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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Box 372, 1935

 File — Object B002.04.0372: Series B002.04 [Barcode: U186023257969]
Identifier: B002.04.0372
Abstract

20th Annual Convention of the J.C.R.S. of Denver, Colorado at the White House in Washington, D.C. on May 30, 1924.

Dates: 1935

Box 373, 1937

 File — Frame B002.04.0373: Series B002.04 [Barcode: U186023257985]
Identifier: B002.04.0373
Abstract

1 framed color photo of the J.C.R.S. campus from 1937 with tents for patients.

Dates: 1937

Box 374, 1906

 File — Frame B002.04.0374: Series B002.04 [Barcode: U186023257993]
Identifier: B002.04.0374
Abstract

Large framed black and white photo of J.C.R.S. campus showing building and tents from 1906.

Dates: 1906

Box 375, circa 1920

 File — Frame B002.04.0375: Series B002.04 [Barcode: U186023258004]
Identifier: B002.04.0375
Abstract

Large framed black and white photo of a group in front of a building at J.C.R.S. in the 1920's.

Dates: circa 1920

Box 376, 1925

 File — Frame B002.04.0376: Series B002.04 [Barcode: U186023258012]
Identifier: B002.04.0376
Abstract

Large framed black and white panoramic photograph of the JCRS Sanatorium in Denver, Colorado in 1925.

Dates: 1925

Box 378, circa 1910

 File — Frame B002.04.0378: Series B002.04 [Barcode: U186023258038]
Identifier: B002.04.0378
Abstract

Large framed black and white photograph of a pharmasist in front of bottles of medicine.

Dates: circa 1910

Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: B002
Abstract The Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society was known as the JCRS and was founded in Denver, Colorado in 1904 as a non-sectarian sanatorium to treat tuberculosis (TB) patients, free of charge, in all stages of the disease. The society was one of the leading tuberculosis sanatoria in the country at the turn of the century founded by a group of immigrant Eastern European Jewish men, many of whom were themselves victims of TB. Headed by Dr. Charles Spivak as Secretary (1904-1927) and by Dr....
Dates: 1897-1989; Majority of material found within 1904-1973

NJH, JCRS, and Denver B'nai B'rith, 1906-1919

 File
Identifier: B171.01.0001.0004
Abstract

Contains correspondence between the Industrial Removal Office in New York and National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives, the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, and the Colorado IRO Bureau of the Denver B'nai B'rith.

Dates: 1906-1919

Perpetual bed endowment in memory of Tillie Lesser by her husband Leo Lesser, undated

 Item
Identifier: B002.04.0215.0178.00003
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains a photo album, photographs, bulletin pages, drawings, lithographs, and contact sheets of the campus and buildings, patients and family, staff and volunteers, auxiliaries and conventions, and activities connected with the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society and the AMC Cancer Research Center.

Dates: undated