American Medical Center (Denver, Colo.)

Organization

Staff Only

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 2 Collections and/or Records:

Board of Directors of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1930-1940

Item

Identifier: B063.03.0035.00030

Abstract

Board of Directors of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Seven men and one woman stand on the steps of a building. Rabbi Charles Kauvar stands second from the right and all others are unidentified. 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 sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.

Dates: between 1930-1940

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

Medical Advisory Board, 1964 October 25

File

Identifier: B360.03.0032.0010

Abstract

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

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B360, AMC Cancer Research Center Records / Historical Information, Public Relations, and Events / Box 32

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