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Jewish families

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 550 Collections and/or Records:

Oral History Interview with Rebecca Stein, 1973 September

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Identifier: B098.01.0007.00163
Abstract

Grew up with with her grandmother and aunt in a small town in Russia, antisemitism in the town, process of getting to America, working in a factory in New York City at 14 sewing ladies waists, later making house dresses and then a pattern maker. Came to Colorado because her mother was here. Married another Russian immigrant who peddled goods by wagon in mining towns. Moved to Texas when husband became an oil worker and had problems adjusting without other Jewish families in Texas towns.

Dates: 1973 September

Oral History Interview with Rose Millenson, 1978 March 6

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Identifier: B098.01.0001.00024
Abstract

Rose Millenson talks about life in West Denver and about her relatives in the Greinitz and Goodstein families. He father was from the Cohen family.

Dates: 1978 March 6

Oral History Interview with Roy Erickson, 1978 May 20

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Identifier: B098.01.0002.00031
Abstract

Roy Erickson is interviewed about his family background. He is also interviewed about his business, Erickson Monuments, and relationship to the Jewish community in Denver.

Dates: 1978 May 20

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: B098.01.0001.00008
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 talks about Shul Baer Milstein and the Hebrew Educational Alliance. 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

Osi Sladek, 2015 April 3

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Identifier: B292.01.0001.0002
Abstract

The newspaper article appeared in the April 3, 2015 Passover Edition of the "Intermountain Jewish News." Daniel Sladek wrote about his father Osi Sladek who was a child Holocaust survivor and a folk singer and composer. He took part in the folk music revival beginning in 1958 when he arrived in California.

Dates: 2015 April 3

Out of the Holocaust: Gerhard Heimann and Lotte Grünfeld Heimann (Part Two), 2002

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Identifier: B452.01.0001.0002
Abstract Part two of oral history interview with Gerhard Heimann and Lotte Gruenfeld Heimann. Gerhard Heimann, born on September 29, 1921 in Berlin, Germany, discusses his childhood in Berlin, where he helped his family with their upholstery business; the aftermath of Kristallnacht when his family determined that the 17 year old should flee to Holland; arriving in Nijmegen, Holland, where he was turned away by a Nazi boarder guard; returning to his family in Berlin;...
Dates: 2002

Patient Cabinet Cards, circa 1910

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Identifier: B002.04.0360.0003
Scope and Contents

Sixteen cabinet cards that belonged to patients or are of patients. The photographs are not identified.

Dates: circa 1910

Patient Photographs, 1904-1955

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Identifier: B002.04.0360.0002
Scope and Contents

Unidentified photographs that belonged to patients and photographs of patients.

Dates: 1904-1955

Pepper / Pfeffer Family

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Identifier: B111.08.0008.0022
Abstract The Pfeffer/Peffer/Feffer family originated in Omelno, Russia. Motel Pfeffer and his wife moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1905, changing the name officially to Pepper. Motel's brothers Isaac and Max followed soon after. Members of the family, including several of the brothers' nieces and nephews who emigrated to the United States in the 1920s and '30s, eventually spread to and settled in various places including Denver, Brazil, and Israel in addition to Salt Lake City. Isaac passed away in...
Dates: 1879-2008