Box B260.01.0001

Scope and Contents

File folder with pages from Tillye Levy's scrapbook with newspaper clippings 1940s; file folder with photographs from JFCS scrapbook and photographs of Denver scenes and people, including BMH and Temple Emanuel;(1) booklet "75 Years of Service" about the National Council of Jewish Women, Denver Section (1973); (1) program for a Human Relations Award for Tillye Levy (1978).

Abstract Tillye Shulman Levy was one of the Denver Jewish community’s most dedicated and effective volunteers. Born in Central City in 1895, she first became involved in philanthropic charity work as a young woman, after meeting Fannie Lorber, the longtime president of the Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children. As a teenager, Tilley worked at the Denver Trunk Factory in downtown Denver, located next door to the Lorber Shoe Company. Mrs. Lorber interested Tillye, in the children and soon she was...