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:
Box 148, 1906-1927
(2) Ledgers: Field Secretary 1919-1920 and 1926-27; Building Maintenance Expense, June 1906-June 1908. (National Jewish Hospital Records old boxes 268-270)
Box 237 (Photographs), 1899-2009
photographs and negatives
Box 238 (Photographs), 1899-2009
Photographs and negatives.
Box 239 (Photographs), 1899-2009
photographs and negatives
Box 240 (Photographs), 1899-2009
photographs and negatives
Box 241 (Photographs), 1899-2009
photographs and negatives
Box 242 (Photographs and Memorandum), 1899-2009
3 mounted photographs - NJH campus, Friedman bldg., lab. Memorandum of Robert Levy, signed by NJH Board of Trustees in leather binder.
Central File Correspondence - ''Altman-Stiller Foundation'', 1970
Central File Correspondence related to the Altman-Stiller Foundation
Central File Correspondence - ''Sc'', 1970
Central File Correspondence related to persons and companies starting with the letter ''Sc''
Central File Correspondence - ''U'', 1970
Central File Correspondence related to persons and companies starting with the letter ''U''