Young Friends Fraternal Alliance Records
Scope and Contents
Collection contains: Constitution of Young Friends Pleasure and Benefit Society, English. Certificate of incorporation, 1974. Certificate of report of existence, 1950. Correspondence, 1974-2001. Agreements, 1945-1974. Cemetery deeds, 1931-1974. Membership list. Reserved graves list. List of in-use graves. Financial Records, 1974-1994. Dissolution Papers, 2001. Miscellaneous.
Dates
- Creation: 1931 - 2001
Creator
- Young Friends Fraternal Alliance (Organization)
Restrictions on Access
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Biographical / Historical
Mutual aid society founded in New York in 1936. Society was merger between various mutual aid societies, the oldest of which was the Young Friends Pleasure and Benefit Society, also known as the Young Friends Pleasure Club Association, founded on April 2, 1892, and constituted on May 3, 1893. Other societies that merged with the Young Friends Fraternal Alliance were the Young Friends Lodge, No. 147, I.O.B.A. and the Hebrew Protective Lodge, No. 228, I.O.B.A. Provided sick and death benefits, burial privileges, and relief awards. Covered funeral expenses. Functioned as a burial society. Society used the Beth David, Mt. Zion, and Montefiore cemeteries in Long Island and Queens, NY.
Extent
.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Repository
