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 72 Collections and/or Records:
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 for the Twenty-ninth Anniversary of the Founding of the National Home for Jewish Children in Denver, 1936 November 16
Speech for the 29th Anniversary of the founding of the National Home for Jewish Children in Denver. Gives thanks to benefactors of the Home.
Speech Given by Mrs. Lorber at Testimonial Dinner for Supt. Cohen 2/15/38, 1938 February 15
Speech honoring Superintendent William Cohen for 16 years of service to the National Home for Jewish Children.
Speech on 31st Anniversary of National Home for Jewish Children in Denver, 1938 November 19
Speech noting the 31st anniversary of the National Home for Jewish Children in Denver presented on November 19, 1938. Presidents of the 31 Auxiliaries are in the audience.
Speech on the Dedication of the New Service Building on Purim Donation DaySpeech Given by Mrs. Lorber at Dedication of New Service Building on Purim Donation Day, 1938 March 20
Speech on the Dedication of the New Service Building on Purim Donation Day. Fannie Lorber thanks the Chairman, Tillye Levy, the Board of Trustees and the Auxiliaries for providing the funds for the new building.
Speech Sunday Morning, June 27, 1937, 1937 June 27
Speech to the presidents of the auxiliaries for the 30th anniversary celebration of the National Home for Jewish Children in Denver.
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.
Speech to the Conference of Auxiliaries held in Chicago, undated
Speech delivered by Fannie Lorber to the Conference of Auxiliaries held in Chicago, Illinois. This was the first conference held outside of New York City. Mrs. Bertha Levy, chairman of the Conference Committee, and Mr. David Harlam, chairman of the Building Committee are mentioned.
St. Louis Pilgrimage - July, 1941, 1941 July
Speech welcoming the St. Louis Auxiliary to the National Home for Jewish Children in Denver.
Tentative Speech to be Given by Mrs. Lorber at Dinner Meeting of Board of Trustees, 1938 December 8
Draft speech reporting on the National Home for Jewish Children in Denver Dinner and Auxiliary Conference held November 19-22, 1938 and other conferences held in Fall 1938. Fannie Lorber thanks Board Member Edwin J. Wittelshofer, Denver Auxiliary Member Tillye Levy, Superintendent William Cohen, Executive Director Will Blumenthal and his wife Mathilde, Chairmen of the Dinner Samuel Friedlander, Secretary of the New York Committee Jack Gerstein and Publicity Director Mr. Kirschstein.