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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 3177 Collections and/or Records:

Excerpts from Oral History Interview with Ben and Bess Glass (for Slide Show), 1978 October

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Identifier: B098.01.0003.00049
Abstract "Ben and Bessie Glass, a couple who met while young patients of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) in the 1930s, recount their memories of living at the institution while recovering from tuberculosis. They discuss the somewhat unsuccessful attempts of the staff to segregate the younger boys and girls who were patients there. They also describe the institution's efforts to provide rehabilitation in all aspects of the patients' lives, for example by providing the opportunity to...
Dates: 1978 October

Falsetto: Isaac Victor's Tragic Melody, 2009

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Identifier: B354.01.0004.00001
Abstract

Art book with hard black cover, written and designed by Autumn Rae Wallace, a student in Martin Mendelsberg's Visual Sequencing class at Rocky Mountain School of Art and Design. Based on the life of Isaac Victor, a tuberculosis patient at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society.

Dates: 2009

Fanny Reeder's Application for Admission to JCRS, 1911 September 14

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0153.00001
Abstract Application form of Fanny Reeder for admission as a patient to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. She was age 24 at the time of the application. She was born in Russia and immigrated to the United States in 1905. She lived in Chicago when she contracted tuberculosis. She had been sick for twelve months upon her arrival to Denver, Colorado. She was divorced. Her occupation states she worked as a tailor. The verso of the application states she was admitted on October 16, 1911, and was...
Dates: 1911 September 14

First Annual Report, 1905

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Identifier: B002.05.01.0387.0001
Abstract

This folder contains 3 copies of the First Annual Report of the JCRS. Two of the copies have green covers and the third has a brown cover and is sligtly smaller.

Dates: 1905

Former patients in Ford Country Sedan ex-patient vehicle, circa 1930-1939

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Identifier: B002.04.0215.0174.00001
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: circa 1930-1939

Game, Set, Match: The Life of James Ortner, 2010

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Identifier: B354.01.0001.00017
Abstract

Art book with a black hard cover, written and designed by Casidy Boyd, a student in Martin Mendelsberg's Visual Sequencing class at Rocky Mountain School of Art and Design. Based on the life of James Ortner, a tuberculosis patient at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society.

Dates: 2010

Girls Performing at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1930-1950

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00040
Abstract

Three unknown girls dressed as cowgirls, performing for 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: between 1930-1950

Group Photographs, 1904-1950

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Identifier: B002.04.0360.0005
Scope and Contents

Photographs of patients, staff, and Boards, including photographs of Dr. Hilkowitz in World War I uniform.

Dates: 1904-1950

Group Portrait Taken at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1904-1920

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00049
Abstract

An unidentified group of people 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.

Dates: between 1904-1920

Heliotherapy at the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (JCRS), circa 1930

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Identifier: B002.04.0345.0003.00001
Abstract

Male patients receiving heliotherapy lay in beds pushed out on the verandahs of the Main Building for Men 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 of Denver.

Dates: circa 1930