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Jack Greenwald Papers

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Identifier: B344
Abstract Jack Greenwald was born June 14, 1928 in Columbus, Ohio, the youngest son of Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Greenwald (1888 - 1954). Rabbi Greenwald Rabbi Greenwald only knew German and had to learn Yiddish before he became rabbi of the Beth-Jacob Shul in Columbus, Ohio, a Yiddi. Jack Greenwald came to Denver, Colorado in 1946 and received his Bachelor of Science of Law, 1950, and his Juris Doctorate, 1952, both degrees from the University of Denver. Professionally, he specialized in the area of...
Dates: 1949 - 2012

Jean and Milt Morris Papers

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Identifier: B275
Abstract Milt Morris was born in Cleveland in 1915 and his family moved to Denver to find a cure for his mother's asthma at National Jewish Hospital. He graduated from the University of Denver College of Law in 1939. Milt Morris served in the Army Air Force during World War II. He taught business law at DU for eleven years. He practiced law in Denver for many years and was a partner in Feder, Morris, Tamblyn and Goldstein where he specialized in real estate law. In 1941, Jean Wohlegarth married her...
Dates: 1888-2007

Jewish Family Service of Colorado Records

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Identifier: B345
Abstract The Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Colorado (JFCS) was created in response to international, national, and local needs of refugees. In 1947, the Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Denver, Colorado was created when the boards of the Central Jewish Aid Society of Denver, Colorado and the Denver Coordinating Committee for Immigrants of the National Council of Jewish Women merged. Dr. Alfred Neumann, a social worker, became the full-time director. The agency provided services in...
Dates: 1948 - 2007

Joanne Posner-Mayer Digitized Photographs and Scrapbooks

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Identifier: B427
Abstract Joanne Posner-Mayer, a Denver native, started Ball Dynamics International in 1991 and introduced the fitness community to Fitball®. Her interest in physical therapy grew from her childhood dancing with what now is the Colorado Ballet. Raised in east Denver, Joanne Posner-Mayer attended George Washington High School and received a degree in physical therapy from CU. Following her dream of travel, Joanne worked in hospitals and clinics in Switzerland, where she was introduced to the...
Dates: circa1915-2020

John E. Streltzer Papers

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Identifier: B185
Abstract Collection contains scrapbooks, programs, newspaper clippings, plaques, a U.S. Bureau of Customs flag, awards, scrolls and posters related to John E. Streltzer. Humanitarian John E. Streltzer was born in Denver on June 2, 1901, the son of Ben and Rebecca Streltzer in Denver's West Side. He met Sarah Safran in 1923 at a club he had helped organize on the West Side. John and Sarah Streltzer established a wholesale office supply business and he served nearly three terms as a member...
Dates: 1940-1990

Jordon and Essie Perlmutter Family Papers

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Identifier: B401
Abstract Jordon Perlmutter was born in 1931 to immigrant parents and died in Denver on December 7, 2015. He was a Denver builder, real estate developer, and property manager. In 1951, he founded Perl-Mack Enterprises with his cousin Sam Primack. Perl Mack introduced the concept of planned communities in Denver in Northglenn, Southglenn and Montbello. In the 1983 Perl-Mack was dissolved and Jordon and his eldest son Jay founded Perlmutter and Company. Jordon Perlmutter was a trustee of the University...
Dates: 1970-2016

Kiesler and Rifkin Families Papers

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Identifier: B190
Abstract East European Jewish immigrant, Adolph Kiesler, became a noted Colorado philanthropist. Born in Rumania in 1880, Kiesler settled in Denver's West Colfax Jewish neighborhood at the turn of the century, when he began as a peddler. He later recalled "I worked for fifteen cents a day at odd jobs, and then I got a job carring coal for seventy-five cents a ton." Like so many immigrants, he scrimped and saved and after fifteen years and a variety of jobs, he had saved enough money to launch the...
Dates: 1930-1990

Legacy of Healing Exhibit (History Colorado)

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Identifier: B437
Abstract

In 2019, The Legacy of Healing exhibit was installed at the Colorado History museum. Professor Jeanne Abrams, Curator of the Beck Archives at DU University Libraries, and her staff and History Colorado staff created and installed the exhibit. The collection consists of exhibit panels, wall images and labels, planning documents and digital images.

Dates: 2019-2020

Leopold H. Guldman and Golden Eagle Dry Goods Company Records

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Identifier: B092
Abstract

Leopold H. Guldman was born in Harburg, Bavaria in 1853 and immigrated to the United States in 1870. Guldman opened the successful chain of Golden Eagle clothing stores in Leadville, Cripple Creek and Denver. He was one of Colorado's leading merchants and philanthropists. The collection consists largely of business records including correspondence, ledgers, journals, and financial papers related to the Golden Eagle stores.

Dates: 1800-1980; 1879-1941

Lillian ''Billie'' Stein Articles and Papers

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Identifier: B192
Abstract Lillian Stein was born on July 7, 1907 in Denver to David and Rose Stein. Her father was a tailor and a cantor. Billie (Lillian) Stein began playing the trumpet in The Denver Post Boys Band. She started her all girls band at 14 and took Billie's Harmony Girls jazz band on the road when she graduated from high school at the age of 15. With her jazz band, she traveled throughout the United States performing on her trumpet. She married William Stein in 1939. Billie Stein became involved in...
Dates: Other: 1920-1996

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B'nai B'rith. Anti-defamation League. Mountain States Regional Office 1
Benjamin, Carrie (Caroline Shevelson), 1841-1931 1
Berger, Sherrye Sigman 1
Berry, Hannah Shwayder, 1895-1986 1
Beth Israel Hospital and Geriatric Center (Denver, Colo.) 1
Billie Stein's Harmony Girls Band 1
Fitball USA (2001-2007) 1
Golden Eagle Dry Goods Company (Denver, Colo.) 1
Greenwald, Jack, 1928- 1
Greenwald, Jekuthiel Judah, 1889-1955 1
Guldman, Leopold Henry, 1852-1936 1
Hillel Academy (Denver, Colo.) 1
History Colorado 1
Independent Order of B'nai B'rith. Denver Lodge No. 171 (Denver, Colo.) 1
Jacobs, Frances Wisebart, 1843-1892 1
Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.). New York Ladies' Auxiliary 1
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 1
Kiesler, Adolph, 1880-1967 1
Kobey, Miriam Rachofsky, 1840-1921 1
Levy, Tillye Shulman (Matilda), 1895-1984 1
Mile High United Way 1
Morris, Jean Wohlgemuth , 1916-1999 1
Morris, Milton, 1915-2007 1
National Jewish Health (U.S.) 1
National Jewish Hospital (U.S.) 1
Neusteter, Max D., 1874-1925 1
Neusteter, Myron 1
Newman Studio (New York, N.Y.) 1
Perl-Mack Enterprises (1951-1983) 1
Perlmutter, Essie 1
Perlmutter, Jordon 1
Posner, Hanna 1
Posner, Jerry 1
Posner-Mayer, Joanne 1
Rifkin, Joan (Raisie), 1915-1983 1
Rifkin, Max, 1911-1985 1
Samsonite Corporation (1910-1973) 1
Shapiro, Ray 1
Shwayder Art Building (Denver, Colo.) 1
Shwayder Family 1
Shwayder, Isaac, 1855-1916 1
Shwayder, Jesse, 1882-1970 1
Shwayder, Nellie Weitz, 1886-1977 1
Shwayder, Rachel Leah Kobey, 1858-1938 1
Sigman, Louis K., 1881- 1
Stein, Billie (Lillian), 1907-2002 1
Stein, William, 1896-1982 1
Streltzer, John E. (Ellis), 1901-1985 1
Streltzer, Sara 1
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 1
U.S. Customs Service 1
West Side Benevolent Society 1
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