Jewish Welfare Federation of Greater New Bedford and United Jewish Appeal records
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of financial records, booklets and annual reports, correspondence and other documents, newsletters, photographs, clippings, and ephemera relating to the local New Bedford chapter.
Dates
- 1945 – 2005
- Majority of material found within 1969 - 1983
Creator
- Jewish Welfare Federation of Greater New Bedford (Organization)
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted
Biographical / Historical
The United Jewish Appeal is a North American agency, comprised of many local chapters, which provides humanitarian, economic, and social support to Jews throughout the world. This includes immigrants to Israel, refugees and others. Humanitarian and rehabilitative services are dispensed through member agencies, aiding Jews in over 60 countries. The primary responsibility of the Jewish Welfare Federation is fundraising for the United Jewish Appeal relating to the local New Bedford chapter.
Extent
1 Linear Feet (2 manuscript boxes)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
retrospective
Creator
- Jewish Welfare Federation of Greater New Bedford (Organization)
- United Jewish Appeal (Organization)
- Title
- Jewish Welfare Federation of Greater New Bedford and United Jewish Appeal records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Maura McGurk
- Date
- August 2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Claire T. Carney Library Archives and Special Collections, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Repository