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Congregation Ahavas Achim Tamashauer Petrokow Records
Contains correspondence with the New York Liquidation Bureau regarding the dissolution of the society and liquidation of its assets (1986-2014), interment lists, maps, and deeds to plots at United Hebrew Cemetery.
Congregation Anshe Kesser of Corona Records
Financial Papers and correspondence, cemetery correspondence, general correspondence, notices, ledger.
Congregation Anshe Kesser of Corona Records
Contains correspondence with New York Liquidation Bureau regarding dissolution of the society and liquidation of assets (2004-2014), deeds and a map of plots at Mount Hebron Cemetery.
Congregation Asifas Israel of Brooklyn Records
Contains correspondence with New York Liquidation Bureau regarding dissolution of the society and liquidation of assets (1980-1995); maps to plots at Mount Judah Cemetery, Washington Cemetary, and Beth David Cemetery; plot deeds dating from 1946 at Washington Cemetery and Beth David Cemetery; account statements from Lincoln Savings Bank of Brooklyn (1950-1972).
Congregation Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Kesher Torah Chana David (Brooklyn) Records
This record group contains financial Records and liquidation Papers (1972-2002), a leather-bound constitution written in Hebrew, minutes and member correspondence (1912-1965), maps and deeds to graves, and correspondence with Mount Zion and Beth David cemeteries.
Congregation Beth Moses of Brooklyn Records
Collection contains: Cemetery map, 1929. Cemetery deeds, 1917-1927. Grave reservation and in-use lists, 1975. Financial Records, 1943-1962.
Congregation Bnei Abraham Anshe Brooklyn Records
Collection contains: Records pertaining to the activitities of the burial society. Deed to plots at Beth David cemetery, 1944. Burial and tombstone permit receipt books, 1936-1960s, 1981-1995. Miscellaneous correspondence and documents. Bank books. Address book. Cemetery maps.
Congregation Bnei Isaac Anshei Lechowitz Records
Congregation Capooler Unterstitzung Records
Collection contains: Certificate of incorporation. Burial permits. Member list, 1975. Correspondence, 1964-1975. Certificate of membership, 1974. Stampers. Financial Records, 1971-1974.
Congregation Chevra Anshi Sholem Kowdenow Records
This record group contains copies of its constitution, by-laws, and amendments; documents and correspondence relating the liquidation process; assorted meeting minutes (1963-1993); documents and correspondence relating to Mount Hebron and Cedar Grove cemeteries, including directories and original maps; and checkbooks.
Congregation Chevra Linas Hazedek Anshey Sokolka Records
Collection contains: Constitution and by-laws, 1972. Cemetery map, 1936. Correspondence, 1969-2001. Roster of members and grave plot reservations. Financial Records, 1983-2001. Dissolution Papers, 2001-2002.
Congregation Chevra Tillim un Mishnaith un Share Torah de Brooklyn Records
Collection contains: Certificate of incorporation, 1931. Cemetery maps, 1951. Cemetery deed, 1924. Burial receipt, 1983. Contracts, 1936. Membership directories. Meeting minutes, English, 1975-1981. Correspondence, 1941-1990. Financial Records, 1951-1989. Dissolution Papers. Miscellaneous.
Congregation Leisor Gans Independent Przemysler Records
Collection contains: Records, mostly pertaining to the activities of the burial society. Dues ledger, 1950-1987. Income/expense ledger, 1971-1986. Check register/ cancelled checks, 1977-1988. Documents related to dissolution of congregation, 1987. Deeds to cemetery plots, 1988.
Congregation Nachal Itzchok Dorshe Tov Records
Collection contains: Cemetery maps, 1965. Cemetery deeds, 1965-1981. Burial permits, 1982. Death certificates, 1983. Correspondence, 1937-1983. Financial Records, 1950-1986. Miscellaneous.
Congregation Rabbi David Moses Freemen Society of Czortkov (Chortkiv Ukrian) Collection
Ledgers, maps, and other documents.
Congregation Sons of Jacob Ticktiner Young Men Records
Collection contains: Certificate of incorporation, 1886. Cemetery deeds, 1903-1935. Meeting invitation. Correspondence, 1990. Financial Records, 1909-1990.
Congregation Volin Peoples of Matziv Records
Collection contains: Cemetery maps, 1950. Certificate of incorporation, 1908. Constitution, Yiddish. Member listing. Photo, 1935. Financial Records, 1949-1989.
Congregation Zera Jacob Records
Congregation Zera Jacob, New York, used the following cemeteries: Mt. Zion, Mt. Lebanon. Collection contains: Records, mostly pertaining to the burial society. Minutes, 1971-1994. Lists of graves and those buried there. Correspondence, 1977-1999. Dues ledger, 1978-1995. Cemetery maps. Cash receipt ledgers. Financial Records.
Crown of Israel (Anshei Wiznitz) Records
Collection contains: Certificate of incorporation, 1913. Burial permit receipt book, 1919-1975. Membership and dues ledgers, 1938-1962; 1944-1946; 1944-1958; 1952-1964; 1964-1978. Cash receipt books, 1940-1978; 1964-1979. Membership and dues book, 1965-1967. Minutes notebook, 1969-1978. Cemetery maps. Stamp. Address labels. Canceled checks.
Cyril Maslow Family Circle Records
This record group contains liquidaton Papers (2009-2015), the society's constitution (1909), and a map to plots at Mount Lebanon.
Daniel Webster Benevolent Association Records
Photographs, portraits, albums, clippings related to leadership and involvement with Foverts and Workmen's Circle (including photographs of Levitt's family with Socialist party of America leader Norman Thomas). Correspondence with Abraham Cahan and David Dubinsky.
Dashever Benevolent Society Records
Collection contains: Certificates of incorporation, 1906. Certificates of name change, 1955. Cemetery maps, 1951-1965. Contract.
David Shapiro Papers
The collection relates primarily to the estate of David Shapiro in the years leading up to and following his death, on November 2, 1940. Includes correspondence regarding Kurt Weill's Der Weg der Verheissung (The Eternal Road), 1938; finance report and correspondence regarding the estate of the late David Shapiro, 1940-1942; legal contracts, 1939-1942; by-laws, meeting minutes, and certificate of dissolution of The Day Publishing Co. Inc., 1914-1928; building blueprints; English and Yiddish-language newspaper clippings, 1934-2003; brochures and pamphlets, 2000.
David Trotsky (1904-1945) Collection
This collection contains materials collected by David Trotsky relating to the Jewish community of Belgium in the inter-war period. Materials include printed documents, posters, reports, meeting minutes, and newspaper clippings, mainly pertaining to the Jews of Brussels and Antwerp.
Devenishker Verein of Greater New York Records
Collection contains: Cemtery map (including grave reservations), 2004. Grave resrvation list. Contracts (copies), 1933-2004. Sixteeth anniversary banquet journal (copy), 1964. Financial Records, 1981-2004. Dissolution Papers, 2004.
Displaced Persons Camps and Centers Photograph Collection
The collection is comprised of photographs of various provenances related to the lives of Jewish displaced persons (DPs) in the period immediately following the Second World War, from 1945 to 1952. The photographs pertain to DP camps and communities in the Allied occupation zones in Germany, Austria, and Italy, primarily those established by the American and British military, and administered by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, and, later, the International Refugee Organization. Diverse aspects of daily life among the DPs are depicted, such as school, work, recreation, and vocational training, including many activities sponsored by Jewish voluntary organizations, especially World ORT and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Also depicted are cultural activities such as theater, children’s performances, Jewish holiday celebrations and parades, and commemorative events honoring those who died in the Holocaust. The photographs capture leaders of the Jewish DP zonal and camp committees, DP police, and Zionist living collectives (kibbutzim), as well as notable military, political, and cultural personalities of the period, such as Lucius D. Clay, Fiorello LaGuardia, David Ben-Gurion, Yitzhak Gruenbaum, and H. Leivick. The photographs also reflect political and historical developments, including the major congresses of the DP leaderships in Germany, Austria, and Italy; protest demonstrations concerning British policies regulating immigration to Palestine; and events held upon the founding of the state of Israel in 1948.
Displaced Persons Camps and Centers Poster Collection
This collection of posters includes approximately 1,000 rare or unique items pertaining to over 100 displaced persons (DP) camps and centers in Germany, Austria, and Italy, dating primarily from 1946 to 1952. Comprised of approximately 60% handpainted and 40% printed items, it includes posters produced by diverse Jewish groups within individual camps, such as administrative and cultural committees, sports clubs, Zionist and religious groups, and landsmanshaftn; as well as organizations active throughout the camps, including the Jewish central committees in the respective countries, the World ORT Union, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, the Jewish National Fund, and the Jewish Agency. A small number of items also document activities of the revived Jewish communities in the city centers of Munich and Vienna. Many of the posters use not only language but also color, graphic design, and pictorial and figurative elements to engage their audience with calls to entertainment, lectures, protests, and commemorations.
Documents Pertaining to the Łódź Ghetto
This collection contains various materials related to the Łódź Ghetto which were originally part of the Bund Archives. Materials include memoirs and eyewitness accounts, materials created by the German occupiers, notices from the ghetto administration, documents originating with resistance groups, photographs, post-war articles and newspaper clippings about the Łódź Ghetto, internal ghetto correspondence, and various ephemera items, such as an armband, ghetto money and various work permits.
Dorry Siegler Collection
55 cassettes of lectures by Esther Jungreis on weekly Bible readings, 4 cassettes by Tehila Jaeger, 2 cassettes by Hossca Harrison.
Downtown Talmud Torah Records
The bulk of the collection is comprised of class yearbooks entitled The Graduate, or Hamesayem (in Hebrew) from the years 1951-1964. Yearbooks include student compositions, poems, illustrations, class photos, and student directories, and are in English and in Hebrew. Collection also includes a few fragmentary, typed, educational materials in Hebrew.
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