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Jews -- Colorado -- Denver

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 117 Collections and/or Records:

Harry Kornfield Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B455
Abstract This collection contains photographs of the Kornfield family, specifically focused on Harry J Kornfield who was a landlord in Denver, Colorado. The Kornfield family consists of Jacob and Dara, parents of Saul Samuel, Mollie, Ephraim (Eph), Bertha, Harry, Matthew, Irving Abram (Babe), and Shirley. Bertha married Nathan Miller and they had a son, Glenn Miller. Irving Abram married Ruth Levy and had a daughter, Donna. Ephraim Kornfield married Mona Rosenbloom. Harry married Sophia (unknown...
Dates: c. 1910 - c. 1950
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Harry Kornfield Collection

Harry Pells Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B328
Abstract

Harry Pells was Jewish businessman in Denver, CO. He owned and operated an insurance agency and was an active marine. Harry Pells enlisted in the Army in both WWI and WWII. He was later involved in veterans’ organizations, such as the Jewish War Veterans and the American Legion where he organized a toy drive that sent over 50,000 toys to Europe. Collection contains personal papers, news clippings, pamphlets and, a newsletter related to Harry Pells from 1918 through 1986.

Dates: Other: 1918-1986
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Harry Pells Papers

Heller Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B162
Abstract Max Heller wrote a booklet on the Heller Family and compiled family trees for the Heller and Tajerstein-Auger families. He was born 1915 in the eastern Polish town of Wlodzimierz-Wolynsk also know as Ludmir. Collection contains family histories, family trees photographs related to the Heller family. Collection also contains photo albums from various schools, including Cheltenham, Lake Junior High, the Talmud Torah, and the Colfax school which were attended by Minnie Heller, Max Heller, and...
Dates: 1924-1984
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Heller Family Papers

Hirschfeld Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B166
Abstract A. B. (Abraham Bernard) Hirschfeld was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1888. In 1904 he moved to Denver, Colorado, and in 1907 he started A. B. Hirschfeld Press. A. B. Hirschfeld's son Edward Hirschfeld (1907-1984) worked alongside his father and held leadership positions in the family business after his father's death in 1957. Edward's son A. Barry Hirschfeld served as president of the family printing business, which is now called National Hirschfeld. In 2005, Hirschfeld Press merged with...
Dates: 1934-2007
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Hirschfeld Family Papers

Illustrations to be used in the JCRS 44th Annual Report, 1947

 Item
Identifier: B002.04.0215.0176.00004
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
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B002, Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records / Photographs / Box 215 / Layout for 1947 Annual Report

Israel Friedman - Executive Director, 1941

 Item
Identifier: B002.04.0215.0124.00001
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
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B002, Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records / Photographs / Box 215 / Staff - Israel Friedman - Executive Director

Israel Friedman - Executive Director, 1941

 Item
Identifier: B002.04.0215.0124.00002
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
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B002, Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records / Photographs / Box 215 / Staff - Israel Friedman - Executive Director

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
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B002, Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records / Photographs / Box 215 / Staff - Israel Friedman - Executive Director

Jeanne Abrams Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B459
Dates: Coverage: 1980 - 2024
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Jeanne Abrams Papers

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
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records

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