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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 132 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence, 1906-1916

 File
Identifier: B226.01.0001.0002
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous letters, appointments, and telegrams to or about Ray David.

Dates: 1906-1916
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B226, Ray David Papers / Scrapbook and Papers / Box 1

David Kline, First President of Denver's B'nai B'rith, circa 1872

 Item
Identifier: B063.04.0012.00001
Abstract

Formal portrait of Denver Jewish pioneer merchant David Kline, who moved to the city in 1865 and served as the first president of Denver's B'nai B'rith Lodge No. 171. He and Charles Schayer had also been leading members of the Hebrew Burial Society, which evolved into the Hebrew Benevolent Society.

Dates: circa 1872
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Organizations / Box 12

David Silver Certificates and Plaques

 Collection
Identifier: B334
Abstract

David Silver was a Holocaust survivor who immigrated to Denver, CO. In Denver he was a very active mason and a Shriner with El Jebel. Collection contains certificates, and plaques related to David Silver from 1957 through 1999.

Dates: 1957-1999
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / David Silver Certificates and Plaques

Dedication Plaque of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, after 1929

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0035.00055
Abstract A plaque of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The plaque was given in appreciation of help in furnishing the Texas Women's Pavilion. The plaque says: ''In appreciation, of their help in furnishing, the Texas Women's Pavilion, this tablet is dedicated to, Daniel A. Levy Fort Worth, Texas, G. A. C. Halff San Antonio, Texas, S. P. Ladin Houston, Texas, Gladys A. Garonzik Dallas, Texas, Charles Robinson Waco, Texas, 1929.'' The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients...
Dates: after 1929
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Health Care and Philanthropy / Box 35

Dedication Plaque of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1905-1940

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0035.00056
Abstract

A plaque of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The plaque was given in appreciation of the New York Ladies' Auxiliary for their help in building the 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 1905-1940
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Health Care and Philanthropy / Box 35

Denver Women's Social Union Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: M022
Abstract The Denver Women's Social Union Club was founded in 1898 as a mutual-aid society by members of the Social Science Department of the Women's Club of Denver and was called the Social Union. The club was formed to benefit poor and working-class women and their families living in the Delgany neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Mary C. C. Bradford, Colorado educator and political activist, was considered ''the mother of the Social Union'' because of her involvement in the early years of the...
Dates: 1908-1973
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Denver Women's Social Union Club Records

Dignitaries of National Jewish Hospital, between 1920-1930

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0019.00058
Abstract

Dignitaries of National Jewish Hospital in Denver, Colorado. National Jewish Hospital is located on the corner of Colfax Avenue and Colorado Boulevard. Pictured are Mayor Stapleton, Governor Sweet, Seraphine Pisko, Rabbi William Friedman and Judge Ben Lindsey.

Dates: between 1920-1930
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Health Care and Philanthropy / Box 19

Editorial for the Intermountain Jewish News: An Investment that Brings Big Dividends by Mrs. J. N. Lorber, President, National Home for Jewish Children at Denver, 1932 September 29

 Item
Identifier: B089.02.0005.0001.00007
Abstract

Editorial written for the Intermountain Jewish News outlining the benefits that the National Home for Jewish Children at Denver provides. Lorber was President of the National Home for Jewish Children at Denver.

Dates: 1932 September 29
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B089, National Asthma Center Records / Fannie Lorber's Records / Box 5 / Fannie Lorber Speeches

Events, 1990-1992

 File
Identifier: B360.03.0032.0005
Abstract Invitation, RSVP card and envelope for the 1992 Men's Event fundraiser, all in black and white. Program, RSVP card and envelope, and souvenir pennant for the 1990 Men's dinner; all in white with greena nd black lettering and written with a sports theme. Larger booklet with green band across center and hashmarks bordering the top and bottom. The title of "Home at Last" is written in the center under 9 gold hash marks. Booklet and accompanying folder filled with program materials for the...
Dates: 1990-1992
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B360, AMC Cancer Research Center Records / Historical Information, Public Relations, and Events / Box 32

Events, 1993-1994

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Identifier: B360.03.0032.0006
Abstract Program booklet from the 1993 Women's Event featuring Joan Rivers as a guest speaker and a thick wire-bound program from the 1994 Women's Event. From the 1993 20th Annual Men's Event a black program with copper-tone writitng and envelope along with a RSVP card and enveolpe for early reservations to the 1994 event. Two programs, two RSVP cards with envelopes, and two copies of gift certificates from the 1994 mens event are all done in white with gold and red lettering. The 1993 Biennial...
Dates: 1993-1994
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B360, AMC Cancer Research Center Records / Historical Information, Public Relations, and Events / Box 32

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