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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Beck Archives Clippings File Collection

 Collection
Identifier: B113
Abstract Intentionaly created collection to keep newspaper clippings about Jews in the west. Some of the people and organizations are also in other collections. The articles contain miscellaneous clippings and articles about Jews in the Rocky Mountain west, primarily from the Rocky Mountain News, the Intermountain Jewish News (IJN) and the Denver Post. Some of the articles are from a column, "Out of the Past," written by Mike Zelinger that appeared in the IJN. Also included is the Century Edition of...
Dates: 1913-2013

Box 31, 1964-1965

 File — Box B002.07.0031: Series B002.07 [Barcode: U186020744925]
Identifier: B002.07.0031
Abstract

Papers of the Auxiliaries of the JCRS.

Dates: 1964-1965

Excerpts from Oral History Interview with Ben and Bess Glass (for Slide Show), 1978 October

 Item
Identifier: B098.01.0003.00049
Abstract "Ben and Bessie Glass, a couple who met while young patients of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) in the 1930s, recount their memories of living at the institution while recovering from tuberculosis. They discuss the somewhat unsuccessful attempts of the staff to segregate the younger boys and girls who were patients there. They also describe the institution's efforts to provide rehabilitation in all aspects of the patients' lives, for example by providing the opportunity to...
Dates: 1978 October

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

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

Newspaper Clippings and Articles, 1913-2013

 Series
Identifier: B113.01
Abstract

Miscellaneous clippings and articles about Jews in the Rocky Mountain west, primarily from the Rocky Mountain News, the Intermountain Jewish News (IJN) and the Denver Post. Some of the articles are from a column, "Out of the Past," written by Mike Zelinger that appeared in the IJN. Also included is the Century Edition of the IJN, 1913-2013.

Dates: 1913-2013

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

Photograph of Ray Shapiro, 1899

 Item
Identifier: B286.01.0001.0001.00001
Abstract

Mrs. Aaron (Ray) Shapiro seated in a chair with a book in her lap. The formal portrait consists of a mounted black & white photograph.

Dates: 1899