Grabfelder, Samuel, d.1920

Person

Staff Only

Biography

National president of Denver's National Jewish Hospital from 1899 until his death in 1920.

Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:

Grabfelder, Pisko, Flesher, Vollmer Correspondence, 1916 July-December

File

Identifier: B005.01.0001.0014

Abstract

Correspondence related to Samuel Grabfelder, President of NJH, Seraphine Pisko, Secretary of NJH, B. Flesher, and Vollmer

Dates: 1916 July-December

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B005, National Jewish Hospital Records / Correspondence / Box 1

Leather Photo Album, 1907

Item

Identifier: B005.07.0230.00001

Scope and Contents

Leather photo album given to Samuel Grabfelder by the Trustees, Directors and Managers of the NJH for Consumptives. Grabfelder was the hospital president from 1899-1920.

Dates: 1907

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B005, National Jewish Hospital Records / Material Culture, Photographs and Scrapbooks / Box 230 (Grabfelder Scrapbook)

National Jewish Hospital Records

Collection

Identifier: B005

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...

Dates: 1892-2017

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / National Jewish Hospital Records

Pisko and Grabfelder Correspondence, 1916 January-June