Jewish physicians -- Colorado -- Denver
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 41 Collections and/or Records:
John Elsner, M.D. Papers
Collection
Identifier: B186
Abstract
Dr. John Elsner was born in Vienna on May 4, 1844 and came to America with his family after the failed Hungarian Revolution in 1948. Elsner graduated from the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary and in 1866 he graduated from the Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York. He joined a wagon train crossing the plains to Colorado in 1866. Dr. Elsner was Denver's first Jewish physician. He was appointed as county physician in 1870 and was a prime mover in the establishment of Denver's first...
Dates:
1869-1995
Kauvar Exhibit, 2003
File
Identifier: B230.02.0007.0018
Abstract
File folder contains invitations, correspondence, and collection overview of the Abraham J. Kauvar M.D. Collection. The invitations were for the establishment of the Abraham J. Kauvar Reading Room.
Dates:
2003
Kenneth R. Gottesfeld Papers
Collection
Identifier: B377
Abstract
Kenneth R. Gottesfeld was a pioneer in the development of the diagnostic ultrasound method in obstetrics and gynecology. He received his medical degree from the University of Colorado and during his residency he did research for Dr. Joseph Holmes and Dr. Horace Thompson, Denver pioneers in diagnostic medical ultrasound. He travelled to England and studied with Dr. Ian Donald, considered the founder of obstetrical sonography. Kenneth Gottesfeld was credited with the initial sonographic...
Dates:
1964-1988
Legacy of Healing Exhibit, 2018-2019
File
Identifier: B230.02.0007.0031
Scope and Contents
File folder contains emails, copies of photographs, planning documents, invitations, and an Intermountain Jewish News clipping.
Dates:
2018-2019
Max Goldberg of Denver, 2000
File
Identifier: B230.03.0003.0001
Abstract
This file Folder contains volume 16, no. 1 and 2 of Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Notes, which is entitled "Max Goldberg of Denver: Philanthropist, Fundraiser and Rose Hospital Founder".
Dates:
2000
National Jewish Hospital Records
Collection
Identifier: B005
Abstract
In 1899, the Jewish community erected the non-sectarian National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives (NJH), the first sanatorium in Denver, Colorado, for tuberculosis victims. With the financial assistance of the International B'nai B'rith fraternal organization, patients from all over the U.S. were admitted free of charge. The NJH adopted a program that emphasized the benefits of fresh air, proper nutrition, and rest. The hospital was founded by a group of Jewish residents of Denver who were...
Dates:
1892-2017
Oral History Interview with Dr. Edmund Cohen, 1982 July 22
Item
Identifier: B098.01.0004.00097
Abstract
"Dr. Edmond Cohen recounts the life of his grandfather, Samuel Cohen, of Fairplay, Colo. Sam was a Jewish immigrant who had arrived in the United States from England in 1870, originally migrating from Eastern Europe in 1867. He provides background on his family including his father, Joseph, his aunts and uncles, his brother, his wife Helen (née Grauman), and their daughter and grandchildren. He also recalls the time he spent in the service during World War II. Edmond Cohen was...
Dates:
1982 July 22
Photographs, circa 1940 - 1973
File
Identifier: B174.03.0002.0008
Abstract
File Folder eight: photographs of Gerald and Evie Bronfin.
Dates:
circa 1940 - 1973
Robert Levy Papers
Collection
Identifier: B372
Abstract
Dr. Robert Levy (1864-1945) began attending the University of Denver in 1880. Most of the signatures in the autograph album date from when he was a student at the university. He started practicing medicine in Denver in 1884 after training at Bellevue Hospital. He helped found National Jewish Hospital and Gross Medical College. He served as president of the Denver and Colorado medical societies. Publications in the collection by Dr. Levy are on medical education and on the effect of climate...
Dates:
1881-1945
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
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Robert Levy Papers
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. Haim David Spivak, son of Dr. Charles and Jennie...
Dates:
1861-2010