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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 3149 Collections and/or Records:

Note from J.A. Johnson, 1912 December 10

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0151.00031
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Note from J.A. Johnson stating he received $30.00 from JCRS for Schnoor's headstone.

Dates: 1912 December 10

Note from S.Y. to C.D. Spivak, 1912 January 25

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0151.00016
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Note from a doctor at the sanatorium with the initials S.Y. to C.D. Spivak. The doctor tells Spivak that Henry Schnoor's condition is bad and he recently had a hemorrhage. The doctor also tells Spivak that Dr. Schwatt thinks Schnoor will never be discharged.

Dates: 1912 January 25

Note Reference Mrs. Dora Malbin's File, 1916 August 8

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Identifier: B002.01.0112.0142.00004
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Note Referencing a letter in Mrs. Dora Malbin's File, Ida Malbin's mother.

Dates: 1916 August 8

Nurse with Patient in Wheelchair at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1930-1950

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00082
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A nurse pushing a female patient in a wheelchair 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. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.

Dates: between 1930-1950

Nurses and Patients at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1951 March 1

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00065
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A nurse with three female patients 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. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.

Dates: 1951 March 1

Obscured Faith: The Story of Ben and Bessie Glass, 2009

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Identifier: B354.01.0001.00001
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Art book with hard black cover written and designed by Carissa Samaras, a student in Martin Mendelsberg's Visual Sequencing class at Rocky Mountain School of Art and Design. Based on the lives of Ben and Bessie Glass, tuberculosis patients at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society.

Dates: 2009

Occupational Therapy at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1942 February 24

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00072
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Women patients receiving occupational therapy in the form of needlework or knitting 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. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.

Dates: 1942 February 24

On the Gate: One Prisoner's Stay at the JCRS, Summer 2005

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Identifier: B354.01.0005.00004
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Art book with burnt orange softcover and cream colored pages; written, designed and created by Tim Schafer, a student in Martin Mendelsberg's Visual Sequencing class at Rocky Mountain School of Art and Design. Inspired by the life of Myron Friede, a tuberculosis patient at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, #9568.

Dates: Summer 2005

Oral History Interview with Ben and Bessie Glass, 1978 October 22-1979 August 1

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Identifier: B098.08.0009.00001
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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.

Dates: 1978 October 22-1979 August 1

Oral History Interview with Henry "Ruby" Rubenstein, 1979 April 2

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Identifier: B098.01.0002.00043
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Interview covers Henry (aka Ruby) Rubenstein's arrival in Denver from Russia by himself at the age of 14. He was also a patient at JCRS and later an employee. He talks about his memories of Dr. Charles Spivak, patients, living and working at JCRS and JCRS events.

Dates: 1979 April 2