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Lynn (Mass.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Interfor Club (Lynn, Mass.) Records

 Collection
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
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Interfor Club (Lynn, Mass.) Records

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
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jecomen Club (Lynn, Mass.) Records

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

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Identifier: I-596
Abstract The Jewish Community Center of the North Shore was established in 1911 as the Lynn Young Men’s Hebrew Association (YMHA). In 1943, the YMHA was renamed the Lynn Jewish Community Center, and in 1972, the organization moved to their current location in Marblehead, Massachusetts, at which time they changed their name to reflect their dedication to the entire North Shore community. The collection mostly consists of group and event photographs and various publications produced by the Center,...
Dates: undated, 1922-2004
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jewish Community Center of the North Shore (Mass.) Records

Jewish Community of Lynn (Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-580
Abstract

This collection contains a range of materials documenting the Jewish community of Lynn, Massachusetts. Included are materials from Jewish-owned businesses, Jewish individuals and families, and Jewish organizations in Lynn.

Dates: undated, 1855-2010
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jewish Community of Lynn (Mass.) Records

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
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jewish Federation of the North Shore (Mass.) Records

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
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jewish Heritage Center of the North Shore (Mass.) Records

Jewish Neighborhood Voices

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Identifier: JHCP-022
Abstract Jewish Neighborhood Voices: Using Oral History to Link Massachusetts’s Past and Present Communities is a pilot project of the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center (JHC), funded by Mass Humanities/Massachusetts Cultural Council and Combined Jewish Philanthropies. This project conducted approximately 20 oral history interviews with narrators (interviewees) who are the first- or second-generation members of families that came to the United States in the early to mid-twentieth century, and...
Dates: 2022 - 2023
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jewish Neighborhood Voices

Jewish Rehabilitation Center for Aged of the North Shore (Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-575
Abstract The Jewish Rehabilitation Center for Aged of the North Shore (JRC) was founded in 1945 as a convalescent home for the elderly in the North Shore Jewish community. Over the years, the organization expanded and became a permanent residence for the elderly, and with the opening of its assisted living facility in Peabody, the JRC became the largest not-for-profit home for the elderly on the North Shore. The collection contains programs for meetings and events, as well as a small group of...
Dates: undated, circa 1961-2004
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jewish Rehabilitation Center for Aged of the North Shore (Mass.) Records

Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, Post 31 (Lynn, Mass.) Records

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Identifier: I-567
Abstract This collection contains scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, newsletters, photographs, and event flyers from the Jewish War Veterans chapter in Lynn, MA, which was founded in the 1950s. The documents provide information on the organization’s purpose and activities. Some information on Jewish War Veterans organizations and their Ladies Auxiliaries in the general North Shore area can also be found in this collection. In 1991, an exhibit was held in the North Shore about the Jewish veterans from...
Dates: undated, 1954-2000
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America, Post 31 (Lynn, Mass.) Records

Lillian Glickman Papers

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Identifier: JHCP-009
Abstract

Lillian Glickman was born in Lynn, Massachusetts in 1915. This collection contains photographs—including those documenting her many travels aboard cruise ships—an autographs book, and a "Checker of the Year Award" from the grocery store chain Stop & Shop.

Dates: undated, 1930-2000
Found in: Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors / Lillian Glickman Papers

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