Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)
Organization
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Oral History Interview with Ben and Bessie Glass, 1978 October 22-1979 August 1
Item
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
Oral History Interview with Ben Blumberg, 1977 November 18
Item
Identifier: B098.05.0008.00003
Abstract
Topics covered: Family history, life in Denver, working for the Rocky Mountain News and starting the West End Press; B'nai B'rith and several other organizations: JCC, JCRS, Rose Medical Center, Allied Jewish Federation. Index in file B098.18.0022.0008.
Dates:
1977 November 18
Oral History Interview with Bessie Katchen, 1978 July 15
Item
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