Jewish Postal Employees Welfare League of Manhattan and Bronx Collection
Scope and Content Note
The collection contains articles, constitution and by-laws, correspondence, flyers, membership lists, newsletters, officers and trustees lists, photographs, souvenir journals, and speeches. Of interest is a copy of a dinner dance program from 1925, policies regarding religious observance in the U.S. Post Office, and correspondence lobbying for support of Israel and Jewish causes.
Dates
- undated, 1925, 1940-1998
Creator
Language of Materials
The collection is in English.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open to all researchers by permission of the Director of Library and Archives of the American Jewish Historical Society. Permission to quote from the collection must be obtained from the originating source. Membership lists are restricted for privacy.
Use Restrictions
Information concerning the literary rights may be obtained from the Director of Library and Archives of the American Jewish Historical Society. Users must apply in writing for permission to quote, reproduce or otherwise publish manuscript materials found in this collection. For more information, contact:
American Jewish Historical Society, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY, 10011
email: reference@ajhs.org
Historical Note
The Jewish Postal Employees Welfare League of Manhattan and Bronx was founded in 1925 and provides support for Israel, promotes Jewish heritage within the U.S. Post Office, provides social and welfare programs for its members, and grants scholarship funds for college students.
Extent
2 Manuscript Boxes
Abstract
The collection contains articles, constitution and by-laws, correspondence, flyers, membership lists, newsletters, officers and trustees lists, photographs, souvenir journals, and speeches. Of interest is a copy of a dinner dance program from 1925, policies regarding religious observance in the U.S. Post Office, and correspondence lobbying for support of Israel and Jewish causes.
Physical Location
Located in AJHS New York, NY
Acquisition Note
Received from Alan Schreck in three accruals, 1994.093, 1995.048, and 2003.050.
- Articles
- Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
- Bylaws (administrative records)
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Constitutions
- Correspondence
- Israel
- Jewish Postal Employees Welfare League of Manhattan and Bronx
- Labor movement
- New York (N.Y.)
- Photographs
- Postal service -- Employees
- Publications (documents)
- Religious discrimination
- Scholarships
- Societies
- Title
- Guide to the Jewish Postal Employees Welfare League of Manhattan and Bronx Collection, undated, 1925, 1940-1998 I-430
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by marc2ead_ajhs.xsl
- Date
- © 2009
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- 2016-09-30: PDF box list converted to dsc. Finding aid encoding revised. Rachel S. Harrison
Repository Details
Part of the American Jewish Historical Society Repository
