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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 148 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from S. Rittenberg to National Jewish Hospital for Consumptive, 1906 July 27

 Item
Identifier: B002.01.0097.0203.00001
Abstract

Typed letter from S. Rittenberg to National Jewish Hospital for Consumptive, on July 27th, 1906. The letter introduces Mollie Remland (Mollie Rimland) and Mr. Meyer Remland (Meyer Rimland) and that they are both in need of care from JCRS. The letter is signed S. Rittenberg.

Dates: 1906 July 27

Manny Strauss Correspondence and Planned Publicity Service, 1923

 File
Identifier: B005.01.0002.0007
Abstract

Correspondence related to Manny Strauss, Chairman Subscription Committee, and Zelda F. Popkin, Planned Publicity Service

Dates: 1923

Miscellaneous Materials - S. Pisko, 1923

 File
Identifier: B005.01.0002.0001
Abstract

Miscellanous materials related to S. Pisko, tuberculosis, press/newspaper clippings

Dates: 1923

Miscellanous Correspondence, 1913-1923

 File
Identifier: B005.01.0002.0003
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection includes annual reports, correspondence, limited patient records, meeting minutes, financial statements, reports, scrapbooks, photographs, sound discs, and objects from 1899 to 2009. The items reveal patient demographics and characteristics as well as detailed information regarding the early treatment of tuberculosis.

Dates: 1913-1923

N. Dauby and S. Pisko Correspondence, 1923 July-December

 File
Identifier: B005.01.0002.0005
Abstract

Correspondence related to N. Dauby and S. Pisko, Pisko file

Dates: 1923 July-December

National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives Postcard, circa 1915

 Item
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

National Jewish Hospital Records

 Collection
Identifier: B005
Abstract In 1899, the Jewish community erected the non-sectarian National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives (NJH), the first sanatorium in Denver, Colorado, for tuberculosis victims. With the financial assistance of the International B'nai B'rith fraternal organization, patients from all over the U.S. were admitted free of charge. The NJH adopted a program that emphasized the benefits of fresh air, proper nutrition, and rest. The hospital was founded by a group of Jewish residents of Denver who were...
Dates: 1892-2017

Nurse taking patient's temperature on the porch of National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives, 1907

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0035.00102
Abstract

Several male patients are lying in beds on the porch at National Jewish Hospital, Denver, Colo. experiencing open-air treatment. A uniformed nurse takes one patient's temperature and pulse rate. The hospital was founded in 1899 as the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives.

Dates: 1907

Oral History Interview with Sol Abraham, 1984 October 1

 Item
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