Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (U.S.)

found: NUCMC data from Univ. Wash. Lib. for AMC Cancer Research Center and Hospital. Seattle Ladies Auxiliary. Records, 1924-1978 (Jewish Consumptive Relief Society; operated sanatorium near Denver, Colo.; provided free care for tuberculosis patients; name changed 1954 to American Medical Center; Denver; began accepting cancer patients)

found: Phone call, 2-22-88 to AMC Cancer Research Center, Denver, director's office(Jewish Consumptive Relief Society; JCRS; founded 1904; name changed 1954 to American Medical Center; in 1970's renamed AMC Cancer Research Center and Hospital; in late 1970's/early 1980 reorg. as AMC Cancer Research Center; independent, nonprofit, research organ.; small hospital attached but function is primarily research)

found: AMC Cancer Research Center Web site, Aug. 18, 2003(In 1904, the Jewish Consumptives Relief Society (JCRS) was founded in Denver; JCRS evolved into AMC Cancer Research Center)

found: Email from CoDU, Aug. 9, 2003(First Annual Report of The Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society at Denver, Colo., 1905; The sanatorium, official organ of The Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society devoted... 1907- )