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Charities

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on privately supported welfare activities. Works on tax-supported welfare activities are entered under [Public welfare.] Works on the methods employed in social work, public or private, are entered under [Social service.] Works that discuss collectively the various policies, programs, services, and facilities to meet basic human needs relating to the quality of life, such as education, health, welfare, etc. are entered under [Human services.]

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Biographical Materials, 1889-2014

 Series
Identifier: B148.02
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection consists of clothing that belonged to Frances Wisebart Jacobs and to a relative and contemporary of hers. Also included in the collection are articles and papers about Abraham and Frances Wisebart Jacobs as well as two framed photographs (1887) of Frances Jacobs. The clothing comprises a two-piece satin and lace dress (ca. 1885), a silk underlay (ca. 1890), an ivory and black cotton overlay (ca. 1909-1913), and a velvet jacket (ca. 1924).

Dates: 1889-2014

Box 5, 1889-2000

 File — Box B148.02.0005: Series B148.02; Series B148.03; Series B148.04 [Barcode: U186020736485]
Identifier: B148.04.0005
Abstract

Folder on United Way (Community Chest) and on Frances Wisebart Jacobs, one of its founders.

Dates: 1889-2000

Frances Wisebart Jacobs, between 1880-1890

 Item
Identifier: B148.03.0006.00001
Abstract Frances Wisebart Jacobs in an oval portrait of her head and shoulders. Frances Wisebart Jacobs came to Colorado as a young bride in 1863, and she and her husband, Abraham Jacobs, made their first home in Central City, Colorado. After the family relocated to Denver, Colorado, she became known in the local Jewish and general community and nationally as Denver's ''Mother of Charities'' for her central role in philanthropy. She was an officer in several charitable organizations and helped to...
Dates: between 1880-1890

Frances Wisebart Jacobs, between 1880-1890

 Item
Identifier: B063.08.0016.00002
Abstract

Frances Wisebart Jacobs in a oval photograph of her head and shoulders.

Dates: between 1880-1890

Frances Wisebart Jacobs Biographical Materials, 1889-2014

 File
Identifier: B148.02.0005.0002
Abstract

Originals and copies of newspaper articles, memorials, copy of Charity Organization Society incorporation, and memos concerning Frances Wisebart Jacobs.

Dates: 1889-2014

Memoir of Mrs. Frances Jacobs, 1892

 Item
Identifier: B148.02.0005.0005.00001
Abstract

Memoir of Mrs. Frances Jacobs published by the Charity Organization of Denver upon the death of Frances Wisebart Jacobs in 1892. The publication commemorates the life of Frances Jacobs and her charitable works. There are life tributes, eulogies, and proclamations by various organizations and community leaders, including Rabbi Friedman's eulogy at her funeral.

Dates: 1892