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Jews -- Colorado -- Denver

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 109 Collections and/or Records:

Israel Friedman - Executive Director, 1941

 Item
Identifier: B002.04.0215.0124.00003
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains a photo album, photographs, bulletin pages, drawings, lithographs, and contact sheets of the campus and buildings, patients and family, staff and volunteers, auxiliaries and conventions, and activities connected with the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society and the AMC Cancer Research Center.

Dates: 1941

Jeanne Abrams Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B459
Dates: Coverage: 1980 - 2024

Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: B002
Abstract The Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society was known as the JCRS and was founded in Denver, Colorado in 1904 as a non-sectarian sanatorium to treat tuberculosis (TB) patients, free of charge, in all stages of the disease. The society was one of the leading tuberculosis sanatoria in the country at the turn of the century founded by a group of immigrant Eastern European Jewish men, many of whom were themselves victims of TB. Headed by Dr. Charles Spivak as Secretary (1904-1927) and by Dr....
Dates: 1897-1989; Majority of material found within 1904-1973

Jewish Education Task Force Records

 Collection
Identifier: B181
Abstract

The Jewish Education Task Force was created in the Spring of 1988 to explore the problems and challenges faced by the community in the area of Jewish education, as a result of the 1987 seminar "Major Issues in Jewish Education" presented by the Jewish Education Service of North America (JESNA). Collection contains administrative paperwork from the Jewish Education Task Force and questionnaires from 14 Denver area Jewish educational schools and camps.

Dates: 1987-1989

Jewish National Workers' Alliance of America Charter

 Collection
Identifier: B183
Abstract

The Jewish National Workers Alliance was a mutual aid society founded in 1912. The Labor Zionist organization was Yiddish speaking and organized insurance and medical plans as well as schools. Collection contains the charter certificate of Denver branch number 303 of the Jewish National Workers Alliance 1941; later known as the Farband-Labor Zionist Order.

Dates: Other: 1941

Jewish Newsboys, 2006

 File
Identifier: B230.02.0007.0022
Abstract

File folder contains flyer for annual RMJHS meeting which featured a slide show lecture about Denver's Jewish newsboys.

Dates: 2006

Layout for 44th Annual Report - Graphs and charts, 1947

 Item
Identifier: B002.04.0215.0176.00005
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains a photo album, photographs, bulletin pages, drawings, lithographs, and contact sheets of the campus and buildings, patients and family, staff and volunteers, auxiliaries and conventions, and activities connected with the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society and the AMC Cancer Research Center.

Dates: 1947

Leah Eisen's Wedding Dress

 Collection
Identifier: B417
Abstract

Collection consists of wedding dress worn by Leah Silverberg Eisen on her marriage to Samuel Eisen, Jr. January 23, 1921. The were married in Denver by Rabbi Kauvar.

Dates: 1921

Lehrman Family

 File
Identifier: B111.06.0006.0014
Abstract

Nathan Lehrman recovered from TB at National Jewish Hospital in Denver. His wife, Rose, traveled on a buckboard wagon to Lafayette, Louisville and other small towns to peddle sewing notions to the farmers. In 1910 the Lehrman family moved to Brighton, Colorado, and opened a general store, Lehrman Mercantile Co. Nathan and Rose had five children: Frances, Abe, Minnie, Sarah, and Cecelia.

Dates: 1879-2008

Marks Elfenbein Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B456
Dates: Other: 1944 - 2007