American Medical Center (Denver, Colo.)

Organization

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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 16 Collections and/or Records:

Banquet for Auxiliaries and Board Members of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society and American Medical Center, between 1950-1970

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00012

Abstract A dinner banquet for auxiliaries of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) and American Medical Center (AMC). Pictured are Mr. and Mrs. Sam Chutkow with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Winocur. AMC was located on the grounds of the former 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...

Dates: between 1950-1970

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Health Care and Philanthropy / Box 36

Banquet for Auxiliaries and Board Members of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society and American Medical Center, between 1950-1970

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00013

Abstract A dinner banquet for auxiliaries of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) and American Medical Center (AMC). Pictured are David Abramson and Henry Rubenstein. AMC was located on the grounds of the former 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 sanatorium was located on West...

Dates: between 1950-1970

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Health Care and Philanthropy / Box 36

Banquet for JCRS and AMC Auxiliaries, between 1940-1970

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00008

Abstract A dinner banquet for auxiliaries of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) or American Medical Center (AMC). Pictured are Ben and Belle Perlmutter, as well as William Alterman. AMC was located on the grounds of the former 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 sanatorium was...

Dates: between 1940-1970

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Health Care and Philanthropy / Box 36

Cancer Treatment at the AMC Cancer Research Center and Hospital, circa 1950-1970

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Identifier: B002.04.0215.0171.00003

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains a photo album, photographs, bulletin pages, drawings, lithographs, and contact sheets of the campus and buildings, patients and family, staff and volunteers, auxiliaries and conventions, and activities connected with the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society and the AMC Cancer Research Center.

Dates: circa 1950-1970

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B002, Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records / Photographs / Box 215 / Staff - Cancer Treatments - Modern

Cancer Treatment at the AMC Cancer Research Center and Hospital, between 1950-1970

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00003

Abstract A female patient receiving treatment for cancer at the American Medical Center (AMC) Cancer Research Center and Hospital in Denver Colorado. AMC was located on the grounds of the former 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 sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside...

Dates: between 1950-1970

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Health Care and Philanthropy / Box 36

Cancer Treatment at the AMC Cancer Research Center and Hospital, between 1950-1970

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00005

Abstract A female patient receiving treatment for cancer at the American Medical Center (AMC) Cancer Research Center and Hospital. Three nurses are surrounding the patient. AMC was located on the grounds of the former 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 sanatorium was located on West...

Dates: between 1950-1970

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Health Care and Philanthropy / Box 36

Dr. Charles Spivak's Gravestone, 1978

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Identifier: B063.03.0034.0010.00001

Abstract

Dr. Charles Spivak's gravestone. The stone says: ''Dr. Charles David Spivak, Dec. 25, 1861 - Oct. 16, 1927, Articulated skeleton willed to and preserved by the Hebrew University, Jerusalem Palestine.'' The inscription is repeated in Hebrew.

Dates: 1978

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Health Care and Philanthropy / Box 34 / Dr. Spivak's Grave

Dr. Isadore Bronfin, circa 1920

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Identifier: B063.03.0034.0018.00001

Abstract

Formal portrait of Dr. Isadore Bronfin.

Dates: circa 1920

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Health Care and Philanthropy / Box 34 / Dr. Isadore Bronfin

Exterior View of the Texas Building with Tents at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1950-1970

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Identifier: B002.04.0216.0007.00001

Abstract The Texas Building on the campus of the American Medical Center, which was formerly the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Some of the original tent cottages are visible in front of the building, while the Rocky Mountains are seen in the background. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish working men along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. It was located on West Colfax...

Dates: between 1950-1970

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B002, Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records / Photographs / Box 216 / Buildings - Aerial View of Tents, Texas Pavilion and Nearby Landscape

Hyperthermia Cancer Treatment at the AMC Cancer Research Center and Hospital, after 1955

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Identifier: B002.04.0215.0171.00004

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Dates: after 1955

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B002, Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records / Photographs / Box 215 / Staff - Cancer Treatments - Modern

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