Exhibits (4 total)
Healing with Dignity: Access, Equity & Archives
This exhibit juxtaposes archival material from the Jewish Consumptives’ Relief Society (JCRS) with contemporary issues of healthcare access and equity. Each poster, curated by DU student, connects historical artifacts to contemporary organizations, individuals, and questions. By placing examples from the past and the present side by side, we hope to highlight the value of culturally sensitive care, celebrate successful institutions and leaders, and call attention to the work that is yet to be done.
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Artwork from the Beck Memorial Archives
The Ira M. and Peryle Hayutin Beck Memorial Archives serves as a repository of the heritage of Jewish culture and history of the Rocky Mountain region, with an emphasis on Colorado. This includes the creative works of the many artists that are part of our community. This exhibit focuses on some of the incredible artistic works from the Beck Collection and the individuals who made them.
The collections held by the Beck Archives contain a variety of materials including manuscripts, private papers, institutional records, oral histories, photographs, newspapers, memorabilia and documents which reflect the history of organizations and businesses, and the lives of individuals who have contributed to the building of Jewish life in the region.
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Portrait Project: Child Survivors of the Holocaust
Portrait Project: Child Survivors of the Holocaust features the collection of the Ira M. and Peryl Hayutin Beck Memorial Archives by artist and University of Denver Professor, Deborah Howard. The project involved drawing 25 survivors of the Holocaust. Four of the drawings are housed in the collection at Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Israel. The remaining 21 drawings as well as study materials, photographs, and other associated artworks are now part of the Beck Archives.
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Chasing The Cure
Because of its high altitude and sunny, temperate climate, by the 1880s Colorado had earned an international reputation as "The World's Sanatorium." The state's small Jewish community was the first to come forward to aid consumptives who arrived in droves to "chase the cure" for tuberculosis, or "The White Plague," as it was also known, the leading cause of death in late-nineteenth and early -twentieth century America.
Dr. Jeanne Abrams provided the text for this Exhibit, which is based on her monograph Blazing the Tuberculosis Trail.