Hebrew Free Loan Association (Pittsfield, Mass.) Records
Scope and Content Note
The records of the Hebrew Free Loan Association of Pittsfield, Massachusetts consist of two bound ledgers. One contains minutes from meetings of the officers held between 1944 and 1964, including a list of rules and by-laws put forward by a committee formed to develop the same. The other ledger contains a list of account holders and their transactions between 1949 and 1970.
Dates
- undated, 1944-1970
Creator
- Hebrew Free Loan Association of Pittsfield, Mass. (Organization)
Language of Materials
The collection is in English.
Access Restrictions
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Use Restrictions
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Historical Note
The Hebrew Free Loan Association was formed circa 1935 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts to offer interest-free loans to dues-paying members of the organization in need of temporary financial relief.
References
- Material from the collection.
Chronology
- circa 1935
- The Hebrew Free Loan Society is formed in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
- 1944
- A committee presents the rules and by-laws for the Association.
- 1944
- Jacob Goodman is elected president of the Association.
- 1948
- Robert S. Rubin is elected president of the Association.
- 1949
- Samuel Gold is elected president of the Association.
Extent
.25 linear feet (1 half-manuscript box)
Abstract
The Hebrew Free Loan Association was formed circa 1935 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts to offer interest-free loans to dues-paying members of the organization in need of temporary financial relief. The records of the Association consist of two bound ledgers, one containing minutes from meetings of the organization’s officers, and the other holding a list of account holders and their transactions between 1949 and 1970.
Physical Location
Located in Boston, Mass.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Rabbi Arthur D. Rulnick, May 1982.
Processing Information
Processed by Shannon Struble, 2018
- Administrative records
- Business records
- Bylaws (administrative records)
- Financial records
- Free loan societies
- Free loan societies (Jewish law)
- Gold, Samuel
- Goodman, Jacob
- Hebrew Free Loan Association of Pittsfield, Mass.
- Loans (Jewish law)
- Loans, Personal
- Minutes (administrative records)
- Pittsfield (Mass.)
- Rubin, Robert S.
- Title
- Guide to the Hebrew Free Loan Association (Pittsfield, Mass.) Records, I-205
- Author
- Processed by Shannon Struble
- Date
- 2018
- 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