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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 134 Collections and/or Records:

Jewish Welfare Fund of Clearwater, Inc. from Clearwater, Florida, 1960-1969

 File
Identifier: B005.01.0007.0008
Abstract

Correspondence regarding the Jewish Fund of Clearwater, Inc

Dates: 1960-1969

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

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 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

Pisko and Grabfelder Correspondence, 1916 January-June

 File
Identifier: B005.01.0001.0013
Abstract

Correspondence related to Samuel Grabfelder, President of NJH, and Seraphine Pisko, Secretary of NJH

Dates: 1916 January-June

Pisko Correspondence, 1915 January-June

 File
Identifier: B005.01.0001.0010
Abstract

Correspondence related to Seraphine Pisko, Secretary of the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives

Dates: 1915 January-June

Pisko Correspondence, 1911-1915

 File
Identifier: B005.01.0001.0011
Abstract

Correspondence related to Seraphine Pisko, Secretary of the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives, taken from alphabetical file.

Dates: 1911-1915

Pisko Correspondence, 1915 July-December

 File
Identifier: B005.01.0001.0012
Abstract

Correspondence related to Seraphine Pisko, Secretary of the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives

Dates: 1915 July-December