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Jews -- Colorado -- Denver

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:

Adolf Goldhammer Wholesale Wines and Liquors Jug

 Collection
Identifier: B386
Abstract Adolf Goldhammer was born 1847 in Hungary and immigrated to Denver, Colorado in 1885 with his wife Betta and sons Abe and Jacob. He operated a liquor store and saloon hall that was often used as a meeting place for the Jewish community to hold meetings, plays and other cultural events. Collection consists of one stoneware whiskey jug from Adolf Goldhammer Wholesale Wines and Liquors. Painted in blue on front: "Adolf Goldhammer Wholesale Wines and Liquors 2633 W. Colfax Ave. Phone Main 7761 -...
Dates: circa 1900
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Adolf Goldhammer Wholesale Wines and Liquors Jug

Allied Jewish Community Council of Denver Records

 Collection
Identifier: B102
Abstract

The Allied Jewish Community Council of Denver was established in 1949 with goals to unite the Jewish community of Denver and work to coordinate charitable activities and the advancement of the Jewish community in Denver. Collection contains administrative papers, surveys, pamphlets and brochures relating to the Allied Jewish Community Council of Denver.

Dates: Other: 1950-1980
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Allied Jewish Community Council of Denver Records

American Jewish Committee Records

 Collection
Identifier: B355
Abstract

The American Jewish Committee is a global Jewish advocacy organization established in 1906 in response to recent anti-Semitism and pogroms Russia. It aims to defend Jewish civil rights. Collection contains by-laws, minutes, agendas, membership information, programs, publications, photographs, awards, certificates, and business plans related to the American Jewish Committee Colorado Chapter from 1967 through 2013 when the chapter's Denver branch was closed.

Dates: Other: 1940; 1967-2013
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / American Jewish Committee Records

Anna Ginsberg Hayutin Textiles and Other Material

 Collection
Identifier: B107
Abstract Anna Ginsberg was born in 1893 to East European Jewish immigrants who had settled in New York City. She completed high school in New York and moved to Denver, Colo., in 1910. In 1912 she married Morris Hayutin, and they had three children: Peryle, Irving, and Arthur. The collection contains household and personal items from the early to mid-20th century that belonged to Anna Hayutin. Most of the textiles in the collection were created by Anna Hayutin herself and include a large number of...
Dates: 1900-1960
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Anna Ginsberg Hayutin Textiles and Other Material

Beck Archives Biographical Materials Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B111
Abstract

This collection contains biographical materials associated with prominent Colorado Jewish individuals or families and, in a few cases, groups of Jewish Coloradoans. Materials include newspaper clippings, obituaries, correspondence, photocopies of legal documents, books, magazines, and essays.

Dates: Coverage: 1836-2017
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Beck Archives Biographical Materials Collection

Beck Archives Clippings File Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B113
Abstract Intentionaly created collection to keep newspaper clippings about Jews in the west. Some of the people and organizations are also in other collections. The articles contain miscellaneous clippings and articles about Jews in the Rocky Mountain west, primarily from the Rocky Mountain News, the Intermountain Jewish News (IJN) and the Denver Post. Some of the articles are from a column, "Out of the Past," written by Mike Zelinger that appeared in the IJN. Also included is the Century Edition of...
Dates: 1913-2013
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Beck Archives Clippings File Collection

Beck Archives Congregations Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B115
Abstract This collection contains materials intentionally assembled by Beck Archives. Materials relate to past and present Jewish congregations, which were or still are located in Denver, Colorado, or the western United States. Materials are originals or copies of items dating from 1906-2004, including receipts, correspondence, newspaper clippings, newsletters, member and founder lists, event programs, invitations, legal documents, interview transcripts, brochures, slichos, Hebrew Bibles, and...
Dates: c. 1800-2015
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Beck Archives Congregations Collection

Beck Archives Microfilm and Microforms Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B117
Abstract The Rocky Mountain News microfilmed records and recived some microfilms from other organizations. Collection contains microfilmed copies of the following publications and organizations: the Intermountain Jewish News, records from the Jewish community in Colorado Springs, a William S. Friedman Scrapbook, the Rose Hill Cemetery Association, the Denver Jewish Outlook, the American Israelite, the American Jewish Archives Files,, the I.M. Beck Microfilming Project of Colorado Jewish History,...
Dates: Other: 1800-2014
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Beck Archives Microfilm and Microforms Collection

Ben Hoffman B'nai B'rith Gold Star

 Collection
Identifier: B352
Abstract

Benjamin Hoffman was killed in 1943 in the U.S. Navy. His brother Harry received permission to erect a headstone in Golden Hill Cemetery in 1949. Collection contains one framed gold star certificate related to Ben Hoffman from 1945.

Dates: 1945 June 8
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Ben Hoffman B'nai B'rith Gold Star

Bernard Zion Lande Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B122
Abstract Bernard Zion Lande, the grandson of early Denver Jewish pioneer Zion Wolf Karsh, was born in Denver, Colorado, on July 11, 1927. Lande grew up on Denver's west side and attended the Hebrew Educational Alliance. While still in his teens, he helped to found the Jewish Youth Council, and in 1947 he attended the Brandeis Camp in California, where he gained his first exposure to the philosophies of the Jewish Reconstructionist movement. Lande received a master's degree in social psychology...
Dates: 1931-1980
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Bernard Zion Lande Papers

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