Tuberculosis
Found in 5615 Collections and/or Records:
Remodeling of the New York Building at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1946
The New York Building during remodeling, on the campus 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.
Report of the Twenty-third Annual Convention of JCRS, 1927
Report of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) annual meeting held on March 20-23, 1927, and its operations and finances for the period beginning January 1, 1926, and ending December 31, 1926; Dr. Philip Hillkowitz was the Society's President, and C.D. Spivak the Secretary. Includes text of speakers' addresses and officers' reports and statistical data about the patients in 1926. Published as volume 22, number 2 (April, May, June 1927) of The Sanatorium.
Restored Tent at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, 1979 September
A restored tent cottage with two unidentified people standing in the entrance, at 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.
Rocking Chair, circa 1906
Mission style wooden rocking chair with leather covered seat and back; nailhead trim. This rocking chair was in the patients tents at JCRS.
Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral History Collection
Rosche Schwartz's Application for Admission to JCRS, 1911 September 9
Rose Barkar's Application for Admittance to JCRS, 1906 June 27
Ruben Paul's Application for Admittance to JCRS, 1911 August 25
Ruben Paul's handwritten application for admittance to JCRS. Includes information such as age (35), place of birth (Russia), and occupation (tailor). He was married, had 2 children, and his nearest relative were his wife in Chicago, and uncle in Denver. On the backside it reads he was admitted on September 31, 1911, and left on October 2, 1911.
Ruth Cluff, 1978-1979
Ruth Cluff (1912-1990), wrote an account of her grandmother Devoira Brox Lassett's (1864-1940) immigration to the United States from Poland in 1890. Cluff's mother Bertha came to Denver from New York in 1927 to receive treatment for Tuberculosis at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society.
Sam Davis' Application for Admittance to JCRS, 1911 August 18
Sam Davis' handwritten application for admittance to JCRS. Includes information such as age (28), place of birth (Russia), and occupation (tailor). He was married and had 3 children, and his nearest relatives were his siter in N.Y., and wife in Denver. On the backside it reads he was admitted as an emergency case on August 18, 1911, and left on October 9, 1911.