Papers, 1905-1974.

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Papers, 1905-1974.

Diaries and day books of travels; guidebooks; correspondence, photographs; a variety of papers from organizations to which Roe belonged and contributed; honors and awards given Roe for his philanthropy and civic services; and historical material on Jewish congregations in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Congregation Montefiore, Salt Lake City.

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Congregation B'nai Israel (Salt Lake City, Utah)

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James L. White Jewish Community Center, Salt Lake City.

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Roe, Benjamin M., 1898-

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Benjamin Roe was born in 1898 and grew up in a Jewish ghetto in a small village in Russia. His formal education was truncated. In his own words, "I am holding a distinction that many of my friends and associates cannot boast of; insofar as my formal education stopped at the age of fourteen, I have never had the pleasure of finishing any grade or receiving any degree in my entire life. I have never had the pleasure of walking up an aisle with my outstretched hand to receive a certifi...