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Tuberculosis

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5657 Collections and/or Records:

George Cohen, 1906

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Identifier: B111.02.0002.0008
Abstract In June of 1906, George Cohen (1883-?) shot and killed Robert Goodman, husband of his sister Lizzie. According to newspaper reports, Goodman was physically abusive to Lizzie and "ruined" her by ostensibly forcing her into prostitution (Goodman owned a "resort" at 1958 Market Street, and it is said that his wife Lizzie was an "inmate"). George Cohen suffered from tuberculosis, and after months of arguing with Goodman, shot him four times after Goodman beat Lizzie particularly harshly. Cohen's...
Dates: 1906
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B111, Beck Archives Biographical Materials Collection / Series 2, C / Box 2

Georgia - Athens - Federation, 1960-1969

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Identifier: B005.01.0007.0009
Abstract

Correspondence regarding the Athens, Georgia federation

Dates: 1960-1969
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B005, National Jewish Hospital Records / Correspondence / Box 7

Georgia - Columbus - Federation, 1960-1969

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Identifier: B005.01.0007.0010
Abstract

Correspondence regarding the Columbus, Georgia federation

Dates: 1960-1969
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B005, National Jewish Hospital Records / Correspondence / Box 7

Gilbert Bed Dedication at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, after 1926

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Identifier: B063.03.0011.00029
Abstract

The Mr. and Mrs. L.G. Gilbert of Fort Worth Texas Bed Dedication Ceremony at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Plaque on the bed says ''ENDOWED BY, MR. AND MRS. L.G. GILBERT, FORT WORTH, TEX., 1921.'' 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: after 1926
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Health Care and Philanthropy / Box 11

Girls Performing at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1930-1950

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00040
Abstract

Three unknown girls dressed as cowgirls, performing for patients 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. The sanatorium was located on West Colfax Avenue just outside of Denver.

Dates: between 1930-1950
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Health Care and Philanthropy / Box 35

Golda Meir and Jennie Korngold Collection

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Identifier: B151
Abstract Future Israeli prime minister Golda Meir (Golda Mabovitch Meyerson) resided in Denver from 1913 to 1914 as a high school student. After an argument with her parents, she ran away from Milwaukee to join her sister Shayna Mabovitch Korngold and her husband Sam in Denver. Shayna was one of the many east European Jews who flocked to Colorado to "chase the cure" for tuberculosis. Shana was a patient at both the National Jewish Hospital (NJH) and later at the Jewish Consumptives'...
Dates: 1909-1990
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / Golda Meir and Jennie Korngold Collection

Golda Meir and the Korngolds, 1914

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Identifier: B063.05.0021.00003
Abstract

Future Israeli prime minister Golda Meir (center) stands with her sister and brother-in-law, Shana and Sam Korngold, and their daughter, Judith. The formal portrait was taken in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1914
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Families and Groups / Box 21

Goldston Bed Dedication, after 1918

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00020
Abstract A bed dedication ceremony at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Left to right: Dr. Charles D. Spivak, a founder of the JCRS, Louis Robinson, five unidentified individuals, and Dr. Isidor Bronfin. A man holds the bed plaque that says: ''In memory of, Beloved Cecele Goldston, Beloved daughter of, Sophie and Jack Goldston, 1912-1918.'' 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...
Dates: after 1918
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Health Care and Philanthropy / Box 35

Grabfelder and Pisko Correspondence, 1911 October-December

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Identifier: B005.01.0001.0004
Abstract

Correspondence related to Seraphine Pisko, Secretary of the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives, and Samuel Grabfelder, President of the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives

Dates: 1911 October-December
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B005, National Jewish Hospital Records / Correspondence / Box 1

Grabfelder and Pisko Correspondence, 1912 January-June

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Identifier: B005.01.0001.0005
Abstract

Correspondence related to Seraphine Pisko, Secretary of the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives, and Samuel Grabfelder, President of the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives

Dates: 1912 January-June
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B005, National Jewish Hospital Records / Correspondence / Box 1

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