern for Soviet Jewry. The group formed to advocate for the rights of Soviet Jews.

Dates: 1994 November 21

Ore House at Saltiel's Mine, between 1870-1900

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Identifier: B321.03.0001.0012.00001
Abstract

Three unidentified miners pose at the Saltiel Mine's ore house in Cotopaxi, Colorado.

Dates: between 1870-1900

Original - Legal and By-Laws Committee Meeting Minutes, 1982 May 25

 File
Identifier: B005.01.0039.0011
Abstract

Correspondence related to Richard Bluestein and NJH finance, audit committee

Dates: 1982 May 25

Original Office of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1915

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Identifier: B002.04.0215.0042.00001
Abstract Interior view of the original administrative office of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) with Dr. Charles Spivak, and his associates. Spivak, center, sits at a desk with a photograph of his friend, the Yiddish poet Yehoash (Solomon Bloomgarden), in front of him. Business manager Ben Friedland talks on the telephone. An unidentified man sits in front, and an unidentified woman sits at left in the JCRS business office. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was...
Dates: circa 1915

Oscar Netylar, circa 1910

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Identifier: B063.08.0065.00081
Abstract

Studio portrait of Oscar Netylar a member of Independent Order of B'nai B'rith, Denver Lodge No. 171.

Dates: circa 1910