Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)
Organization
Found in 381 Collections and/or Records:
Ignatz Greenberg's Application for Admission to JCRS, 1908 January 24
Item
Identifier: B002.01.0104.0150.00001
Abstract
Application form of Ignatz Greenberg for admission as a patient to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. He was age 45 at the time of the application. He was born in Roumania and immigrated to the United States in 1896. He lived in New York City when he contracted tuberculosis. He had been sick for eleven months upon his arrival to Denver, Colorado. He was married and had three children. His occupation states he worked as a peddler. The verso of the application states he was admitted on...
Dates:
1908 January 24
Ignatz Greenberg's Application for Admission to JCRS, 1911 September 12
Item
Identifier: B002.01.0104.0150.00023
Abstract
Second application form of Ignatz Greenberg for admission as a patient to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. He was age 42 at the time of this application. He was born in Roumania and immigrated to the United States in 1895. He lived in New York City when he contracted tuberculosis. He had been sick for five years upon his arrival to Denver, Colorado. He was married and had three children. His occupation states he worked as an operator. The verso of the application states he was...
Dates:
1911 September 12
Jennie Batchofsky's Application for Admission to JCRS, 1911 September 14
Item
Identifier: B002.01.0104.0154.00001
Abstract
Application form of Jennie Batchofsky for admission as a patient to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. She was age 27 at the time of the application. She was born in Russia and immigrated to the United States in 1905. She lived in Brooklyn, New York when she contracted tuberculosis. She had been sick for two years upon her arrival to Denver, Colorado. She was married and had one child. Her occupation states she worked as a housewife. She was in the Metropolitan Hospital of New York...
Dates:
1911 September 14
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
Joseph Loebel's Application for Admission to JCRS, 1910 March 25
Item
Identifier: B002.01.0102.0104.00001
Abstract
Application form of Joseph Loebel for admission as a patient to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. He was age 26 at the time of the application. He immigrated to the U.S. from Austria in 1902. He lived in Hartford, Connecticut for 8 years where he contracted tuberculosis. He has also been sick for 1 year. He was married and had one child. He also belonged to the Hartford Lodge #287 O.B.A. The verso of the application states he was admitted on May 11, 1910 and left on february 2,...
Dates:
1910 March 25
Julius Cohen's Application for Admission to JCRS, 1911 June 5
Item
Identifier: B002.01.0104.0164.00001
Abstract
Application form of Julius Cohen for admission as a patient to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. He was age 36 at the time of the application. He was born in the United States. He lived in New York City when he contracted tuberculosis. He had been sick for three years and five months upon his arrival to Denver, Colorado. He was married. His occupation states he worked as an engineer. He was in Ray Brook Hospital in New York City before applying for JCRS. The verso of the application...
Dates:
1911 June 5
Letter addresses to C.D. Spivak, 1916 September 17
Item
Identifier: B002.01.0104.0146.00050
Abstract
Letter addressed to C.D. Spivak. The letter is handwritten in Yiddish.
Dates:
1916 September 17
Letter from A. Stitch to C.D. Spivak, 1912 February 3
Item
Identifier: B002.01.0104.0159.00017
Abstract
Handwritten letter from A. Stitch to C.D. Spivak. Stitch enclosed a money order for $5.73. Stitch asks Spivak to send the trunk to S. Schmalansky in New York and send the key to him.
Dates:
1912 February 3
Letter from A. Stitch to C.D. Spivak, 1912 February 21
Item
Identifier: B002.01.0104.0159.00020
Abstract
Handwritten letter from A. Stitch to C.D. Spivak. Stitch tells Spivak that four weeks ago he sent money to have Herman Stitch’s trunk sent to New York. Stitch tells Spivak that he has not received an answer and would like Spivak to attend to the matter.
Dates:
1912 February 21
Letter from A. Stitch to C.D Spivak, 1912 January 2
Item
Identifier: B002.01.0104.0159.00012
Abstract
Handwritten letter from A. Stitch to C.D. Spivak. Stitch tells Spivak that he wrote to him three weeks ago asking for his son's trunk and belongings. Stitch asks Spivak to attend to his request.
Dates:
1912 January 2