Metowsky, Louis

Abstract Typed letter from Flora M. Glenn to C.D. Spivak. Glenn tells Spivak that Metowsky recently came to Chicago from a sanatorium in Milwaukee and his friends wish to send him back to Russia. Glenn asks for an official signature from someone at JCRS that also states the length of time Metowsky was admitted to JCRS for tuberculosis. The letter with a notary public’s seal from Spivak will help exempt Metowsky from military service that he is supposed to serve. Glenn also enclosed some stamps to...

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Handwritten letter from L. Metowsky to C.D. Spivak. Metowsky begins by thanking Spivak for his previous reply and kindness. He informs Spivak that he is in another sanatorium and not feeling well. He tells Spivak that he plans to go to Russia and needed his statement to serve in the army. He asks Spivak if it would be advisable to go to Russia and thanks him again. He signs the letter, “Louis J. Metowsky” with his address from Chicago at the bottom.

Abstract Handwritten letter from L. Metowsky to JCRS. Metowsky is asking if JCRS can send him a statement regarding the time he spent at JCRS with a signature from Dr. Schwatt. He tells the JCRS staff that he was admitted as a patient on June 14th, 1910 and was dismissed around the end of September, 1910. He hopes that they will not refuse his request and signs the letter, “Louis J. Metowsky” at the bottom. There is also a postscript saying that there is postage enclosed in the letter so that the...

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Application form of Louis Metowsky for admission as a patient to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. He was age 19 at the time of the application. He was born in Russia and immigrated to the United States in 1907. He lived in Chicago when he contracted tuberculosis. He had been sick for 6 months upon arrival to Denver, Colorado. He was married. He also worked as a broom maker. The verso of the application states he was admitted on July 11, 1910 and left on October 5, 1910.

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Handwritten prescription note from Dr. E. Friedman to Mr. Shapiro. Friedman is informing him that he re-examined Louis Metowsky and found that his left lung has tuberculosis. He asks Shapiro if Metowsky can be admitted into the sanatorium.

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Statement from C.D. Spivak regarding L. Metowsky’s admission to JCRS. The statement certifies that Metowsky was admitted to the sanatorium as a patient suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis on July 11, 1910 and was discharged on October 5, 1910.