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 17 Collections and/or Records:
New York - 46th Anniversary Dinner -- November 21, 1953, Mrs. Lorber's Greeting, 1953 November 21
Fannie Lorber's greeting at the 46th Anniversary Dinner for the Jewish National Home for Asthmatic Children in Denver held in New York on November 21, 1953.
New York - Auxiliary Conference - November 22, 1953, Presentation of Scroll to * May K. Goldman, 1953 November 22
Presentation of a scroll to May K. Goldman at the Auxiliary Conference of the Jewish National Home for Asthmatic Children in Denver held in New York on November 22, 1953. May K. Goldman is designated the first president of the Council of Presidents and a member of the National Auxiliary Board.
Notes for Mrs. Lorber's Address at the Chicago League Luncheon - 11/15/44, 1945 November 25
Fannie Lorber's notes for a speech given at the Chicago League Luncheon include personal stories of three former residents at the National Home for Jewish Children: Ronnie S., Stanley Berman and Helen Rose Wolf.
Our Goal, 1934 March 8
Speech at the 27th anniversary dinner for the National Home for Jewish Children in Denver. Fannie Lorber thanks guests for their help in keeping the Home afloat. She paraphrases E. B. Browning's poem ''The Cry of the Children''. 2nd page has date of 3/5/34.
Our Goal, 1935
Speech at the 28th anniversary dinner for the National Home for Jewish Children in Denver. Suggests forming a committee to set up an endowment fund for the support of the Home.
Speech for New York Dinner - Mrs. Lorber, 1952
Fannie Lorber's speech for a New York dinner for the National Home for Jewish Children in Denver. The evening's honorees include Mr. and Mrs. Jack Albert and Maurice Levin. A motion picture about the Home is also introduced.
Speech to be Given by Mrs. Lorber at Twenty-sixth Anniversary Dinner, New York, 1933 March 7
Speech given at the 26th anniversary dinner of the National Home for Jewish Children at Denver. Fannie Lorber makes an appeal for help in keeping the doors of the National Home for Jewish Children at Denver open. She references her unpublished editorial (B089.02.0005.0001.00007) asking donors to think of children as investment in future.