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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 203 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from JCRS to Jacob Schoen, Independent Order Brith Abraham, 1906 June 1

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Identifier: B002.01.0097.0088.00004
Abstract A typed letter from President Philip Hillkowitz, JCRS, to Jacob Schoen, of the United States Grand Lodge Independent Order Brith Abraham, in response to Mr. Schoen's letter of recommendation for Jacob Goldstein. President Hillkowitz writes that JCRS cannot accept Mr. Goldstein because he is not a sufferer of consumption. In addition he states that he regrets Mr. Goldstein was sent to Denver with no means to support himself. The letter is unsigned with the word "President" typed at the...
Dates: 1906 June 1

Letter from Philip Hillkowitz, JCRS, to Erste Stanislauer Lodge, 1906 June 15

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Identifier: B002.01.0097.0088.00008
Abstract A typed letter from President Philip Hillkowitz, JCRS, to Mr. M. Fingerey, Erste Stanislauer Lodge, concerning Jacob Goldstein. President Hillkowitz writes that JCRS had Jacob Goldstein get his meals at JCRS and that Mr. Goldstein took that opportunity to camp at the premise and seizing a temorarily empty bed for nine days. He continues that Mr. Goldstein had been asked to leave and he hopes the Lodge will begin sending Mr. Goldstein assistance. The letter is unsigned with the word...
Dates: 1906 June 15

Letter from Philip Hillkowitz, JCRS, to Erste Stanislauer Lodge, 1906 June 28

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Identifier: B002.01.0097.0088.00010
Abstract

A typed letter from President Philip Hillkowitz, JCRS, to M. Fingerey, Erste Stanislauer Lodge, concerning Jacob Goldstein. President Hillkowitz writes that JCRS has assisted Jacob Goldstein and asks that the Lodge pay the bill of $5. The letter is unsigned with the word "President" typed at the bottom.

Dates: 1906 June 28

Letter from Philip Hillkowitz, JCRS, to Jacob Schoen, Independent Order Brith Abraham, 1906 June 15

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Identifier: B002.01.0097.0088.00009
Abstract A two page typed letter from President Philip Hillkowitz, JCRS, to Jacob Schoen, Independent Order Brith Abraham, concerning Jacob Goldstein. President Hillkowitz writes that JCRS had Jacob Goldstein get his meals at JCRS and that Mr. Goldstein took that opportunity to camp at the premise and seizing a temorarily empty bed for nine days. He continues that he has asked local charities to assist Mr. Goldstein. The letter is unsigned with the word "President" typed at the bottom. The second...
Dates: 1906 June 15

Letter of Recommendation, 1906 May 7

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Identifier: B002.01.0097.0088.00002
Abstract

A handwritten letter from M. A. Cohn, M. D. on his personal letterhead to Dr. Spivak. Dr. Cohn writes that the bearer [Jacob Goldstein] suffers from chronic asthma and Bright's disease and asks that Dr. Spivak help him find a location for treatment.

Dates: 1906 May 7

Main Building With Tower of Hope at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1922

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Identifier: B002.04.0345.0002.00003
Abstract

The main building for men with the Tower of Hope 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 working men along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.

Dates: circa 1922

Major Operating Room at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1950

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Identifier: B063.03.0003.00036
Abstract

Interior of the major operating room used for collapsed lungs 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: between 1920-1950

May Arno Schwatt Theater Company, 1914

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Identifier: B296.01.0001.00001.00036.00001
Abstract May Arno Schwatt and her traveling theater company. May Arno Schatt was the sister-in-law of Dr. Charles Spivak, a founder and executive director of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Schwatt and her theater company performed at the JCRS. She was born in Pitava, Russia to Saul and Chaya Shamus Charsky. Her mother died when she was young and she immigrated to America with a sister in the early 1880s to join her father and older sister Jennie Charsky at the Rosenheym Jewish...
Dates: 1914

Memorial Plaques of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1960

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00053
Abstract

Memorial plaques 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: between 1920-1960

Milk Clarifier at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief SocietyAerial View of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society's Campus, between 1920-1930

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Identifier: B063.03.0003.00071
Abstract

A milk clarifier that was part of the farm 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: between 1920-1930