Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)
Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:
Employee Chanukah Party at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1947
Event at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, November 22, 1925
Isidore Hurwitz Library of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1930-1940
Interior of the Isidore Hurwitz Library at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Unidentified men and women are seated around various tables and reading materials. 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.
James Roosevelt Visiting a Patient at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1940-1960
JCRS Patient #3704 Ida Malbin, 1916 August 3 - 1916 October 27
JCRS Patient File #3704 Ida Malbin. Folder contains application and correspondence. After release from the sanatorium patient went to the Denver Sheltering Home.
Kitchen Staff of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1940-1960
The kitchen staff 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.
Legacy of Healing Exhibit (History Colorado)
In 2019, The Legacy of Healing exhibit was installed at the Colorado History museum. Professor Jeanne Abrams, Curator of the Beck Archives at DU University Libraries, and her staff and History Colorado staff created and installed the exhibit. The collection consists of exhibit panels, wall images and labels, planning documents and digital images.
Mickey Marks with Fellow Patient of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1928
Bertha ''Mickey'' Marks (right) sits on the curbstone with an unidentified fellow patient at the center of JCRS near the Star of David flower bed 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. It was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside Denver.
Oral History Interview with Ben and Bessie Glass, 1978 October 22-1979 August 1
Ben and Bessie Glass both came to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) as patients in 1928. Bessie Glass was treated for six years. They met in the hospital and married in 1931. Ben Glass was a printer at the JCRS bindery from 1928 through 1978. They discuss how the JCRS was like a large family of young adults from all over the country and talk about what life was like at the JCRS. They also talk about the transition from JCRS to AMC Cancer Center.
Oral History Interview with Ida Riskind, 1980 October 15
Topics covered: Lifelong career with the auxiliaries of JCRS and later at the AMC Research Center and Hospital.