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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 179 Collections and/or Records:

Portrait of Dr. Charles Spivak, 1926 September 10

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Identifier: B063.03.0003.00006
Abstract

Formal head and shoulders portrait of Denver physician Dr. Charles Spivak, who served as executive secretary of the Jewish Consumptives Relief Society from 1904 until his death in 1927.

Dates: 1926 September 10

Portrait of Dr. Louis I. Miller, between 1900-1930

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00010
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Copy photograph of a portrait of Dr. Louis I. Miller.

Dates: between 1900-1930

Portrait of Louis Robinson, between 1910-1923

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00023
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Louis Robinson, a personality associated with 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 1910-1923

Poultry Farm at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1910-1940

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00025
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The poultry farm of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). An unidentified man in overalls is standing on the right, feeding a flock of chickens. 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 1910-1940

Poultry Farm at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1910-1940

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00003
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The poultry farm of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). In 1924 the poultry farm moved to the Rudi Home, which served as an annex to the JCRS until there was room at the campus. 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 1910-1940

Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Convention of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1923

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Identifier: B002.05.01.0199.0018.00001
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Part 1 of the report of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) annual meeting held on June 9 and 12, 1923; Dr. Philip Hillkowitz was the Society's President, and C.D. Spivak was the Secretary. Includes text of officers' addresses and reports for 1922; Financials and statistics are recorded in part 2 of the annual report and not in this section. Published as volume 17, number 2 (April, May, June 1923) of The Sanatorium.

Dates: 1923

Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Convention of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1923

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Identifier: B002.05.01.0199.0019.00001
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Part 2 of the report of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) annual meeting held June 9 and 12, 1923; Dr. Philip Hillkowitz was the Society's President, and C.D. Spivak was the Secretary. Includes statistical data about the patients in 1922 and a report of the Society's expenditures. Published as volume 17, number 3 (July, August, September 1923) of The Sanatorium.

Dates: 1923

Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Convention of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1924

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Identifier: B002.05.01.0199.0021.00001
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Part 2 of the report of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) annual meeting held on May 30-June 2, 1924; Dr. Philip Hillkowitz was the Society's President, and C.D. Spivak was the Secretary. Includes 20-year statistical data about patients from 1904-1923, and a report of the Society's expenditures. Published as Volume 18, Number 4 (October, November, December 1924) of The Sanatorium.

Dates: 1924

Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Convention of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society of Denver, Colorado, 1924

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Identifier: B002.05.01.0199.0020.00001
Abstract Part 1 of the report of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) annual meeting held on May 30-June 2, 1924; Dr. Philip Hillkowitz was the Society's President, and C.D. Spivak was the Secretary. Includes text of officers' addresses and reports, portraits of convention committee chairs, and medical statistics about the patients in 1923. Includes text of convention sessions, a photograph of a meeting with U.S. Senator Royal S. Copeland that includes Morris Garfinkle, Harry Sherby, Abram...
Dates: 1924

Purim Costume Party at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1925 March 10

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Identifier: B002.04.0215.0054.00001
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A costume party at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) held for patients. Parties were often given for patients of the JCRS as a form of recreation while they recovered from tuberculosis. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish working men 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: 1925 March 10