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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 582 Collections and/or Records:

Isidor Bronfin, M.D. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B174
Abstract Isidor D. Bronfin was born in 1886 in Russia and migrated to the United States in 1902. He earned a medical degree from the University of the State of New York in 1911--the same year that he became a U.S. citizen. Bronfin was a noted authority on tuberculosis treatment and authored several publications on the topic. Within the Colorado medical community and at the national level, he served in a number of leadership roles including medical director of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief...
Dates: 1911-1939

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

 Item
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 #1314 Harry Schlachman, 1909-1911

 File
Identifier: B002.01.0102.0047
Abstract

Patient #1314. This folder contains application and correspondence.

Dates: 1909-1911

JCRS Patient #1773 See #2398 Israel Fleischman, undated

 File
Identifier: B002.01.0104.0019
Abstract

JCRS patient #1773. This file is undated and contains one note, no additional documents.

Dates: undated

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