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Charities

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on privately supported welfare activities. Works on tax-supported welfare activities are entered under [Public welfare.] Works on the methods employed in social work, public or private, are entered under [Social service.] Works that discuss collectively the various policies, programs, services, and facilities to meet basic human needs relating to the quality of life, such as education, health, welfare, etc. are entered under [Human services.]

Found in 132 Collections and/or Records:

Personal - Charities / Sponsorships - General, 1952-1965

 File
Identifier: M066.01.0001.0028
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Love's personal and business information The series includes personal correspondence as well as correspondence and papers dealing with his involvement with the U.S. Navy and various charities.

Dates: 1952-1965

Photograph of Ray Shapiro, 1899

 Item
Identifier: B286.01.0001.0001.00001
Abstract

Mrs. Aaron (Ray) Shapiro seated in a chair with a book in her lap. The formal portrait consists of a mounted black & white photograph.

Dates: 1899

Picnic at Home of Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Sharoff during the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society's Conference, circa 1950

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00014
Abstract A picnic for auxiliaries of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) that was held in the yard of Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Sharoff during the 1950 conference in Denver, Colorado. Dr. William Kline stands second from right in the back row. 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...
Dates: circa 1950

Picnic at Home of Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Sharoff during the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society's Conference, circa 1950

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00015
Abstract A picnic for auxiliaries of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS) that was held in the yard of Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Sharoff during the 1950 conference in Denver, Colorado. Pictured are Dr. Lu of Los Angeles, Levin Cleveland, Ben Perlmutter, Robert Gamzen, Mr. Paget, Herb Vian, J.A. Sharoff and Israel Friedman, among others. 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...
Dates: circa 1950

Portrait of Jacob S. Potofsky, between 1930-1960

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00026
Abstract

Jacob S. Potofsky, President of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Potofsky was a personality and supporter 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.

Dates: between 1930-1960

Portrait of Nathaniel Goldstein, circa 1951

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00027
Abstract

Nathaniel Goldstein, Attorney General for the State of New York from 1943 to 1954. Goldstein was a personality and supporter 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.

Dates: circa 1951

Presentation of Donation to the American Medical Center, 1962

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Identifier: B063.03.0036.00007
Abstract A donation check being made to the American Medical Center (AMC). Ben Autonoff, Myron Emrich and an unidentified woman (possibly Ida Riskin) are in the photograph. AMC was located on the grounds of the former 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...
Dates: 1962

Program for B'nai B'rith Denver Lodge 25th Anniversary, 1897 April 7

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Identifier: B091.02.0001.0003.00001
Abstract Program of twenty-fifth anniversary of the Independent Order of B'nai B'rith Lodge No. 171 (Denver, CO) that took place at the Windsor Hotel in Denver. The program has a silver and blue cover with ''I.O.B.B. Denver Lodge No. 171'' written above and below an image of an Menorah. The program lists the officers and committee members, the musical selections, the menu, the toasts, the dances, and has a synopsis of the history of Denver Lodge, No. 171. Milton Anfenger's father Louis Anfenger was...
Dates: 1897 April 7

Ray David, between 1915-1919

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Identifier: B063.08.0039.00006
Abstract

Ray S. David stands in an outdoor setting in a suit and hat. In 1915, Mrs. Ray S. David was hired as superintendent of the Denver's Jewish Aid Society to supervise relief activities. She was nicknamed ''Little Mother to the Poor'' for her settlement work with East European Jewish immigrants. Ray David was a member of the Woman's Club of Denver, Denver Board of Charities and Corrections as well as the State Board of Pardons, and campaigned for women's suffrage.

Dates: between 1915-1919

Senator Edwin C. Johnson with an Unidentified Man, between 1937-1955

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00024
Abstract Senator Edwin C. Johnson with an unidentified man. Johnson is seated at a table and is handing a check to the other man. Johnson served as Governor of the State of Colorado, United States Senator and a personality associated with 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...
Dates: between 1937-1955