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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Golda Meir and the Korngolds, 1914

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0021.00003
Abstract

Future Israeli prime minister Golda Meir (center) stands with her sister and brother-in-law, Shana and Sam Korngold, and their daughter, Judith. The formal portrait was taken in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1914
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Families and Groups / Box 21

Harry Battock Family, circa 1921

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0013.00014
Abstract

Harry and Rose Battock sit for a formal portrait with four of their children, left to right, Joe, Sophie, Mary, and Ben.

Dates: circa 1921
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Families and Groups / Box 13

Jacob Marinoff Papers and Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: B420
Abstract Jacob Marinoff was a founder and the first superintendent of the JCRS Sanatorium in 1906. He served as the field secretary for four years, doing press and propaganda work in Yiddish. He was also involved in The Sanatorium, a journal from the JCFRS Press and Propaganda Committee. Jacob Marinoff was born in Russia in 1869 and immigrated United States in 1893. He came to Denver in 1895. He married May Charsky, the sister-in-law of Dr. Charles Spivak, in 1899. They were divorced and Jacob...
Dates: 1893-1970
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Jacob Marinoff Papers and Photographs

Oral History Interview with Ben and Bessie Glass, 1978 October 22-1979 August 1

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Identifier: B098.08.0009.00001
Abstract

Ben and Bessie Glass both came to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) as patients in 1928. Bessie Glass was treated for six years. They met in the hospital and married in 1931. Ben Glass was a printer at the JCRS bindery from 1928 through 1978. They discuss how the JCRS was like a large family of young adults from all over the country and talk about what life was like at the JCRS. They also talk about the transition from JCRS to AMC Cancer Center.

Dates: 1978 October 22-1979 August 1
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society / Box 9

Oral History Interview with Bessie Katchen, 1978 July 15

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Identifier: B098.01.0002.00037
Abstract Bessie (Mrs. William) Katchen recounts her life in a Russian village and her emigration to America, alone at the age of 14. She settled in Boston, Mass. and worked in poor conditions in a shoe factory. She talks about coming to Denver, Colo. and her life in early Denver. She also discusses the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society where her uncle was a patient. She married William Katchen and after World War I became a citizen so she could bring her mother to the United States. She also talks...
Dates: 1978 July 15
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / General / Box 2

Oral History Interview with Deena Spivak Strauss, 1982 March 13

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Identifier: B098.01.0004.00090
Abstract

Deena Spivak Strauss discusses her early life and her father Dr. Charles Spivak, a founder, medical advisor, and executive secretary of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). She also talks about the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society and her travels as a field worker for JCRS.

Dates: 1982 March 13
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / General / Box 4

Oral History Interview with Dorothy Atler, 1992 September 18

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Identifier: B098.01.0006.00150
Abstract "Dorothy Atler (née Robinson) recounts experiences of her childhood, growing up on the family-owned Robinson farm, and her memories of visits to downtown Denver, Colo. and of later living in Denver. She describes meeting her future husband, Noah Atler, and talks about his involvement in civic and religious organizations. This involvement included a boys' summer camp that he personally sponsored for underprivileged children, as well as the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). She...
Dates: 1992 September 18
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / General / Box 6

Oral History Interview with Phillip Hornbein, Jr., 1981 May 9

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Identifier: B098.01.0004.00095
Abstract "Philip Hornbein, Jr. talks about his father, Philip Hornbein, Sr. He describes his father's parents, immigrants from Eastern Europe in the 1870s and his siblings, as well as his father's education in Denver, Colo. He details legal cases his father handled while an attorney in Denver, including his efforts against the Ku Klux Klan. His father was born in New York City and attended the University of Denver, School of Law, graduating in 1902. Philip Hornbein, Jr. describes his father's role in...
Dates: 1981 May 9
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B098, Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection / General / Box 4

Patient Cabinet Cards, circa 1910

 File
Identifier: B002.04.0360.0003
Scope and Contents

Sixteen cabinet cards that belonged to patients or are of patients. The photographs are not identified.

Dates: circa 1910
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B002, Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records / Photographs / Box 360

Patient Photographs, 1904-1955

 File
Identifier: B002.04.0360.0002
Scope and Contents

Unidentified photographs that belonged to patients and photographs of patients.

Dates: 1904-1955
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B002, Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records / Photographs / Box 360

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