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National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives (U.S.)

 Organization

Sources

Found information from National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Nov. 15, 2001 (name changed 1997 to National Jewish Medical and Research Center; History of name changes: National Jewish Hospital (1899-1924--National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives; 1925-1964--National Jewish Hospital at Denver; 1965-1977--National Jewish Hospital and Research Center; after National Asthma Center merged with National Jewish, 1978-1985--National Jewish Hospital/National Asthma Center; 1986-1996--National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine; 1997-2008 -- National Jewish Medical and Research Center; July 2008- National Jewish Health).

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

59th Annual Convention of the International Order of B'nai B'rith, 1911 June

 Item
Identifier: B063.04.0033.0017.00001
Abstract

Delegates to the 59th Annual Convention of the Internation Order of B'nai B'rith are posed in front of the Guggenheim Pavilion at National Jewish Hospital. The men in suits and the women in dresses and hats are standing and sitting in five rows. Other buildings can be seen in the background. Six men are watching behind a brick wall to the left of the building.The convention was held in Denver in June 1911.

Dates: 1911 June

Field Secretary Instructions, between 1905-1915

 File
Identifier: B005.06.0185.0015
Scope and Contents

Printed "General Instructions to Field Secretary" for collecting funds for the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives at Denver, Colo.

Dates: between 1905-1915

Grabfelder and Pisko Correspondence, 1912 January-June

 File
Identifier: B005.01.0001.0005
Abstract

Correspondence related to Seraphine Pisko, Secretary of the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives, and Samuel Grabfelder, President of the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives

Dates: 1912 January-June

Grabfelder and Pisko Correspondence, 1913 January-April

 File
Identifier: B005.01.0001.0007
Abstract

Correspondence related to Samuel Grabfelder, President of the National Jewish Hospital for Cosumptives, and Seraphine Pisko, Secretary of the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives

Dates: 1913 January-April

Grabfelder Correspondence, 1912 July-December

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Identifier: B005.01.0001.0006
Abstract

Correspondence related to Samuel Grabfelder, President of the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives

Dates: 1912 July-December

Inventory of the Grabfelder Building, 1915 June 1

 File
Identifier: B005.06.0185.0009
Scope and Contents

Folder contains an inventory of the Grabfelder Building with lists of items in each room and hallway and the prices of each item.

Dates: 1915 June 1

National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives Postcard, circa 1915

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Identifier: B005.06.0185.0005.00001
Abstract

A postcard with a drawing of a "Birdseye view of the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives, Denver, Colorado, A Free Hospital for the Poor Consumptive" from around 1915. Traffic of horse drawn wagons, cars, and a trolly are shown on Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: circa 1915

Oral History Interview with Sol Abraham, 1984 October 1

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Identifier: B098.01.0005.00124
Abstract "Sol Z. Abraham describes his early education in New York after emigrating with his parents from Austria when he was 11 years old. He discusses the effect that contracting tuberculosis had on his early life, and details the various treatments and surgeries he underwent to treat the disease while at National Jewish Hospital (NJH). He talks about his later employment at NJH and the variety of positions he held there from 1935 until his retirement forty years later in 1975. He also articulates...
Dates: 1984 October 1