Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Golda Meir and the Korngolds, 1914
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.
Oral History Interview with Ben and Bessie Glass, 1978 October 22-1979 August 1
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.
Oral History Interview with Deena Spivak Strauss, 1982 March 13
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.
Patient Cabinet Cards, circa 1910
Sixteen cabinet cards that belonged to patients or are of patients. The photographs are not identified.
Patient Photographs, 1904-1955
Unidentified photographs that belonged to patients and photographs of patients.
Unidentified Portraits, 1861-1910
A portrait of a man and a portrait of a woman encased in glass and a tin-type in a case of a Confederate soldier.