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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:

Scrapbook Page from Edward Bronfin, between 1911-1940

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0036.00054
Abstract

Scrapbook page from Edward Bonfin containing six photographs relating to the family of Dr. Isidore Bronfin, superintendent at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society and National Jewish Hospital. circa 1920-1940.

Dates: between 1911-1940

Solomon Herbert Bassow, 1894-circa 1980

 File
Identifier: B111.01.0001.0021
Abstract

Born in Russia, Bassow emigrated to New York in 1906, eventually moving to Wyoming where his family briefly were homesteaders and he taught in a one-room schoolhouse. Later he graduated from the University of Colorado Medical School.

Dates: 1894-circa 1980

Spivak Family Papers and Art

 Collection
Identifier: B250
Abstract Dr. Charles Spivak was born in Russia in 1861 and died in Denver, Colorado in 1927. He arrived in New York City in 1882 and graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1893, Charles Spivak married Jennie Charsky. Because of Jennie's poor health the Spivaks moved to Denver in 1896. Dr. Spivak was a co-founder of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) and was the executive secretary from 1904 until 1927. Haim David Spivak, son of Dr. Charles and Jennie...
Dates: 1861-2010

Staff Banquet, 1927

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00055
Abstract

Several men in tuxedos sit around a u-shaped table at a JCRS staff banquet in honor of Dr. Isidore Bronfin. Dr. Philip Hillkowitz, Dr. Charles Spivak, and Dr. Isador Bronfin sit center. 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.

Dates: 1927

World War I Portrait of Dr. Charles Spivak, between 1914-1925

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00018
Abstract

Dr. Charles D. Spivak in his military uniform. Dr. Spivak took a leave of absence from the JCRS to serve as a special U.S. medical commissioner in war-torn Europe. He was officially a representative of the Jewish Distribution Committee to provide relief to Jewish refugees.

Dates: between 1914-1925