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Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society Boston Port Records

Collection

Identifier: I-96

Abstract The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) was founded in New York City in the 1880s by the Russian Jewish community of New York in response to the influx of Russian Jewish immigrants fleeing the pograms in the Pale of Settlement in Russia and Eastern Europe. In 1889, a shelter which was used to house many of the immigrants adopted the name “Hebrew Sheltering House Association.” This organization merged with HIAS in 1909 and by 1914, had branches operating in Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and...

Dates: undated, 1886-1977; Majority of material found within 1938-1954

Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors

Immigrants Mutual Aid Society, Inc. Records

Collection

Identifier: I-109

Abstract Contains the papers of the Society founded in 1938 by recent German speaking Jewish immigrants to Boston to assist their initial adjustment to the economic, cultural, spiritual, and social life of the American community and subsequently, to provide mutual assistance to its membership and aid to other immigrants.The collection consists of the Society's by-laws (1953, 1956, 1964); handwritten notes with the names of Officers and Directors (1949-1961), plans for cultural and social...

Dates: undated, 1938-1980

Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors

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