Jewish families -- Colorado
Found in 196 Collections and/or Records:
Oral History Interview with Ethel and Max Barash, 1983 April 11
Early Jewish life in Greeley, Colorado from 1920s-1940s. Only a dozen Jewish families in Greeley and Ethel's parents were Orthodox. Second part of interview includes Max Barash. Talks about establishing Jewish Day school on West Colfax. Max’s family ran a seltzer business by Star Bakery.
Oral History Interview with Eugene Farkas, 1978 May 3
Interview discusses life in Hungary, immigration to Argentina, life in Argentina, immigration to the United States and life in New York and Denver. Contracted tuberculosis in New York, came Denver and was at NJH for about one year.
Oral History Interview with Florence Greenblatt Siegel, 1979 August 1
Informal conversation with Florence about family history in Denver and her family’s immigration from England.
Oral History Interview with Forrest Meyer, 1984 November 1
Oral History Interview with Frayda Ornsten, 1978 July 17
Frayda Lynn Ornsten (née Blumberg) discusses her childhood, including the Jewish environment, schooling, and family gatherings. She also discusses her two marriages and her education and career in the field of special education. She talks about her father, Ben Blumberg, and her relationship with him. She reflects on changing attitudes, roles, goals of youth, and her philosophy of life. Went to the University of Denver.
Interview Index notes in Release file B098.01.0022.0003
Oral History Interview with Gertrude Sigman, 1982 April 1
Parents came to Denver from Russia around 1900 for better living standards, already had some family here. Talks about early life in Denver, bakery and vegetable deliveries, her mother, stores and businesses of the time and people.
Oral History Interview with Hannah Shwayder Berry, 1981 March 1
Major subjects covered in the interview include the Shwayder and Kobey (originally Kobersky) families, immigrating to Colorado from Poland, Hannah Shwayder Berry’s grandmother Miriam "Mary" Kobey (a Denver midwife nicknamed the “Angel of Mercy”) and refers to book “The Tale of the Little Trunk”; a copy of the book can be found in the Beck Archives.
Oral History Interview with Henry and Leona Frankel, 1977 November 7
Henry Frankel's family came from Europe and settled early in Denver. They had a few bussinesses. They owned Growth and Progress club and Green Gables Country Club. They were members of Temple Emanuel.
Oral History Interview with Irene Miller Stein, 1978 April 27
Oral History Interview with Israel Toltz, 1982 January 19
"Israel Toltz discusses the arrival of his family in Montrose, Colo., as well as Jewish businesses in Montrose. He recounts moving to Denver, Colo. in 1913. He also talks about Jewish families in small towns, life on the West Side of Denver, and his personal history. Israel Toltz married Frieda Radetsky (1906-1978) and they raised two children: Warren and Roberta."