Skip to main content

Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 3275 Collections and/or Records:

Recreation Room at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1947

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0003.00073
Abstract

Recreation room in the main building, on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.

Dates: circa 1947

Refugee Boy with Memorial Prayer at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1947

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0035.00064
Abstract

A boy refugee at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The boy is reading a memorial prayer that is written in Hebrew, while laying on his bed. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.

Dates: circa 1947

Refugee Boy with Memorial Prayer at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1947

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0035.00066
Abstract

A boy refugee at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The boy is reading a memorial prayer that is written in Hebrew, while laying on his bed. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.

Dates: circa 1947

Remodeling of the New York Building at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1946

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0003.00064
Abstract

The New York Building during remodeling, on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.

Dates: circa 1946

Report of the Medical Examiner, 1916 August 4

 Item
Identifier: B002.01.0112.0142.00002
Abstract

Report of the Medical Examiner stating Ida Malbin is suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.

Dates: 1916 August 4

Report of the Twenty-third Annual Convention of JCRS, 1927

 Item
Identifier: B002.05.01.0199.0024.00001
Abstract

Report of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) annual meeting held on March 20-23, 1927, and its operations and finances for the period beginning January 1, 1926, and ending December 31, 1926; Dr. Philip Hillkowitz was the Society's President, and C.D. Spivak the Secretary. Includes text of speakers' addresses and officers' reports and statistical data about the patients in 1926. Published as volume 22, number 2 (April, May, June 1927) of The Sanatorium.

Dates: 1927

Restored Tent at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1979 September

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0019.00018
Abstract

A restored tent cottage with two unidentified people standing in the entrance, at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1979 September

Risk, 2013 March

 Item
Identifier: B354.01.0005.00009
Abstract

Art book with dark grey textured softcover, white pages and black type; written, designed and created by Marcus Jessen student in Martin Mendelsberg's Visual Sequencing class at Rocky Mountain School of Art and Design. Inspired by the file of Samuel Marcus a tuberculosis patient at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, #8377.

Dates: 2013 March

Rosche Schwartz's Application for Admission to JCRS, 1911 September 9

 Item
Identifier: B002.01.0104.0146.00001
Abstract Application form of Rosche Schwartz for admission as a patient to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. She was age 43 at the time of the application. She was born in Russia and immigrated to the United States in February, 1911. She lived in Seattle, Washington when she contracted tuberculosis. She had been sick for three years upon her arrival to Denver, Colorado. She was married and had three children. Her occupation states she worked as a housewife. The verso of the application states...
Dates: 1911 September 9

Rose Barkar's Application for Admittance to JCRS, 1906 June 27

 Item
Identifier: B002.01.0097.0166.00001
Abstract Application of admittance to JCRS filled out by hand in ink for Rose Barkan. Information on form includes his age, birth place, occupation, residence, marital status, nearest relatives, and signed by Rose Barkan. At the bottom of the page there is a stamp in blue ink that states "Received Jun 27 1906, Accepted Jun 28 1906, Admitted Jun 30 1906". The back of the form has a section entitled "Report of Medical Advisory Board, and Report of Executive Committe" that is not filled out. There is...
Dates: 1906 June 27