Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)
Found in 5978 Collections and/or Records:
Bob Hope at a Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Convention, circa 1945
Bob Hope at a Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Convention, circa 1945
Bookbinding at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1940s
Postcard of patients learning bookbinding as part of their rehabilitation 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.
Box 1, 1947
Program honoring Charles Miller 1947, two framed photos of Charles Miller and others at a banquet, presumably the 43rd Anniversary Dinner the program is from.
Box 1, 1934-1953
Henry J. Schwartz was born in Russia and came to New York with his parents. He settled in Denver in 1895 and married Mollie K. Kohn in 1898. Henry Schwartz was an original member of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society board of directors and served as president and vice president of the JCRS. He was also a member of the Town Club. Much of the scrapbook has clipplings on the JCRS, but also on politics, Temple Emanuel, and obituaries.
Box 1, 1992
box contains one [1] file folder from the publications series, which holds a Book Peddler article authored by Jeanne Abrams entitled "The Magic Mountain of the West".
Box 2, circa 1920-1957
One oversized photo from a 1937 banquet honoring Charles Miller, two mounted photos, miscellaneous photos, scrapbook.
Box 26, 1962-1964
Papers of the Auxiliaries of the JCRS.
Box 31, 1964-1965
Papers of the Auxiliaries of the JCRS.
Box 35, 1924-1971
General Papers of the JCRS.