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National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives (U.S.)

 Organization

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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 132 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B005, National Jewish Hospital Records / Correspondence / Box 2

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
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B005, National Jewish Hospital Records / Historical Information, Public Relations and Staff Materials / Box 185 (PR, Physicians and Staff) / Post Card

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
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / National Jewish Hospital Records

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
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Health Care and Philanthropy / Box 35

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
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / General / Box 5

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
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B005, National Jewish Hospital Records / Correspondence / Box 1

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
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B005, National Jewish Hospital Records / Correspondence / Box 1

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
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B005, National Jewish Hospital Records / Correspondence / Box 1

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
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B005, National Jewish Hospital Records / Correspondence / Box 1

Publicity Releases, 1923-1924

 File
Identifier: B005.01.0002.0006
Abstract

publicity releases related to the Pisko file

Dates: 1923-1924
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B005, National Jewish Hospital Records / Correspondence / Box 2

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