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 154 Collections and/or Records:
Picnic at Home of Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Sharoff during the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society's Conference, circa 1950
Picnic at Home of Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Sharoff during the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society's Conference, circa 1950
Plaque in Honor of Dr. Charles D. Spivak of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1937
Plaque in honor of Dr. Charles D. Spivak, founder 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. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside Denver.
Portrait of Anna Naswitz of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1939 June 6
Anna Naswitz, head nurse 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. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside Denver. Anna Naswitz was often considered the ''dynamic angel of mercy.''
Portrait of Dr. Arthur Rest of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1944
Dr. Arthur Rest, Medical Director and Superintendent 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. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside Denver.
Portrait of Dr. B.P. Stivelman, between 1930-1960
Dr. B.P. Stivelman of New York City.
Portrait of Jacob S. Potofsky, between 1930-1960
Jacob S. Potofsky, President of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Potofsky 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.
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 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.
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