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 183 Collections and/or Records:
Portrait of Louis Nizer, 1943 April
Louis Nizer of New York City. Nizer was born in 1902 and passed away in 1994 at the age of 92. He was a noted Jewish-American trial lawyer and senior partner of the law firm Phillips Nizer Benjamin Krim & Ballon and authored a number of books - one of which was titled ''What to Do with Germany.'' He also wrote the forward to the Warren Commission report that investigated President John F. Kennedy's and the resulting conspiracy theories that still surround it.
Portrait of Louis Robinson, between 1910-1923
Louis Robinson, a personality associated with 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.
Portrait of Mrs. Ida Sloan Stutman of Kansas City, between 1945-1960
Mrs. Ida Sloan Stutman of Kansas City.
Portrait of Nathaniel Goldstein, circa 1951
Nathaniel Goldstein, Attorney General for the State of New York from 1943 to 1954. Goldstein was a personality and supporter of 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.
Presentation of Donation to the American Medical Center, 1962
Print Shop of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1945
Printing and Bookbinding Staff Outside Neusteter Building, between 1930-1939
Prize Winning Dressed Beef of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1948
A prize-winning dressed piece of beef that was done by the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The meat won an award at the National Western Stock show held in Denver, Colorado. 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.
Prize Winning Dressed Beef of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1948
Butcher dressing a prize-winning piece of beef at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The meat won an award at the National Western Stock show held in Denver, Colorado. 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.
Refugee Boy with Memorial Prayer at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1947
A boy refugee at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The boy is reading a memorial prayer that is written in Hebrew, while laying on his bed. 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.
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