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Blind

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds records

 Collection
Identifier: I-69
Abstract

This collection contains the archives of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, a national coordinating agency which assists national and regional Jewish agencies in the U.S. and Canada in fund raising, community organization, health and welfare planning, public relations, and similar missions.

Collection includes materials of the predecessor agency (Bureau of Jewish Social Research), correspondence, research, budget reports, audits, and reports on the activities of approximately 600 national, local, and overseas Jewish agencies.

Dates: undated, 1906-1998

Noah Benevolent Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-186
Abstract

The Noah Benevolent Society (1849-1980), named after Judge Mordechai M. Noah, provided mutual relief for members, their wives and orphans, and helped with internment costs and burial plots at Cypress Hills and other New York cemeteries. The Society also provided relief for Jews in Morocco and Jerusalem and donated funds to several Jewish charitable institutions as well as the Association for the Advancement of Blind Children. The Society disbanded in 1980 due to dwindling membership. The records of the Noah Benevolent Society contain membership minutes and books, donation and financial records, constitutions and by-laws, newsletters, memorabilia, and photographs.

Dates: undated, 1852-1979

Peter Gouled papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-100
Abstract

Contains the correspondence, photographs, published, and other material relating to Peter Gouled. Of special interest are materials relating to philately, and an invention to assist the blind in writing.

Dates: 1917-1968

Siegfried Altmann Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 1788
Abstract

The Siegfried Altmann Collection contains primarily his correspondence with various luminaries and other personalities, the International Red Cross, as well as materials pertaining to the Jewish Institute for the Blind in Hohe Warte, Vienna. Documents consist of a guestbook, a manuscript, articles, an obituary, autographs, and correspondence.

Dates: 1872-1963