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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 430 Collections and/or Records:

Jake Ascher: Between Night and Day, 2010

 Item
Identifier: B354.01.0005.00017
Abstract

Art book with black softcover with square window cutout, white colored pages and black type; written, designed and created by Annalisa Kleinschmidt a student in Martin Mendelsberg's Visual Sequencing class at Rocky Mountain School of Art and Design. Inspired by the file of Jake Ascher a tuberculosis patient at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, #2078. Book is in a box along with photographs and negatives used in the book.

Dates: 2010

JCRS Campus, circa 1940

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Identifier: B002.04.0345.0002.00001
Abstract

Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) campus as viewed from the air. 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. In 1954 the institution changed its mission to cancer research and became the American Medical Center (AMC Cancer Research Center).

Dates: circa 1940

JCRS Isaac Solomon Historic Synagogue Foundation Records

 Collection
Identifier: B353
Abstract The Isaac Solomon Historic Synagogue Foundation was founded in 2001 with a mission to restore the Beth Jacob Synagogue building and a tent structure on the former campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) in Lakewood, Colorado. The Foundation was dissolved in 2013 due to financial challenges. This collection shows the process and challenges of historic preservation. Collection contains correspondence, architectural and construction information, historical background materials,...
Dates: circa 1957-2012

JCRS Patient #1977 Jacob Alterman, 1911 October 4 - 1911 October 22

 File
Identifier: B002.01.0104.0163
Abstract

JCRS Patient number 1977. Patient application, correspondence, handwritten letters, receipts, bills.

Dates: 1911 October 4 - 1911 October 22

JCRS Patient #2233 Joseph Abramson, 1912 May 21 - 1912 October 26

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Identifier: B002.01.0106.0002
Abstract

JCRS Patient #2233. Patient application, correspondence, handwritten letters, receipts, bills.

Dates: 1912 May 21 - 1912 October 26

JCRS Patient #3430 Max Beckerman, 1915 November 4 - 1916 May 14

 File
Identifier: B002.01.0111.0119
Abstract

JCRS Patient #3430. Patient application, correspondence, handwritten letters, receipts, and bills.

Dates: 1915 November 4 - 1916 May 14

JCRS Patient #3704 Ida Malbin, 1916 August 3 - 1916 October 27

 File
Identifier: B002.01.0112.0142
Abstract

JCRS Patient File #3704 Ida Malbin. Folder contains application and correspondence. After release from the sanatorium patient went to the Denver Sheltering Home.

Dates: 1916 August 3 - 1916 October 27

Jennie Batchofsky's Application for Admission to JCRS, 1911 September 14

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0154.00001
Abstract Application form of Jennie Batchofsky for admission as a patient to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. She was age 27 at the time of the application. She was born in Russia and immigrated to the United States in 1905. She lived in Brooklyn, New York when she contracted tuberculosis. She had been sick for two years upon her arrival to Denver, Colorado. She was married and had one child. Her occupation states she worked as a housewife. She was in the Metropolitan Hospital of New York...
Dates: 1911 September 14

Jewish Benevolence, Panel 1, 2001

 Item — Object B297.02.01.00036: Series B297.02
Identifier: B297.02.01.00036
Abstract

One of 12 exhibit display panels from the exhibit "Blazing the Trail: Denver's Jewish Pioneers." Panel titled "Jewish Benevolence" features more historical information and includes National Jewish Hospital, Francis Wisebart Jacobs, and JCRS.

Dates: Other: 2001

Joseph Loebel's Application for Admission to JCRS, 1910 March 25

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Identifier: B002.01.0102.0104.00001
Abstract Application form of Joseph Loebel for admission as a patient to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. He was age 26 at the time of the application. He immigrated to the U.S. from Austria in 1902. He lived in Hartford, Connecticut for 8 years where he contracted tuberculosis. He has also been sick for 1 year. He was married and had one child. He also belonged to the Hartford Lodge #287 O.B.A. The verso of the application states he was admitted on May 11, 1910 and left on february 2,...
Dates: 1910 March 25