Jewish hospitals -- Colorado -- Denver

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File Folder twelve: two Rose Hospital charity albums, a souvenir journal for B'Nai B'Rith New Year's Eve at the Waldorf Astoria in 1942, and a pamphlet from the National Jewish Hospital

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Box contains Rose Hospital charity albums, a souvenir journal for B'Nai B'Rith New Year's Eve at the Waldorf Astoria in 1942, and a pamphlet from the National Jewish Hospital.

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One (1) 8x10 black and white photograph of Dr. Haskell Cohen, chairman of the medical advisory board of National Jewish Health.

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...

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...

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File contains menus from National Jewish Hospital (NJH) in Denver, CO. from 1917 to 1926. File includes handwritten notes about menus for the week, small typed menus for individual days with a place at the bottom for the patient's name, and large typed menus for individual days. NJH menu items are listed. Food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner is listed on each menu.

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Interview discusses growing up in Leadville, CO; Jewish community. family, childhood activities; beginning her career as a field worker for National Jewish Hospital.