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Ledgers (account books)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Aaron Gorovitz Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-87
Abstract Rabbi Aaron Gorovitz was born in Lithuania in 1870. He immigrated to New York at the age of 22. Before moving to Boston, he was one of the founders of Etz Chaim Yeshiva (later the Rabbi Isaac Elchonon Rabbinical College) and Yeshiva Jacob Joseph, organized the St. John, New Brunswick branch of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, and served as a rabbi in St. John, New Jersey, North Adams, Massachusetts and Woonsocket, Rhode Island before moving to Boston in 1907. Until the end of his life he...
Dates: undated, 1910-1956
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Aaron Gorovitz Papers

Boston Workers (Workmen's) Circle Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-494
Abstract Created to provide mutual aid and education, The Workmen's Circle was established in New York in 1900 and officially chartered in 1905. Massachusetts established an Independent Workmen's Circle in 1903 to maneuver around prohibitive insurance laws, but was able to unify with the national organization in 1921. Several chapters were operational in Massachusetts by 1911. The Boston District often mirrored National's development, including the establishment of cemeteries, a chorus, a camp, and...
Dates: undated, 1927-1999
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Boston Workers (Workmen's) Circle Records

Independent Order of B’rith Abraham, George Peabody Lodge No. 667 (Peabody, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: JHCI-003
Abstract This collection contains meeting minutes, transcripts, and semi-annual reports documenting the activities and administration of the George Peabody Lodge, No. 667 branch of the Independent Order of B'rith Abraham (IOBA). This collection also contains semi-annual reports to the U.S. Grand Lodge of the IOBA for 1927 and 1929. The collection was established by the Jewish Heritage Center of the North Shore, previously known as the North Jewish Historical Society, through many separate donations...
Dates: undated, 1913-1932
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Independent Order of B’rith Abraham, George Peabody Lodge No. 667 (Peabody, Mass.) Records

Labor League (Brockton, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-267
Abstract

In the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries, Brockton, Massachusetts was an industrial center that drew Jewish artisans and laborers to the city. They formed an organization known as the Labor League. This collection contains ledger books with member names and financial records.

Dates: undated, 1914-1922
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Labor League (Brockton, Mass.) Records

Series I: Independent Order of B’rith Abraham, George Peabody Lodge, No. 667 (Peabody, Mass.) Records, undated, 1913-1932

 Series
Scope and Content Note From the Collection: This collection contains typed transcripts of the first meeting of the George Peabody Lodge No. 667 branch, as well as a record ledger containing meeting minutes beginning on January 1, 1913 and ending on January 1, 1932, as recorded in English by Secretaries F. Hershenson and Sol Hershenson and in Yiddish by Secretary J. Edelstein. This collection also contains semi-annual reports to the U.S. Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of B’rith Abraham for 1927 and 1929. The collection was...
Dates: undated, 1913-1932
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / JHCI-003, Independent Order of B’rith Abraham, George Peabody Lodge No. 667 (Peabody, Mass.) Records

Temple Emanuel (Andover, Mass.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-442 and I-442A
Abstract

Temple Emanuel was founded in 1920 in Lawrence, Massachusetts. It began by serving a small immigrant Jewish community that has since grown to an affluent and lively congregation of about 600 families. This growth occurred largely under the tenure of Rabbi Harry A. Roth, who lead the congregation from 1962 until 1990 and oversaw the temple’s move to Andover, Massachusetts. This collection includes correspondence, photographs, and sermons.

Dates: 1939-2004
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Temple Emanuel (Andover, Mass.) Records

Women's Palestine Agricultural Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: I-294
Abstract

The Women's Palestine Agricultural Association, called Palagrass, was an organization founded in Boston in the 1920s. Inspired by the work of Rahel Ben-Zvi, Palagrass was established to aid in the agricultural development of Palestine, and later, Israel. This collection contains correspondence, financial records, programs, photographs and membership information.

Dates: undated, 1933-1968
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Women's Palestine Agricultural Association Records

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