Levy, Tillye Shulman (Matilda), 1895-1984
Biography
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, Tillye 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 spending Sundays at the Home, visiting and playing with the young charges. After her marriage, Mrs. Levy became a member of the Sheltering Home Board. She later recalled, “Mrs. Lorber really started me off on a career of social service,” which was to include the boards of the Allied Jewish Federation, National Council of Jewish Women, and the Jewish Family and Children’s Service. She spearheaded a number of organizations that helped refugees. The Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society Oral Histories, B098, have a number of audio recordings of Tillye Levy, including one in which she relates the history of the Jewish Family and Children’s Service, in rhyme.
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Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
A Legacy of Caring : Early Colorado Jewish Women, 2004
Brief biographies of Jewish women from Colorado who help set up as well as work in charitable orgnazitions in Colorado. Written and directed by Jeanne Abrams for the 2004 RMJHS Dinner.
Box 42 (Women of Valor: Eishet Chayil), , 2021
Box contains exhibit materials for "Women of Valor: Eishet Chayil."
Clippings and Pages from Scrapbook, bulk: 1943 - 1949
This folder contains clippings and miscellaneous ephemera about and from the life of Tillye Levy. Many of the items are glued to cardboard scrapbook pages.
Fannie E. Lorber Breaking Ground at the Denver Sheltering Home for Jewish Children, 29 April 1937
Mrs. Fannie E. Lorber was one of the founders of the Denver Sheltering Home, which opened in 1908. She is shoveling dirt for a groundbreaking of the Lorber Building, with many men and women looking on. From right to left is Arthur J. Kirschstein, Sam Robinson, Tillye Levy, William Cohen, David Harem, Fannie Lorber with shovel, and Sam Grimes. The Sheltering Home began as a home for the children of tubercular patients who came to the sanitoriums in Denver, Colo.
Invitations and 75 Years of Service, bulk: 1972 - 1980
Folder 2 contains an invitation to a reception paying tribute to Tillye Levy in 1978, an invitation to Tillye's birthday party in 1980, lyrics for a song written for Tillye's 85th birthday, and a copy of the Denver Section of the National Council of Jewish Women's, "75 Years of Service" booklet.
Jewish Family Service of Colorado Records
Mary Jacobs and Tillye Levy, between 1960-1984
Left to right an unidentified woman, Tillye Levy, and Mary Jacobs at an event.
Oral History Interview with Noah Atler, 1978 January 24
Oral History Interview with Tillye Levy, 1976 October 7
Oral History Interview with Tillye Levy, 1978 May 15
Topics covered: Tillye’s work with the National Council of Jewish Women and her time on the National Board in 1940; council activities, resettlement of refugees, visiting hospitals and homes for children.
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