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Boy Scout Troop 4 (Sachems) (Lynn, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-559
Abstract Organized in April, 1924, the records of Boy Scout Troop 4 (Sachems) of Lynn, Massachusetts span from 1924 to 1945. During World War II, the scouts participated in an Emergency Service Corps, and were invited to participate in the Boy Scout - General Eisenhower Waste Paper Campaign. The material in this collection includes weekly meeting programs and reports, newspaper clippings, scout assignments and certificates, correspondence, financial records, a photograph, and the American flag used...
Dates: undated, 1924-1945

Hadassah Chapters of the North Shore (Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-594
Abstract

This collection contains materials related to the Lynn, Salem-Beverly-Danvers, and Swampscott-Marblehead chapters of Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, including a history of the Lynn chapter produced in 1993, newsletters from the Salem-Beverly-Danvers chapter, and notes, pamphlets, and other information contained in the personal binder of Swampscott-Marblehead chapter president Irma Levenbach.

Dates: 1959-1993

Interfor Club (Lynn, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-563
Abstract The Interfor Club of the North Shore was originally founded in 1930 by David L Winer, a Boston University Law School graduate, as the Brandeis Associates. Initially having twenty-two members who just graduated high school, the Interfor Club, which stands for Inter Collegiate Forum Club, began meeting at the Young Men’s Hebrew Association in Lynn. The collection is comprised of revisions to constitutions, event programs, financial records, photographs, scholarship information, member lists,...
Dates: undated, 1932-2000

Jecomen Club (Lynn, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-564
Abstract

The Jecomen Club was a fraternal organization established in 1925 and based in Lynn, Massachusetts. Men over the age of twenty-one with a college degree were eligible to apply for membership. The group hosted both social and philanthropic events, including an annual fundraising theatrical production for the Jecomen scholarship fund. The material in the collection describing the club’s operations includes meeting minutes, photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and program books.

Dates: undated, 1925-1945

Jewish Federation of the North Shore (Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-572
Abstract The Jewish Federation of the North Shore was founded in 1938 in Lynn, Massachusetts with the objective to support organizations that helped enrich the Jewish community on the North Shore and abroad. After a period of declining donations and to consolidate services, the JFNS Board of Directors voted to merge the organization with the Combined Jewish Philanthropies in 2013. The collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings and publications from JFNS, as well as a large group of...
Dates: undated, circa 1926-2007

Jewish Heritage Center of the North Shore (Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-584
Abstract

The Jewish Heritage Center of the North Shore (JHCNS) collected the records of the North Shore Jewish community and developed exhibits, cultural events, and publications to preserve and disseminate the history of the community. JHCNS’s records contain administrative documents, such as by-laws, deeds of gift, loan agreements, and fundraising paperwork, as well as documents related to exhibits put on between 1991 and 2002.

Dates: undated, circa 1870-2008

Lynn Hebrew Young Men’s Aid Association Records

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Identifier: I-73
Abstract The Lynn Hebrew Young Men’s Aid Association was founded in 1903 by a group of Lynn men who wanted to assist new Jewish immigrants. In the 1940s, Lynn was no longer a community of immigrants, and the focus of the organization began to change. Now members utilized the club for various medical and insurance benefits, as well as for socializing. By January 1970 the Jewish community in Lynn had dwindled and the organization voted to dissolve the organization. This collection includes financial...
Dates: undated, 1936-1971

Philip Epstein Papers

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Identifier: P-989
Abstract Philip D. Epstein was a trial attorney from 1941 to 1999 and a veteran of World War II. He was active in the Jewish community of Marblehead, Massachusetts and worked with a number of veterans support organizations, such as the National Jewish Welfare Board and Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America. He served two terms as Commander of JWV Post 656 Marblehead-Swampscott. The material in the collection includes correspondence, announcements, meeting minutes, membership rosters,...
Dates: undated, circa 1951-1994

Temple Beth El of Lynn and Swampscott (Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-574
Abstract

Temple Beth El was founded in Lynn in 1924. In 1946, members of the congregation split off to form Temple Israel, and in 1968, Temple Beth El expanded from its Lynn location to Swampscott. The two temples reunited in 2005 to become Congregation Shirat Hiyam. This collection contains documents related to many areas of synagogue life, including general membership, the music program, the Religious School, temple governance, and the Sisterhood.

Dates: undated, circa 1924-2006

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Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds 1
Diamond, Alan 1
Epstein, Philip D., 1918-2004 1
Frisch, Shirley 1
Gold, Abraham 1
Goldstein, Maurice 1
Guinness World Records Limited 1
Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America. Lynn/North Shore Business and Professional Chapter 1
Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America. Salem-Beverly-Danvers (Mass.) Chapter 1
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Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America. Swampscott-Marblehead Chapter 1
Interfor Club (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Israel Bloch, 1906- 1
Jecomen Club (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Jewish Federation of the North Shore 1
Jewish Heritage Center of the North Shore (Lynn, Mass.) 1
Jewish Historical Society of the North Shore 1
Jewish National Fund 1
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Kaplan, Joseph 1
Kaufman, Arlene Lewis 1
Levenbach, Irma 1
Limon, Lillian 1
Lipsky, Bernard 1
Lynn Hebrew Young Men's Aid Association 1
Meir, Golda, 1898-1978 1
National Jewish Welfare Board 1
National Scout Jamboree 1
Shanok, Morton 1
Szold, Henrietta, 1860-1945 1
Temple Beth El (Swampscott, Mass.) 1
Temple Beth El (Swampscott, Mass.). Sisterhood 1
Temple Israel of Swampscott and Marblehead (Mass.) 1
Temple Shalom of the Congregation Sons of Jacob (Salem, Mass.) 1
United Jewish Appeal 1
United States. War Production Board 1
Weiner, Harry 1
Weiner, Herbert 1
Winer, David L. 1
Winer, Eleanor 1
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Winer, Richard A. 1
World Jamboree of Boy Scouts 1
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