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 133 Collections and/or Records:
James Roosevelt with Group of Women, between 1950-1970
Item
Identifier: B002.04.0342.0004.00003
Abstract
James Roosevelt stands in front of the New York Ladies Auxiliary Building on the campus of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Also in the photograph (from left to right): Mrs. Edwin Scully, Mrs. Philip F. Lichtenstein, Mrs. Sara Zeenker, Mrs. Walter J. Sinion and an unidentified woman. 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,...
Dates:
between 1950-1970
JCRS Plaque, circa 1910
Item
Identifier: B286.02.0001.0002.00001
Abstract
Photograph of bronze plaque, ''This tablet is erected by the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society in appreciation of the efforts made by The New York Ladies' Auxiliary in rearing this structure for the relief and cure of tuberculosis.'' The officers, directresses, and trustees are listed. Mrs. Aaron Shapiro is listed as a directress. ''He who saves one life is considered as if he had preserved the whole world,'' the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) motto appears at the bottom. The...
Dates:
circa 1910
Jean Morris and Eddie Peabody, between 1960-1969
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Identifier: B063.05.0052.00051
Abstract
Eddie Peabody and Jean Morris stand together holding a guitar.
Dates:
between 1960-1969
Jean Morris and Milton Morris at a Charity Event, between 1950-1969
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Identifier: B063.05.0052.00052
Abstract
Jean and Milton Morris stand with an unidentified actress at a charity event in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Dates:
between 1950-1969
Jean Morris and Milton Morris at a Charity Event, between 1950-1969
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Identifier: B063.05.0052.00053
Abstract
Jean and Milton Morris stand with an unidentified actor at a charity event in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Dates:
between 1950-1969
Memoir of Mrs. Frances Jacobs, 1892
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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
Memorial Plaques of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1920-1960
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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00053
Abstract
Memorial plaques of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). 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. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.
Dates:
between 1920-1960
Memorial Resolution of Milton Anfenger, 1952 December 23
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Identifier: B091.07.0003.0004.00001
Abstract
Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Allied Jewish Community Council of Denver. The document ''memorializes through this Resolution his work as a moving force in the Jewish community and the City of Denver, and pays tribute to his memory as one who gave of himself that others may be happy.'' It is said that Congregation Emanuel in Denver, Colorado was founded at the bris or circumcision ceremony of Milton Anfenger, the eldest son of Louis and Louise Anfenger. Milton Anfenger became a...
Dates:
1952 December 23
Miscellaneous Documents and Ephemera, 1888-1916
File
Identifier: B226.01.0001.0001
Abstract
Ray David was a member of Congregation Emanuel and there is a copy of the cover page of the Fair Cook Book; a copy of a delegate's ribbon to a convention in Trinidad; a program and conference regulations from the Annual conference of Charities and Corrections held in the state capitol in 1913 (Ray David was a speaker); a presentation letter to Ray David, as President of Jewish Women; and a transcript of Mrs. Ray Sarah David, Superintendent of the Jewish Aid Society at an Inquiry on April 3,...
Dates:
1888-1916
Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Shriaberg Room Dedication, after 1957
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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00029
Abstract
Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Shriaberg Room Dedication at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) with four men standing around a plaque that says: ''In honor of, Mr. & Mrs. J. H. Shriaberg, Prince Rupert, B.C., Canada, October 8, 1957.'' John Streltzer is pictured on the right and Mr. Frazin is second from left. The other two men are unidentified. 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...
Dates:
after 1957