Brookline-Brighton-Newton Jewish Community Center Records
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains program brochures, meeting minutes and agendas, and issues of the Senior Adult Bulletin, published by the Center's Senior Adult Department, from the Brookline-Brighton-Newton Jewish Community Center.
Dates
- undated, 1970-1981
Creator
- Brookline-Brighton-Newton Jewish Community Center (Organization)
Language of Materials
This collection is in English.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for researcher use. Please contact us to request access or to make an appointment to view this collection at jhcreference@nehgs.org.
Conditions Governing Use
There may be some restrictions on the use of this collection. For more information contact jhcreference@nehgs.org.
Historical Note
The Brookline-Brighton-Newton Jewish Community Center (BBN JCC) was established in 1946 to serve the growing Jewish community in the area. First located in a rented space in at 310 Harvard Avenue in Brookline's Coolidge Corner, it quickly outgrew this space, and land was bought in Cleveland Circle for a new building, which was completed in 1952. Like other JCCs in the area, the BBN JCC offered day camps, pre-schooling, after school programming, clubs such as Young Judaea and Girl and Boy Scouts, sports leagues, a health club, and more. The BBN JCC was a branch of the Association of Jewish Community Centers, which supervised and linked together JCCs throughout the Greater Boston area and which later changed its name to the Jewish Community Center of Greater Boston, with its main campus in Newton, Massachusetts.
References
- Materials from the collection.
- Sarna, Jonathan D. and Ellen Smith. The Jews of Boston. Boston: Combined Jewish Philanthropies, 1995
Chronology
- 1946
- The BBN JCC is established.
- 1948
- The BBN JCC purchases new land in Cleveland Circle.
- 1956
- The new BBN JCC is opened.
Extent
0.25 linear feet (1 half-manuscript box)
Abstract
This collection contains program brochures, meeting minutes and agendas, and issues of the Senior Adult Bulletin, published by the Center's Senior Adult Department, from the Brookline-Brighton-Newton Jewish Community Center.
Physical Location
Located in Boston, Mass.
Acquisition Information
Acquisition information is unknown,
Processing Information
Processed by Lindsay Murphy, 2019
- Title
- Guide to the Brookline-Brighton-Newton Jewish Community Center Records, JHCI-017
- Author
- Lindsay Murphy
- Date
- 2019
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors Repository