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Jews -- Colorado -- Denver

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 109 Collections and/or Records:

Miscellaneous Papers and Ephemera, 1942-1986

 File
Identifier: B328.01.0001.0004
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Collection is broken into 4 sections: Military Records, 1918-1985; Tide of Toys Scrapbook, 1950-1951; Allied Study Tour to Israel and Europe, 1963; and Miscellaneous Papers and Ephemera, 1942-1986.

Dates: 1942-1986

Miss Anna Niswich, Head Nurse, 1941 April

 Item
Identifier: B002.04.0215.0130.00003
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 April

Morris Chernoff Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: B316
Abstract

Collection contains scrapbook from Morris Chernoff from 1916-1925, and a newspaper clipping from 1938.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1916-1925, 1938

Mr. Sorken, undated

 Item
Identifier: B002.04.0215.0132.00006
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: undated

National Jewish Hospital Records

 Collection
Identifier: B005
Abstract In 1899, the Jewish community erected the non-sectarian National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives (NJH), the first sanatorium in Denver, Colorado, for tuberculosis victims. With the financial assistance of the International B'nai B'rith fraternal organization, patients from all over the U.S. were admitted free of charge. The NJH adopted a program that emphasized the benefits of fresh air, proper nutrition, and rest. The hospital was founded by a group of Jewish residents of Denver who were...
Dates: 1892-2017

Oberfelder Concert Series and Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B367
Abstract

Pioneer impresario Arthur M. Oberfelder came to Denver in 1913 and by 1917 had started his own concert management company. He started the Concert Under the Stars at Red Rocks and was responsible for bringing many entertainment groups to Denver. Collection contains invitations, programs, news clippings, portraits, certificates, photographs, scrapbooks, and autograph books related to the Oberfelder family and the Oberfelder Concert series from 1924 through 1978.

Dates: Other: 1911-circa 1980

Ohel Isaac Jacob Mizrachi Records

 Collection
Identifier: B213
Abstract Mizrachi Organization of America was established in 1902 as a Religious Zionist organization focused on keeping the Torah at the center of the organization. The Denver branch was established in 1916. Collection contains a mounted certificate of incorporation for Ohel Isaac Jacob Mizrachi. Certificate of Incorporation for Ohel Isaac Jacob Mizrachi Society of Denver, Colorado issued by the Secretary of the State of New York on May 10, 1916 and signed December 5, 1916. The certificate is in...
Dates: 1916

Oral History Interview with Max Grimes, 1976 September 20

 Item
Identifier: B098.01.0001.00001
Abstract "Max Grimes recounts life in Denver, Colorado, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He discusses the immigration of his ancestors from Russia and Poland to Denver and his father's various attempts to make a living in Denver and Salt Lake City, Utah. Grimes details his boyhood, pastimes, and education in Denver while also discussing numerous Jewish families and businesses in the city in the early 20th century. He also recounts his first and second marriages, his brief time studying...
Dates: 1976 September 20

Paul Kwartin , October 1978 - November 1, 1978

 File
Identifier: B111.06.0006.0010
Abstract

Paul Kwartin was a Brooklyn cantor who was born in Hungary and raised in Denver. He sang with the Central City Opera in Denver for eight seasons, appeared in a Broadway production of "No For An Answer", and was also a business manager. He died in his Westport, Connecticut home from cancer at age 63.

Dates: October 1978 - November 1, 1978

Perpetual bed endowment in memory of Tillie Lesser by her husband Leo Lesser, undated

 Item
Identifier: B002.04.0215.0178.00003
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: undated