SPECIAL COLLECTIONS @ DU

Collection Description: Frances Wisebart Jacobs, born in 1843, earned the nickname "Mother of Charities" because of her many efforts to assist the poor, the homeless, and the disenfranchised. She joined or helped to found charitable organizations and events in Denver, Colorado, and at the national level, and she was instrumental in raising support for the construction of Jewish Hospital in 1892. The collection consists of clothing that belonged to Jacobs and to a relative and contemporary of hers. Also included in the collection are papers about Frances Wisebart Jacobs and her husband, Abraham Jacobs, as well as two framed photographs.