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Tuberculosis

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5615 Collections and/or Records:

Exterior of the first National Jewish Hospital building (The Frances Jacobs Hospital), circa 1895

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00106
Abstract

Exterior shot features a sign over the top front porch, which reads, "The Frances Jacobs Hospital". The name was changed to National Jewish Hospital in 1899. Two men (unidentified) stand in front of the building.

Dates: circa 1895

Exterior view of the early Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society campus, circa 1907

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00008
Abstract

The main buildings of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society are pictured on the right and the "tent" cottages for patients on the left. Several patients are pictured in front of the buildings. 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: circa 1907

Exterior View of the Texas Building with Tents at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1950-1970

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Identifier: B002.04.0216.0007.00001
Abstract The Texas Building on the campus of the American Medical Center, which was formerly the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Some of the original tent cottages are visible in front of the building, while the Rocky Mountains are seen in the background. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish working men along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. It was located on West Colfax...
Dates: between 1950-1970

Famous Troupe Amuses the Sick at a Famous Sanatorium, 1929 August 4

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Identifier: B296.01.0001.00002.00023
Abstract Newspaper clipping of a photograph of a traveling theater company's performance at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) in August 1929. Caption misidentifies director Maurice Schwarz's New York company, the Yiddish Art Theatre, as the [by-then defunct] Jewish Art Theatre. JCRS Sanatorium superintendent Herman Schwatt, M.D. is shown in the upper row, second from left. The newpaper clipping is from the Jewish Daily Forward, and was found in a scrapbook created by singer and actor...
Dates: 1929 August 4

Fanny Reeder's Application for Admission to JCRS, 1911 September 14

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Identifier: B002.01.0104.0153.00001
Abstract Application form of Fanny Reeder for admission as a patient to the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. She was age 24 at the time of the application. She was born in Russia and immigrated to the United States in 1905. She lived in Chicago when she contracted tuberculosis. She had been sick for twelve months upon her arrival to Denver, Colorado. She was divorced. Her occupation states she worked as a tailor. The verso of the application states she was admitted on October 16, 1911, and was...
Dates: 1911 September 14

Farewell Speech to Mr. Gurse at Dinner Given to Him at Home, 1951 July 22

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Identifier: B089.02.0005.0003.00030
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Farewell speech to Sam Gurse at dinner given for him at the Home, June 15, 1951. Gurse was a member of the Board at the National Home for Jewish Children in Denver from 1931-1951. This Farewell Speech notes that he is moving to Los Angeles, California and Fannie Lorber presents him with a watch for his years of service.

Dates: 1951 July 22

Fifth Annual Report, 1909

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Identifier: B002.05.01.0199.0005.00001
Abstract Report of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) annual meeting on February 28, 1909, and its operations and finances for the period beginning January 1, 1908, and ending December 31, 1908; Dr. Philip Hillkowitz was the Society's President, and C.D. Spivak the Secretary. The Secretary's report indicates that 243 patients were treated in 1908. Includes images of the facility, statistical data about the patients (including age, occupation, and duration of disease), and a list of all...
Dates: 1909

Final Copy, Chicago Conference 1936, 1936

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Identifier: B089.02.0005.0001.00012
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Final copy of speech to the National Home for Jewish Children Conference of Auxiliaries held in Chicago, Illinois in 1936. Acknowledges the Chairman of the Conference Committee, Bertha Levy and David Harlem, the Chairman of the Building Committee; $125,000 building campaign; includes poem ''Everyman's Child'' by Sophie Irene Loeb. Mimeographed copy.

Dates: 1936

First Annual Report, 1905

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Identifier: B002.05.01.0387.0001
Abstract

This folder contains 3 copies of the First Annual Report of the JCRS. Two of the copies have green covers and the third has a brown cover and is sligtly smaller.

Dates: 1905

First Annual Report of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society at Denver, Colo., 1905

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Identifier: B002.05.01.0199.0001.00001
Abstract

Report of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) annual meeting on January 29, 1905, and its operations and finances for the period of incorporation on June 25, 1904 to January 1, 1905; Dr. Philip Hillkowitz was the Society's President, and C.D. Spivak the Secretary. The Secretary's report indicates that the first patients (six males and one female) were admitted on September 8, 1904. Includes images of the facility and a list of all donors.

Dates: 1905