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A. CENTER FOR JEWISH CULTURE

  1. History
    1. Charter
    2. Membership
    3. Agendas & Minutes
  2. Courses offered.
    1. Lectures.
    2. Scholar-in-Residence.
    3. Musical Programs
  3. Exhibits
  4. Newsletters
  5. Bulletins & news clippings
  6. Photographs
  7. Slide Shows
  8. Incoming and outgoing correspondence
  9. Judaic Institute
    1. Programs
    2. Research for future programs
    3. Posters for the Judaic Institute
    4. Informational talk for Elder Hostelers on the Archive
  10. Requests for information

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B. ROOTS

  1. Early History
    1. Stories of early settlers
    2. Tickets
    3. Passports
    4. Naturalization papers
    5. Voter registration
    6. Correspondence
  2. Milestones
    1. Ketubot and wedding information
    2. Birth announcements
    3. Death notices and obits
    4. Bar Mitzvot
  3. Family trees, written histories, collections
  4. Oral history tapes
    1. List of persons interviewed
    2. Releases
    3. Transcription notes
    4. Transcribing costs
  5. Demographic surveys
  6. Correspondence

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C. RELIGIOUS LIFE

  1. AHAVATH ACHIM
    1. History
      1. Charter
      2. Land, deeds, mortgage, financial records, deed to pews
      3. Cornerstones, groundbreakings
      4. Historical sketches & dedications
      5. Buildings, contents
      6. Minutes of meetings
    2. Synagogue related personnel
      1. Rabbis
      2. Cantors
      3. Hebrew Teachers
    3. Organizations & activities
      1. Brotherhood, sisterhood, youth groups
        1. officers
        2. board meetings, agendas, minutes
      2. Celebrations, anniversaries
      3. Scholar-in-residence programs
    4. Publications
      1. Newsletters & Bulletins
      2. TV shows
      3. Programs
    5. News clippings
    6. Photographs & negatives
    7. Slides & tapes
    8. Correspondence
    9. Services & special programs
  2. LENAS A HEDIC\LENAS HAZEDEK
      3. (categories same as above)
  3. CHESED SHEL EMES
      4. (categories same as above)
  4. TIFERETH ISRAEL CONGREGATION
    1. History
      1. Charter
      2. Land, deeds, deeds to pews, mortgage financial records
      3. Cornerstones, groundbreakings
      4. Historical sketches & dedications
      5. Buildings & contents
      6. Membership records
    2. Personnel
      1. Rabbis
      2. Cantors
      3. Hebrew teachers
      4. Secretaries
      5. Executive directors
      6. Membership records
    3. Organizations
      1. Brotherhood
        1. officers, charter, history
        2. meetings, agendas, minutes
        3. regular meetings
      2. Sisterhood
        1. officers, charter, history
        2. board meetings, agendas, minutes
        3. regular meetings, programs
        4. news clippings, scrapbooks, ad books
      3. Couples club
      4. Adult education
    4. Publications
      1. Newsletters, bulletins
      2. TV shows
      3. programs
    5. News clippings
    6. Photographs & negatives
    7. Slides & tapes
    8. Services & special programs
    9. Correspondence
  5. TEMPLE SINAI
      6. (categories same as above)
  6. CEMETERIES
    1. PECKHAM WEST
      1. documents, deeds, official papers, history
      2. photographs
      3. news clippings
    2. AHAVATH ACHIM-- PLAINVILLE ROAD
        3. (categories same as above)
    3. TIFERETH ISRAEL -- PLAINVILLE ROAD
        4. (categories same as above)
  7. HEBREW EDUCATION
    1. HEBREW EDUCATION LEAGUE
      1. History
      2. Personnel
      3. Photographs
      4. News clippings
      5. Programs, publications
    2. NORTH END HEBREW SCHOOL(Talmud Torah)
        3. (categories same as above)
    3. TIFERETH ISRAEL HEBREW SCHOOL((Ziskind School of Judaism)
        4. (categories same as above)
    4. AHAVATH ACHIM SCHOOL
        5. (categories same as above)
  8. RABBINIC CONFERENCES
  9. CANTORIAL CONFERENCES

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D. COMMERCIAL LIFE

  1. Retail stores
    1. Clothing
    2. Furniture
    3. Jewelry
    4. Grocery
    5. other
  2. Manufacturing
    1. Clothing
    2. Furniture
    3. other
  3. Banking

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E. FAMILY LIFE

  1. 1. Names listed alphabetically
  2. Slides of people listed

F. SOCIAL AND GENERAL COMMUNITY LIFE

  1. Ceremonies
  2. Dances
  3. Celebrations
  4. Recreational activities

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G. JEWISH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY

(alphabetically one page per person in index to boxes)
  1. Political
    1. Harold Clasky
  2. Professional
    1. Natalie Kaplan
    2. Judge Samuel Barnet
    3. Dr. Morris Rubin
    4. Fisher Abramson
  3. Business
  4. Sports
  5. Volunteers

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H. COMMUNITY LIFE

    (follow the outline for the Jewish Community Center for the organizations listed below)
  1. B'nai B'rith
  2. Brandeis University National Women's Committee--New Bedford Chapter
  3. Boy Scouts
  4. Cameo Club
  5. Girl Scouts
  6. Hadassah\Junior Hadassah
  7. Hebrew Free Loan Society
  8. Hebrew Ladies Helping Hand
  9. Israeli Bond Drive
  10. Jewish Colonial Trust
  11. JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
    1. History
      1. incorporation, beginnings, by-laws, constitution, Jewish Welfare Board agreement
        1. early building, renovations, contracts, expenditures
        2. early committees
        3. furniture
      2. Minutes & agendas
        1. liannual reports
        2. board meetings and reports
      3. Financial records
        1. summary of income
        2. payroll
        3. budgets
        4. treasurer's reports
        5. special funds & awards
          1. Edward Leen
          2. Jason Martin
        6. Israeli bonds
        7. insurance protection
      4. Building Fund
        1. initial
        2. intermediary
        3. final
      5. Membership lists
      6. Move to Tifereth Israel and final days
    2. Personnel
      1. Officers
      2. Board
        1. members
        2. activities
      3. Employees
    3. Clubs & Committees
      1. Adult social
        1. capers
        2. Chanukah
        3. dances
        4. Maj Jong
        5. other
      2. Bowling, a minutes, agendas, reports
      3. Golf
      4. Health & physical education
      5. Membership
      6. Men's club
      7. Senior citizens
      8. Stock club
      9. Tercentenary
      10. Youth groups
        1. BBYO
          1. AZA
          2. BBG
        2. bowling
        3. boys basketball
        4. CNETCY
        5. junior high
        6. senior high
        7. Young Judea
    4. Publications
      1. Anniversary celebrations
      2. Annual reports
      3. Bulletins, programs, meeting notices
      4. Community calendars
      5. News & Views
      6. President's reports
    5. Scrapbooks & news clipha bhai bolpings
    6. Photographs
    7. Slides & tapes
    8. Correspondence
    9. Activities
      1. Anniversary week
      2. Armed Forces
      3. Art shows
      4. Bazaars, carnivals, street fairs
      5. beach project
      6. Beano\bingo
      7. career days
      8. Children's activities
        1. vacation days
        2. children's theater
        3. tutoring
      9. College advisory committee
      10. Friends of Music, other concerts
      11. Cook books
      12. Day camp
      13. Holocaust programs
      14. Israel 's 25th anniversary
      15. Jewish Unity Day
      16. Lecture series & adult education
      17. Nursery school
      18. Reading dynamics
      19. Raffles
      20. Summer playland
    10. Demographic study
    11. Self study
    12. Sports
      1. Adults
      2. Children
  12. JEWISH SENIOR CITIZENS
  13. JEWISH PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUB
  14. JEWISH WELFARE FEDERATIION\UNITED JEWISH APPEAL\JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER NEW BEDFORD
    1. History
      1. Incorporation
      2. Minutes & agendas
      3. Financial records
        1. summary of income & treasurer's reports
        2. payroll
        3. budgets
        4. allocations
      4. Fund drives by years (campaigns)
      5. Membership lists
    2. Personnel
      1. Presidents
        1. presidential reports
      2. Officers & boards
      3. Representatives from other groups
    3. Committees
      1. Community Relations Council
      2. Jewish Family Service
    4. Publications
      1. Anniversary celebrations
      2. Annual reports
      3. Bulletins, programs, meeting notices
      4. News letters
    5. Scrapbooks, news clippings
    6. Photographs
    7. Slides & tapes
    8. Correspondence
    9. Programs
      1. Backyard Players
      2. Father's day
      3. Israeli students
      4. Racial Ethnic Alliance
  15. JEWISH WELFARE FEDERATION\UNITED JEWISH APPEAL\JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER NEW BEDFORD-WOMEN'S DIVISION (categories same as above)
  16. JEWISH WAR VETERANS, NEW BEDFORD CHAPTER
    1. History
    2. Personnel
    3. Agendas & meetings
    5. Programs, news letters, bulletins
    6. Photographs
    7. Scrapbooks, newsclippings
    8. Slides & tapes
    9. Correspondence
    10. War related items
    1. Jewish Welfare Board
      1. Coordinating Committee
          --Camp Edwards
      2. newspaper items
      3. correspondence
      4. U.S.O.
      5. Sam Barnet's information
    2. Jewish War Relief
    3. WWI floats
    4. WWI posters
    5. War records
    6. Square dedications
  17. JEWISH WAR VETERANS AUXILIARY
      18. (categories same as above)
  18. KADIMA
  19. MAX LEVY SOCIETY
  20. NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN
  21. NEW BEDFORD CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE
  22. NEW BEDFORD JEWISH CONVALESCENT HOME
  23. NEW BEDFORD JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY
  24. CAMP TIKVAH
  25. THE WORKINGMEN'S CIRCLE
  26. YOUNG MEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION
  27. YOUNG WOMEN'S HEBREW ASSOCIATION
  28. ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA -- NEW BEDFORD CHAPTER
  29. CAMP AVODA
  30. TERCENTENARY CELEBRATION
  31. INDEPENDENT ORDER OF B'RITH ABRAHAM
  32. HACHNOSATH ORCHIM CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION
  33. ORDER OF THE GOLDEN CHAIN
    34. (masonic lodge off shoot)
  34. CLOVER LEAF CLUB--1909

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I. PHOTOGRAPHS

J. SLIDES, NARRATIONS

K. CASSETTES

L. EXHIBITS

  1. 1971--Bertha Leen Exhibit at Tifereth Israel
  2. 1982--A Celebration of Jewish Life at SMU
  3. 1983--Leipzig-Jews Around the World at SMU
  4. 1983,October--David Aronson Exhibit at SMU
  5. 1984--Peter London Exhibit at SMU
  6. 1985--The Precious Legacy at Hartford ,CN gallery
  7. 1985--The Jewish Community in Colonial Times at SMU
  8. 1986--Hebrew Calligraphy-Wronka, Glasser, Kremer at SMU
  9. Ahavath Achim 90th Anniversary at A.A.
  10. Ahavath Achim 95th Anniversary at A.A.
  11. 1983, June 21st--Federation Annual Meeting at Tifereth Israel
  12. June--Jewish Professional Women's Club at private home
  13. 1985--Tifereth Israel Sisterhood Ball at Tifereth Israel
  14. School Programs
    1. Whaling Museum
    2. High School
    3. Hebrew School
    4. Ashley School--April 1986
    5. Carney Academy--April 1986

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M. READING MATERIALS

  1. Books
  2. Magazines
  3. Unpublished Manuscripts
    1. “A Child Shall Lead Them,” by Rose Kaller
    2. “Branded on my Arm and in my Soul,” by Abraham Landau (see MC5)
  4. Theses
    1. “Toward Education Among Jewish Parents in Enclaved an Non-Enclaved Jewish Community."
      Kay Lois Levin
      1. Newsletters
        1. YMHA-YWHA
        2. Tifereth Israel
        3. Center for Jewish Culture
        4. Jewish Community Center

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N. NON-RELEVENT MATERIALS TO C\J\C

  1. Slides
    1. Europe
      1. buildings, streets
      2. people
      3. other
    2. United States
      1. buildings, streets
      2. people
      3. other
    3. New Bedford
      1. buildings, streets
      2. people
      3. other

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Center for Jewish Culture

Picture of Orthodox synagogue Chesed Shel Emes, incorporated in 1898 in New Bedford and link to library homepage.

Archivist

Judy Farrar
(508) 999-8686

Pat Sikora
(508) 999-9282

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