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 11 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
File
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
Letter from C.D. Spivak , 1908 April 2
Item
Identifier: B002.01.0102.0119.00009
Abstract
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.
Dates:
1908 April 2
Letter from S. Pisko to C.D. Spivak, 1912 February 26
Item
Identifier: B002.01.0102.0075.00031
Abstract
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.
Dates:
1912 February 26
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 of...
Dates:
1892-