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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 133 Collections and/or Records:

Cornerstone of New York Building at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, circa 1914

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0036.00006
Abstract A group of people at the cornerstone ceremony for the New York Building at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The engraved cornerstone that says: ''Erected by the New York Ladies' Auxiliary. J.C.R.S., 5674, 1914'' is being placed. Dr. Philip Hillkowitz stands center left, Dr. Charles Spivak stands center, and Rabbi Charles Kauvar stands second from right. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish workingmen along...
Dates: circa 1914

Correspondence, 1906-1916

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Identifier: B226.01.0001.0002
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous letters, appointments, and telegrams to or about Ray David.

Dates: 1906-1916

David Kline, First President of Denver's B'nai B'rith, circa 1872

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Identifier: B063.04.0012.00001
Abstract

Formal portrait of Denver Jewish pioneer merchant David Kline, who moved to the city in 1865 and served as the first president of Denver's B'nai B'rith Lodge No. 171. He and Charles Schayer had also been leading members of the Hebrew Burial Society, which evolved into the Hebrew Benevolent Society.

Dates: circa 1872

David Silver Certificates and Plaques

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Identifier: B334
Abstract

David Silver was a Holocaust survivor who immigrated to Denver, CO. In Denver he was a very active mason and a Shriner with El Jebel. Collection contains certificates, and plaques related to David Silver from 1957 through 1999.

Dates: 1957-1999

Dedication Plaque of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, after 1929

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00055
Abstract A plaque of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The plaque was given in appreciation of help in furnishing the Texas Women's Pavilion. The plaque says: ''In appreciation, of their help in furnishing, the Texas Women's Pavilion, this tablet is dedicated to, Daniel A. Levy Fort Worth, Texas, G. A. C. Halff San Antonio, Texas, S. P. Ladin Houston, Texas, Gladys A. Garonzik Dallas, Texas, Charles Robinson Waco, Texas, 1929.'' The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients...
Dates: after 1929

Dedication Plaque of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society, between 1905-1940

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Identifier: B063.03.0035.00056
Abstract

A plaque of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). The plaque was given in appreciation of the New York Ladies' Auxiliary for their help in building the 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 1905-1940

Denver Women's Social Union Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: M022
Abstract The Denver Women's Social Union Club was founded in 1898 as a mutual-aid society by members of the Social Science Department of the Women's Club of Denver and was called the Social Union. The club was formed to benefit poor and working-class women and their families living in the Delgany neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Mary C. C. Bradford, Colorado educator and political activist, was considered ''the mother of the Social Union'' because of her involvement in the early years of the...
Dates: 1908-1973

Dignitaries of National Jewish Hospital, between 1920-1930

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Identifier: B063.03.0019.00058
Abstract

Dignitaries of National Jewish Hospital in Denver, Colorado. National Jewish Hospital is located on the corner of Colfax Avenue and Colorado Boulevard. Pictured are Mayor Stapleton, Governor Sweet, Seraphine Pisko, Rabbi William Friedman and Judge Ben Lindsey.

Dates: between 1920-1930

Editorial for the Intermountain Jewish News: An Investment that Brings Big Dividends by Mrs. J. N. Lorber, President, National Home for Jewish Children at Denver, 1932 September 29

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Identifier: B089.02.0005.0001.00007
Abstract

Editorial written for the Intermountain Jewish News outlining the benefits that the National Home for Jewish Children at Denver provides. Lorber was President of the National Home for Jewish Children at Denver.

Dates: 1932 September 29

Events, 1990-1992

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Identifier: B360.03.0032.0005
Abstract Invitation, RSVP card and envelope for the 1992 Men's Event fundraiser, all in black and white. Program, RSVP card and envelope, and souvenir pennant for the 1990 Men's dinner; all in white with greena nd black lettering and written with a sports theme. Larger booklet with green band across center and hashmarks bordering the top and bottom. The title of "Home at Last" is written in the center under 9 gold hash marks. Booklet and accompanying folder filled with program materials for the...
Dates: 1990-1992