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 148 Collections and/or Records:
I. Rude Medical Building at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1945-1960
I. Rude Medical Building at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1940-1960
Ida Edelson with Colorado Governor John Arthur Love, between 1950-1970
Isidore Hurwitz Library of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1930-1940
Interior of the Isidore Hurwitz Library at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Unidentified men and women are seated around various tables and reading materials. 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.
Jacob S. Potofsky with an Unidentified Man, between 1930-1960
James Roosevelt at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1952 May 1
James Roosevelt (third from left) with a group of men at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Standing second from the right is M.J. Baum. 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.
James Roosevelt Visiting a Patient at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1940-1960
James Roosevelt with Group of Women, between 1950-1970
Jaysee Dairy Barn Under Construction at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1931
Exterior of the Jaysee Dairy Barn under construction 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.
JCRS Nurse with Patients, between 1900-1930
A nurse stands between two JCRS patients as they lay in the sun in their hospital beds. 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. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside Denver.
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