American Medical Center (Denver, Colo.)
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 31 Collections and/or Records:
Banquet for Auxiliaries and Board Members of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1950-1970
Banquet for Auxiliaries and Board Members of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society and American Medical Center, between 1950-1970
Banquet for Auxiliaries and Board Members of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society and American Medical Center, between 1950-1970
Banquet for Auxiliaries of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society and American Medical Center, between 1950-1970
A dinner banquet for auxiliaries of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Pictured are Dr. and Mrs. William Klein and at the second table Ben Friedland with Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schwartz. 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.
Banquet for Auxiliaries of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society and American Medical Center, between 1950-1970
Banquet for JCRS and AMC Auxiliaries, between 1940-1970
Bob Hope at a Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Convention, circa 1945
Costume Party at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1931
A costume party 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. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.
Davou Trio Performing at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1940-1950
The Davou Trio playing instruments 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. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.
Event at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, November 22, 1925
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