Lorber, Fannie E. (Fannie Eller), 1881-1958
Biography
Fannie Eller was born in Geishen, Russia, in 1881. She and her family immigrated to America when Fannie was a teenager and moved to the West Colfax area of Denver in 1896. She married Jacob Lorber and became interested in the plight of "tuberculosis orphans." In 1907, Fannie Lorber, Bessie Willems, and some other eastern European women founded the Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children to care for children of Jewish tuberculosis patients at the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives and at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society. Fannie Lorber served as President until her death in 1958. In 2006, Fannie Lorber was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame.
Found in 128 Collections and/or Records:
Central File Correspondence - United States Trust Company, 1975 July 1-December 31
Central File Correspondence related to the United States Trust Company
Chapeau Day, 1969 May 17
Correspondence and reports related to Chapeau Day 1969
Convention of Auxiliaries August 13th thru 16th, 1948, Mrs. Lorber's closing speech, 1948 August
Closing speech delivered by Fannie Lorber to the National Home for Jewish Children in Denver Convention of Auxiliaries on August 13-16, 1948. Thanks given to Convention Committee Chairman Edwin J. Wittelshofer and Vice Chairman Mr. Robinson.
Dedication of Hospital Building, Welcome by President Lorber, 12/2/51, 1951 December 2
Fannie Lorber's welcome at the dedication of the hospital building at the National Home for Jewish Children in Denver. Lorber thanks donors from Chicago and dedicates the Hospital Building to the memory of Sheila Kelman.
Draft of Chicago Conference 1936, 1936 September 8
Draft of speech to the Conference of Auxiliaries held in Chicago, Illinois in 1936. Outlines services provided to the children at the National Home for Jewish Children in Denver.
Draft of Chicago Conference 1936, 1936 September 11
Although the handwritten title at the top of the page says ''Prepared speech to be given by Mrs. Lorber 29th Anniversary Dinner'', it is a second copy of a draft of the speech to the Conference of Auxiliaries held in Chicago, Illinois in 1936. Outlines services provided to the children at the National Home for Jewish Children in Denver.
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
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.
Edwin J. Wittelshofer -- Elected to Board of Trustees - 1928, circa 1953
List of Jewish National Home for Asthmatic Children in Denver committee chairmanships and a committee membership held by Edwin J. Wittelshofer from 1928 to December 1951. Wittelshofer was elected to the Board of Trustees in 1928.
Fannie E. Lorber Breaking Ground at the Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children, 29 April 1937
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.
Fannie Eller Lorber, 1952-2006
The collection contains articles about Fannie Lorber and supporting information for her induction into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2006. It also contains articles, documents, a short history of the National Home for Jewish Jewish Children at Denver by Fannie E. Lorber, and a 1957 program for the "Golden Anniversary Convention of JNHAC Auxiliaries.