National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives (U.S.)

Overview 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.

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

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.

Overview Typed letter from C.D. Spivak. He addressed the letter as "To whom it may concern" and mentioned that Dave Yudelowitz was a patient at the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives three years ago. Spivak continues to say that Yudelowitz has been suffering from asthma and cannot stand the cold climate in the Rocky Mountains. Spivak finishes the letter by mentioning that Yudelowitz was advised by his attending physicians to go to a warmer climate, like Los Angeles.

Overview Typed letter from Mrs. S. Pisko to Dr. Charles Spivak, unforming him that enclosed is a letter which was intended for him but received and opened by The National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives thinking it was intended for them. Letter is dated and signed.

Overview 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.

Overview "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 the...