Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)
Found in 423 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from W. Willner to C.D. Spivak, 1910 June 3
Handwritten letter from Rev. W. Willner to C.D. Spivak. Willner informs Spivak that Mr. Hyman Daily will, or already has called Spivak because Daily is applying to be admitted to JCRS. Willner tells Spivak he needs hospital care immediately and whatever Spivak can do for Daily will be much appreciated. Willner tells Spivak he would have written sooner from home, but had to leave quickly for a reunion.
Letter from Werbelovsky to C.D. Spivak, 1911 September 7
Letter from Y. Cohen to C.D. Spivak, 1911 September 25
Handwritten letter from Mrs. Yetta Cohen to C.D. Spivak. Yetta thanks Spivak for the kindness he has shown her son. She admits that it has been impossible to provide her son with the care and attention he needs because her own health has been poor and she is under a doctor’s order as well. She hopes that JCRS has a happy new year.
Letter to Dr. C. D. Spivak, 1916 October 23
Letter to Dr. C. D. Spivak from the JCRS superintendent that the Malbin children are not a danger to infection the other children at the Sheltering home and that he had informed Mrs. Fannie Lorber.
Letter to Dr. C. D. Spivak, 1916 October 27
Letter to Dr. C. D. Spivak from JCRS superintendent that Ida Malbin had been transferred to the Denver Sheltering Home.
Letter to Rabbi A. B. Rhine, 1916 October 11
Letter to Rabbi A. B. Rhine from JCRS informing him that Dora Malbin and her two children, Ida and Sammy, have been admitted to the JCRS.
Letter to Secretary Mr. N. Halpern, 1916 October 23
Letter to Secretary Mr. N. Halpern from Dr. Spivak at the JCRS stating the Malbin children, Ida and Sammy, are free of infectious disease.
Letter to Superintendent Dr. M. I. Marshak, 1916 October 20
Letter to Superintendent Dr. M. I. Marshak of the JCRS asking for his opinion as to if the Malbin children are well enough to go to the Denver Sheltering Home.
Main Building With Tower of Hope at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1922
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.
Map Showing Numbers and Origins of Patients, circa 1937
Map of the United States drawn on cardboard indicates the locality by state and country and the numbers of patients treated since the opening of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society in Denver, Colorado from September 8, 1904 to October 1, 1937. The sanatorium treated 7502 patients by 1937. Map includes patients from Canada and Panama.