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 128 Collections and/or Records:
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 She references her unpublished editorial (B089.02.0005.0001.00007) asking donors to think of children as investment in future.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.
Telephone Directory, 1950-1960
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.
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.
Tide of Toys Scrapbook, 1950-1951
Collection is broken into 4 sections: Military Records, 1918-1985; Tide of Toys Scrapbook, 1950-1951; Allied Study Tour to Israel and Europe, 1963; and Miscellaneous Papers and Ephemera, 1942-1986.
Welcome Address, 1956
Draft of Welcome Address for the 49th Annual Convention of Auxiliaries for the Jewish National Home for Asthmatic Children in Denver.
Welcome Address - Sunday, July 20, 1952, 1952 July 20
Fannie Lorber's Welcome Address for the 45th annual Auxiliary Convention of the National Home for Jewish Children in Denver given on July 20, 1952.