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:
Greeting from Mrs. Lorber -- Los Angeles Auxiliary Dinner Dance -- March 11, 1956, 1956 March 11
Greeting from Fannie Lorber at the Los Angeles Auxiliary Dinner and Dance held on March 11, 1956. Lorber mentions the development of a research program.
Greeting to Auxiliaries, July 22, 1950, 1950 July 22
Greeting to Auxiliaries of the National Home for Jewish Children in Denver presented on July 22, 1950 by Fannie Lorber.
Greeting to Auxiliary Delegates, June 30, 1940, 1940 June 30
Speech welcoming auxiliary delegates at the 33rd anniversary celebration of the National Home for Jewish Children in Denver.
Greeting to Newark League, March 1952, 1952 March
Fannie Lorber's greeting to the Newark League, March 1952.
Greeting to St. Louis League, July 1941, 1941 July
Speech welcoming the St. Louis Auxiliary to the National Home for Jewish Children in Denver.
Greetings from the President of Our Home, January 1952, 1952 January
Fannie Lorber's thanks people for their generosity and service over the 44 years of the National Home for Jewish Children in Denver.
Greetings from the President of the Home, February 1952, 1952 February
Fannie Lorber's greeting at the Annual Dinner-Dance of the New York Chapter of the National Home for Jewish Children.
Greetings from the President of the Home, January 1952, 1952 January
Fannie Lorber's greeting for the Annual Dinner-Dance of the Denver Ladies Auxiliary of the National Home for Jewish Children.
Growing up in Early Colorado: The Lives of Jewish Children, 2012
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.
Individuals, 1962-1994
File contains newspaper clippings from 1962-1994 that are about individual people in the Jewish Denver community. The majority of the articles are from the early 1980s.