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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 209 Collections and/or Records:

Goldston Bed Dedication, after 1918

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00020
Abstract A bed dedication ceremony at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Left to right: Dr. Charles D. Spivak, a founder of the JCRS, Louis Robinson, five unidentified individuals, and Dr. Isidor Bronfin. A man holds the bed plaque that says: ''In memory of, Beloved Cecele Goldston, Beloved daughter of, Sophie and Jack Goldston, 1912-1918.'' 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...
Dates: after 1918

Grand Champion Cow at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1937

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00029
Abstract

Orinsky Nirvana Segis, a Grand Champion Cow part of the dairy herd 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: 1937

Group at the National Conference of Jewish Social Services, circa 1925

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00042
Abstract A group of people at the National Conference of Jewish Social Services. Dr. Hillkowitz (standing center), Dr. Bronfin (4th from left squatting), and Dr. Charles Spivak (squatting center) are pictured in the photograph. Dr. Spivak was a 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,...
Dates: circa 1925

Horse Drawn Cart at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1904-1930

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00008
Abstract

An unknown man in a horse-drawn wagon 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: between 1904-1930

Hyperthermia Cancer Treatment at the AMC Cancer Research Center and Hospital, between 1950-1970

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00004
Abstract A male patient receiving hyperthermia treatment for cancer at the American Medical Center (AMC) Cancer Research Center and Hospital. Nurse Betty Bales is adjusting a thermometer for the treatment which helps to weaken cancer cells. AMC was located on the grounds of the former 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...
Dates: between 1950-1970

Hyperthermia Cancer Treatment at the AMC Cancer Research Center and Hospital, after 1955

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Identifier: B002.04.0215.0171.00004
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains a photo album, photographs, bulletin pages, drawings, lithographs, and contact sheets of the campus and buildings, patients and family, staff and volunteers, auxiliaries and conventions, and activities connected with the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society and the AMC Cancer Research Center.

Dates: after 1955

Hyperthermia Cancer Treatment at the AMC Cancer Research Center and Hospital, circa 1950-1970

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Identifier: B002.04.0215.0171.00005
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains a photo album, photographs, bulletin pages, drawings, lithographs, and contact sheets of the campus and buildings, patients and family, staff and volunteers, auxiliaries and conventions, and activities connected with the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society and the AMC Cancer Research Center.

Dates: circa 1950-1970

I. Rude Medical Building at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1945-1960

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Identifier: B002.04.0214.0001.00008
Abstract Exterior of the I. Rude Medical Building on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). This building was constructed in 1919. 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. In 1954 the institution changed its mission to cancer research and became...
Dates: between 1945-1960

I. Rude Medical Building at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1940-1960

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Identifier: B002.04.0214.0001.00009
Abstract Exterior of the I. Rude Medical Building on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). This building was built in 1919. 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. In 1954 the institution changed its mission to cancer research and became the...
Dates: between 1940-1960

Ida Edelson with Colorado Governor John Arthur Love, between 1950-1970

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00016
Abstract Colorado Governor John A. Love signing a proclamation on behalf of the American Medical Center (AMC). Ida Edelson, Director of the National Council of Auxiliaries is standing next to him. AMC was located on the grounds of the former 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...
Dates: between 1950-1970

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Type
Archival Object 207
Collection 2
 
Subject
Jews 197
Photographs 197
Colorado 194
Denver (Colo.) 188
Hospitals 183
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Colfax Avenue (Colo.) 177
Sanatoriums 176
Tuberculosis 173
West Colfax (Denver, Colo.) 163
Spivak (Colo.) 155
Patients 65
Sanatoriums -- Colorado 49
Edgewater (Colo.) 48
Buildings 32
Entertainment events 31
Nurses 27
Women 25
Charities 23
Men 22
Physicians 22
Parties 16
Recreation 16
Costume 15
Cancer treatment and research 14
Dedications (Ceremonies) 14
Cancer 12
Dinners and dining 12
Anniversaries 10
Drama 10
Synagogues 10
Tents 10
Rehabilitation 9
Plaques (Flat objects) 8
Dairy farms 7
Kitchens 7
Halloween 6
Printing plants 6
Treatment and prognosis 6
X-rays 6
Beds 5
Cows 5
Entertainers 5
Barns 4
Corporate minutes 4
Jewish physicians 4
Medicine 4
Reading 4
Teachers 4
Boys 3
Food 3
Jewish women 3
Musicians 3
New York (N.Y.) 3
Occupational therapy 3
Torah scrolls 3
Boards of directors 2
Bookbinders 2
Butchers 2
Dentists 2
Indigenous peoples of North America 2
Jewish Refugees 2
Kosher food 2
Meat industry and trade 2
Medical care 2
Medical instruments and apparatus 2
Medical personnel and patient 2
Nursing 2
Paste-up (Printing) 2
Physical therapy 2
Picnics 2
Printers 2
Rabbis 2
Radiotherapy 2
Snapshots 2
Stores, Retail 2
Thermotherapy 2
Tuberculosis -- Hospitals -- Colorado -- Denver 2
Women patients 2
Albums (books) 1
Animals 1
Architectural drawings (Visual works) 1
Authors 1
Awards 1
Band musicians 1
Blackface entertainers 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
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