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Herb Kauvar begins by describing his childhood in Geneva, Ohio, and what brought him to Boulder, Colorado. He was instrumental in starting the first Jewish Sunday school at Hillel in order to provide a Jewish education for his children, and he was one of the founders of Congregation Har HaShem. He also owned The Sink, a favorite college hangout, and Tulagi, a music venue on The Hill that brought acts like Bonnie Rait and Harry Chapin to Boulder in the 1970s. He takes pride in his involvement in Har HaShem and its presence in the community.

This interview's primary focus is on the narrator's experience of Judaism. Nanette remembers her childhood in Germany, where she was born and lived until age ten when her family immigrated to the United States, in 1939. Her father spent one month in a concentration camp. She talks with great affection about arriving in and living in New York City, where she studied and practiced textile design. She and her husband met and were married in New York before moving to Boulder - her husband took a relocation job with IBM. Nanette recalls the formation of Har HaShem congregation and the synagogue, which she helped to establish; she talks about other Jewish orgnizations and the growth of Boulder's Jewish community from 1966 forward. The interview concludes with discussion of Nanette's secular interests and pursuits, such as her career teaching watercolor painting at Colorado Mountain College. Some of her work is displayed at the end of the video recording.

Information about Congregation Har HaShem. Includes newspaper clippings about the brick project, a 1985 interview of Rabbi Herbert Rose, and a 1986 article about the congregation. Also included are a handbook for 1983-1984, a Dedication celebration pamphlet from 1999 and a history data sheet.

Two color photographs of the Congregation Har HaShem building in 2002. There is also a photocopy of a photograph of Har HaShem under construction, circa 1966 that has not been digitized.

Frank describes his experience of leaving Austria with the kindertransport just after the Nazi invasion of that country. He tells how he came to immigrate to the United States and details his education and other experiences that brought him to Boulder in 1959 to work for the University of Colorado in the field of engineering. Frank discusses his Jewish identity, his interactions with the Jewish community in Boulder, and the ways in which the Jewish community has grown in numbers and variety since the 1950s. The end of the interview includes video of numerous family photos and photos of Frank with President Jimmy Carter.

Bill and Rita Corn have lived in Boulder since the 1960s, a time when the Jewish population of the city was much smaller than it is today (2012). Bill and Rita begin by describing their childhoods and what brought them to Boulder. They delve into the development of the Boulder Jewish community, including the early days before there was a rabbi in Boulder, through the days of the Boulder Jewish Fellowship and the founding and development of Congregation Har HaShem. They discuss the experiences of their children in the community. Bill also touches on the newspaper editorials he has written over the years about Middle East politics.