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Lorber, Fannie E. (Fannie Eller), 1881-1958

 Person

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

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0011.00003
Abstract

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.

Dates: between 1940-1960

Founders of the Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children, circa 1907

 Item
Identifier: B063.03.0011.00094
Abstract Promotional note card from National Jewish Medical and Research Center showing the founders of the Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children. From left to right are Jennie Kantrowitz, Mollie Lifshutz, Bessie Willens, Mary Augenblich, Fannie Lorber and Sadie Francis. The Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children was founded in 1907 to care for children whose parents were victims of tuberculosis. It later evolved into the National Home for Asthmatic Children and eventually merged with...
Dates: circa 1907

General Correspondence - De, 1959-1960

 File
Identifier: B005.01.0004.0008
Abstract

General correspondence related to companies and persons starting with the letters ''De''

Dates: 1959-1960

Gershtenson Correspondence, 1978

 File
Identifier: B005.01.0032.0029
Abstract

correspondence related to Jack Gershtenson, Administrator of NAC

Dates: 1978

Growing up in Early Colorado: The Lives of Jewish Children, 2012

 Item
Identifier: B230.03.0023.00011
Abstract

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.

Dates: 2012

Medical Executive Committee, 1979

 File
Identifier: B005.01.0038.0018
Abstract

Correspondence to and from Richard Bluestein regarding the medical executive committee, record of proceedings and minutes

Dates: 1979

Miscellaneous Correspondence - October - December, 1960

 File
Identifier: B005.01.0017.0033
Abstract

materials related to B'nai B'rith

Dates: 1960

Miscellaneous - Southern States, 1970

 File
Identifier: B005.01.0012.0015
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

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.

Dates: 1970

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Schlesinger, 1952-1972

 File
Identifier: B005.01.0024.0025
Abstract

Correspondence related to Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Schlesinger

Dates: 1952-1972

National Asthma Center Records

 Collection
Identifier: B089
Abstract The National Asthma Center (NAC) existed under a series of names. It was founded in 1907 by Fannie Lorber as the Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children; from 1928-1952, it was called the National Home for Jewish Children in Denver; from 1953-1956, it was the Jewish National Home for Asthmatic Children in Denver; from 1957-1972, it was the Children's Asthma Research Institute and Hospital (CARIH); and from 1973-1977, it was the National Asthma Center. In 1978, it merged with the National...
Dates: 1904-2000; Majority of material found within 1950-1982