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:

Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Shriaberg Room Dedication, after 1957

Item

Identifier: B063.03.0035.00029

Abstract Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Shriaberg Room Dedication at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) with four men standing around a plaque that says: ''In honor of, Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Shriaberg, Prince Rupert, B.C., Canada, October 8, 1957.'' John Streltzer is pictured on the right and Mr. Frazin is second from left. The other two men 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...

Dates: after 1957

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

Torah Dedication Ceremony of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1930

Item

Identifier: B063.03.0035.00058

Abstract

Torah Dedication Ceremony of the synagogue of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Unidentified men and women are seated in the audience. 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 1920-1930