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American Medical Center (Denver, Colo.)

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Biography

Phone call, 2-22-88 to AMC Cancer Research Center, Denver, director's office (Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society; f. 1904; name changed 1954 to American Medical Center; in 1970's renamed AMC Cancer Research Center and Hospital; in late 1970's/early 1980 reorg. as AMC Cancer Research Center; independent, nonprofit, research organ.; small hospital attached but function is primarily research) AMC Cancer Research Center Web site, Aug. 18, 2003 (In 1904, the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) was founded in Denver; JCRS evolved into AMC Cancer Research Center) NUCMC data from Univ. Wash. Lib. for AMC Cancer Research Center and Hospital. Seattle Ladies Auxiliary. Records, 1924-1978 (Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society; operated sanatorium nr. Denver, Colo., provided free care for tuberculosis patients; name changed in 1954 to American Medical Center; Denver; began accepting cancer patients)

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

75th Anniversary Celebration of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1979 September

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00019
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75th Anniversary Celebration of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Esther Winocur is pictured on the far left. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1979 September

Campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1979 September

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00017
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The grounds of Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) on it's 75th Anniversary. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1979 September

Esther Winocur at the 75th Anniversary Celebration of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1979 September

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00020
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75th Anniversary Celebration of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Esther Winocur is pictured in the center.The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1979 September

Esther Winocur at the 75th Anniversary Celebration of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1979 September

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00021
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75th Anniversary Celebration of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Esther Winocur to the right, with three unidentified people. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1979 September

Esther Winocur at the 75th Anniversary Celebration of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1979

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00022
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75th Anniversary Celebration of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Left to right: unidentified woman, Don Strauss, Deena Strauss, and Esther Winocur. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1979

Events, 1954-1969

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Identifier: B360.03.0032.0001
Abstract Two Golden Anniversary (50 years) dinner programs for JCRS. One program is from the March 28, 1954 at the Statler Hotel in Los Angeles California and a smaller program from the May 5, 1954 celebration in Seattle, Washington. Both anniverary booklets have shiny gold covers. Also two programs form 1958 Humanitarian Award Dinners. One from the April 20, 1958 dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City honoring Israel A. Diamond and another program from May 18, 1958 dinner at the...
Dates: 1954-1969

Medical Advisory Board, 1964 October 25

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Identifier: B360.03.0032.0010
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Gold covered program book with blue pastic spiral binding and blue text on cover "60th Amnniversary Jubilee Dinner Midwest Advisory Board Amrican MEdical Center at Denver Sunday, October 25, 1964...Sherman House."

Dates: 1964 October 25

Restored Tent at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1979 September

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00018
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A restored tent cottage with two unidentified people standing in the entrance, at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1979 September

Tent at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1979 September

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00016
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Tent cottage on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1979 September

Texas Pavilion Building at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1979 September

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00015
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The Texas Pavilion for Women Building on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. The Texas Pavilion is still being used today as part of the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design.

Dates: 1979 September

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