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 4 Collections and/or Records:

AMC Auxiliary Volunteer Recruitment Influential Women, 1980 May

File

Identifier: B002.04.0217.0035

Abstract

Photographs from American Medical Center (AMC) women's auxiliary volunteer recruitment.

Dates: 1980 May

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B002, Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records / Photographs / Box 217

AMC Beauty Parlor, after 1954

Item

Identifier: B002.04.0215.0169.00002

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: after 1954

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B002, Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records / Photographs / Box 215 / Staff - AMC - Beauty Parlor and Barber Shop

AMC Photographs, 1900-1979

File

Identifier: B002.04.0217.0036

Abstract

American Medical Center (AMC) photographs.

Dates: 1900-1979

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B002, Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records / Photographs / Box 217

JCRS Plaque, circa 1910

Item

Identifier: B286.02.0001.0002.00001

Abstract Photograph of bronze plaque, ''This tablet is erected by the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society in appreciation of the efforts made by The New York Ladies' Auxiliary in rearing this structure for the relief and cure of tuberculosis.'' The officers, directresses, and trustees are listed. Mrs. Aaron Shapiro is listed as a directress. ''He who saves one life is considered as if he had preserved the whole world,'' the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) motto appears at the bottom. The...

Dates: circa 1910

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B286, Ray Shapiro Photographs / JCRS Plaque / Box 1 / Photograph of JCRS Plaque

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