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Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records
Collection
Identifier: B002
Abstract
The Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society was known as the JCRS and was founded in Denver, Colorado in 1904 as a non-sectarian sanatorium to treat tuberculosis (TB) patients, free of charge, in all stages of the disease. The society was one of the leading tuberculosis sanatoria in the country at the turn of the century founded by a group of immigrant Eastern European Jewish men, many of whom were themselves victims of TB. Headed by Dr. Charles Spivak as Secretary (1904-1927) and by Dr. Philip...
Dates:
1897-1989; Majority of material found within 1904-1973
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Martin Mendelsberg Students' Art Books
Collection
Identifier: B354
Abstract
The Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design (RMCAD) campus was originally the campus of the Jewish Consumptives’ Relief Society. Former RMCAD professor Martin Mendelsberg designed a graphic design course that challenged his students to consider the power of storytelling through words and images. The subject matter for the project was the thousands of patients records from the JCRS in the Beck Archives. The books are a selection of the student work that was created during the tenure of that...
Dates:
between 2004-2013
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Neusteter Family and Neusteters Photographs and Records
Collection
Identifier: B304
Abstract
In 1910, Max and Edward Neusteter moved to Denver and founded the Neusteter's high fashion women's clothing store. It was located on 16th Street in downtown Denver for many decades until it closed in 1986. The Neusteters were also active philanthropists, and Max underwrote the creation of the Max Neusteter Rehabilitation Building on the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) campus in 1928. The collection consists of photographs related to family members and the store, a Neusteters' box...
Dates:
between 1910-1970
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Rabbi Yehudah Idel Idelson Collection
Collection
Identifier: B283
Abstract
Rabbi Yehuda Idel Idelson was born in Navardok, Lithuania in 1874 and married Hadassah Bloch in 1896. Rabbi Idelson arrived in Denver, Colorado in about 1901, an acclaimed Torah scholar and commentator, to become the rabbi at Congreation Tifereth Israel. The small synagogue was incorporated by Polish Jews in 1901 and was located under the Colfax Viaduct in the east European Jewish immigrant neighborhood. Rabbi Idelson’s wife Hadassah and their daughter Dora joined him later in Denver. Finding...
Dates:
1950
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Ray Shapiro Photographs
Collection
Identifier: B286
Abstract
Mrs. Aaron (Ray) Shapiro was born and raised in New York City and became involved in the fund raising activity for the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society as a member of the New York Ladies' Auxiliary. The collection consists of an 1899 photograph of Ray Shapiro and a photograph of a plaque for a building on the JCRS campus erected with funds collected by the New York Ladies' Auxiliary.
Dates:
1899-1910
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Spivak Family Papers and Art
Collection
Identifier: B250
Abstract
Dr. Charles Spivak was born in Russia in 1861 and died in Denver, Colorado in 1927. He arrived in New York City in 1882 and graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1893, Charles Spivak married Jennie Charsky. Because of Jennie's poor health the Spivaks moved to Denver in 1896. Dr. Spivak was a co-founder of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) and was the executive secretary from 1904 until 1927. Hayem David Spivak, son of Dr. Charles and Jennie...
Dates:
1861-2010
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
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- Hillkowitz, Philip, 1873-1948 2
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- Abrams, Jeanne E., 1951- 1
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- Jacobs, Frances Wisebart, 1843-1892 1
- Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.). New York Ladies' Auxiliary 1
- Korngold, Judith 1
- Korngold, Samuel 1
- Korngold, Shana 1
- Marinoff, Jacob, 1869-1964 1
- Mears, Otto, 1840-1931 1
- Meir, Golda, 1898-1978 1
- Mendelsberg, Martin 1
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- Newman Studio (New York, N.Y.) 1
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- Solomon, Isaac, 1852-1914 1
- Spivak, Haim David, 1893-1932 1
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