Ambrose, Arlen

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Usage: About 1938 - February 8, 2022

Biography

Arlen Ambrose was born in Pueblo, Colorado, the son of Aubrey and Harriett Hausman Ambrose. He graduated from CU in 1959 and from Georgetown Law School. He was a partner in two law firms. Arlen Ambrose was a founding member of Temple Sinai in 1962 and served as the synagogue's archivist. He was also a past-president of the Denver Institue of Jewish Studies and founding president of the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Aftermath of Flood in Pueblo, June 1926

Item

Identifier: B348.02.0001.00003

Abstract

Image shows the aftermath of the June 1921 flood on Union Avenue. The man stading at the far left holding a shove is Mendel "Emanuel" Ambrus. His store is in the light colored building with the "Wholesale" sign near the top. Men, mules, and horses are clearing Union Avenue.

Dates: June 1926

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B348, Roth and Ambrose Family Papers / Photographs / Digitized Photographs

Creating Communities Digitized Images

Collection

Identifier: B406

Abstract The Denver Public Library began the Creating Communities Project in 2008. The library and partners, including the Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society (RMJHS), contributed information and digitized images on different Denver neighborhoods. RMJHS contributed images of the West Colfax Jewish neighborhood. In 2012, the project expanded to digitize photographs of individual families. On July 23, 2012, RMJHS and the Denver Public Library had an ice cream social and digitized photographs of...

Dates: Digitization: 2012

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Creating Communities Digitized Images

Henry Roth in Pueblo Police Uniform, circa 1905

Item

Identifier: B348.01.0002.00001

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Collection contains photographs, newspaper clippings, and programs related to the Roth and Ambrose families from 1890 through 1966.

Dates: circa 1905

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B348, Roth and Ambrose Family Papers / Photographs / Digitized Photographs

Roth and Ambrose Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: B348

Abstract Henry Roth moved to Pueblo, Colorado around 1896 with his wife Rose Schon Roth. Henry Roth joined the Pueblo Police Department and carried badge No. 29. Hannah Roth, the daughter of Henry and Rose Roth, was born on Hester Street in New York and was young when the family moved to Pueblo. Hannah Roth married itinerant Hungarian cowboy Adolph Hausman and the couple moved to a lumber camp in British Columbia, where their first child Harriett was born in 1913. After a year in Canada, the family...

Dates: between 1890-1976

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Roth and Ambrose Family Papers

Temple Sinai (Denver, CO.), 2005

File

Identifier: B132.01.0001.0015

Scope and Contents

File contains published article "In the Beginning: The First Years of Temple Sinai" by Arlen Ambrose, from the Temple Sinai Archives Committee in Denver, CO. from September 2005.

Dates: 2005

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B115, Beck Archives Congregations Collection / Congregations / Box 1