Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)
Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
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 Sarah and Julius Meer, 1983 April 25
Daughter of Abrahm & Fannie Vear Juddlowitz from Lithuania, came to Denver. Family had 7 boys and 2 girls. Interview covers activities in Denver, JCRS, Ex-Patients home and BMH.
Oral History Interview with Saralee Pollock Shaper, 1978 June 13
Interview covers Saralee's Presidency of National Jewish Council of Jewish Women and the Council's activities, Saralee's childhood in Denver and adult life.
Photograph of Ray Shapiro, 1899
Mrs. Aaron (Ray) Shapiro seated in a chair with a book in her lap. The formal portrait consists of a mounted black & white photograph.
Ruth Cluff, 1978-1979
Ruth Cluff (1912-1990), wrote an account of her grandmother Devoira Brox Lassett's (1864-1940) immigration to the United States from Poland in 1890. Cluff's mother Bertha came to Denver from New York in 1927 to receive treatment for Tuberculosis at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society.
Some Magpies, 1926
Dena Geller, Fanny Spector, Fanny Darefsky Cohen, and Mimie Ginsberg Heller stand in a row in front of a building at JCRS.
Unidentified Portraits, circa 1915
Contains 11 folders with photographs in box with 29 folders from series 4 through 8 and 10.
Wrapped Object 4, 2019
Contains three exhibit panels from the Legacy of Healing exhibit at History Colorado: To Serve the Need of Every Creed (Rose Hospital); Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society with image of heliotherapy; and The Spark: Frances Wisebart Jacobs with image of Frances Jacobs Hospital.