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Abraham Landau papers

 Collection
Identifier: MC-005
Scope and Contents The papers contain vital documents (identification cards, processing cards, requests for birth certificates), compensation letters concerning Landau's manual labor at Auschwitz, pages from a photographic publication on camps Buchenwald, Dachau, and Buna, and various photographs of Landau with friends and family (c.1945-c.1996). Poetry, newspaper clippings, programs, transcripts to talks given by Landau to the community, press releases, along with the Official Resolutions and congratulations...
Dates: 1939-1996

National Council of Jewish Women, New Bedford Section records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-014
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of meeting minutes, section newsletters, event programs and flyers, correspondence, membership materials, treasurer’s records and related National Council materials. It is divided into four series: Series I, History, bylaws, meetings and officer files, 1925-1991; Series II, Publications and Publicity, 1923, 1927-1993; Series III, Chapter Subject files/Special Projects, 1935-1993; Series IV, National Council Materials, 1949-1993.

Dates: 1925-1993

Jewish War Veterans of the United States and Ladies Auxiliary, New Bedford Post 154 records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-015
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of flyers, correspondence, newsletters, news clippings and photographs documenting the activities of Post 154. About half of the collection was once housed in four scrapbooks, 1957-1996; the other half was loose materials in envelopes. Records are inter-filed in a chronological arrangement.

Dates: 1918-2005 (bulk 1941-2005); Majority of material found within 1918-2005 ( 1941-2005)

Hebrew Ladies Helping Hand Society (New Bedford, Mass.) records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-016
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a secretary’s record book of meetings, 1934-1941, a Treasurer’s journal, 1961-1971, ledger, bank statements, news clippings, correspondence and notices related to activities. No meeting minutes were kept from 1906-1924, but there is a complete record of meetings 1934-1941 and loose meeting notes for 1955-1991.

Dates: 1924-1986

Fall River Jewish community collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-017
Scope and Contents

Collection of files on various topics, organizations, families, individuals, and religious and educational institutions associated with the Jewish community of Fall River, Mass. Files contain newspaper clippings, anniversary booklets, photographs and typescript notes. Of special note is the census of Jewish families in Fall River, conducted in 1957. Information formerly in the collection on Temple Beth El has been transferred to MC 75.

Dates: 1886-1991 (bulk, 1955-1961); Majority of material found within 1955 - 1961

Jewish Professional Women’s Club (New Bedford, Mass.) records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-020
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of meeting minutes, correspondence, financial records, newspaper clippings, event programs and flyers.

Dates: 1926-1996

"Community Bulletin" (New Bedford, Mass.)

 Collection
Identifier: MC-039
Scope and Contents The Community Bulletin is a multi-page publication which includes reports from various community organizations, including the Tifereth Israel Sisterhood, the Jewish Professional Women’s Club, the Hebrew Free Loan Association, the YMHA and YWHA, Ahavath Achim Congregation, the Ahavath Achim Sisterhood, the Center for Jewish Culture at UMass Dartmouth, the Jewish War Veteran posts, Hadassah, and others. It was indexed in 1965; there is therefore a card file index, by subject, which covers...
Dates: 1923-2007

Boy Scouts of America, Troop 8 (New Bedford, Mass.) records

 Collection
Identifier: MC-043
Scope and Contents

The collection consists mainly of patrol meeting minutes, correspondence between the scoutmaster and others, event programs, and photographs. Smaller groups of records include charters, membership lists and embroidered patches. Much of the collection was originally arranged in a scrapbook that Isidore Eisner kept of scouting activities, 1939-1983. The scrapbook was disassembled when it was accessioned in 1991. Other sources include Samuel Barnet’s papers.

Dates: 1941-1983

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