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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Box 361 (plaque, Isaac Victor Articles), 1920, 1948

 File — Box B002.0361: Series B002.13 [Barcode: U186023244518]
Identifier: B002.13.0361
Scope and Contents

Contains wood plaque with newspaper articles about Isadore (Isaac) Jacobs who was accused of killing a nurse in 1920 and certificate "In Memory of Dr. Philip Hillkowitz" by the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, May 12, 1948.

Dates: 1920, 1948

Box 363, circa 1906-1955

 File — Box B002.04.0363: Series B002.04 [Barcode: U186023257870]
Identifier: B002.04.0363
Abstract

3 unframed and 2 framed black and white photos of hostpital grounds, patients, nurses and a banquet of the Jewish Consumptives Relief Society.

Dates: circa 1906-1955

Box 364, circa 1906-1920

 File — Box B002.04.0364: Series B002.04 [Barcode: U186023257888]
Identifier: B002.04.0364
Abstract

2 framed black and white photographs. One shows two patients in bed with a nurse and doctor. The other shows a patient on an examination table with a nurse and a doctor.

Dates: circa 1906-1920

Box 389, 1930-1964

 File — Box B002.01.0389: Series B002.01 [Barcode: U186023282891]
Identifier: B002.01.0389
Scope and Contents

Box contains a Visitors' Register book from JCRS beginning in January 1930 and ending in March 1964.

Dates: 1930-1964

Group Photographs, 1904-1950

 File
Identifier: B002.04.0360.0005
Scope and Contents

Photographs of patients, staff, and Boards, including photographs of Dr. Hilkowitz in World War I uniform.

Dates: 1904-1950

Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: B002
Abstract The Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society was known as the JCRS and was founded in Denver, Colorado in 1904 as a non-sectarian sanatorium to treat tuberculosis (TB) patients, free of charge, in all stages of the disease. The society was one of the leading tuberculosis sanatoria in the country at the turn of the century founded by a group of immigrant Eastern European Jewish men, many of whom were themselves victims of TB. Headed by Dr. Charles Spivak as Secretary (1904-1927) and by Dr....
Dates: 1897-1989; Majority of material found within 1904-1973

Oral History Interview with Henry "Ruby" Rubenstein, 1979 April 2

 Item
Identifier: B098.01.0002.00043
Abstract

Interview covers Henry (aka Ruby) Rubenstein's arrival in Denver from Russia by himself at the age of 14. He was also a patient at JCRS and later an employee. He talks about his memories of Dr. Charles Spivak, patients, living and working at JCRS and JCRS events.

Dates: 1979 April 2

Visitors' Register, January 1930-March 1964

 Item
Identifier: B002.01.0389.00001
Abstract

This is a bound "Visitors' Register" ledger book of the visitors that came to see patients at the Jewish Consumptives Relief Society (JCRS) hospital. The book lists visitors' information, including the date, their name, street address, and city. The register starts in January of 1930 and ends in March of 1964. The names of patients that the visitors were there to see is not included in the ledger. This JCRS visitor register is a large, bound book.

Dates: January 1930-March 1964

Yiddish Scrap, 1926 July 4

 File
Identifier: B002.06.0360.0016
Abstract

Part of a note vound in wall of tent prior to restoration of tent in 2007. The tent was re-dedicated to the Judd family on December 16, 2007. There is an English translation.

Dates: 1926 July 4