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Spivak, C. D. (Charles D.), 1861-1927

 Person

Biography

A Jewish Immigrant from Tsarist Russia, Spivak pursued medicine out of a desire to be of service to humanity. In 1896, when his wife Jennie showed signs of incipient tuberculosis, Spivak moved their young family to Denver to take advantage of Colorado’s reputation as the World’s Sanatorium. Spivak's concern for the indignant consumptives he saw flooding into the state led to his founding the Jewish Consumptives’ Relief Society (JCRS), a sanatorium dedicated to the care of all, even those in the advanced stages of TB. Spivak also ensured that the primarily Eastern European Jewish patients were cared for in an environment that respected their culture- unlike many such institutions, the JCRS featured a kosher kitchen and observed the Jewish Sabbath and holidays. Dr. Spivak was also an associate professor of medicine at the University of Denver from 1896-1901.

Citation:
Leḳsiḳon fun der nayer Yidisher liṭeraṭur, 1965 (Spiṿaḳ, Ḥayim; d. 10-16-1927; b. as Ḥayim-Ḥayḳl Spiṿaḳoṿsḳi; d. in Denver, Colorado) Yehoash. Idish ṿerṭerbukh, 1926: t.p. (Dr. Ḥayim Spiṿaḳ) t.p. verso (Dr. C. D. Spivak [in rom.]) Who's who in American Jewry, 1926 (Spivak, Charles; physician, author; b. 12-25-1861, Krementschug, Russia).

Found in 97 Collections and/or Records:

JCRS Patient #1967 #1585 and #1783 Max Stashower, 1910 September 19 - 1912 May 11

 File
Identifier: B002.01.0104.0156
Abstract

JCRS Patient #1967 #1585 and #1783. Patient application, correspondence, handwritten letters, receipts, bills.

Dates: 1910 September 19 - 1912 May 11

JCRS Patient #1969 See #2394, undated

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0157
Abstract

JCRS patient #1969. This file is undated and contains one note, no additional documents.

Dates: undated

JCRS Patient #1970 and #35 Benjamin Wigatow, 1911 September 21 - 1912 March 29

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0158
Abstract

JCRS patient #1970 and #35. Patient application, correspondence, handwritten letters, receipts, bills.

Dates: 1911 September 21 - 1912 March 29

JCRS Patient #1976 and #40 Sam Mendelson, 1911 September 26 - 1911 December 31

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0162
Abstract

JCRS Patient number 1976 and 40. Patient application, correspondence, handwritten letters, receipts, bills.

Dates: 1911 September 26 - 1911 December 31

JCRS Patient #2242 See #2373, undated

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Identifier: B002.01.0106.0010
Abstract

JCRS Patient #2242 see #2373. This file is undated and contains one note, no additional documents.

Dates: undated

Play Performed at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1925

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0011.00051
Abstract

Cast of a play written by the Bookbinding Department of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Dr. Charles Spivak is pictured close to the center of the photograph. 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: circa 1925

Void #1961 See Book, undated

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0147
Abstract

Void #1961. This file is undated and contains one note, no additional documents.

Dates: undated