Levy, Tillye Shulman (Matilda), 1895-1984
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 14 Collections and/or Records:
Tillye Levy on I. Rude, 1978 November 1
Tillye Levy talks about I. Rude (Isadore). Mr. Rude was a Denver Jewish philanthropist with a JCRS and a B'nai B'rith building named after him. He is also the namesake of Rude Park.
Tillye Levy on Jewish Family and Children's Service, 1978 January 12
Tillye Levy Papers
Tillye Levy Speech on Oral History Project, 1980 February 3
General introduction to the project of oral histories of Jewish social service organizations with anecdotes of the organizations involved. Recording of presentation given at Men's Hebrew Alliance breakfast.
Filtered By
- Subject: Denver (Colo.) X
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 13
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Oral histories 9
- Jews -- Colorado -- Charities 6
- Central City (Colo.) 4
- Colorado 3
- Jewish children 3
- Jewish women 3
- Charity organization 2
- Jews 2
- Philanthropists 2
- Photographs 2
- Social service 2
- Social service -- Colorado -- Denver 2
- Women philanthropists 2
- Anniversaries 1
- Aspen (Colo.) 1
- Cancer -- Research -- Colorado 1
- Charities 1
- Colfax Avenue (Colo.) 1
- Colorado Springs (Colo.) 1
- Education 1
- Floods 1
- Fort Collins (Colo.) 1
- Fund raisers (Persons) 1
- Group homes for children 1
- Immigrants -- Colorado -- Denver 1
- Jewish Refugees 1
- Jewish hospitals -- Colorado -- Denver 1
- Jewish men 1
- Jewish men -- Colorado -- Denver 1
- Jewish refugees 1
- Jewish way of life 1
- Jewish women -- Colorado -- Denver 1
- Leadville (Colo.) 1
- Mikveh 1
- Poetry 1
- Pueblo (Colo.) 1
- Schools 1
- Social service -- Colorado 1
- Speakers 1
- Stores, Retail 1
- Tuberculosis -- Hospitals -- Colorado -- Denver 1
- Tuberculosis in children 1
- Volunteers 1 + ∧ less