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Jewish physicians

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Bed Dedication Ceremony at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1904-1928

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0036.00038
Abstract A bed dedication ceremony at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Dr. Charles Spivak is pictured in the center, to the left of the man holding a plaque and Dr. Philip Hillkowitz is to the right of the man holding the plaque. The dedication appears to be conducted on a stage. A large American flag is hung up behind the group of people surrounding the bed. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along...
Dates: between 1904-1928

Box 360, 1952, 1919-1952

 File — Box B002.04.0360: Series B002.04; Series B002.05; Series B002.06; Series B002.07; Series B002.08; Series B002.10 [Barcode: U186023246293]
Identifier: B002.06.0360
Scope and Contents

Four folders with article about H. Leivick, scrap in Yiddish from a tent, a medical report and biographical information about Philip Hillkowitz, M.D. The box contains 29 folders from series 4 through 8 and 10.

Dates: 1952; 1919-1952

Box 361 (plaque, Isaac Victor Articles), 1920, 1948

 File — Box B002.0361: Series B002.13 [Barcode: U186023244518]
Identifier: B002.13.0361
Scope and Contents

Contains wood plaque with newspaper articles about Isadore (Isaac) Jacobs who was accused of killing a nurse in 1920 and certificate "In Memory of Dr. Philip Hillkowitz" by the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, May 12, 1948.

Dates: 1920, 1948

Dr. Spivak with Crowd at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1904-1927

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00005
Abstract

Dr. Charles D. Spivak with a large crowd of people at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Dr. Spivak is in the center of the photograph and Dr. Philip Hillkowitz is to his right, while Rabbi William Friedman is standing to the right in the rear. 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.

Dates: between 1904-1927

Group at the National Conference of Jewish Social Services, circa 1925

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00042
Abstract A group of people at the National Conference of Jewish Social Services. Dr. Hillkowitz (standing center), Dr. Bronfin (4th from left squatting), and Dr. Charles Spivak (squatting center) are pictured in the photograph. Dr. Spivak was a founder 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,...
Dates: circa 1925

Hillkowitz Family, 1947-2016

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Identifier: B111.05.0005.0012
Abstract

Rabbi Hillkowitz emigrated to Cincinnati from Lithuania to be a rabbi and tutor, moving to Denver around 1892. His son, Dr. Philip Hilkowitz, was a noted Denver pathologist, active in various medical societies. He joined Dr. Spivak as a founder of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society and served as its president. His father, Rabbi Hillkowitz, suggested the Talmudic motto of the JCRS.

Dates: 1947-2016

Philip Hillkowitz, M.D., 1948

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Identifier: B002.06.0360.0017
Scope and Contents

Contains biographical sketch of Philip Hillkowitz created by the Medical Society of the City and County of Denver.

Dates: 1948

Staff Banquet, 1927

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00055
Abstract

Several men in tuxedos sit around a u-shaped table at a JCRS staff banquet in honor of Dr. Isidore Bronfin. Dr. Philip Hillkowitz, Dr. Charles Spivak, and Dr. Isador Bronfin sit center. 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: 1927