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Dokes Kobey, age 5, with her sisters Rebecca and Ruth, 1910
Dokes Kobey Berry on her 97th Birthday
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Collection
Overview
Creator: Dokes Kobey Berry
Title: Dorothy "Dokes" Kobey Berry Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1899 to 2006
Size: 1 document box, 0.5 linear ft.
Processed By: Thyria K. Wilson, August 2006
Dorothy "Dokes" Kobey Berry was born in Aspen , Colorado in 1905, the fifth of seven children of Leah Sheffel and Harris Kobey. Leah and Harris Kobey honeymooned in Aspen in 1898 and decided to settle there. Her father and his brothers owned stores in Aspen, including the Kobey Shoe and Clothing store. Dokes Kobey and her six siblings lived with her uncle, Ben Kobey, after their mother died and Harris Kobey left for the East Coast. The Kobey families were among the dozen or so Jewish families in Aspen when Dokes Kobey was growing up. The mining town of Aspen was a close knit community and dispite being Jewish, she and her siblings attended functions with non-Jewish children, including activities at the Episcopalian and Methodist churches. Dokes Kobey taught at a county school in Cow Creek, outside of Steamboat Springs, after her graduation from Aspen High School. She moved to Denver with her siblings in 1924 after receiving a scholarship to the University of Denver. In 1927 she married Nathan Berry, a shoe salesman who worked at her uncle's Kobey Shoe Store in downtown Denver, Colorado. They had three children, Harold, Joan, and Susan.
Scope and Content
The Dorothy "Dokes" Kobey Berry papers contain newspaper and magazine articles, photographs, family tree charts and other printed material, and a CD with photographs and printed materials. The papers document a prominent family and life in Aspen, Colorado, when it was a mining town.
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