Rose Hospital Records

Collection

Identifier: B233

Staff Only

Abstract

General Rose Memorial Hospital was founded in 1945. The hospital was named for General Maurice Rose, a Denver native, who had been killed in action the same year. General Rose was the highest ranking American officer killed in action in Europe and also the highest ranking Jewish officer in the Army. The hospital was intended to “serve the need of every creed.”

The records highlight fundraising related to the hospital foundation and history of the hospital through photographs, programs and other event ephemera. Several recorded interviews and television programs as well as published texts provide and in-depth history of the organization. The collection includes ephemera, publications, scrapbooks, donation ledgers, photographs, newspaper clippings and audio-visual materials.

Dates

1935-2013

Creator

General Rose Memorial Hospital (Organization)

Biographical / Historical

In 1944, Maurice Shwayder and a few other Jewish doctors and businessmen set out to fill Denver’s need for more hospital beds and a place for Jewish doctors to practice. The new hospital was meant to serve the entire community regardless of race, religion or origin. An intense campaign began to raise funds and peaked the following year when the decision was made to name the hospital after General Maurice Rose who had just been killed in World War II. Max Goldberg was in charge of fundraising for the project and brought many celebrities to Denver. General Rose was the highest ranking American officer killed in action in Europe and also the highest ranking Jewish officer in the Army. Members of his tank General Dwight D. Eisenhower laid the cornerstone for General Rose Memorial Hospital (now Rose Medical Center) on August 31, 1948. Rose continuously operated under the motto “Our standards are simply higher” for five decades. In 1995, Rose was acquired by a health care corporation and the philanthropic Rose Community Foundation was created to manage the proceeds of the sale.

Extent

13.5 Linear Feet (11 containers)

Additional Description

Scope and Contents

The records highlight fundraising related to the hospital foundation through photographs, programs and other event ephemera. Several recorded interviews and television programs as well as published texts provide and in-depth history of the organization. The collection includes ephemera, publications, scrapbooks, donation ledgers, photographs, newspaper clippings and audio-visual materials.

Arrangement

The records are arrange in six series: 1. Publications, Programs and History, circa 1940-2006. 2. Events, 1948-1996. 3. Financial Records, 1961-1992. 4. Scrapbooks and Clippings, 1945-2013. 5. Audio/Visual, 1940-2007. 6. Photographs, circa 1940-2002.