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AMC Cancer Research Center (Denver, Colo.)

 Organization

Dates

  • Usage: 1980

Biography

Phone call, 2-22-88 to the Center, director's office (Jewish Consumptive 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 primarily research)

Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:

AMC Cancer Research Center Records

 Collection
Identifier: B360
Abstract In 1954 Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) changed its mission to cancer research and became the American Medical Center and later known as the AMC Cancer Research Center. AMC completely merged with the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in 2014. Collection contains board of trustee's minutes, committee minutes, reports, AMC By-laws, name plates, posters, publications, programs, photographs, and scrapbooks related to the AMC Cancer Research Center from 1957 through 2012....
Dates: Other: 1904-2012

Auxiliary and Chair Photographs, circa 1930-1970

 File
Identifier: B360.03.0032.0052
Abstract

Photographs from JCRS and AMC events raning from the 1930s-1970s.

Dates: circa 1930-1970

Board of Trustees, 1989

 File
Identifier: B360.03.0032.0045
Abstract

On color photograph of the Board of Trustees at the 1989 convention themed "Best of Times."

Dates: 1989

Box 38, circa 1930-circa 2000

 File — Box B360.05.0038: Series B360.05 [Barcode: U186023258761]
Identifier: B360.05.0038
Abstract

Oversized photographs including PR scenes of patients being wlecomed and leaving, doctors looking at x-rays, doctor meeting with patient, patients learning leatherworking, interior building shots, headshots, some landscape elevations and building drawings. Also the charter for the Auxiliary Guild of Baltimore. Print of girl lighting candle and printer mockups for a new years card using the image and another card mock up with an image of a man with a shofar.

Dates: circa 1930-circa 2000

Box 39, circa 1960-2000

 File — Box B360.05.0039: Series B360.05 [Barcode: U186023258779]
Identifier: B360.05.0039
Abstract Printers spec sheet with three photographs all pictured two times: patient leaving and shaking hands with semi-circle of doctors and nurses, aerial view of tents and main building, and nurse holding door while an orderly walks a man up to the building. Large poster size photo of woman collecting donations in a can while wearing a can costume. Box also contains an embroidered tablecloth with a tree and leaf design. The trunk of the tree says "Triangle Chapter" with member’s names embroidered...
Dates: circa 1960-2000

Campus Photographs, circa 1920-2000

 File
Identifier: B360.03.0032.0028
Abstract

Photographs of buildings on the AMC campus. Most pictures are taken between 1960 and 2000 but two are 1920s era.

Dates: circa 1920-2000

Dave Elman's Hobby Lobby Revue, between 1941-1948

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0035.00036
Abstract

Dave Elman's Hobby Lobby Revue being performed for patients at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). This Revue was a stage presentation of a radio program which was popular at the time. 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 1941-1948

Diamond Building, 1964-1990s

 File
Identifier: B360.03.0032.0030
Abstract

Photographs and slides of the Diamond Building or Diamond Medical Research Institute. Most of the photoes appear to be pretty recent after construction in 1964 but two color negatives are dated July 1987 and a few photos seem to 1990s.

Dates: 1964-1990s

Event, 1997 August

 File
Identifier: B360.03.0033.0012
Abstract

Several Miscellaneous event photographs with lots of children and families, some posters say "Kids Korner." Appears to be on the AMC grounds and all photos are outside.

Dates: 1997 August

Events, 1980s

 File
Identifier: B360.03.0033.0009
Abstract

Several miscellaneous photographs from various AMC events in the 1980s.

Dates: 1980s

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Photographs 41
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