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Levy, Tillye Shulman (Matilda), 1895-1984

 Person

Biography

Tillye Shulman Levy was one of the Denver Jewish community’s most dedicated and effective volunteers. Born in Central City in 1895, she first became involved in philanthropic charity work as a young woman, after meeting Fannie Lorber, the longtime president of the Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children. As a teenager, Tillye worked at the Denver Trunk Factory in downtown Denver, located next door to the Lorber Shoe Company. Mrs. Lorber interested Tillye in the children and soon she was spending Sundays at the Home, visiting and playing with the young charges. After her marriage, Mrs. Levy became a member of the Sheltering Home Board. She later recalled, “Mrs. Lorber really started me off on a career of social service,” which was to include the boards of the Allied Jewish Federation, National Council of Jewish Women, and the Jewish Family and Children’s Service. She spearheaded a number of organizations that helped refugees. The Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral Histories, B098, have a number of audio recordings of Tillye Levy, including one in which she relates the history of the Jewish Family and Children’s Service, in rhyme.

Citation

Not found in LCNAF or VIAF. mmata 2016-09-14

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

A Legacy of Caring : Early Colorado Jewish Women, 2004

 Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00003
Abstract

Brief biographies of Jewish women from Colorado who help set up as well as work in charitable orgnazitions in Colorado. Written and directed by Jeanne Abrams for the 2004 RMJHS Dinner.

Dates: 2004

Box 42 (Women of Valor: Eishet Chayil), , 2021

 File — Box B297.02.0042: Series B297.02 [Barcode: U186023258444]
Identifier: B297.02.0042
Abstract

Box contains exhibit materials for "Women of Valor: Eishet Chayil."

Dates: 2021

Clippings and Pages from Scrapbook, bulk: 1943 - 1949

 File
Identifier: B260.02.0001.0001
Abstract

This folder contains clippings and miscellaneous ephemera about and from the life of Tillye Levy. Many of the items are glued to cardboard scrapbook pages.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1943 - 1949

Fannie E. Lorber Breaking Ground at the Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children, 29 April 1937

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0011.00004
Abstract

Mrs. Fannie E. Lorber was one of the founders of the Denver Sheltering Home, which opened in 1908. She is shoveling dirt for a groundbreaking of the Lorber Building, with many men and women looking on. From right to left is Arthur J. Kirschstein, Sam Robinson, Tillye Levy, William Cohen, David Harem, Fannie Lorber with shovel, and Sam Grimes. The Sheltering Home began as a home for the children of tubercular patients who came to the sanitoriums in Denver, Colo.

Dates: 29 April 1937

Invitations and 75 Years of Service, bulk: 1972 - 1980

 File
Identifier: B260.01.0001.0002
Abstract

Folder 2 contains an invitation to a reception paying tribute to Tillye Levy in 1978, an invitation to Tillye's birthday party in 1980, lyrics for a song written for Tillye's 85th birthday, and a copy of the Denver Section of the National Council of Jewish Women's, "75 Years of Service" booklet.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1972 - 1980

Jewish Family Service of Colorado Records

 Collection
Identifier: B345
Abstract The Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Colorado (JFCS) was created in response to international, national, and local needs of refugees. In 1947, the Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Denver, Colorado was created when the boards of the Central Jewish Aid Society of Denver, Colorado and the Denver Coordinating Committee for Immigrants of the National Council of Jewish Women merged. Dr. Alfred Neumann, a social worker, became the full-time director. The agency provided services in...
Dates: 1948 - 2007

Mary Jacobs and Tillye Levy, between 1960-1984

 Item
Identifier: B063.05.0052.00028
Abstract

Left to right an unidentified woman, Tillye Levy, and Mary Jacobs at an event.

Dates: between 1960-1984

Oral History Interview with Noah Atler, 1978 January 24

 Item
Identifier: B098.08.0009.00002
Abstract Topics covered: Tillye Levey describes the project; Noah a Denver native, talks about JCRS beginnings and history, he was president in 1954 and didn't want to close after it was no longer needed as a TB center so shifted to cancer research; talks about hospital research, the shopping center, commercialized the land after they got rid of the farm; talks a lot about fund raising; differences and competition between JCRS and NJH. Second half on Interview focuses on the B’nai B’rith, camps,...
Dates: 1978 January 24

Oral History Interview with Tillye Levy, 1978 November 2

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Identifier: B098.09.0009.00003
Abstract

Topics covered: Interview focuses on the resettlement of refugees in the Denver area and nationally; need was especially heavy after WWII; adoption services and foster home program; resettling German Jews post WWII and the Russian Jewry later; surveys of Denver Jews.

Dates: 1978 November 2

Oral History Interview with Tillye Levy, 1978 May 15

 Item
Identifier: B098.11.0009.00002
Abstract

Topics covered: Tillye’s work with the National Council of Jewish Women and her time on the National Board in 1940; council activities, resettlement of refugees, visiting hospitals and homes for children.

Dates: 1978 May 15

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Type
Archival Object 18
Collection 2
 
Subject
Denver (Colo.) 14
Oral histories 11
Jews -- Colorado -- Charities 6
Central City (Colo.) 4
Jewish children 4