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 30 Collections and/or Records:
AMC and NJH - Merger Correspondence, 1968-1976
Correspondence related to the merger between AMC and NJH
BB Women - District #7, 1950-1960
Correspondence related to the B'nai B'rith Women of district #7
Board of Trustees, 1978
Correspondence to and from Richard Bluestein regarding the Board of Trustees, minutes and summary of meetings
Box 19, 1970
Central File Correspondence, letters M - Z
Box 22, 1940-1950
Correspondence related to federation funding
Box 148, 1906-1927
(2) Ledgers: Field Secretary 1919-1920 and 1926-27; Building Maintenance Expense, June 1906-June 1908. (National Jewish Hospital Records old boxes 268-270)
Box 237 (Photographs), 1899-2009
photographs and negatives
Box 238 (Photographs), 1899-2009
Photographs and negatives.
Box 239 (Photographs), 1899-2009
photographs and negatives
Box 240 (Photographs), 1899-2009
photographs and negatives