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 35 Collections and/or Records:
Fannie Lorber at Sheltering Home, between 1940-1960
Fannie E. Lorber stands between two unidentified men in front of the National Home for Jewish Children. Mrs. Lorber was one of the founders of the Denver Sheltering Home, which opened in 1908.
Founders of the Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children, circa 1907
General Correspondence - De, 1959-1960
General correspondence related to companies and persons starting with the letters ''De''
Gershtenson Correspondence, 1978
correspondence related to Jack Gershtenson, Administrator of NAC
Growing up in Early Colorado: The Lives of Jewish Children, 2012
Brief biographies of Jewish men and women who grew up in Jewish communities in Colorado. Contains historical photographs and interviews with people describing their childhoods.
Medical Executive Committee, 1979
Correspondence to and from Richard Bluestein regarding the medical executive committee, record of proceedings and minutes
Miscellaneous Correspondence - October - December, 1960
materials related to B'nai B'rith
Miscellaneous - Southern States, 1970
The collection includes annual reports, correspondence, limited patient records, meeting minutes, financial statements, reports, scrapbooks, photographs, sound discs, and objects from 1899 to 2009. The items reveal patient demographics and characteristics as well as detailed information regarding the early treatment of tuberculosis.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Schlesinger, 1952-1972
Correspondence related to Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Schlesinger