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American Medical Center (Denver, Colo.)

 Organization

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 175 Collections and/or Records:

Jaysee Dairy Barn Under Construction at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1931

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0035.00013
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1931

JCRS Isaac Solomon Historic Synagogue Foundation Records

 Collection
Identifier: B353
Abstract The Isaac Solomon Historic Synagogue Foundation was founded in 2001 with a mission to restore the Beth Jacob Synagogue building and a tent structure on the former campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) in Lakewood, Colorado. The Foundation was dissolved in 2013 due to financial challenges. This collection shows the process and challenges of historic preservation. Collection contains correspondence, architectural and construction information, historical background materials,...
Dates: circa 1957-2012

JCRS Nurse with Patients, between 1900-1930

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0019.00079
Abstract

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.

Dates: between 1900-1930

JCRS Nurses, between 1900-1930

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0019.00077
Abstract

Four nurses in uniform, identified from top to bottom as Anderson, Elizabeth, Crosby, and Andy, stand on the steps of the Lena Bloch Memorial Home for Nurses at JCRS. Elizabeth Crosby Anderson stands on the top step. 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.

Dates: between 1900-1930

JCRS Nurses, between 1900-1930

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00078
Abstract

Two nurses and a man, all in uniform, stand in front of a brick building. They are, from left to right, Crosby, waiter Rubenstien, and Elizabeth Williams. 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.

Dates: between 1900-1930

JCRS Nurses, between 1900-1930

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0019.00081
Abstract

Eleven nurses in uniform stand in front of the Lena Bloch Memorial Home for Nurses. Sarah Nordstrom Anderson stands third from the left. 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.

Dates: between 1900-1930

JCRS Staff, between 1900-1930

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0019.00082
Abstract

Dr. Frenburg stands between his wife and Miss Hume. 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.

Dates: between 1900-1930

JCRS Waiter, between 1900-1930

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0019.00080
Abstract

A man identified as Frenburg poses in a waiter's uniform in front of a brick building. 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.

Dates: between 1900-1930

Joshua Wolfe Zeeve Bed Dedication, after 1917

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0035.00018
Abstract A bed dedication ceremony at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Bed donated in Joshua Wolfe Zeeve's memory. Dr. Charles Spivak stands in the back to the right and Dr. Philip Hillkowitz stands in back center. An unidentified woman holds a plaque that reads: "Joshua Wolfe Zeeve, May 15, 1858, October 11, 1917.'' 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...
Dates: after 1917

Kitchen of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1936

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00002
Abstract

The kitchen and steam tables 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. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside Denver.

Dates: 1936

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Archival Object 173
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Subject
Colorado 173
Hospitals 173
Jews 173
Tuberculosis 173
Sanatoriums 172
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Denver (Colo.) 169
Colfax Avenue (Colo.) 167
West Colfax (Denver, Colo.) 155
Spivak (Colo.) 146
Patients 58
Sanatoriums -- Colorado 48
Edgewater (Colo.) 47
Buildings 32
Entertainment events 30
Women 25
Nurses 23
Men 22
Physicians 22
Charities 21
Parties 16
Recreation 16
Costume 15
Dedications (Ceremonies) 14
Drama 10
Synagogues 10
Tents 10
Dinners and dining 9
Rehabilitation 9
Anniversaries 8
Dairy farms 7
Kitchens 7
Plaques (Flat objects) 7
Cancer 6
Halloween 6
Printing plants 6
Beds 5
Cows 5
Entertainers 5
Barns 4
Reading 4
Teachers 4
Boys 3
Cancer treatment and research 3
Food 3
Jewish physicians 3
Musicians 3
Occupational therapy 3
Torah scrolls 3
X-rays 3
Bookbinders 2
Butchers 2
Corporate minutes 2
Dentists 2
Indigenous peoples of North America 2
Jewish Refugees 2
Kosher food 2
Meat industry and trade 2
Medical personnel and patient 2
Paste-up (Printing) 2
Physical therapy 2
Picnics 2
Printers 2
Rabbis 2
Stores, Retail 2
Tuberculosis -- Hospitals -- Colorado -- Denver 2
Albums (Books) 1
Animals 1
Architectural drawings (Visual works) 1
Authors 1
Band musicians 1
Blackface entertainers 1
Boards of directors 1
Books and reading 1
Buildings -- Design and construction 1
Business correspondence 1
Cancer -- Research -- Colorado 1
Comedians 1
Construction drawings 1
Cooks 1
Cookware 1
Cooperative societies 1
Corn 1
Correspondence 1
Dance 1
Dining rooms 1
Education 1
Ephemera (General) 1
Financial records 1
Fund raising 1
Girls 1
Hanukkah 1
Horse-drawn vehicles 1
Horses 1
Hospitals -- Colorado -- Denver 1
Jewish hospitals -- Colorado -- Denver 1
Jewish merchants 1
Jewish printers 1
Lawyers 1
Legislators 1
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