Contact us if you have comments, corrections, or suggestions:

Center for Jewish History publicservices@cjh.org

American Jewish Historical Society reference@ajhs.org

Guide to the Records of the National Council of Jewish Women, New York Section (1894- )
undated, 1895-2004

*I-469

Processed by Jenny Reeder and Adina Anflick

American Jewish Historical Society

Center for Jewish History

15 West 16th Street

New York, N.Y. 10011

Phone: (212) 294-6160

Fax: (212) 294-6161

Email: reference@ajhs.org

URL: http://www.ajhs.org

© 2013, American Jewish Historical Society, Boston, MA and New York, NY. All Rights Reserved.
Machine-readable finding aid was created by Jenny Reeder and Adina Anflick as MS-Word document in May 2005. Electronic finding aid was converted to EAD version 2002 by Yakov Sklyar in March 2006. Description is in English.

Descriptive Summary

Creator: National Council of Jewish Women, New York Section (1894- )
Title: National Council of Jewish Women, New York Section Records
Dates: undated, 1895-2004
Abstract: The records of the National Council of Jewish Women, New York Section document the organization's community service, advocacy, and supportive administrative, fundraising, membership, and public relations activities from the Section's early years to the present. Included is a large amount of material from the National Organization in relation to the New York Section. This material is dated from 1896 to 1999 and consists of administrative, events, and advocacy matters. The New York Section's community services files include its work on aging, child care, consumer telephone referrals, counseling support, crime prevention, the disabled, domestic violence, early child education, feminism, homelessness, hunger, immigrants, Israel, Jewish education and promotion, literacy, probation, the sick, summer recreation for children and the elderly, and war relief. The Section's advocacy files consist of lobbying efforts for the rights of children, the disabled, the elderly, families, the homeless, immigrants, Israel, and women. The collection is primarily in English, with some Hebrew, Yiddish, German, Greek, Spanish, Chinese, and Italian. Among the types of material are audio tapes, blueprints, correspondence, minutes, photographs, publications, scrapbooks, and scripts.
Languages: The collection is in English, with some Hebrew, Yiddish, German, Greek, Spanish, Chinese and Italian.
Quantity: 68.75 linear feet + 1 MAP folder (97 manuscript boxes, 1 half manuscript box, 8 (16 x 20") oversized boxes, 4 (13 x 18") oversized boxes, 1 (20 x 24") oversized box)
Identification: I-469
Repository: American Jewish Historical Society
Return to the Top of Page

Historical Note

Early Years
The National Council of Jewish Women was founded at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. Under the auspices of the World Parliament of Religion, Hannah Solomon, a prominent Jewish Chicago clubwoman, organized the Jewish Woman's Congress. Circular letters were sent to large cities, asking Jewish women to hold local mass meetings electing delegates to meetings in Chicago convening on September 4, 1893. At these larger meetings, upon hearing papers and speeches by Jewish women, attendees formed the National Council of Jewish Women with the intent to promote religion, philanthropy, and education.1

Delegates did not delay in translating the energy from the Jewish Women's Congress into the formation of local Council Sections. Synagogue sisterhoods had not yet emerged as regular features of American synagogues.2 An attempt in May of 1894, led by Minnie D. Louis, produced dissension between Orthodox and Reform women and prevented the successful organization of the New York Section. It wasn't until November 1894 that a group of 120 Jewish women formed the New York Section, and Rebekah Kohut, widow of Rabbi Alexander Kohut, with both Conservative and progressive ties, became its first president. Other leading women included Julia Richman, Esther S. Ruskay, Mrs. Frederick Nathan, Sarah Lyons, Minnie Isaacs, Dinah Gitterman, and Mrs. David L. Leventritt. Kohut noted, "The Council brought every sort of personality into its fold, people of the aggressive organizing type, of the modest retiring sort, women who were lukewarm about their religion, women who were intensely religious, members of the old families, and some of the latest comers to America."3 Kohut worked especially to develop collaboration among the Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform women who agreed to meet on the common ground of social service. New York Section hosted the National Council's first convention, November 15-19, 1896, attended by 250 members. Having been recently absent from Section affairs due to family needs, Kohut welcomed National Council but then resigned as New York Section president, believing in the rotation of office and wanting to devote more time to study.4

Early Religious Focus
New York Section was founded as a religious organization. Its early efforts included the formation of Study Circles. These discussion groups familiarized women with traditional Jewish texts previously accessible only through male study and discussion. While this was not an invention of National Council, it was the first Jewish organization to utilize the principle of adult education.5 In such a setting, women became conversant in expression of American gender roles within a Jewish context, creating a unique American Jewish womanhood.6 Local rabbis rather than Council members, however, led these Circles.7 New York Section's second president, Rachel H. Sulzberger, noted that the Study Circles "quickened the religious feeling of the community."8 Study Circles declined as National Council endeavored to meet the increasing needs of immigration and urbanization. Although National Council moved away from its original religious mission, it continued to be involved in the promotion and education of Judaism.

National Council was the offspring of the economic and social success achieved by German Jewish immigrants in the United States. As this community of German Jews matured and stabilized, they developed a uniquely American form of Reform Judaism as a way of adapting to American life without losing their religious identity. Councilwomen grew up in this community of German Jews, and the development of Reform Judaism had a tremendous influence on Council's approach to religion. In the ensuing years, as at its inception, Council was often caught in a power struggle between Reform and traditional Judaism.9 An early conflict, over Sunday Sabbath observance, propelled the Council towards social welfare work and deterred its identity as a religious organization. National Federation of Temple Sisterhoods formulated in 1913 partly to fill a vacuum created as National Council moved away from religious activity to educational, social welfare, intellectual, and cultural work.10

New Emphasis: Social Reform
The early projects of the Council concentrated on offering Study Circles for religious study and religious classes to immigrant children in various city venues, including Randall's Island. Beginning with pioneering the opening of a Recreation Room on Orchard Street in 1899 to protect immigrant girls and women from the pull of dance halls and the white slave trade, the Council soon changed its main focus to social reform work. Sadie American, National Council secretary, moved from Chicago to New York City in 1901, where she became president of the New York Section. Her emphasis on social welfare, particularly immigrant aid, became evident in the New York Section as well as the National Council's activities. Because so many Jewish immigrants came through Ellis Island, the burden of immigrant aid work fell to the New York Section. As the National Council shifted its emphasis away from religious work to social welfare work, immigrant aid became the National Council's primary focus. That change enhanced the power of New York Section and its president, power that other Sections resented.11

Arbitration with National Office
Administrative differences led to tension between New York Section, National Council, and other sections, particularly as a result of Sadie American's leadership style. She came under increasing criticism for her sometimes brusque manner and autocratic style. First attacked for her support of Sunday Sabbath observance, National Council members still reelected her as corresponding secretary at the 1900 triennial convention, then again in 1903 and 1905. But by 1914, no longer able to deflect criticism of her actions and her manner; she resigned as National Council secretary. New York Section promptly followed the pattern in vogue among dissatisfied Sections - it seceded. As the nation's largest Council Section, with membership dues constituting a seventh of National Council's entire budget, New York was instrumental in conducting Council's immigrant aid work. Under the experienced leadership of American, New York Section continued to maintain immigration work, and finally agreed to binding arbitration with National Council, resulting in New York Section's pledge of loyalty to the National Council. The Ellis Island programs remained under the jurisdiction of the National Council's Board. A year after its secession, New York Section returned to National Council membership, with a new President and a new Board.12

Community Program Pioneer
New York Section initiated and sponsored several projects, based on urgent needs, that later became independent entities. Recreation Rooms and Settlement became independent in 1905. New York Section's work with the blind in 1906 led to the 1914 formation of the New York Guild for the Jewish Blind. Lakeview Home opened in 1905 and provided a progressive haven for unmarried women and wayward girls; it became independent in 1917. In 1920, the New York Section at the Triennial suggested an annual event promoting Council and Judaism in synagogues throughout the country, and Council Sabbath became a National Council program. In 1945, New York Section ventured into group therapy in partnership with the Jewish Board of Guardians. The first of its kind, a treatment center for emotionally disturbed children, Council Child Development Center, opened in 1947. The Center became independent in 1956. Pregnancy Loss Support Program, started in 1983 and still functioning, introduced this area of counseling to the country.

Rebekah Kohut, first New York Section president, looked back on the Council work after its first thirty years and commented, "I should like to pause here... and speak more of the Council and what it stands for in its thirty years of existence. Besides its valuable contribution to Jewish life, and the fact that it gave women of our faith a national outlook, its aid to immigrants, its Americanization programme, its co-operation with congregations, its efforts in the correction of social evils, its voluntary suppression of its own identity in the gathering of war relief funds for the American Jewish Relief Committee, and its considerable service in Europe during the critical post-war period, are among a few of its achievements.13

NCJW, New York Section Today
Currently New York Section of National Council of Jewish Women is organized with a president, six vice presidents, and a board of directors who discuss local needs and strategic responses to contemporary Section programs. With the practiced experience of past presidents, vice presidents, and board members who continue to participate in a variety of ways, and with a professional administrative staff, New York Section functions as a volunteer organization involved in progressive social change, education, and community service.

Below is a detailed summary of New York Section's activities, listed under the following categories

Programs:

Advocacy: In an effort to reach current public needs, New York Section has used social advocacy to promote and legislate change. From its early years, New York Section has advocated for meaningful child labor laws, mothers' pensions, slum clearance, good low-income housing, and necessary public health programs. The Section fought for minimum wage laws, women's suffrage, anti-discrimination laws, and liberalized immigration quotas.

In support for the State of Israel and as a long standing member of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, New York Section has sent telegrams and letters to United States Presidents, New York congressmen, and Manhattan legislators urging continued efforts to seek peace in the Middle East, expressing dismay at shifts of federal support after the Camp David agreement in 1978, and has asked American leaders to abide by responsibility and commitment to the state of Israel through the 1980s to the present. The Section participates in parades, lectures, conferences, and financial support, particularly with the Israel Emergency Fund, and continues to applaud, question, and provide informed briefings to Congress.

In the 1980s New York Section advocated for the family, sponsoring a public forum on "The Jewish Family: Evolution or Revolution" in 1980. Through the decades, the Section has supported Roe vs. Wade and collaborated with the New York State Family Planning Media Consortium and the New York State Department of Health. Its 1989 legislative priorities included efforts to maintain a progressive attitude to making a woman's right to choose safe. New York Section continues to campaign for appropriate childcare and education.

Through the 1990s, New York Section continued to actively lobby on issues of reproductive freedom, aging, family and work needs, health care, hunger, crime prevention, education, and support for Israel. New York Section sponsored conferences on sweatshops, with a No Sweatshop campaign, elder abuse, and domestic violence, and has assumed a leading role in coalitions of organizations dedicated to eliminating abusive conditions at home and in the workplace. In 1999 New York Section co-founded New York Walks to End Domestic Violence, an annual event that raises public awareness in cooperation with over sixty participating organizations in New York City. New York Section recognizes the importance of the separation of church and state and opposes the use of public funds to finance parochial education.

Aging:To combat the loneliness and fears of older refugees and the growing surge of the elderly population following World War II, New York Section opened Council Club for Older People on the Upper West Side in 1946. The first senior full-day center in Manhattan, it met an essential social need with a broad spectrum of programs and opened the door for successive programs all over the City. In 1957, the expanded Club became the Katharine Engel Center for Older People. The Council Workshop for Seniors, officially opening in 1960, provided employment for retired people who needed financial opportunities. Now known as Council Senior Center, National Council's efforts to serve the aged continue to the present.

Children and Families: Women and children have always been a priority for the members of New York Section. Providing day camps, summer camps, day care, religious school, and pre-kindergarten programs, all occurring at Council House and Section settlement houses from 1900 through the 1930s. New York Section members organized the Washington Heights Day Nursery in 1939. In 1946, together with the Jewish Board of Guardians, New York Section pioneered a treatment center for emotionally disturbed children in a nursery school setting - Council Child Development Center. The Council Youth Program, begun in 1957, offered services for boys held awaiting trial at the Brooklyn House of Detention, where volunteers provided educational and recreational activities and acted as a link between families, prisoners, and jail officials. A subsequent survey of children in the New York City court system led to the implementation of an innovative program at Manhattan Family Court that provided guidance to those unable to cope with the complexities of the legal system. In 1964, Mayor Wagner chose New York Section to participate in pre-kindergarten classes as part of the Federal Head Start program. The Children's Library Program with its Book-Go-Round mobile lending library, opening in 1969, brought books and reading experiences to schools and day centers in disadvantaged neighborhoods. In association with the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, New York Section opened the Council Child Care Center in 1983, providing accredited day care for the children of employees of Jewish communal agencies.

Currently, the Children's Literacy Program maintains small libraries in day care centers and public schools, with volunteers to read to the children and help them develop reading skills. The Whitney Artreach program offers elementary school students the opportunity to understand and appreciate art. New York Section also sponsors a City early childhood intervention program, Home Instruction Program for Pre-School Youngsters (HIPPY), in collaboration with the Citizens Advice Bureau and United Neighborhood Houses in the South Bronx, teaching parents of four and five-year-olds to teach their own children.

Counseling and Support Groups: New York Section became the first organization in the country to provide telephone counseling and support groups for people grieving over miscarriage, stillbirth, and newborn death, by establishing the Pregnancy Loss Support Group. Section's Troubleshooter program operated in conjunction with WCBS-TV. Volunteers responded to letters and phone calls, and researched information to help people work through government bureaucracy and consumer problems. The Bereavement Support Group, organized in 1997, offers support and solace to those dealing with the loss of a loved one. In response to September 11, 2001, New York Section staffed a help-line, NY1 For You, in cooperation with NY1 News, to provide information and referrals for people directly affected by the World Trade Center disaster.

Hunger: In the 1980s, New York City faced epidemic problems with hunger. Since 1983, New York Section volunteers have served a complete meal every Wednesday evening at their soup kitchen on West 72nd Street, and sandwiches and fruit are distributed to overflow people unable to fit. A food pantry was added to distribute emergency packages of food staples for home use to individuals and families. The Family Soup kitchen furnishes a Sunday brunch for families with children.

Illness and Disability: The needs of the sick and the disabled became a growing priority for New York Section. In the early 1900s New York Section was unique in its commitment to assist the blind; volunteers read to the blind and taught blind children ways to become self sufficient, providing religious classes and recreational activities for them. Other sections across the country soon followed, and the program eventually incorporated into the Jewish Guild for the Blind.

In 1907, New York Section learned that among the indigent, sick, and disabled people living at the time on Blackwell's Island were Jews in desperate need of kosher food, clothing, and personal and religious attention. As a benevolent association, the women began visiting and providing for islanders' needs. In the early decades, volunteers rowed to the islands to serve the chronically ill. In 1927, New York Section moved beyond simple welfare provisions to build a synagogue and engage a rabbi in an effort to maintain religious values and identity. When Goldwater Memorial Hospital was built in 1950, New York Section furnished and dedicated the Gilda Roaman Chapel, which serviced about 300 Jewish patients.14 They sent volunteers to the Metropolitan Hospital to help toddlers and to assist the overworked staff, also furnishing a children's recreation room.

The Jackson Stricks scholarship provides assistance for the physically disabled helping them learn marketable skills to achieve independent living. The Gail Heather Coates Scholarship provides supplementary aid to graduate students in the field of special education.

Since the 1980s, New York Section has worked to meet the needs of patients suffering with AIDS. The Pediatric AIDS Caring Team (PACT) offers physical stimulation and comfort to AIDS afflicted babies living at the Incarnation Children's Center in Washington Heights. Volunteers with the AIDS Friendly Visitor Program provide birthday parties and holiday entertainment for the AIDS patients at Goldwater Memorial Hospital. Knitwit volunteers create hand-knitted toys, sweaters, and other gifts for distribution to babies, children, and adults in hospitals and residential facilities.

Immigration: New York Section pioneered efforts to help newly arriving immigrants, opening recreation rooms and settlement houses with English classes, religious instruction, job training, and social opportunities. At President Grover Cleveland's request, volunteers were organized to meet incoming ships at Ellis Island, offering aid to bewildered girls, protecting them from exploitation and unscrupulous employers. Volunteers assisted newcomers in finding shelter and acclimation. New York Section opened the Lower East Side Settlement House (Council House) on St. Marks Place and offered a full scale program: a mothers' club, a counseling program, a mental hygiene clinic (one of the first established in a settlement house), a kindergarten, and religious classes.

A number of immigrant girls were forced into crime and vice, ending up in correctional institutions. New York Section volunteers paid weekly visits to Bedford and Hudson reformatories offering advice and assistance. In 1907, New York Section opened Lakeview Home, a new concept in its time, for unmarried mothers and wayward girls. The Girls Home Club opened in 1917. First a refuge for parolees, it soon became a haven for teenage girls needing guidance and affection.

In 1928, because of a dramatic shift of the Jewish immigrant population from the Lower East Side to the Bronx, New York Section opened a new Council House on Forest Avenue. Included in the program was the first maternal health clinic in a New York settlement, an employment service for women, and a sewing workshop for wives of the unemployed. In time, as the neighborhood became multi-racial, Council expanded its services to all groups in the area. A yearly attendance of over 69,000 took advantage of some 150 programs. New York Section remained in the Bronx until 1945 when the Council House building was given to the community at a ceremony attended by Eleanor Roosevelt.

After World War II, New York Section worked to serve Holocaust victims. Volunteers in the Services to the Foreign Born program worked to reunite families and located relatives for almost 24,000 people. Job training helped new immigrants start over, later evolving into the New York Association for New Americans (NYANA).

Jewish Women's Resource Center: The Jewish Women's Resource Center began in 1977, when a small group of Jewish feminists decided to put aside stereotypes and examine the full range of Jewish women's experiences, including the religious and secular, the private and public. The JWRC joined New York Section in 1982. On November 15, 2000, the JWRC was rededicated and named in honor of New York Section volunteer Eleanor Leff.

The JWRC maintains an extensive research library, interpreting the Jewish women's movement, housing important literature, and preserving unique documents with particular attention to document and explore the interplay of feminism and Jewish tradition. The library includes books, studies, unpublished dissertations, liturgies, rituals, baby-naming ceremonies, Rosh Chodesh services, feminist haggadot and bat mitzvah ceremonies, egalitarian ketubot, in over 11,000 documents about Jewish women. JWRC publications include Jewish Women's Literary Annual; Which Lilith? Feminist Writers Re-create the World's First Woman; and Di Froyen: Proceedings of the 1995 Conference on Women and Yiddish. The JWRC offers book discussion groups, lectures, seminars, workshops, and readings. The JWRC's Jewish Women's Poetry Project encourages published and unpublished poets to perfect their craft.

The JWRC has sponsored support groups for women rabbinical students, for older women's empowerment, and for Jewish lesbians. Conferences have explored "Grandmothers, Mothers, and Daughters;" "Jewish Women and Jewish Men;" "Jewish Women in the Arts;" "Feminist Judaism;" and "Women and Yiddish." The JWRC led the revival of Rosh Chodesh observances and Tu b'Shvat seders.

Religious Schools
One way that Council worked to serve the growing needs of immigration while adhering to their primary goal of promoting Judaism was through religious schools. New York Section pioneered a new movement with the coordination of such schools, mostly for immigrant women and children, with the intention of instilling Jewish pride and identity as well as religious education. In particular, a religious school was organized for deaf Jewish children. At its height, religious school attendance reached seven hundred Jews.15 By 1915, three of these religious schools had been closed, and in 1916, New York Section worked in a partnership with the New York City Educational Alliance, the Young Men's Hebrew Association, and the Orach Chaim Sisterhood to coordinate instruction, upkeep, and activity of the schools.16 Particularly, the New York Section provided religious instruction for Jewish women at the Bedford State Reformatory, the Magdalen Home, Shelter Home for Young Women, and the Florence Crittenden League Home, where Jewish services were conducted on Sunday afternoons during the same time that Christian services were provided for Christian women and girls.17A Book of Prayer for Jewish Girls was published by New York Section in 1917 in an effort to reach this particular population. Jewish services and holidays were observed at Section's settlement houses, and children participated in Sukkoth, Seder, and Purim events. A series of "Bible Stories in Motion Pictures" was featured during the month of January 1912, utilizing new technology to educate and attract the masses.

Religious Activities Today
In 1920, New York Section suggested an annual Council Sabbath that was accepted by National Office at its Triennial. Council Sabbath promoted traditional Sabbath observance and the National Council; Council members addressed congregations in special services at local synagogues. New York Section held the event, which takes place on the Sabbath closest to Purim, between 1920 and 1960, and later reactivated it in 1980.

Since 1927 with the dedication of Welfare Island Synagogue, New York Section has provided religious services to patients on Roosevelt Island. New York Section's Contemporary Jewish Affairs programs address issues facing American Jews and the continuance of Jewish families. The Jewish Women's Resource Center examines feminism and Jewish tradition.

War Relief:

Spanish American War
New York Section formed a Red Cross Auxiliary in collaboration with all the Jewish women's organizations in the City.

World War I Relief
National Council, as the first national organization of Jewish women, wished to serve during World War I under its own auspices, believing that it should stand as a unit alongside the Young Women's Christian Association and the Red Cross. Jewish male leaders, however, wanted all Jewish efforts to be coordinated through the Joint Distribution Committee and the Jewish Welfare Board, so Council supported War efforts through these venues, as well as with the American Jewish Relief Committee and the Federation of Jewish Philanthropic Societies of New York.18 Thus financial support as well as bandages made in collaboration with the Red Cross helped support the War.

World War II
The impact of World War II was significant for the New York Section, evidenced in Section activity and records, and war support ran rampantly through this time. A brochure entitled "It's their Fight and Ours" publicized its 50th anniversary by semantically linking National Council members with soldiers. Rhetorical messages employed military references as Council programs advertised their various programs as a type of battle campaign. The Section sold $1 million in Liberty Bonds. A moment of silence during the April 19, 1944 meeting commemorated the Battle of Warsaw. The Red Cross awarded the New York Section with a citation for raising funds. Funds were regularly disbursed to War Emergency Funds. Members created Council Club canteen and dormitory for servicemen on furlough in the City. National Council of Jewish Women's New York Section celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 1944, a significant transitional period.

Refugees, World War II
New York Section responded to the after-effects of World War II by offering special assistance to refugees from the Holocaust, particularly through their Services to the Foreign Born program, which worked to reunite families and provide job training. Council looked abroad to the deprived children of France, Africa, and Israel, and launched Ship-A-Box, sending toys and educational materials for distribution to needy youngsters in children's homes, day care centers, and schools.

Chronology
1893 Council of Jewish Women is founded
November 22, 1894 New York Section organizes, Rebekah Kohut serves as its First President. Board Meetings are held primarily at Temple Emanuel with occasional meetings held at West End and other synagogues. Seven Study Circles form for Religious study and three for Philanthropy
1894-1904 New York Section lobbies in support of child labor laws, mother's pensions, slum clearance, low-income housing, and public health programs
November 1896 NY Section hosts CJW's First Convention
1898 Red Cross Auxiliary forms to help support medical needs during the Spanish-American War
May 17 1899 A recreation club opens at 79 Orchard Street for girls and women. The club expands into two houses and becomes known as Recreation Rooms and Settlement. A Sunday School starts for children on Randall's Island (see Board Minutes, February 20, 1911)
1899 Early minutes describe four bible study circles, three house libraries that lend books to children and hold lectures and discussion groups, three Sabbath schools, the Recreation Room on 79 Orchard Street, and religious classes for girls at the House of Refuge on Randall's Island
1900 Mothers meetings are described in the early minutes; February 20th minutes mention the Sunday Sabbath Question
1901-1916 Sadie American becomes President of NY CJW and also serves as Secretary of the National organization
1902 Investigations into the conditions for immigrant girls begins
1904 Ellis Island dock intake work begins at President Grover Cleveland's request; Minutes record follow up visits being made to the families of girls in House of Refuge on Randall’s Island; Religious classes held at the Hospital on Randall’s Island. As a result of the Conference on Rescue Work on April 11, 1904, a regular visitor goes to Bedford Reformatory and Juvenile Court
1905 Recreation Rooms and Settlement, later known as Chrystie Street Settlement, becomes an independent entity
November 1905 A home for unmarried mothers and wayward girls opens in Staten Island; Members of the newly formed Junior Section visit patients at Bellevue Hospital
1906 Minutes describe a Mother's Club and work with the"indigent blind"
1907 Committee on Blind forms
1908 Minutes describe visiting the "old Folks" on Blackwell's Island. The following committees are noted in the minutes: Religion, Religious Schools, Junior Section, Philanthropy, Immigrant Aid, Lakeview, Blackwell's Island, Hospitals, Blind, Correctional Institutions, Harlem Federation, Programs, Membership, Press, Reciprocity, Social, Education, and Finance
1909 The home for unmarried mothers is incorporated and is now officially called Lakeview Home. It is dedicated on April 9, 1910; the Board of Directors of the New York Section incorporates and is called "Trustees of the Trust Funds of the Council of Jewish Women of the City of NY"
1912 Chanukah Stockings Appeal; little blue stockings made by girls in Lakeview Home, are distributed to members to fill up with change. They are sent after Christmas "in order to avoid undue criticism." (see Board Minutes December 4, 1911)
May 6, 1912 Volunteers are present at port to receive victims of the Titanic
December 1912 "The Bulletin" is issued as an ongoing newsletter
1913 Committee on Blind changes name to Guild for the Jewish Blind
1914 New York Guild for Jewish Blind becomes an independent entity
1914-1924 New York Section lobbies in support of minimum wage laws, Women's Suffrage, anti-discrimination laws, and liberalized immigration quotas
February 23, 1915 An office for the New York Section, "a home of its own" is rented at 31 East 7th Street
September 20, 1915 NY Section secedes in response to National Council's attacks on Sadie American. American is forced to resign as Executive Secretary of the National Office. Binding arbitration rules in favor of the National Office. American and the New York Section Board members resign
1916 NY Section reorganized with a new President and Board Members. Board minutes are now typewritten. Office on East 7th Street moves to a room in the National Committee on Immigrant Aid's building on 242 East Broadway. Conforming with National Policy, three committees with various sub-committees are organized: Religion, Philanthropy, and Education. Last study circle meets; Religious schools are maintained by the Educational Alliance, with plans to open a new school
January 1917 Parole work begins for the workhouse and Penitentiary on Blackwell's Island and Auburn State Prison
March 1917 New headquarters that will include the religious school, opens at 71 St. Marks Place
May 1917 Lakeview Home becomes an independent entity
1917 Book of Prayer for Jewish Girls published by NY Section; Junior Auxiliary forms; Volunteers assist nurses in an influenza epidemic; New York Section participates as a member of the National League for Women's Service and the Red Cross; New York Section supports War efforts financially by donating to the Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and The Jewish Welfare Board; Volunteers make bandages in collaboration with the Red Cross; Girls Home Club forms, a refuge for parolees, and haven for teenage girls in need of guidance. The building is located on 418 East 50th Street
1918 First afternoon day class in English for Foreign Born Mothers, cooperation with Board of Education. Classes in English to Foreigners are offered in various parts of the city
1919 New York Section moves to a larger space on 74 St. Marks Place and calls it Council House; classes in religion are offered for Jewish Deaf Children in public schools; first Rummage Sale
1920 New York Section starts Council Sabbath, an annual event corresponding to the Sabbath closest to Purim. Council members deliver speeches and conduct special services at various synagogues. The idea is conceived by New York Section at the Triennial (see Board minutes, April 6, 1921). Board rules to keep Headquarters open on the Sabbath (see Board minutes, May 9, 1921). Girls' and Boys' League forms, the program is only mentioned in Board minutes for one year
1924 Council for Jewish Women is renamed National Council for Jewish Women (see Board minutes, May 1924)
1926 Junior Auxiliary undertakes the establishment of a summer camp in 1927 for poor children (see Board minutes, January 13, 1926); Girls Home Club, at 418 East 50th Street, is sold due to changes in neighborhood conditions, and moves to 141st Street between Amsterdam and Convent Avenues (see Board minutes, November 11, 1925 and April 14, 1926); Laying of cornerstone for the Welfare Island Synagogue occurs on May 26, 1926. First class in Citizenship Training
1927 NY Section builds and maintains Welfare Island Synagogue; Survey is conducted to determine if Council House should be moved from its current location due to changes in neighborhood conditions (see Board minutes, January 12, 1927); Junior Auxiliary opens a camp near Danbury, CT, given by Mr. and Mrs. Julius Fohs in memory of their daughter Ella, who served as Past President of the New York Section's Junior Auxiliary (see Board minutes March 9, 1927); Committee on Immigrant Aid takes charge of International Immigrant Aid work in New York City; 74 St. Marks Place is sold, NY NCJW can remain in the building until November 1st, 1928 (see Board minutes, December 14, 1927); Joint Committee on Education (including Council Juniors, see Board minutes, March 14, 1928) participates in a survey of the physical conditions for New York City schools; Central Club Council forms, representing all Mothers Clubs
1928 Chanukah blue stockings appeal is eliminated (see Board minutes, February 8, 1928); Girls' Home Club and the Religious schools at Council House are taken over by other organizations, in order to defray the NY Section's deficit (see Board minutes, May 14, 1928); Executive Committee is formed (see Board minutes, October 10, 1928); Ella Fohs camp moves to New Milford, CT (see Board minutes, November 14, 1928)
January 1, 1929 Girls Home Club closes as the casework has declined; the trend is to place girls in homes (see Board minutes, October 10, 1928)
March 1, 1929 Council House moves to Bronx on 1122 Forest Avenue
1929 Junior Auxiliary disbands and joins Senior Section, a separate Junior Auxiliary forms for the Ella Fohs Camp Committee; an Economy Shop is opened, Rummage sales continue to be held (see Board minutes, November 13 and December 11, 1929)
1930 Committee on Immigrant Aid is renamed "Service for the Foreign Born"
1931 Mothers' Health Bureau, a maternal health clinic opens at Council House by the American Birth Control League, as well as a pre- school clinic (see Board minutes, February 11, 1931); an Association of Adult Students in Day classes in English and Citizenship forms; Summer Camp for mothers and young children opens, organized by Mothers Clubs (see Board minutes, April 7, 1931)
1933 Junior Committee formed, uniting the existing Junior Committee and the Junior Auxiliary of the Ella Fohs Camp Committee (see Executive Board minutes, February 7, 1933); Bronx Committee forms; New York Section continues to face a large deficit
1934 The Executive Committee enforces Orthodox standards on a religious school run by Union of American Hebrew Congregations at Council House (see Executive minutes, October 5, 1934); Mother’s Clubs last mentioned in the Bulletin (see Bulletin, October 1934)
1935 Council Shop opens October 10th (see Executive Board minutes, September 25, 1935); Teas for Membership begin, and transform into branches (see Board minutes, February 13, 1935, Bulletin, November 1935)
1936 New York Section moves its headquarters and the Service for the Foreign Born into the same building as the National Council's offices (see Executive Minutes, March 17, 1936); Governess Training Fund helps German refugees; branches consist of Park East, Stuyvesant, Washington Square, and West End (see Bulletin, January 1936)
1937 Annual donations to the Ella Fohs Camp stops
1938 The Service for the Foreign Born begins a second training project, Visiting Waitress Service, a previous project was the Governess Training (see Bulletin, October 1938)
1939 A Central agency (National Refugee Service) is formed to help New York immigration relief agencies. The New York Section's Service for the Foreign Born will continue to help refugees who live in New York locate relatives, prepare affidavits, provide immigration information, handle casework, and provide retraining, translation and naturalization services. The central agency will work with the mass refugee program, and undertake New York Section's employment department and temporary visa cases. (see Executive Minutes, March 31, 1939); Minutes are recorded in a bound volume in longhand and Board meetings are held in Officer's homes; Washington Heights Day Nursery for preschoolers of working refugee mothers opens September 18, 1939 (see Executive minutes, September 13, 1939); Council Shop merges with Thrift Mart, a shop run by the Bronx Women's Committee of the Jewish Distribution Committee (see Executive minutes, October 30, 1939); Volunteers are solicited to teach English to Foreigners
1940 New York Section establishes a Red Cross Workroom at 1819 Broadway (see Executive minutes, July 9, 1940) and the Committee on Refugee Education is operating over 60 classes; 500 African-American families protest against banning their children from the Summer Play School at Council House (see Executive minutes, September 9, 1940); Gift Shop opens at 799 Lexington Avenue (see Executive minutes, November 19, 1940)
1941 Council Thrift Shop cooperates with Self Help Clothing Room, run by the National Refugee Service in providing clothing to refugees. The Greater New York Federation of Churches joins the Clothing for Emigres, which is run at 19 West 44th Street (see Executive minutes, February 6, 1941); New York Section merges Washington Heights Day Nursery with Eisman Day Nursery, another nursery serving mainly refugees. (see Executive minutes, May 9, 1941); Camp Council opens June 15, 1941, a summer camp donated by Bernard London for underprivileged children in Sandisfield, MA (see Executive minutes, June 6, 1939); Offices of the New York Section's Service for the Foreign Born moves part of its offices into the National Refugee Service's building at 139 Center Street and maintains a small building mid-town, curtailing its services (see Executive minutes, July 1 and December 8, 1941); Headquarters move to 1819 Broadway (see Executive minutes, December 18, 1941); First Aid Classes are organized by the Defense Committee
1942 Defense Committee works on educating the public on salvage collection; A new center is proposed to serve the African-American population in the Bronx (see Executive minutes, May 12, 1942); Training for home nurses begins; Classes for the Deaf are taken over by the Society for the Welfare of the Jewish Deaf (see Executive minutes, July 7, 1942); Consumer Education Center opens
1943 Council Club, a dormitory and breakfast club for service men opens April 11, 1943 at Temple Beth El (see Executive minutes, January 6, 1943); Eisman Day Nursery moves to 304 West 88th Street (see Executive minutes, May 5, 1943); Consumer Education Center closes due to inability of the City to maintain it; Support for Clothing for Émigrés stops December 1943 (see Executive minutes, October 5, 1942 and July 14, 1943)
1944 Red Cross closes New York Section's Red Cross Workroom due to lack of supplies (see Executive minutes, December 6, 1944); Plans to transfer Council House to the community begin in earnest; New York Section celebrates its Fiftieth Anniversary
1945 January 31, 1945 minutes list the following branches: Career Group, Fordham, Junior Committee, Midtown, Park East, Park Side, Stuyvesant, Village Group, Washington Heights, West End, Town Group, and Manhattan Juniors; Council House is turned over to the Community, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Mayor LaGuardia speak at conveyance dinner held March 27, 1945, Council House later known as Forest Neighborhood House; Trained project for foreign waitresses ends, many of them having permanently been employed (see Executive minutes, April 18, 1945) ; First mention of possible projects in group therapy (see Executive minutes, May 16, 1945); New York Section sells $1.6 million in War Bonds, enough to buy three C54 planes (see Executive minutes, June 6, June 20, and December 19, 1945); Center Street office for the Service for the Foreign Born is taken over by the Veterans' Division, Service moves entirely into 1819 Broadway (see Executive minutes, September 5, 1945); Thrift Shop forced to vacate its premises, moves to 842 Ninth Avenue; Group therapy project develops into a Child Care Center, a cooperative program with the Jewish Board of Guardians (see Executive minutes, September 12, 1945); Club rooms for Elderly People at Broadway and 110th Street are proposed (see Executive minutes, September 12, 1945)
1946 Council Club closes March 25, 1946 (see Executive minutes, January 16, 1946); Council Club for Older People opens March 31, 1946 at 2727 Broadway (see Executive minutes, March 12, 1946); Service of the Foreign Born moves temporarily to 2 East 76th Street at Temple Beth-El, while looking for a larger space (see Executive minutes, April 17, 1946); National Refugee Service and the National Council's Service for the Foreign Born merges to form United Service for New Americans, NY Section's Service for the Foreign Born remains independent (see Executive minutes, May 15, 1946); Service for the Foreign Born moves to 15 Park Row (see Executive minutes, September 17, 1946)
1947 Council Child Development Center, a treatment center for emotionally disturbed children, opens January 8, 1947 (see Executive minutes, January 8, 1947); Camp Council in New Boston is sold and a search begins for an expanded location nearer to New York (see Executive minutes, May 15, 1946 and March 19, 1947), a day camp is started in the meantime at Tibbetts Brook (see Executive minutes, May 8, 1947); Ship-A-Box project begins (see Executive minutes, December 17, 1947 and March 31, 1948)
1948 New York Board of Rabbis oversees the religious work previously supervised by New York Section at Welfare Island, New York Section will concentrate on hospital work only (see Executive minutes, November 3, 1948); Executive minutes return to being typed
1949 Bronx branch forms into its own Section (see Executive minutes, February 16, 1949); Fordham and Parkchester branches join Bronx Section (see Executive minutes, March 23, 1949); Children's Recreation Program at Metropolitan Hospital on Welfare Island starts, in conjunction with the hospital's social service auxiliary (see Executive minutes, April 13, 1949); First Annual Forum held on October 18, 1949, the subject is mental health
1950s New York Section lobbies for child labor reform, anti-segregation, divorce law reforms, day care programs, child adoption reforms, anti-discriminatory immigration laws, separation of church and state, and anti-residency requirements for relief recipients.
1950 NY Section dedicates the Gilda Roaman Chapel April 30, 1950 in Goldwater Memorial Hospital on Roosevelt Island (see Executive minutes, July 5, 1949 and March 15, 1950); Eisman Day Nursery removes New York Section's name from the sign on its building (see Executive minutes, February 1, 1950); Councilettes integrate as a branch, into the New York Section (see Executive minutes, May 17, 1950)
1951 Eisman Day Nursery is financially stable and New York Section severs its affiliation (see Executive minutes, February 7, 1951); New York Section begins selling Israeli bonds (see Executive minutes, April 3, 1951)
1952 The following branches are listed in the June 4, 1952 Executive minutes: Child Service, Circle, Colony, Cooper-Stuyvesant, Cosmopolitan, East End, Empire, Gotham, Gramercy Park, Harmony, Junior Committee, Midtown, Pyramid, Stuyvesant, Town & Country, Unity, and Washington Heights; Sun-N-Fun, Sunday day outings for camp alumni begins (see Executive minutes, July 16, 1952); Thrift shop holds an Americana Ball, a precursor to Angela's Ball (see Bulletin, October 1952); Council Teen-Age Club opens December 30, 1952, providing recreation for youth in the evenings at Council Club for Older People, in collaboration with 92nd Street Y and Youth Board (see Executive minutes, September 10, 1952)
1953 City Home Hospital closes, the synagogue services end, synagogue is kept open for general use (see Executive minutes, May 6 and September 14, 1953); New York Section reduces its support for the Council Child Development Center, the center is able to exist independently with the help of the Jewish Board of Guardians (see Executive minutes, December 16, 1953); Angels' Ball, a Thrift Shop event is held (see Executive minutes, November 17, 1954, Bulletin, October 1953)
1954 United Service for New Americans and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society merge, the New York Section's Service for the Foreign Born remains independent, working on immigration on a local level (see Executive minutes, January 27, 1954); County Fair, a fundraising event at 101st Division Armory 94th Street and Park Avenue takes place March 30, 1954; New York Section buys a house of its own on 9 East 69th Street on April 16, 1954 and is dedicated May 3, 1954; Last Councilettes meeting held (see Bulletin, October 1954)
1955 New York Section absorbs the Brooklyn Section's Service for the Foreign Born (see Executive minutes, May 11, 1955); Second County Fair takes place (see Executive minutes, July 20, 1955); day camp for older people proposed on same property as children's day camp (see Executive minutes, November 23, 1955); Council Gift Corner, a gift boutique in the headquarters lobby opens (see Executive minutes, January 9, 1956); Metropolitan Hospital moves to Manhattan (see Bulletin, October 1955)
1956 New York Section withdraws its support from Council Child Development Center September 1956 (see Executive minutes, March 28, 1956); the Park West Neighborhood Association proposes a part time spot employment agency for Senior Citizens to the New York Section (see Executive minutes, June 6, 1956 and January 23, 1957); Camp property is bought in Nanuet, NY; Men's Advisory Real Estate Committee, previously existing based on temporary need, becomes permanent (see Executive minutes, October 3, 1956); Council Teen-Age Club closes in January 1956 due to a lack of trained personnel (see Executive minutes, November 9, 1955, Bulletin, January 1956, Folder 39/2)
1957 Synagogue building in the closed City Hospital on Welfare Island, left open for general use and now in great disrepair, is completely dismantled (see Executive minutes, January 23, 1957); Forest House turns the deed to its building over to New York Section, being unable financially to support itself (see Executive minutes, October 10, 1956 and March 6, 1957); New York Section sells the Forest House building (see Executive minutes, April 3, 1957); Council Club for Older People moves to 2565 Broadway September 19, 1957 (see Executive minutes, July 18 and August 28, 1956) and is renamed after the past President, Katharine Engel Center for Older People (see Executive minutes, April 3, 1957); the new Center includes a Meals on Wheels program, Friendly Visiting program, and a pilot program: Sheltered Workshop
1958 Council Youth Program begins to assist boys held at Brooklyn House of Detention (see Executive minutes, March 26, 1958)
1960 New York Section helps the national office raise funds for Hebrew University Model High School Building Project in Israel (see Executive minutes, April 15, 1959); Sheltered Workshop moves out of the KEC building to 651 West 125th Street (see Executive minutes, April 20, 1960) and is renamed Council Workshop for Seniors (see Executive minutes, May 23, 1960); Council Gift Corner name changes to Council Corner (see Executive minutes, April 20, 1960)
1961 Eleven branches consist of: Colony, Cooper-Stuyvesant, Empire, Gramercy Park, Harmony, Junior Committee, London Terrace, Regency, Stuyvesant, Washington Heights, and Young New Yorkers (see Bulletin, December 1961)
1962 Children's Recreation Program at Metropolitan Hospital on Welfare Island is turned over to the hospital's social service auxiliary (see Executive minutes, June 27, 1962)
1963 Volunteer services at Goldwater Memorial Hospital are extended to include all patients on a non-sectarian basis (see Executive minutes, November 29, 1961 and October 30, 1963)
1964 Pre-Kindergarten Volunteer program begins in eight schools October 5, 1964 (see Executive minutes, March 25, May 6, May 27, June 28, September 9, 1964)
1965 Women are transferred to the Brooklyn House of Detention, expanding the Council Youth Program (see Executive minutes, April 7, 1965); Chosen by Mayor Wagner to participate in pre-Kindergarten classes as part of the Federal Head Start Program (see Executive minutes, April 7, June 2, June 16, 1965); WICS, a Job Corps program educating girls to be employable in distressed areas, begins as a National Council program in cooperation with National Council of Catholic Women, National Council of Negro women, and United Church Women (see Executive minutes, March 3, June 2, 1965); Angels Ball no longer listed as solely a Thrift Shop event (see Executive minutes, Public Relations budget, December 15, 1965); New York Section hosts the NCJW National Convention (see Executive minutes, June 27, August 29, September 5, and October 31, 1962, October 28, 1964); First Ruth Hess Leadership course, named after former Vice President, provides leadership training to promising volunteers (see Bulletin, December1965-January 1966)
1966 Council Workshop for Senior Citizens begins a homebound workers program (see Executive minutes, May 11, 1966); Junior Committee is no longer considered a Branch and is placed under the Ways and Means Committee (see Executive minutes, June 22, 1966); a Greenhouse is erected at Goldwater Memorial Hospital (see Executive minutes, December 7, 1966)
1967 New York Section begins a Volunteer Day Care Center Program (see Executive minutes, June 29, 1966); New York Section withdraws the Council Youth Program from the Brooklyn House of Detention, since the program was run more as an arm of the Correction personnel rather than a Council project (see Executive minutes, June 15, 1967)
1968 Research Institute for Innovation on Education in Israel is established. NY Section with other Council Sections, begins raising financial support; Spring Luncheon is cancelled, in tribute to Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., who was assassinated. The proceeds go to the Mayor's Commission on Youth and Physical Fitness (see Bulletin, May 1968)
1969 Volunteer Day Care Center Program starts Book-Go-Round, a bookmobile, on October 2, 1969 (see Executive minutes, December 18, 1968); New York Section celebrates its 75th Anniversary; Katharine Engel Center moves to the Park Royal Hotel (see Executive minutes, June 15, 1966, June 4, July 16, 1969)
1970 Book-Go-Round begins visiting the Children's Center at Fifth Avenue and 104th Street and the Housing projects that have Day Care Centers (see Executive minutes, March 25, 1970); National Office begins a two year survey evaluating the nation's Justice System for children, the committee is called Task Force on Justice for Children. National Office publishes its full report in Spring 1973 (see Executive minutes, March 25, 1969, September 6, 1972); eight branches include: Colony, Cooper-Stuyvesant, Cosmopolitan, Empire, Gramercy Park, Harmony, Regency, and Village (see Bulletin, June 1970)
1972 Angela's Ball transformed into An Evening with Lady Luck (see Executive minutes, September 6, December 11, 1972, Bulletin, Summer 1972); last Ruth Hess Leadership course
1973 Volunteer Day Care Center Program name changed to Children’s Library Program (see Executive minutes, March 7, 1973); Council Workshop for Seniors moves from 651 West 125th Street to 915 Broadway (see Executive minutes, April 9, 1973)
1975 New York Section launches its own Justice for Children project with the New York State Division of Youth, training volunteers to work in family court and their offices to help minor offenses and the New York City Intake Probation Department, and to help families and children at Manhattan Family Court and their offices (see Executive minutes, June 25, 1975); Children's Library Program involved in the dedication of the Stanley Isaacs Community Library at the Stanley Isaacs Senior Citizens Center, in cooperation with New York Public Library and the Stanley Isaacs Senior Center (see Executive minutes, August 6, 1975)
1976 Service for the Foreign Born is dismantled December 31, 1976 due to decreased caseload and financial support and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society takes over the caseload. Yeshiva University and HIAS hold its records (see Executive minutes, March 7, 1973, January 29, February 12, April 16, December 3, 1975, January 7, February 11, April 19, June 2, June 23, September 15, September 30, November 3, December 1, 1976, January 12, 1977); the Katharine Engel Center moves into its own building at 241 West 72nd Street in December 1975 (see Executive minutes, October 1, November 5, 1975); Councilettes, a youth group, is organized by the New York Section beginning February 1976, based upon the National Office's program (see Executive minutes, December 19, 1973, December 3, 1975, January 12, 1977)
1977 New York Section hosts the National Biennial Convention (see Executive minutes, February 12, 1975, March 3, 1976); Men's Advisory Committee started (see Executive minutes, October 5, 1977)
1978 Junior Committee celebrates its 45th year and is honored at An Evening with Lady Luck (see Executive minutes, August 9, 1978)
1979 The Katharine Engel Center's building is dedicated to former President Carol Bernstein (see Executive minutes, March 28, 1979); a Carol Bernstein Scholarship is established at the NCJW Institute for Research in Education in Israel in early childhood education (see Executive minutes, July 18, 1979)
1980s New York Section lobbies for: Child Care, Family and Medical Leave, all Pro-Choice legislation, Home care for the Elderly, Homeless, Hungry, and Welfare Reform
1980 The Children's Library Committee dedicates the Carol Bernstein Memorial Library at Goddard-Riverside Day Care Center in January 1980 (see Executive minutes, July 18, October 3, 1979); Children’s Library Program begins distributing inexpensive books for personal ownership to children through the Reading is Fundamental Organization (see Executive minutes, November 7, 1979); Council Sabbath is reactivated and an Oneg Shabbat takes place at the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue (see Executive minutes July 9, September 3, 1980), Justice for Children is renamed the Manhattan Family Court Service Program (see Executive minutes, September 3, 1980)
1981 The Children's Library Program dedicates a library at Elizabeth Blackwell School on Roosevelt Island on May 7, 1981 (see Executive minutes, March 4, 1981); the sale of a Torah in the Roosevelt Island Chapel allows for the establishment of a Torah Scholarship Fund for the Roosevelt Island Disabled (see Executive minutes, June 3, 1981)
1982 The Jewish Women's Resource Center, a feminist library and resource center formed in 1977, becomes part of the New York Section (see Executive minutes, February 3, March 3, 1982); Six branches: Business and Professional Women, Village-Gramercy, Carlton Group, Colony, Cosmopolitan, and Young Women's Evening Branch (see Bulletin, Spring 1982)
1983 Council Child Care Center opens in the Garden Room of Council House on August 1, 1983 in association with the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, for employees of Jewish communal agencies (see Executive minutes, March 4, 1981, January 6, February 2 & 3, May 5, July 21, 1982, April 6, 1983); Council Workshop for Seniors is phased out due to a lack of financial support in March 1983 (see Executive minutes, October 13, 1982); Pregnancy Loss Support Program begins as part of the Jewish Women's Resource Center (see Executive minutes,November 3, 1982); the Services for the Hungry Project begins with a Wednesday Soup Kitchen on June 15, 1983 at the Katharine Engel Center (see Executive minutes, March 2, April 19, May 4, 1983); a second Thrift Shop opens to expand the current shop's space (see Executive minutes, March 9, April 13, June 1, 1983)
1984 Torah Scholarship Fund is renamed the Jackson-Stricks Torah Scholarship Fund, in honor of Fannie Jackson and Ray Stricks, two sisters who have purchased the Roosevelt Island Torah (see Executive minutes, February 8, 1984); the Pregnancy Loss Peer Counseling Program, formed by the Jewish Women's Resource Center, becomes a separate community service project (see Executive minutes, May 2, 1984)
1985 Hands Across 72nd Street, a Food Pantry Program opens April 30, 1985 in partnership with Metropolitan New York Baptist Association, offering three day emergency packages (see Executive minutes, February 6, 1985); Manhattan Family Court Program, due to a lack of involvement, ends in April 1985 (see Executive minutes, November 26, 1984, March 6, 1985); Pregnancy Loss Peer Counseling changes its name to Pregnancy Loss Peer Support (see Executive minutes, June 5, 1985); First Ruth Samuel Lecture Series is held for members (see Executive minutes, October 2, 1985); Knit Wit Volunteers, who create items for Ship-A-Box, is formed (see Executive minutes, July 13, 1983, November 6, 1985); Last An Evening With Lady Luck fundraiser held; first Oral History Project conducted, interviewing the first class of female Rabbinical students at Jewish Theological Seminary (see Bulletin, Spring 1990)
1986 Senior Options Support Program (S.O.S), an advice and referral hotline to help seniors and their children begins January 1, 1986 (see Executive minutes, September 4, November 6, 1985); Pregnancy Loss Peer Support Group is renamed Pregnancy Loss Support Group (see Executive minutes, November 5, 1986)
1987 Troubleshooters, a consumer information and referral telephone service, begins January 1987 in partnership with WCBS-TV, who provides spot announcements (see Executive minutes, July 2, December 3, 1986)
1988 Whitney Artreach Program, introducing American art in elementary and intermediate public schools starts (see Executive minutes, January 6, 1988); Council Child Care Center closes July 1, 1988 (see Executive minutes, October 1, 1986, February 3, 1988); Fashion Sale fundraisers begin (see Executive minutes, November 4, 1987, February 3, 1988); first Gail H. Coates Scholarship awarded for graduate study in special education (see Bulletin, Winter 1988); Tel-A-Friend and After School Program for Latch key and Hotel children started (see Bulletin, Spring 1988)
1989 AIDS Friendly Visitor Program, at Goldwater Memorial Hospital begins (see Executive minutes, May 3, June 7, 1989); the Whitney Art Reach Program becomes a separate community service project (see Executive minutes, June 7, 1989); Parents Who Are Alienated From Their Children support group starts, sponsored by S.O.S. (see Executive minutes, August 15, 1990)
1990s New York Section lobbies for Reproductive Rights, Aging, Family and Work Needs, Health Care, Hunger, Crime Prevention, Education, and Israel
1990 Great Sundays, a seven-session program for mothers and children temporary living at Alexander Abraham Shelter is held (see Executive minutes, May 2, 1990); Council Thrift shop moves to 767 Ninth Avenue April 27, 1990 (see Executive minutes, September 6, October 25, 1989, May 2, 1990); Book-Go-Round ends, due to lack of attendance (see Bulletin, Spring 1990); S.O.S. begins a program at the Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged on the Upper West Side, called "Welcome a New Resident" (see Board minutes, March 28, June 13, 1990)
1991 Sunday Brunch opens December 8, 1991, a family soup kitchen (see Executive minutes, February 6, August 6, October 2, December 4, 1991); the first Nite of Fun fundraiser is held October 16, 1991 (see Executive minutes, August 6, 1991); Children's Library Program is renamed to Children's Literacy Program (see Executive minutes, October 30, 1991)
1992 New York Section begins a Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) Program in the South Bronx on November 2, 1992, in collaboration with the Citizens Advice Bureau and United Neighborhood Houses. The program, developed at NCJW's Research Institute for Innovation in Education at Hebrew University in Jerusalem in 1969, teaches mothers how to teach their preschoolers at home (see Executive minutes, March 6, May 1, September 4, 1991, December 2, 1992); the Pediatric Aids Caring Team (PACT) begins, offering visiting, family support, and home outreach services to families who have babies with AIDS who live at the Incarnation Children's Center in Washington Heights. The program is in cooperation with Northern Lights and Alternatives. (see Executive minutes, May 6, 1992)
1994 New York Section celebrates its 100th Anniversary; Evelyn Sleppin Campership Scholarship is established, allowing poor children to attend Camp Vacamos in West Milford, NJ (see Executive minutes, November 2, 1994)
1995 The Katharine Engel Center is renamed NCJW New York Section Council Senior Center and celebrates its 50th Anniversary (see Executive minutes, November 2, 1994, January 4, March 1, 1995); the Thrift Shop moves from Ninth Avenue to 246 East 84th Street (see Executive minutes, June 7, 1995)
1996 New York Section heads a Sweatshop Conference and organizes a No Sweatshop Coalition with other women's groups (see Executive minutes, March 13, 1996); Troubleshooters closes due to problems with WCBS-TV (see Executive minutes, October 29, 1996)
1997 A Bereavement Support Group for New York Section members begins February 1997 (see Executive minutes, June 26, October 29, 1996); Mothers Who Are Separated From Adult Children Support Group begins (see Executive minutes, April 2, 1997); New York Section now supports five HIPPY programs (see Executive minutes, May 7, 1997); Ship-A-Box is last mentioned (see Yearbook 1997)
1998 Bereavement Support Groups are moved from Membership to Community Services (see Executive minutes, April 1, 1998)
1999 Yad B'Yad, a National Council project that provides grants to help at-risk families in Israel replaces the defunct Ship-A-Box as a fundraising program for the NY Section (see Executive minutes, November 4, 1998, June 2, June 15, 1999); the Elder Abuse Conference takes place (see Executive minutes, March 2, 1999); New York Section co-chairs New York Walks to End Domestic Violence in Riverside Park on October 24, 1999 (see Executive minutes, May 5, 1999); Toys for Education and Creative Help (TEACH) supplies educational equipment to registered day care providers
2000 New York Section moves to its new headquarters at 820 2nd Avenue. The dedication is January 6, 2000 (see Executive minutes, January 21, 1998, March 2, April 21, June 2, 1999, January 5, 2000); Troubleshooters is reactivated with WCBS-TV March 2000 (see Executive minutes, February 2, March 1, 2000); a Divorce Support Group begins (see Executive minutes, April 5, 2000); Jewish Women's Resource Center is named in honor of Eleanor Leff on November 15, 2000 (see Executive minutes, October 4, 2000)
2001 WCBS-TV contacts the New York Section about beginning a new community service project (see Executive minutes, August 1, 2001); NY1 for You Program, a telephone referral helpline in cooperation with NY1News to help those affected by the World Trade Center bombing begins November 7, 2001 (see Executive minutes, October 11, November 7, 2001); HIPPY has four sites (see Executive minutes November 7, 2001)
2002 Enid Loeb Large Print Library dedicated at the Council Senior Center on October 23, 2002 (see Executive minutes, October 2, 2002); Cosmopolitan/Carlton branch solely exists

Chronology was compiled from the National Council of Jewish Women, New York Section, Records, Collection of the American Jewish Historical Society, Newton Centre, MA and New York, NY.

Return to the Top of Page

Scope and Content Note

These records document New York Section's early history to the present, representing a significant portion of its work in community programming and advocacy, as well as its supporting administrative, fundraising, membership, and public relations activities. As a section of the National Council, its records also include a substantial amount of material regarding the National Organization's programs, events, publications, and reports, dating from 1896 through 1999.

The New York Section has lobbied for the rights of children, the disabled, the elderly, families, the homeless, immigrants, Israel, and women. Throughout its history, the New York Section has often initiated new community services in New York City, evaluating the city's needs. Often its new community service became viable and independent, or was transferred to another agency. Its community services have encompassed a wide range of social issues: aging, child care, consumer telephone referrals, counseling support, crime prevention, the disabled, domestic violence, early child education, feminism, homelessness, hunger, immigrants, Israel, Jewish education and promotion, literacy, probation, the sick, summer recreation for children and the elderly, and war relief.

Supporting functions of the New York Section are documented through Board of Directors and Executive Directors' minutes; various program, steering, and planning Committees; Presidential, Vice-Presidential, and Executive Directors' files (not complete); Histories; Fundraising events; Membership events; Seminars; Volunteer Teas and Meetings; Public Relations press releases and brochures; the Bulletin, Yearbooks, and Scrapbooks.

Although the records of the New York Section represent a majority of the Section's activities; records for programs undertaken by other agencies may reside with the new agency. Among the programs transferred is the Service for the Foreign Born, which also has some representation in this collection. Branch records also are somewhat documented, but belong to each individual branch. Presidential, Vice-Presidential, and Executive Directors' files may also be privately owned, and are sparsely existent in the collection.

This collection includes audio tapes, blueprints, bulletins, by-laws, calendars, citations, correspondence, financial records, flyers, grant applications, invitations, invocations, lists, minutes, news clippings, photographs, plaques, posters, press releases, reports, scrapbooks, scripts, souvenir journals, and yearbooks.

Due to its disparate original order, the collection has been organized according to the current agency structure and collection's formats. The series are arranged as follows: Series I: Administrative; Series II: Community Services; Series III: Fundraising; Series IV: Membership; Series V: National Council of Jewish Women; Series VI: Public Affairs; Series VII: Public Relations; Series VIII: Publications; Series IX: Photographs; Series X: Audio and Visual Material; and Series XI: Scrapbooks.

Return to the Top of Page

Arrangement

This series is divided into the following twelve series:

Return to the Top of Page

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The collection is open to all researchers by permission of the Director of Library and Archives of the American Jewish Historical Society, except items that are restricted due to their fragility.

Use Restrictions

Information concerning the literary rights may be obtained from the Executive Director of the American Jewish Historical Society. Users must apply in writing for permission to quote, reproduce or otherwise publish manuscript materials found in this collection

There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:
American Jewish Historical Society, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: info@ajhs.org

Return to the Top of Page

Related Material

Several Record Groups at the American Jewish Historical Society, YIVO Archives, Library of Congress and Yeshiva University are considered to be related records to the National Council of Jewish Women, New York Section Records. They are:

Return to the Top of Page

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); National Council of Jewish Women, New York Section Records; I-469; box number; folder number; American Jewish Historical Society, Boston, MA and New York, NY.

Return to the Top of Page

Acquisition Information

Donated by the National Council of Jewish Women, New York Section in 2003 and 2005

Return to the Top of Page

Processing Information

Processing this collection involved encapsulating photos, photocopying newsprint and thermofaxes, reboxing, refoldering using acid-free archival supplies, removing rubber bands, removing staples and paperclips (and other metal fasteners), separating photographs, audio-visual media, artifacts.

Return to the Top of Page

Access Points

Return to the Top of Page

Container List

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection. The description of each folder includes (where applicable): Folder title; date; type of material; topics; list of correspondents.

 

Series I: Administrative, undated, 1898-2001, 2003.
This series is in English.
14 linear feet.
Arrangement:

By format and subject.

There are 19 subseries located here:
Scope and Content:

Series I documents the central administrative records and tasks of the National Council of Jewish Women-New York Section. Bylaws, personnel practices, facilities management, financial records, correspondence, and committee files concerning the governing of the organization, as well as Section histories and presidential papers, make up this series. Gaps exist in meeting minutes and presidential correspondence. The bulk of the series includes monthly meeting minutes, annual meeting minutes, Board of Directors minutes, and Executive Committee minutes.

Subseries 1: Minutes, 1899-1919, 1941-1959.
Scope and Content:

This subseries includes regular monthly meeting minutes dating from 1899-1919 [Box 1, Folder 1 - Box 2, Folder 1], as well as open annual meetings dating from 1941-1959 [Box 2, Folder 2]. Regular monthly meetings often contained lectures and musical entertainment. Special meetings found within this subseries include the Emma Lazarus Memorial on November 19, 1905 [Box 1, Folder 1]. Typewritten New York Section resolutions to support a federal Child Labor Law on February 18, 1907 is inserted [Box 1, Folder 1]. A typewritten budget for 1915-1916 is inserted in the minute book for that year [Box 1, Folder 4].

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 4: Boards of Directors, Minutes; and Subseries 9: Executive Committee, Minutes.
Box Folder Title Date
1 1 Minutes 1899-1906
1 2 Minutes 1907-1909
1 3 Minutes 1910-1913
1 4 Minutes 1914-1916
Box Folder Title Date
2 1 Minutes 1916-1919
2 2 Open Meeting Minutes, Annual Meeting 1941-1959

Subseries 2: Administrative Files, undated, 1960-1985.
Scope and Content:

This subseries contains administrative files contained in New York Section administrative binders, including House Rules, committee lists, organizational charts, personnel practices, names and addresses, and office procedures [Box 2, Folders 3-4]. This subseries also contains administrative speeches given to train administrators [Box 2, Folder 6]. These items are not inclusive of all of the New York Section administrative files; they corresponded to various subseries, including Personnel Issues, Facilities, and Executive Committee and Board of Directors. Additional administrative files for specific programs or events can be located within the program's or event's series.

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 8: Councilettes; Subseries 17: Vice-Presidents; and Subseries 18: Executive Directors.
Box Folder Title Date
2 3-4 Administrative Lists, Information, By-laws 1972-1985
2 5 Lists of Names and Addresses 1984-1985
2 6 Speeches, Administrative: Branch Chairs, Vice Presidents, Ad Hoc Committees, Adminstrative Committees, Councilettes, Leadership Conference, Executive Director 1960-1981

Subseries 3: Audits, 1983.
Scope and Content:

In 1983, New York Section requested an internal audit to determine the attitudes and opinions of Section's governing group, project managers, volunteers, members, and employees. This subseries includes reports by the following public relations firms: Research and Forecasts; and Ruder Finn and Rotman.
Box Folder Title Date
2 7 Audit, Internal Recommendations: Research and Forecasts, Inc., Notes on Recommendations 1983
2 8 Audit Recommendations: Ruder Finn & Rotman 1983

Subseries 4: Board of Directors, Minutes, undated, 1916-2001.
Scope and Content:

The Board of Directors managed the programs and events of New York Section. This subseries consists of Board of Directors Minutes, a Board of Directors Kit, 1985 [Box 3, Folder 1], and Board Job Descriptions [Box 3, Folder 2]. Board of Directors meetings generally took place monthly. During most years, the Board of Directors took a summer hiatus during the months of July and August. Meetings often included detailed reports from various committees inserted within the minutes. New York Section maintained many of these typewritten minutes in binders, which have been disassembled for preservation purposes. Folders now contain the minutes according to these original binders, with each binder usually filling four folders. Some original holograph minutes remain in ledgers preserved in this subseries, while other ledgers contain typewritten minutes glued onto the pages. Minutes for the year 1953 are found both in the ledger for 1952-1954 and in a separate folder from a New York Section binder. A binder of Committee Minutes, 1985-1986 contains separate committee meeting minutes and reports often included within the Board of Directors meetings [Box 15, Folders 9-10]. Gaps in the record exist between April 1917 and April 1921.

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 1: Minutes; Subseries 6: Committees; Subseries 9: Executive Committee, Minutes; Subseries 12: Histories; Subseries 13: Junior Committee; Subseries 15: Planning; Subseries 16: Presidential Papers; Subseries 17: Vice-Presidents; Subseries 18: Executive Directors; Series II: Community Services; Series III: Fundraising; Series IV: Membership; and Series VIII: Publications.
Box Folder Title Date
3 1 Board of Directors Kit 1985
3 2 Board Job Descriptions undated
3 3 Board of Directors, Minutes May 3, 1916-April 2, 1919
3 4 Board of Directors, Minutes April 6, 1921-May 18, 1925
3 5 Board of Directors, Minutes October 14, 1925-January 25, 1928
3 6-7 Board of Directors, Minutes February 8, 1928-April 23, 1935
3 8-9 Board of Directors, Minutes May 15, 1935-March 8, 1939
Box Folder Title Date
4 1 Board of Directors, Minutes February 18, 1939-February 5, 1943
4 2 Board of Directors, Minutes February 10, 1943-October 24, 1946
4 3 Board of Directors, Minutes November 1946-February 1950
4 4 Board of Directors, Minutes March 8, 1950-June 11, 1952
Box Folder Title Date
5 1 Board of Directors, Minutes September 17, 1952-October 14, 1954
5 2 Board of Directors, Minutes 1953
5 3 Board of Directors, Minutes 1954-1955
5 4-6 Board of Directors, Minutes June 9, 1954-October 10, 1956
Box Folder Title Date
6 1 Board of Directors, Minutes June 9, 1954-October 10, 1956
6 2-5 Board of Directors, Minutes November 14, 1956-February 12, 1958
6 6-9 Board of Directors, Minutes March 12, 1958-April 8, 1959
Box Folder Title Date
7 1-4 Board of Directors, Minutes May 20, 1959-April 12, 1961
7 5-8 Board of Directors, Minutes April 12, 1961-October 10, 1962
Box Folder Title Date
8 1-4 Board of Directors, Minutes November 19, 1962-May 13, 1964
8 5-8 Board of Directors, Minutes June 10, 1964-November 17, 1965
Box Folder Title Date
9 1-4 Board of Directors, Minutes December 8, 1965-December 14, 1966
9 5-8 Board of Directors, Minutes January 11, 1967-April 10, 1968
Box Folder Title Date
10 1-4 Board of Directors, Minutes May 15, 1968-December 10, 1969
10 5-8 Board of Directors, Minutes January 1970-April 1971
Box Folder Title Date
11 1-4 Board of Directors, Minutes May 1971-May 1972
11 5-8 Board of Directors, Minutes June 1972-May 1973
11 9-10 Board of Directors, Minutes June 1973-May 1974
Box Folder Title Date
12 1-2 Board of Directors, Minutes June 1973-May 1974
12 3-6 Board of Directors, Minutes June 1974-April 1975
12 7-10 Board of Directors, Minutes May 21, 1975-May 19, 1976
Box Folder Title Date
13 1-4 Board of Directors, Minutes June 16, 1976-May 18, 1977
13 5-8 Board of Directors, Minutes June 15, 1977-May 17, 1978
Box Folder Title Date
14 1-4 Board of Directors, Minutes June 21, 1978-May 16, 1979
14 5-8 Board of Directors, Minutes June 1979-March 1981
Box Folder Title Date
15 1-4 Board of Directors, Minutes April 1981-March 1984
15 5-8 Board of Directors, Minutes June 1984-March 1986
15 9-10 Board of Directors, Minutes January 1985-June 1986
Box Folder Title Date
16 1-4 Board of Directors, Minutes April 1986-December 1988
16 5-8 Board of Directors, Minutes January 1989-December 1990
16 9-11 Board of Directors, Minutes January 1991-December 1997
Box Folder Title Date
17 1 Board of Directors, Minutes January 1991-December 1997
17 2-4 Board of Directors, Minutes January 1998-December 2001

Subseries 5: By-Laws, undated, 1956-1974, 1977-1984, 1988-1991.
Scope and Content:

The New York Section Bylaws are contained in this subseries, documenting New York Section's official rules and regulations for public perusal. Bylaws do not exist for every year. Minutes of the Bylaws Committee are included, as well as proposed revisions. An undated Council Credo is also part of this subseries [Box 17, Folder 8].

See also: Series V: National Council of Jewish Women, Subseries 1: Administrative Papers, Subsubseries A: By-Laws, Policies, and Procedures.
Box Folder Title Date
17 5 By-Laws, Committee Minutes, Proposed Revisions undated, 1956-1974
17 6 By-Laws, Committee Minutes, Proposed Revisions 1977-1984
17 7 By-Laws 1988-1991
17 8 Credo undated

Subseries 6: Committees, undated, 1968, 1977, 1979-1995, 1997-1998.
Scope and Content:

This subseries contains files from various administrative committees, including the Evaluation and Survey Committee [Box 17, Folder 9; Box 18, Folders 1-2], House Committee [Box 18, Folder 3], Men's Committee [Box 18, Folder 4], New Projects Committee [Box 18, Folders 5-6], Pilot Projects Committee [Box 18, Folder 7], Nominating Committee [Box 18, Folders 8-9], Steering Committee [Box 18, Folder 10], Strengthening New York Task Force [Box 18, Folder 11], and Women's Issues Committee [Box 18, Folder 12-13]. Files include reports to the Board of Directors and Executive Committee, committee meeting agendas and minutes, committee member lists, committee correspondence, committee budgets, committee goals and charges to the committee, committee guidelines, pamphlets, surveys and studies of committee activities, National Council guidelines, committee volunteer assignments, interoffice memos regarding committees, committee proposals, resumes (restricted material), and newspaper clippings. Additional committee minutes can be found within the specific program under Series II: Community Services.

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 4: Board of Directors, Minutes; Subseries 9: Executive Committee, Minutes; and Series II: Community Services.
Box Folder Title Date
17 9 Evaluations, Community Service Future Planning 1986-1992
Box Folder Title Date
18 1 Evaluation and Survey Committee undated, 1968, 1984-1987
18 2 Evaluation and Survey Committee undated, 1983-1991
18 3 House Committee, Agendas and Suggestions Committee 1997
18 4 Men's Committee 1992-1993
18 5 New Projects Committee 1979-1982
18 6 New Projects Committee 1980-1981
18 7 Pilot Project Committee undated, 1990
18 8 Nominating Committee Restricted Item undated, 1980-1985
18 9 Nominating Committee 1994-1995
18 10 Steering Committee minutes 1998 March 17
18 11 Task Force, Strengthening NY Section 1977
18 12 Women's Issues Committee undated, 1985-1986
18 13 Women's Issues Priority Steering Committee 1987

Subseries 7: Correspondence, 1977-1978.
Scope and Content:

Business Office correspondence [Box 18, Folder 14] and Executive Committee correspondence [Box 18, Folder 15] make up this subseries. Flora Rothenberg, Executive Director, and Carol Bernstein, Section President, preserved some correspondence regarding Business Office and Executive Committee issues. The subseries contains correspondence to and from other people, as well. Large gaps exist both within this time period, and beyond this time period.

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 16: Presidential Papers.
Box Folder Title Date
18 14 Business Office, Correspondence 1977-1978
18 15 Executive Committee, Correspondence 1977

Subseries 8: Councilettes, 1974-1983.
Scope and Content:

This subseries contains correspondence, permissions forms, flyers and invitations, partial membership lists, reports, Councilettes in Action newsletters, and nomination forms and sponsor forms for this teenaged branch of New York Section.

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 2: Administrative Files; and Series VIII: Publications, Subseries 1: Bulletin.
Box Folder Title Date
18 16 Councilettes undated, 1974-1977
18 17 Committees, Councilettes 1978-1979
18 18 Councilettes 1980-1983

Subseries 9: Executive Committee, Minutes, 1932-2003.
Scope and Content:

The Executive Committee Minutes make up this subseries. Like the Board of Directors Minutes, the New York Section preserved Executive Committee Minutes in three-ring binders, which were dismantled and the pages are preserved in folders in these boxes. Some original ledgers with holograph minutes exist. Later ledgers contain typewritten minutes glued onto the pages. Minutes are typed and include financial, fundraising, and budget information; personnel issues, including salaries (restricted material); presidential executive director reports, Section affiliations; various program reports and branch reports; board appointments and resignations; office space and facilities issues, including supplies and equipment; references to Section correspondence; bylaws and policies; and membership drives, statistics, and other membership issues.

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 1: Minutes; Subseries 4: Board of Directors, Minutes; Subseries 6: Committees; Subseries 12: Histories; Subseries 13: Junior Committee; Subseries 15: Planning; Subseries 16: Presidential Papers; Subseries 17: Vice-Presidents; Subseries 18: Executive Directors; Series II: Community Services; Series III: Fundraising; Series IV: Membership; and Series VIII: Publications.
Box Folder Title Date
19 1 Executive Committee, Minutes June 14, 1932-April 12, 1939
19 2 Executive Committee, Minutes January 27, 1939-September 10, 1942
19 3 Executive Committee, Minutes September 22, 1942-June 22, 1944
19 4 Executive Committee, Minutes July 6, 1944-April 30, 1947
19 5 Executive Committee, Minutes May 8, 1947-June 9, 1949
Box Folder Title Date
20 1 Executive Committee, Minutes 1949-1951
20 2 Executive Committee, Minutes 1951-1952
20 3 Executive Committee, Minutes 1952-1953
Box Folder Title Date
21 1 Executive Committee, Minutes 1953
21 2 Executive Committee, Minutes November 17, 1953-September 7, 1955
21 3-6 Executive Committee, Minutes June 2, 1954-May 10, 1961
Box Folder Title Date
22 1-4 Executive Committee, Minutes June 7, 1961-January 21, 1966
22 5-8 Executive Committee, Minutes March 2, 1966-May 5, 1971
Box Folder Title Date
23 1-4 Executive Committee, Minutes Restricted Item 1971 June 9-1975 April 30
23 5-8 Executive Committee, Minutes Restricted Item 1975-1980
Box Folder Title Date
24 1-4 Executive Committee, Minutes Restricted Item June 1980-June 1985
24 5-8 Executive Committee, Minutes Restricted Item 1985-1990
24 9 Executive Committee, Minutes January 1991-December 1997
Box Folder Title Date
25 1-2 Executive Committee, Minutes Restricted Item January 1991-December 1997
25 3-4 Executive Committee, Minutes January 7, 1998-June 4, 2003

Subseries 10: Facilities, undated, 1954, 1982, 1984-1990.
Scope and Content:

This subseries contains files and information on New York Section facilities, specifically information on Council House at various locations and at various times. Files include speeches, floor plans, renovation plans, rental procedures, and various building policies.

See also: Series II: Community Services, Subseries 4: Council House; and MAP Folder.
Box Folder Title Date
25 5 Council House, Floor Plan undated
25 6 Council House Dedication 1954
25 7 School Building Use Proposal 1982
25 8 Kitchen Renovation 1984-1990
25 9 Building Rental 1986-1988
25 10 Smoking Policy 1988

Subseries 11: Finances, 1965-1971, 1976-1981, 1990.
Scope and Content:

Financial Records for the New York Section include tax-exempt certificates [Box 25, Folder 11] and Finance Committee meeting minutes and budget proposals. Gaps exist between 1954 and 1965, 1971 and 1976, and 1981-1990.
Box Folder Title Date
25 11 Tax-Exempt Certificates 1979-1981, 1990
25 12 Finance and Budget 1976-1978
25 13 Finance Committee, Minutes 1965-1971
Box Folder Title Date
26 1 Finance Committee, Minutes 1965-1971

Subseries 12: Histories, undated, 1898, 1906, 1911, 1916-1917, 1928, 1936-1937, 1943, 1945, 1954, 1956, 1961, 1969, 1974, 1976-1996.
Scope and Content:

New York Section preserved its section histories in various forms, recorded at various dates, written by various people. Many included a table of presidents to that point. Histories were often presented in the form of a speech at dedication ceremonies for Section programs. Section histories were also presented in the form of brochures or reports on the Bulletin, often for anniversary celebrations. A folder containing Section archival information, including file lists [Box 26, Folder 4]. Two folders contain inquires about historical information from the New York Section [Box 26, Folders 5, 7]. These histories and inquiries are sporadic.

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 1: Minutes; Subseries 4: Board of Directors, Minutes; Subseries 9: Executive Committee; and Subseries 16: Presidential Papers; Series II: Community Services, Subseries 4: Council House; Subseries 8: Immigration; and Subseries 10: War Efforts; Series IV: Membership, Subseries 1: Annual Events; Series V: National Council of Jewish Women, Subseries 5: Publications; Series VIII: Publications; Series IX: Photographs; and Series XI: Scrapbooks, Subseries 2: Individual Programs and Subseries 3: Newspaper Clippings.
Box Folder Title Date
26 2 Histories, NCJW-NY Section undated, 1916, 1917, 1928, 1943, 1945, 1954, 1956, 1961
26 3 Historical Brochures undated, 1969, 1974, 1994
26 4 Historical Files undated, 1986
26 5 Historical Inquiries 1976-1996
26 6 May 1893 Address, Esther Ruskay, First Meeting New York Section, Subject: Judaism 1978, 1985
26 7 Historical Letters undated, 1898-1906, 1911, 1936, 1937

Subseries 13: Junior Committee, undated, 1956-1976, 1983, 1985.
Scope and Content:

This subseries contains records of the Junior Committee, including minutes, 1956-1963 and 1970-1976. See also the Junior Committee Scrapbooks in the Scrapbook subseries. General files in this subseries include invitations, response cards, and scripts for Junior Committee events; Junior Committee guidelines and membership lists; and other committee information.

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 1: Minutes; Subseries 4: Board of Directors, Minutes; and Subseries 9: Executive Committee; Series VIII: Publications; Series IX: Photographs, Subseries 1: Administrative and Series XI: Scrapbooks, Subseries 2: Individual Programs; and Subseries 3: Newspaper Clippings.
Box Folder Title Date
26 8 Junior Committee, Minutes 1956-1957
26 9 Junior Committee, Minutes 1957-1960
26 10 Junior Committee, Minutes 1960-1961
26 11 Junior Committee, Minutes 1961-1962
26 12 Junior Committee, Minutes 1962
Box Folder Title Date
27 1 Junior Committee, Minutes 1963
27 2 Junior Committee, Minutes 1970-1976
27 3 Junior Committee 1964-1976
27 4 Junior Committee Invitations 1966-1974
27 5 Junior Committee Rules 1966
27 6 Scripts, Junior Committee undated, 1957, 1964
27 7 Scripts, Junior Committee October 16, 1969
27 8 Junior Council undated, 1983, 1985

Subseries 14: Personnel Issues, 1972-1980, 1984, 1986-1989, 1992, 1997, 1999.
Scope and Content:

Personnel practices, including pension plan information, employee fingerprinting, and staff Chanukah parties make up this subseries.

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 9: Executive Committee Minutes.
Box Folder Title Date
27 9 Fingerprinting and Central Register 1984, 1986
27 10 Pension Plan 1979
27 11 Personnel Practices 1972-1980
27 12 Personnel Practices 1987-1989
27 13 Personnel Practices 1992, 1997
27 14 Chanukah Party for Staff 1973-1979, 1999

Subseries 15: Planning, 1988-1991, 1996.
Scope and Content:

This subseries contains long-range planning and strategic plans in the forms of responses to recommendations by the Planning and Evaluation Committees and financial statements and auditor's reports for New York Section, as well as correspondence regarding Section planning and Long Range Financial Planning Committee minutes and committee member lists. Later files for 1996 include Strategic Planning Action Reports [Box 27, Folder 16].

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 1: Minutes; Subseries 3: Audits; Subseries 4: Board of Directors, Minutes; Subseries 6: Committees; and Subseries 9: Executive Committee; Series II: Community Services; Series V: National Council of Jewish Women, Subseries 1: Administrative Papers; Subseries 3: Programs/Issues of Concern; Subseries 5: Publications; and Subseries 6: Reports/Fact Sheets/Resolutions.
Box Folder Title Date
27 15 Long Range Planning 1988-1991
27 16 Strategic Plan 1996

Subseries 16: Presidential Papers, undated, 1912, 1924-1925, 1927, 1933, 1935-1938, 1941-1944, 1948-1951, 1953-1969, 1973, 1975, 1977-1984, 1988, 1980, 1990, 1992-1994, 1996.
Scope and Content:

Various New York Section presidents preserved their papers; and correspondence, annual reports [Box 27, Folder 18], and memorials [Box 27, Folder 19; and Box 28, Folders 4-5] are found in this subseries. Not all presidents retained their records, so this subseries features only certain leaders, including Katharine Engel [Box 27, Folder 20], Lucy Broido [Box 27, Folders 21; Box 28, Folder 1], Carol Bernstein [Box 28, Folders 3-5], Sally Broido [Box 28, Folder 6-7], and Nancy Rubinger [Box 28, Folder 8]. This subseries is not inclusive but rather contains a very small selection of all presidential papers, which have not been preserved with New York Section.

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 1: Minutes; Subseries 4: Board of Directors, Minutes; Subseries 7: Correspondence; Subseries 9: Executive Committee; and Subseries 12: Histories; Series IV: Membership, Subseries 1: Annual Events; Series VIII: Publications; Series IX: Photographs, Subseries 1: Administrative; and Series XI: Scrapbooks, Subseries 3: Newspaper Clippings. Note: Presidential correspondence is scattered throughout, please refer to a specific program or event.
Box Folder Title Date
27 17 Presidents, NY Section 1944, 1963, 1978, 1984, 1994
27 18 Presidents, Annual Reports 1924-1925, 1927, 1933, 1935-1938, 1941-1944, 1948, 1950, 1959-1960, 1981
27 19 Memorials, Ida Straus, Miriam Landsberg , Jean Wise May undated, 1912, 1966
27 20 Katharine Engel 1949
27 21 Annual Meeting, Mrs. Broido's Speech 1951
Box Folder Title Date
28 1 Lucy Kaufmann Broido 1953-1969
28 2 Constance Stern 1960 May 10
28 3 Bulletin, President's Message and General Correspondence, Carol Bernstein 1973-1978
28 4 Memorials, Carol Bernstein 1978-1979
28 5 Carol Bernstein Memorial Fund 1980
28 6 Speeches, Reports: Sally Broido 1980-1982
28 7 Sally Broido, Correspondence 1981-1983
28 8 Nancy B. Rubinger, Correspondence 1988

Subseries 17: Vice-Presidents, 1961, 1975, 1977, 1991.
Scope and Content:

This subseries contains information about New York Section's vice presidents, including lists of responsibilities for the years 1961, 1975, and 1977 [Box 28, Folder 9], and minutes from a Vice Presidents' meeting in May 1991 [Box 28, Folder 10]. Other vice presidential records for New York Section are not included in this collection.

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 1: Minutes; Subseries 2: Administrative Files; Subseries 4: Board of Directors, Minutes; and Subseries 9: Executive Committee; and Series IX: Photographs, Subseries 1: Administrative.
Box Folder Title Date
28 9 Vice Presidents, Responsibilities 1961, 1975, 1977
28 10 Vice-Presidents Meeting May 1991

Subseries 18: Executive Directors, 1938, 1940-1941, 1945, 1948.
Scope and Content:

This subseries consists of speeches and correspondence of Executive Directors. Reports to the Board [Box 28, Folder 11] and correspondence of Helen Caplin Heller [Box 28, Folder 12] make up the subseries.

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 1: Minutes; Subseries 2: Administrative Files; Subseries 4: Board of Directors, Minutes; Subseries 7: Correspondence; and Subseries 9: Executive Committee.
Box Folder Title Date
28 11 Executive Director's Reports to Board 1938, 1940-1941, 1945, 1948
28 12 Helen Caplin Heller (Executive Director), Correspondence 1990, 1992-1993, 1996

Subseries 19: Miscellaneous, undated, 1912-1915, 1921, 1924, 1928, 1937, 1940-1945, 1947, 1962, 1979, 1982, 1987, 1990, 1992-1994.
Scope and Content:

This subseries contains random administrative files, including an artist and film contract for 1987 [Box 28, Folder 13], a list of Section officers for 1993-1994 [Box 28, Folder 15], and various surveys from 1990 [Box 28, Folder 16]. Miscellaneous files appear in Box 28, Folder 14, from earlier years of the Section.
Box Folder Title Date
28 13 Artist/Film Contracts 1987
28 14 Miscellaneous Material undated, 1912-1915, 1992
28 15 Section Officers 1993-1994
28 16 Surveys 1990
Return to the Top of Page
 

Series II: Community Services, undated, 1899, 1906, 1910s-1920s, 1933, 1938, 1940-2002.
This series is in English.
11 linear feet.
Arrangement:

Alphabetical.

There are 10 subseries located here:
Scope and Content:

Series II contains program files, brochures, minutes, and descriptions of many of New York Section's community services. The series has been divided into ten basic subseries based on program subjects. Many of these programs evolved or changed names, and files reflect the original names with new names leading to separate folders. Many records for New York Section community service programs do not exist with New York Section records due to the fact that as programs evolved and affiliations changed hands, New York Section did not retain these transferred records.

Subseries 1: Overview of Community Services, undated, 1954-1991.
Scope and Content:

This subseries includes general community service information for New York Section, with overviews, program fact sheets collected internally, community services planning [Box 29, Folder 4], and mayoral citations praising New York Section's work with community services [Box 29, Folders 6-7].

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 1: Minutes; Subseries 4: Board of Directors, Minutes; Subseries 6: Committees; Subseries 9: Executive Committee, Minutes; Subseries 12: Histories; and Subseries 15: Planning.
Box Folder Title Date
29 1 Overview of Community Services 1954-1991
29 2 Community Services undated, 1966-1967, 1972, 1974
29 3 Fact Sheets, Community Welfare Projects undated, 1954-1965
29 4 Future Planning 1988-1991
29 5 Community Service Programs undated, 1971
29 6 Mayoral Citation 1959
29 7 Mayoral Citation 1969

Subseries 2: Aging, undated, 1947-1999.
Scope and Content:

Files concerning New York Section's services for the aging and elderly make up this subseries. Subseries 2 is divided into four subsubseries. Files are arranged chronologically and cover various programs within these centers, newsletters, committee minutes, reports to the Section, correspondence, publications and printed material, fliers and invitations, monthly statistical summaries, press clippings, relocation information, and details of program closing.

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 1: Minutes; Subseries 4: Board of Directors, Minutes; Subseries 6: Committees; Subseries 9: Executive Committee, Minutes; Subseries 12: Histories; Subseries 15: Planning; Subseries 16: Presidential Papers; Subseries 17: Vice-Presidents; Subseries 18: Executive Directors; Series III: Fundraising, Subseries 6: Grants; Series V: National Council of Jewish Women, Subseries 3: Programs/Issues of Concern; and Subseries 5: Publications; Series VI: Public Affairs, Subseries 2: Advocacy; and Subseries 3: Affiliations; Series VII: Public Relations, Subseries 3: Press Releases; Subseries 4: Announcements; Subseries 5: Invitations; Subseries 6: Flyers; Subseries 7: Clippings; Series VIII: Publications; Series IX: Photographs, Subseries 2: Community Services, Aging; and Series XI: Scrapbooks.

A) General Files, undated, 1973-1980, 1984, 1986-1987, 1991.
Scope and Content:

Contains publications about care for the aging and New York Section affiliations with local aging priority groups such as Central Bureau for Jewish Aging and the West Side Inter-Agency Council for the Aging [Box 29, Folders 10-13, 15]. Box 29, Folder 14 contains material on vacations for the aging.
Box Folder Title Date
29 8 Publications, Aging Care undated, 1978-1979, 1984, 1991
29 9 Aging Priority 1986-1987
29 10 Central Bureau for Jewish Aged 1975
29 11 Central Bureau for Jewish Aged 1976
29 12 Central Bureau for Jewish Aged 1977
29 13 Central Bureau for Jewish Aged 1979
29 14 Vacations for the Aging and Senior Citizens Centers Association 1974, 1980
29 15 West Side Inter-Agency Council for the Aging, Inc. 1973, 1976-1979

B) Council Senior Center, undated, 1947-1951, 1999.
Scope and Content:

Includes the Council Club for Older People.
Box Folder Title Date
30 1 Council Club for Older People undated, 1947-1950, 1999
30 2 Scripts and Speeches, Council Club for Older People 1951

C) Katharine Engel Center for Senior Citizens, undated, 1956-1999.
Scope and Content:

Katharine Engel Center for Senior Citizens, is the succeeding name to Council Club for Older People [Box 30, Folders 3-13. Box 31; Box 32, Folders 1-4]. Katharine Engel Center later was called the Council Senior Center.

Box Folder Title Date
30 3 KEC, Cultural Arts 1978-1983
30 4 KEC, Cultural Arts 1984
30 5 KEC, Cultural Arts 1985
30 6 KEC, Cultural Arts 1986-1987
30 7 KEC, Cultural Arts undated
30 8 KEC, Dedication of Carol Bernstein Building May 22, 1979
30 9 Appeals for Contributions, List of Prospects, Funding for KEC 1961, 1976
30 10 Katharine Engel Center "Echo" 1966-1982
30 11 "KEC News" 1976-1985
30 12 Katharine Engel Center, Felix Levy Plaque October 10, 1990
30 13 Katharine Engel Center, Printed Material undated, 1956-1959, 1976, 1983
Box Folder Title Date
31 1 Katharine Engel Center Relocation 1976
31 2 KEC, Relocation, Mechanics Oversized Items, see MAP folder undated, 1967, 1975-1976, 1987-1991
31 3 Katharine Engel Center, Monthly Statistical Summaries 1972-1980, 1983, 1985
31 4 Katharine Engel Center, Survey 1965
31 5 Survey Project, Katharine Engel Center For Older People and Council Workshop for Senior Citizens 1965
31 6 Katharine Engel Center 1957-1970
31 7 Katharine Engel Center 1971-1973
31 8 Katharine Engel Center 1974-1976
31 9 Katharine Engel Center 1977-1978
Box Folder Title Date
32 1 Katharine Engel Center 1979-1980
32 2 Katharine Engel Center 1981-1990
32 3 Katharine Engel Center 1991-1999
32 4 Katharine Engel Center undated

D) Council Workshop for Senior Citizens, undated, 1950-1985.
Scope and Content:

Council Workshop for Senior Citizens, was also an important function, growing out of the Katharine Engel Center to become its own program, existing from 1957-1983 [Box 32, Folders 5-10; Box 33; Box 34, Folders 1-4].
Box Folder Title Date
32 5 Council Workshop for Seniors, Minutes 1980-1983
32 6 William J. Shroder Award, Council Workshop 1959
32 7 Grant Information Council Workshop 1978
32 8 Newsletter, Council Workshop for Senior Citizens, "Senior Citizens Assorted News (SCAN)" February 1975-December 1981
32 9 Council Workshop, Relocation to 915 Broadway undated, 1973
32 10 Council Workshop for Seniors, Proposal, Expansion, Renovation Oversized Items, see MAP folder undated, 1982
Box Folder Title Date
33 1 Council Workshop for Seniors 1950-1965
33 2 Council Workshop for Seniors 1965-1973
33 3 Council Workshop for Seniors 1974-1975
33 4 Council Workshop for Seniors 1976-1977
33 5 Council Workshop for Seniors 1977-1978
33 6 Council Workshop for Seniors 1978-1979
33 7 Council Workshop for Seniors 1980
Box Folder Title Date
34 1 Council Workshop for Seniors 1981-1985
34 2 Council Workshop for Seniors Oversized Items, see OS1 Box 105, Folder 7 undated
34 3 Council Workshop for Senior Citizens, Closing Restricted Item undated, 1982
34 4 Council Workshop for Senior Citizens, Closing 1982-1983

Subseries 3: Children and Youth, undated, 1912, 1916, 1923, 1927, 1940-1944, 1946-1953, 1956, 1959-1960, 1962, 1964-1999.
Scope and Content:

This subseries covers New York Section's programs for children and youth and is organized chronologically according to program. The subseries is further subdivided into nine subsubseries.

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 1: Minutes; Subseries 4: Board of Directors, Minutes; Subseries 6: Committees; Subseries 9: Executive Committee, Minutes; Subseries 12: Histories; Subseries 15: Planning; Subseries 16: Presidential Papers; Subseries 17: Vice-Presidents; Subseries 18: Executive Directors; Series III: Fundraising, Subseries 6: Grants; Series V: National Council of Jewish Women, Subseries 3: Programs/Issues of Concern; and Subseries 5: Publications; Series VI: Public Affairs, Subseries 2: Advocacy; and Subseries 3: Affiliations; Series VII: Public Relations, Subseries 3: Press Releases; Subseries 4: Announcements; Subseries 5: Invitations; Subseries 6: Flyers; Subseries 7: Clippings; Series VIII: Publications; Series IX: Photographs, Subseries 3: Community Services, Children and Youth; and Series XI: Scrapbooks.

A) Artreach, undated, 1988-1989.
Scope and Content:

Artreach, was coordinated with the Whitney American Art Museum, and this file includes future plans for the program, recommendations, volunteer lists and assignments, and correspondence.
Box Folder Title Date
34 5 Whitney Museum Project, Artreach undated, 1988-1989

B) Council Camp, 1947, 1949-1952.
Scope and Content:

Council Camp, occurred at different time periods, and non-inclusive records exist for Camp Colbridge in 1947 [Box 34, Folder 6], various news clippings, and correspondence through 1952.
Box Folder Title Date
34 6 Closing Statement, Camp Colbridge 1947
34 7 Day Camp 1949-1951
34 8 Correspondence, Day Camp 1952

C) Council Child Care, undated, 1916, 1923, 1927, 1940-1944, 1946-1951, 1964-1965, 1970-1993.
Scope and Content:

Includes the Eisman Day Nursery, 1927-1951 [Box 34, Folder 9]; the Washington Heights Council Nursery School, 1940 [Box 34, Folder 10]; Council Child Development Center, 1948-1951 [Box 34, Folder 13], Union Washington Children's Center, 1970-1988 [Box 36, Folder 8]; and the later Council Child Care program, 1971-1988, with accreditation and licensing forms, teacher information, questionnaires, forms, publications, and child files [Box 34, Folders 11-12, 14 -- Box 38]. Council Pre-kindergarten program files are also in this subseries [Box 36, Folders 6-7]. Restricted materials contain files for individual children, arranged alphabetically.
Box Folder Title Date
34 9 Eisman Day Nursery, Contracts and Agreements 1916, 1923, 1927, 1941-1944, 1946-1951
34 10 Council Nursery School, Washington Heights 1940
34 11 Accreditation undated, 1985-1988
34 12 Joan Cherney, Teacher/Director, Day Care Center undated, 1986
34 13 Council Child Development Center Oversized Items, see OS1 Box 105, Folder 7 undated, 1946-1948, 1950-1951
34 14 Department of Health Licensing Forms Oversized Items, see MAP folder undated, 1971, 1982-1987
34 15 Federation Study, Donna Leibowitz undated, 1986
Box Folder Title Date
35 1 Council Child Care Center, Forms undated
35 2 Council Child Care Center Insurance 1982
35 3 Publications on Day Care 1972-1993
35 4 Publications, Family Day Care Project, Justice for Children Task Force undated, 1978-1991-1992
35 5 Council Child Care Center Questionnaire, Restricted Item undated
35 6 Windows on Day Care, NY Section Report 1970
35 7 Council Child Care Center September 1978-August 1982
35 8 Council Child Care Center, Restricted Item September 1982-May 1983
Box Folder Title Date
36 1 Council Child Care Center June 1983-December 1983
36 2 Council Child Care Center January 1984-May 1985
36 3 Council Child Care Center June 1985-June 1986
36 4 Council Child Care Center, Restricted Item August 1986-June 1988
36 5 Council Child Care Center undated
36 6 Pre-Kindergarten Classes, Headstart, etc. 1964-1965, 1971, 1973
36 7 Speeches, Day Care Center, Pre-Kindergarten Program 1965, 1980
36 8 Union Washington Children's Center undated, 1970-1988
Box   Title Date
37   Restricted Item
Box   Title Date
38   Restricted Item

D) Council Youth, undated, 1912, 1952-1953. 1956, 1959-1960, 1990-1991, 1996.
Scope and Content:

Includes the Brooklyn House of Detention [Box 39, Folder 3] and the Lakeview Home for Girls and the Girls Home [Box 39, Folder 1], with files containing program reports, requests for donations, and publicity. The subseries also includes files on Council Teen Age Club [Box 39, Folder 2], Great Sundays [Box 39, Folder 4], and World of Work [Box 39, Folders 5].
Box Folder Title Date
39 1 Care for Wayward Girls undated, 1912
39 2 Council Teen Age Club 1952-1953, 1956
39 3 Council Youth Program, Brooklyn Home of Detention 1959-1960
39 4 Great Sundays, 3R Program undated, 1990-1991
39 5 World of Work 1996

E) Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youth (HIPPY), 1977, 1983-1999.
Scope and Content:

Includes material on the program, that was conceived through the NCJW's Research Institute for Innovation in Education at Hebrew University [Box 39, Folders 6-7].
Box Folder Title Date
39 6 HIPPY 1977, 1983-1999
39 7 Local Initiative Form undated

F) Education in Israel, undated, 1959-1960, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1977, 1981-1986, 1990-1993.
Scope and Content:

Contains files regarding the Hebrew University Model High School Building Project [Box 39, Folder 8-9], and the NCJW Research Institute for Innovation in Education [Box 39, Folders 10-12]. Box 39, Folder 12 also includes publications pertaining to Ship-A-Box.
Box Folder Title Date
39 8 Hebrew University, Model High School Building Project Oversized Items, see OS1 Box 105, Folder 7 undated, 1959, 1962, 1967
39 9 Hebrew University School 1959-1960
39 10 Israel Education Program 1965, 1977
39 11 Education in Israel 1981-1986
39 12 Israel Affairs undated, 1990-1993

G) Justice for Children, undated, 1972-1986.
Scope and Content:

Includes publications from a symposium on status offenders and information about child abuse from the National Council [Box 39, Folders 13-14; Box 40, Folder 1]. News releases, committee reports to the Section Board of Directors, correspondence, brochures, and information relating to Section's involvement with the Manhattan Family Court, as well as the rules of family court are included.
Box Folder Title Date
39 13 Justice for Children, Symposium on Status Offenders, NCJW Manual on Child Abuse and Neglect 1972-1978
39 14 Justice for Children (pamphlets) undated, 1974-1975
39 15 Justice for Children 1972-1974
39 16 Joint Justice Program 1975-1986
39 17 Juvenile Justice Program undated
39 18 Manhattan Family Court Service 1975-1984
39 19 Rules of Family Court, Justice for Children Committee undated, 1981
Box Folder Title Date
40 1 Symposium on Status Offenders, Children Without Justice 1975-1976

H) Literacy Program, undated, 1965-1990.
Scope and Content:

Includes various programs in various phases. The Children's Library Program participated in the Council Child Care programs, and files include news clippings and news releases, brochures, and reports to Section administration [Box 40, Folders 2-5]. The Book-Go-Round files include publicity and news clippings, volunteer and employee responsibilities, evaluations, correspondence and interoffice memos, locations of book mobile stops, fact sheets, program details and plans, budgets, and audio tapes.
Box Folder Title Date
40 2 Children's Library Program 1965-1976
40 3 Children's Library Program 1979-1980
40 4 Children's Library Program, Restricted Item 1981-1990
40 5 Children's Library Program undated
40 6 Book-Go-Round 1969-1988
40 7 Book-Go-Round, Evaluations 1988-1989
40 8 Book-Go-Round 1988-1989
Box Folder Title Date
41 1 Book-Go-Round, Children's Library Program undated
Box Folder Title Date
94 1 Book-Go-Round, Audio tape, button undated

I) Ship-A-Box, 1960, 1965-1992.
Scope and Content:

Contains projects overseas [Box 41, Folders 2-5]. These files include correspondence with overseas recipients, lists of shipped items, scripts celebrating the programs, fact sheets, publicity, and administrative reports, as well as national materials.
Box Folder Title Date
41 2 Projects Overseas, Spartan Overseas 1971-1976
41 3 Projects Overseas, Yugoslavia, Ship-A-Box 1971-1978
41 4 Scripts, Ship-A-Box 1960
41 5 Ship-A-Box undated, 1965-1992

Subseries 4: Council House, undated, 1906, 1917-1920s, 1926, 1933, 1940, 1943, 1945, 1949, 1954, 1964, 1985.
Scope and Content:

This subseries contains information regarding New York Section's various Council Houses, located at various locations. Files include documents pertaining to the earliest recreation rooms and settlement houses run by New York Section [Box 41, Folder 6], Council House newsletters [Box 41, Folder 8], and stories, scripts, and speeches given at and about Council House [Box 41, Folders 9, 11]. Information also covers Forest House [Box 41, Folders 9, 12].

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 1: Minutes; Subseries 4: Board of Directors, Minutes; Subseries 6: Committees; Subseries 9: Executive Committee, Minutes; Subseries 10: Facilities; Subseries 12: Histories; Series VIII: Publications; Series IX: Photographs, Subseries 4: Community Services, Council House; and Series XI: Scrapbooks.
Box Folder Title Date
41 6 Recreation Rooms and Settlement 1906, 1940, 1964
41 7 Council House undated, 1917-1920s
41 8 Council House, Newsletter Oversized Items, see OS1 Box 105, Folder 7 1926
41 9 Story, Council House, Forest House undated, 1933, 1945, 1985
41 10 Council House 1943, 1949
41 11 Speeches, Council House Dedication 1954
41 12 Forest House Oversized Items, see OS1 Box 110 undated, 1985

Subseries 5: Counseling/Support Groups, undated, 1974, 1981-2002.
Scope and Content:

New York Section sponsored various counseling and support groups, including the Bereavement Support Group, Pregnancy Loss Support Program, Senior Options and Support Group (S.O.S.), Parents Separated from Adult Children, Troubleshooters, Widow's Consultation Center, and Women's Shelters. This subseries contains files for these programs with forms, reports, correspondence, appropriate reading material, volunteer training manuals, resource information, participant names and addresses, and publicity and fliers.

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 1: Minutes; Subseries 4: Board of Directors, Minutes; Subseries 9: Executive Committee, Minutes; Subseries 12: Histories; Series III: Community Services, Subseries 9: Jewish Women's Resource Center; Series VIII: Publications; and Series IX: Photographs, Subseries 5: Community Services, Counseling and Support Services.
Box Folder Title Date
41 13 Section Support Groups undated
41 14 Bereavement Support Group 1977
41 15 Pregnancy Loss Support Program 1983-1993
41 16 Pregnancy Loss Support Program 1994-2002
41 17 Pregnancy Loss Support Program undated
41 18 S.O.S. Committee undated, 1982, 1988, 1991-1992
41 19 S.O.S. Senior Options and Support Group 1982-1985
Box Folder Title Date
42 1 S.O.S. Senior Options and Support Group, Restricted Item 1986-1990
42 2 S.O.S. Senior Options and Support Group undated
42 3 Parents Separated from Adult Children, Restricted Item 1989-1995
42 4 Parents Separated from Adult Children, Restricted Item undated
42 5 WCBS Troubleshooter 1986-1991
42 6 Troubleshooters undated
42 7 Troubleshooters undated
42 8 Women's Shelters 1981
42 9 Widows Consultation Center 1974

Subseries 6: Hunger, undated, 1983-1993, 1997.
Scope and Content:

New York Section's efforts to provide services for the hungry are recorded in this subseries. Files document the Food Pantry and Hands Across 72nd Street [Box 42, Folder 10] and the Sunday Family Soup Kitchen [Box 42, Folder 11]. Records include funding proposals, policies, volunteer handbooks and volunteer meeting minutes, program reports, correspondence, statistical information, program histories, publicity, food and supply lists, and local affiliated hunger programs.

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 1: Minutes; Subseries 4: Board of Directors, Minutes; Subseries 6: Committees; Subseries 9: Executive Committee, Minutes; Subseries 12: Histories; and Series III: Fundraising, Subseries 6: Grants; Series VI: Public Affairs, Subseries 2: Advocacy; Series VII: Public Relations, Subseries 3: Press Releases; Subseries 4: Announcements; Subseries 5: Invitations; Subseries 6: Flyers; Subseries 7: Clippings; Series VIII: Publications; and Series IX: Photographs, Subseries 6: Community Services, Hunger.
Box Folder Title Date
42 10 Food Pantry, Hands Across 72nd Street undated, 1987-1992, 1997
42 11 Sunday Family Soup Kitchen 1991-1992
42 12 Services for the Hungry, Volunteer Kit 1983
Box Folder Title Date
43 1 Services for the Hungry 1983-1985
43 2 Services for the Hungry 1986-1993
43 3 Services for the Hungry undated

Subseries 7: Ill and Disabled, undated, 1910s-1920s, 1945, 1948-1994.
Scope and Content:

This subseries documents New York Section's efforts to serve people with illnesses and disabilities in a variety of New York City locations. Early documents include fliers publicizing Section efforts. Different Council programs include work with the Guild for the Jewish Blind, which later separated from New York Section and became its own institution with its own records. As well, New York Section created programs such as the Jackson Stricks Scholarship for the disabled, children's programs at the Metropolitan Hospital, and Pediatric AIDS Care Team (PACT). These files contain application forms, correspondence, press clippings, scripts [Box 43, Folder 7], and committee minutes.

The bulk of this subseries focuses on Welfare Island, later called Roosevelt Island. From 1907, New York Section worked to meet the needs of indigent Jewish poor on the island, although no records exist from this early time period. New York Section provided religious services in a local synagogue constructed and maintained by the Section, as well as basic volunteer services within the hospital and recreational therapy centers. Records include committee minutes, chaplain reports and rabbi studies, fact sheets, program director reports, events related to the Gilda Roaman Chapel, success stories, press clippings, newsletters, correspondence, brochures, volunteer guides, programs, and historical reports. Minutes for the Welfare Island Synagogue for 1925-1927 provide valuable early information [Box 44, Folder 6]. [Note: Box 44, Folders 7 and 10 contain some Hebrew.

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 1: Minutes; Subseries 4: Board of Directors, Minutes; Subseries 6: Committees; Subseries 9: Executive Committee, Minutes; Subseries 12: Histories; Subseries 15: Planning; Subseries 16: Presidential Papers; Subseries 17: Vice-Presidents; Subseries 18: Executive Directors; Series VIII: Publications; and Series IX: Photographs, Subseries 7: Community Services, Ill and Disabled.
Box Folder Title Date
43 4 Fliers, Assistance to Ill and Disabled undated, 1910s-1920s
43 5 Guild for the Jewish Blind 1913
43 6 Jackson Stricks Scholarships undated, 1984-1990
43 7 Scripts, Metropolitan Hospital undated, 1956
43 8 PACT (Pediatric Aids Caring Team) 1992-1993
43 9 PACT (Pediatric Aids Caring Team) undated, 1992
43 10 Welfare Island, Chaplain Reports 1950-1953
43 11 Roosevelt Island Committee Meetings 1950-1982
43 12 Welfare Island, Dismantling of Synagogue 1957, 1972
43 13 Welfare Island/Roosevelt Island Fact Sheets undated, 1968-1980
43 14 Welfare Island Homestead Program undated, 1963
43 15 Welfare Island, Program Director Reports 1949-1962
Box Folder Title Date
44 1 Welfare Island, Program Director Reports 1963-1972
44 2 Rabbi's Study undated, 1945, 1948-1949, 1952
44 3 Gilda Roaman Chapel, Schedule of Jewish Services 1961-1966
44 4 Sponsor Programs undated, 1949-1953, 1955-1956
44 5 Roosevelt Island, Success Stories undated, 1981
44 6 Minutes, Welfare Island Synagogue 1925-1927
44 7 Roosevelt Island 1950-1972
    Contains some Hebrew   
44 8 Roosevelt Island 1973-1980
44 9 Roosevelt Island 1981-1994
44 10 Roosevelt Island Oversized Items, see OS1 Box 105, Folder 7 undated, 2002
    Contains some Hebrew.   

Subseries 8: Immigration, undated, 1922, 1925, 1929, 1938, 1942, 1944, 1948-1950, 1955-1956, 1959, 1963-1970, 1973-1976, 1992, 1998.
Scope and Content:

From its inception, New York Section has worked to serve Jewish immigrants in New York City, with later efforts expanding to meet a non-sectarian population. This subseries documents such efforts, beginning with historical outlines of basic services, and traces work at Ellis Island, scholarships for foreign students, and the waitress-training program [Box 45, Folder 15]. Later efforts include work with Russian Émigrés [Box 45, Folder 5]. The bulk of this subseries records efforts of New York Section's Services for the Foreign Born [Box 45, Folders 7-14]. Annual reports, caseload reports, scripts, surveys, union contracts, and information regarding the closeout of Services for the Foreign Born document this work.

Note: Records for the New York Section's Service for the Foreign Born are located at Yeshiva University, New York, New York] [Note: Box 45, Folder 3 contains some Hebrew and German; Folder 13 contains some Greek, Chinese, Spanish, and Yiddish.

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 1: Minutes; Subseries 4: Board of Directors, Minutes; Subseries 6: Committees; Subseries 9: Executive Committee, Minutes; Subseries 12: Histories; Subseries 15: Planning; Subseries 16: Presidential Papers; Subseries 17: Vice-Presidents; Subseries 18: Executive Directors; Series V: National Council of Jewish Women, Subseries 5: Publications; Series VIII: Publications; Series IX: Photographs, Subseries 8: Community Services, Immigration; and Series XI: Scrapbooks.
Box Folder Title Date
45 1 Services for Immigrants, Historical undated, 1922, 1925, 1938
45 2 Immigration, Historical Images, Photocopies undated
45 3 Ellis Island Services undated, 1998
    Contains some German and Yiddish.   
45 4 Newspaper Clippings 1929, 1942
45 5 Russian Émigré Bus Tour November 10, 1974
45 6 Scholarships, Foreign Students 1948
45 7 Service for Foreign Born, Annual Reports 1948, 1950, 1963-1966
45 8 Service for Foreign Born, Caseload Reports 1967, 1970
45 9 Scripts, Service for Foreign Born undated, 1949-1950, 1955, 1959
45 10 Service for Foreign Born, Surveys 1966-1967
45 11 Service for Foreign Born, Union Contracts 1964-1965, 1967
45 12 Service for Foreign Born undated, 1944, 1956, 1959, 1968-1969, 1973-1974, 1992
45 13 Service for Foreign Born 1974-1975, 1992
    Contains some Greek, Chinese, Spanish and Yiddish.   
45 14 Service for Foreign Born, Close out 1976
45 15 Waitress Training Program undated

Subseries 9: Jewish Women's Resource Center (JWRC), undated, 1962, 1971-1993, 1997-1998.
Scope and Content:

This subseries contains records of New York Section's Jewish Women's Resource Center. The Center originated as the New York Jewish Women's Center in collaboration with the Jewish Association for College Youth, located on Riverside Drive. In 1982, the Center became a part of New York Section. Documents include articles of organization, board of directors, handwritten minutes, activity lists, fliers, news clippings, budgets, correspondence, newsletters, and program ideas and implementation. JWRC developed a Bat Mitzvah program, a film series [Box 46, Folder 4], women's retreats, publications, conferences and forums [Box 46, Folder 4-5; Box 47, Folders 6-7], and poetry readings and lectures [Box 47, Folder 8, 13]. JWRC headed efforts to promote feminist Judaism with Run Your Own Seder [Box 50, Folder 7], Rosh Chodesh, [Box 50, Folder 6].

A large portion of Subseries 9 consists of records pertaining to the JWRC's oral history program [Boxes 47, Folders 15-18; Box 48; Box 49, Folder 1-8]. These records include Oral History Committee minutes and membership lists; participation of women rabbis, rabbis' wives, cantors and council leaders; questionnaires; training material; correspondence; publications about oral history; correspondence; forms; and audiotapes [Box 94, Folder 2]. No transcripts of oral histories exist in this subseries.

Note: Box 50, Folders 4, 6, and 7 contain some Hebrew.

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 1: Minutes; Subseries 4: Board of Directors, Minutes; Subseries 9: Executive Committee, Minutes; Subseries 12: Histories; Series V: National Council of Jewish Women, Subseries 3: Programs/Issues of Concern; and Subseries 5: Publications; Series VI: Public Affairs, Subseries 2: Advocacy; and Subseries 3: Affiliations; Series VIII: Publications; and Series IX: Photographs, Subseries 9: Community Services, Jewish Women's Resource Center.
Box Folder Title Date
45 16 Women's Rights undated, 1967, 1972, 1979-1980, 1992
45 17 Jewish Women's Resource Center undated, 1976-1979
Box Folder Title Date
46 1 N.Y. Jewish Women's Center 1980-1982
46 2 Jewish Women's Resource Center 1983-1987, 1989
46 3 Jewish Women's Resource Center 1997
46 4 JWRC Conferences, Film Festivals 1983-1993, 2003
46 5 JWRC Conference 1985, 1993
46 6 JWRC Correspondence 1976-September 1978
46 7 JWRC Correspondence October-December 1978
46 8-9 JWRC Correspondence 1980
Box Folder Title Date
47 1 JWRC Correspondence 1980
47 2 JWRC Correspondence 1981
47 3 Nina Cardin, Correspondence undated, 1976-1978
47 4 Nina Cardin, Correspondence undated, 1980-1981
47 5 JWRC Correspondence undated
47 6 Domestic Violence in the Jewish Community, Forum May 14, 1998
47 7 Forum undated, 1979
47 8 JWRC Lectures, Minutes, Proposals undated, 1978, 1981
47 9 JWRC Lists undated, 1978-1980
47 10 JWRC Membership 1978
47 11 JWRC Newsletter Summer 1979-Fall/Winter 1998
47 12 JWRC 92nd Street 'Y' Information and materials undated, 1979-1980
47 13 JWRC, Poetry Readings undated
47 14 Jewish Women's Resource Center, Opening, March 1983
47 15 Oral History Buffs undated, 1987-1989
47 16 Oral History Cantors 1987
47 17 Ellis Island Oral History, Responses 1984
47 18 Oral History, Published References undated, 1971, 1977, 1980-1989
Box Folder Title Date
48 1 Oral History, Published References, continued undated, 1971, 1977, 1980-1989
48 2 Oral History, Published References, American Jewish Committee, William E. Wiener undated, 1980, 1982
48 3 Oral History Training Materials undated, 1988, January 9, 1989
48 4 Oral History Project, Women Rabbis 1982, 1984-1985
48 5 Oral History, Women Rabbis, Correspondence and Students Participating undated, 1979, 1985-1986, 1988
48 6 Oral History, Women Rabbis, Oral History Volunteers and Participants, Correspondence 1986
48 7 Oral History, Women Rabbis, Memorists undated, 1986
48 8 Oral History, Women Rabbis, Research Articles undated, 1979-1980, 1984-1986
48 9 Oral History, Women Rabbis, Direction Paper undated, 1979-1980, 1985
48 10 Oral History, Women Rabbis, Working materials undated, 1982, 1985, 1988
Box Folder Title Date
49 1 Oral History, Women Rabbis, Notes, Lists, Working materials undated, 1985, 1989
49 2 Oral History, Council Leadership undated, 1986-1988
49 3 Oral History Project, Council Leadership, Joan Lynton, Interviewee undated
49 4 Oral History, Hadassah Nadich Article 1985
49 5 Oral History, Rabbis Wives 1987-1989
49 6 Oral History, Rabbis Wives undated, 1987, 1989
49 7 Oral Histories, Contacts with Rabbi's Wives undated, 1987-1989
49 8 "What Do You Call the Husband of a Woman Rabbi?..." November 1990
Box Folder Title Date
94 2 Oral History, Rabbis Wives, Tapes 1985
Box Folder Title Date
50 1 JWRC People Resources, Restricted Item undated, 1974-1975, 1977-1980
50 2 Jewish Women's Poetry Project undated
50 3 JWRC Publicity/Graphic Aides undated, 1979
50 4 JWRC Publicity Oversized Items, see OS1 Box 105, Folder 7 undated, 1979-1980
    Contains some Hebrew.   
50 5 JWRC Questionnaire from opening and first newsletter undated
50 6 Rosh Chodesh undated, 1976, 1979-1981
    Some material is in Hebrew.   
50 7 JWRC Run Your Own Seder undated, 1973, 1979-1980
    Contains some Hebrew.   

Subseries 10: War Efforts, 1899, 1918, 1942-1946, 1968.
Scope and Content:

New York Section documented their efforts with the Spanish-American War, World War I and World War II in this subseries. Participation with the American Red Cross and the Section's Council Club, a dormitory and canteen for servicemen, is recorded in certificates, fliers, and programs.

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 1: Minutes; Subseries 4: Board of Directors, Minutes; Subseries 9: Executive Committee, Minutes; Subseries 12: Histories; Series VIII: Publications; Series IX: Photographs, Subseries 10: Community Services, War Efforts; and Series XI: Scrapbooks.
Box Folder Title Date
50 8 War Relief Efforts 1899, 1918
50 9 War Relief Activities, Council Club, Red Cross 1942-1946, 1968
Return to the Top of Page
 

Series III: Fundraising, undated, 1909, 1911-1913, 1916-1917, 1921-1937, 1939, 1947, 1949, 1952-1960, 1963-1964, 1966-1968, 1970-1999.
This series is in English.
2.5 linear feet.
Arrangement:

Alphabetical.

There are 14 subseries located here:
Scope and Content:

Series III contains documents recording New York Section's fundraising efforts. As a not-for-profit social service organization, this Section of National Council of Jewish Women raised money to support their community service programs as well as contribute to other worthy causes. Records in this series include correspondence, advertisements for fundraising events, scripts used at fundraising events, invitations and fliers for fundraising events. See also the Photographs Series and the Scrapbook Series for information regarding specific fundraising programs; also, minutes in the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee subseries, Administrative Records Series, contain references to fundraising efforts.

Subseries 1: Benefit Balls and Parties, undated, 1909, 1911-1913, 1916, 1921, 1936-1937, 1939, 1953, 1955, 1957-1960, 1963-1964, 1966-1968, 1971.
Scope and Content:

This subseries documents New York Section's fundraising efforts through the annual Angels Ball event, concerts, balls, and theatre parties, and a Special Gifts Cocktail party. Invitations, fliers, menus, programs, admittance tickets, and scripts make up these records. Lists of patrons, organizers, prizes and sponsors, and participants and their responsibilities are included. Letters from Section presidents and vice presidents are printed in various programs, outlining Section programs and financial needs. Some programs include printed photographs. Scripts with poems given at Angels Ball committee meetings are included [Box 51, Folder 2], and a speech at the 1955 Special Gifts Cocktail party [Box 51, Folder 4].

See also: Series III: Fundraising, Subseries 7: Journals; Subseries 8: Lady Luck; and Subseries 10: Nite of Fun; Series VIII: Publications; Series IX: Photographs, Subseries 11: Fundraising; and Series XI: Scrapbooks.
Box Folder Title Date
51 1 Angels Ball 1957-1960, 1963-1964, 1966-1968
51 2 Scripts, Angels Ball undated, 1967, 1971
51 3 Benefit Concerts, theatre, and dances 1909, 1911-1913, 1916, 1921, 1936-1937, 1939, 1953
51 4 Speeches, Special Gifts Cocktail Party 1955

Subseries 2: Council Corner Gift Shop, undated, 1979.
Scope and Content:

New York Section maintained a gift shop selling fine and fancy items. This subseries includes catalogs and correspondence.

See also: Series VIII: Publications; and Series IX: Photographs, Subseries 11: Fundraising..
Box Folder Title Date
51 5 Council Corner undated, 1979

Subseries 3: Council Thrift Shop, undated, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1955, 1975-1999.
Scope and Content:

Records for New York Section's Council Thrift Shop make up this subseries. Documents include invitations to Thrift Shop events, Thrift Shop committee agendas and minutes, policies, publicity and mailing lists, income and sales information, interoffice memos and other correspondence (some restricted), donation information and tax forms (some restricted), grant applications, information from National Council regarding thrift shops, legal claims and official complaints (some restricted), personnel information (some restricted), lease and environmental control information [Box 51, Folder 13], and scripts of plays and pantomimes used for Thrift Shop events [Box 51, Folder 12; Box 52, Folder 5]. Renovation information is also contained in this subseries [Box 52, Folder 3]. Information about local thrift shops are also included [Box 52, Folder 6].

See also: Series VIII: Publications; Series IX: Photographs, Subseries 11: Fundraising; and Series XI: Scrapbooks.
Box Folder Title Date
51 6 Americana Ball 1952
51 7 Thrift Shop (Committee agenda, minutes, financials, seminars) undated, 1975-1992, 1994, 1997
51 8 Thrift Shop (Correspondence and donations), Restricted Items 1975-1982
51 9 Thrift Shop (Correspondence and donations), Restricted Items 1983-1986
51 10 Thrift Shop (Correspondence and donations), Restricted Items 1987-1990
51 11 Thrift Shop (Correspondence and donations), Restricted Items undated, 1991-1999
51 12 "Council-Ninth Avenue," (Thrift Shop Show) January 13, 1947
51 13 Thrift Shop (Lease and Environmental Control Board) undated, 1983, 1988, 1992-1998
Box Folder Title Date
52 1 Thrift Shop (Policies and job descriptions) undated, 1986, 1993, 1995-1997
52 2 Council Thrift Shop (Publicity) undated, 1952, 1955, 1980-1996, 1999
52 3 Thrift Shop (Renovations) undated, 1981-1983, 1990, 1992
52 4 Thrift Shop Responses and mailing lists undated, 1987-1990
52 5 Scripts, Council Thrift Shop 1949
52 6 Local Thrift Shops undated, 1986

Subseries 4: County Fair, 1954-1955.
Scope and Content:

This subseries contains information about New York Section's County Fair, a fundraising community event held in 1954. Records include speeches and scripts [Box 52, Folder 7], news releases [Box 52, Folder 8], and a printed program booklet [Box 52, Folder 9].

See also: Series V: National Council of Jewish Women, Subseries 2: Events/Conferences/Institutes. Note: County Fair has its own scrapbook, see Series XI: Scrapbooks, Subseries 2: Individual Programs; as well as photographs in Series IX: Photographs, Subseries 11: Fundraising.
Box Folder Title Date
52 7 Speeches and Scripts, County Fair 1954
52 8 Council County Fair 1954-1955
52 9 County Fair, Program 1954

Subseries 5: Fashion Sale, undated, 1956, 1970, 1988-1998.
Scope and Content:

This subseries includes records from New York Section's annual fashion shows and sales, with programs, invitations and response forms; committee information, including responsibilities, committee correspondence, and committee budget and income statistics; solicitation correspondence, including a letter to Liza Minneli, requesting her clothing donation and participation [Box 52, Folder 11]; publicity, with fliers and press clippings; and scripts for Fashion Show events [Box 52, Folder 14]. Files as well cover security [Box 52, Folder 15], signs [Box 52, Folder 16], and volunteer information. Information about New York Section's participation in the Mini-Mall effort is also included, spread throughout these files.

See also: Series III: Fundraising, Subseries 13: Specific Sales.
Box Folder Title Date
52 10 Council Fashion Show and Gala 1956
52 11 Fashion Sale, General Information undated, 1988-1992, 1994-1996
52 12 Fashion Sale 1994, 1996-1998
52 13 Fashion Sale, Public Relations undated, 1988-1992, 1994, 1997
52 14 Scripts, Fashion Show 1970
52 15 Fashion Sale, Security 1992-1993, 1996
52 16 Fashion Sale, Signs undated, 1996-1997
52 17 Fashion Sale, Volunteer Information undated, 1988, 1991, 1993

Subseries 6: Grants, undated, 1971-1977, 1980-1983, 1988-1995, 1997.
Scope and Content:

New York Section filed many grant applications with various agencies. Preserved applications are contained in this subseries alphabetically according to the granting institution. Some files contain prospective grant applications and developing relationships with such institutions. Documents include correspondence, application forms, and program fact sheets. Other series may contain grant applications, filed according to individual programs.

See also: Series II: Community Services, under individual programs.
Box Folder Title Date
53 1 Corporate Contributions, Food Pantry 1992
53 2 Exxon Community Summer Jobs Program 1997
53 3 Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation 1990
53 4 Grant for Aging 1988-1989
53 5 Grant-in-Aid Application, Intergenerational Sundays 1989-1991
53 6 Grant Possibilities undated, 1975, 1988-1989, 1991, 1993, 1995
53 7 Grant Proposal Ideas undated
53 8 Grant Refusals 1983, 1993
53 9 Greater New York Fund 1974-1977
53 10 Harry Reicher Foundation 1991
53 11 Haym Salomon Geriatric Foundation 1994-1995
53 12 Helena Rubinstein Foundation undated, 1980-1983
53 13 Henry and Lucy Moses Fund 1990, 1992
53 14 Hunger Grant 1995
53 15 Isabella Freedman Fund 1989
53 16 Grant Application Forms, Katharine Engel Center for Older People undated, 1994-1995
53 17 Local Initiative Form, Grants-in-Aid Agreement (New York State Office for the Aging) 1989, 1990-1991
53 18 Citizens Committee of New York, Grant application undated
53 19 Philip Morris donations 1992-1993
53 20 Providential Securities 1995
53 21 S.H. and Helen R. Scheuer Family Foundation 1992
53 22 United Way Grant Request 1988-1989
53 23 Young Men's Philanthropic League 1971-1973, 1975

Subseries 7: Journals, undated, 1973-1974, 1985-1993.
Scope and Content:

New York Section published souvenir journals as a fundraising effort. While these journals are found in the Publications Series, information regarding advertisements is found in this subseries. Most of the files in this subseries pertain to the 1974 eightieth anniversary souvenir program. Records for other journals contained in the Publications Series are not a part of this collection.

See also: Series IV: Membership, Subseries 1: Annual Events, Subsubseries E: Anniversary Events; Series VII: Public Relations, Subseries 8: Brochures; and Series VIII: Publications, Subseries 3: Yearbooks.
Box Folder Title Date
54 1 80th Anniversary, Souvenir Program Journals, Advertisements 1974
54 2 80th Anniversary Luncheon, Advertisers, Souvenir Program undated, 1973-1974
54 3 80th Anniversary, Souvenir Program, Advertisements Refused 1974
54 4 Annual Souvenir Journal 1985-1993

Subseries 8: Lady Luck, 1973-1985.
Scope and Content:

This subseries documents New York Section's Lady Luck fundraising events. Records include scripts used at Lady Luck committee meetings [Box 54, Folder 5] and committee minutes; publicity, including programs, invitations, and news releases; income lists, donor lists, and accounting policies; and table assignments.

Note: Lady Luck Journals are located in Series VIII: Publications, Subseries 2: Programs.

See also: Series VIII: Publications; Series IX: Photographs, Subseries 11: Fundraising; and Series XI: Scrapbooks.
Box Folder Title Date
54 5 Scripts, Lady Luck 1973, 1976
54 6 Lady Luck 1974-1984
54 7 Lady Luck 1985

Subseries 9: Membership Budget Drive and Specific Appeals, undated, 1912-1913, 1917, 1921-1928, 1952-1958, 1967-1968, 1973, 1993-1995.
Scope and Content:

New York Section often solicited funds from its members. Records of these attempts are contained in this subseries. Efforts include posters, fliers, raffle ticket books, form letters to members, outlines of how funds are used, and correspondence soliciting donations for particular needs. This subseries contains handwritten letters from Section president Lucy Kaufmann Broido soliciting funds specifically targeted for the Section's New Years Appeal [Box 54, Folder 10]. At the time of New York Section's centennial celebration, fundraising efforts centered on the Second Century Campaign. This subseries also documents the first two years of this effort, with brochures, lists of life memberships, notes on various phases, including a direct mail approach, volunteer training, and correspondence soliciting funds. Wish lists from different Section programs provide fundraising goals for this campaign [Box 54, Folder 11]. Early New York Section fundraising efforts focused on the Stocking Program. This subseries also documents such efforts in the form of form letters [Box 54, Folder 12].

See also: Series IV: Membership; and Series V: National Council of Jewish Women, Subseries 1: Administrative Papers, Subsubseries B: District and Section Files.
Box Folder Title Date
54 8 Member Budget Drives undated, 1921-1928
54 9 Member Fund Drive, Israel, Martin Luther King, Jr., Yom Kippur War 1967, 1968, 1973
54 10 New Years Appeal 1952-1958
54 11 2nd Century Campaign, Membership Lists undated, 1993-1995
54 12 Stocking Program 1912-1913, 1917

Subseries 10: Nite of Fun, 1991.
Scope and Content:

New York Section invited the community to Council House to participate in various fundraising events, including black jack, dinner and dancing, and refreshments. This subseries contains publicity, graphics, a show script, committee participants, donations, correspondence, notes and meeting minutes, fund reports, and more.
Box Folder Title Date
54 13 Nite of Fun 1991
54 14 Nite of Fun October 16, 1991

Subseries 11: Personal Giving Workshop,  undated, 1992-1993.
Scope and Content:

This subseries contains newsletters from National Council about soliciting money from individual donors and information from a Personal Giving workshop in 1993, including promotional materials, images, and diagrams.
Box Folder Title Date
55 1 Personal Giving Workshop, February 2, 1993 undated, 1992-1993

Subseries 12: Plaques, 1970, 1979-1982.
Scope and Content:

New York Section sold memorial plaques to interested donors to raise funds. This subseries contains information about available plaques and costs, lists of names appearing on memorial plaques at the Katharine Engel Center for Older People, and billing tactics for such donations. Files also include invitations and scripts for various plaque dedications, as well as correspondence and invitation lists for these events.
Box Folder Title Date
55 2 Plaques 1970
55 3 Plaques 1979-1982

Subseries 13: Specific Sales, undated, 1960-1961, 1995, 1997.
Scope and Content:

This subseries includes records of an Art Exhibition and Sale, a fundraising effort in 1960-1961, a Mini Mall, and a Rummage Sale. Records include raffle tickets, invitations, programs, response cards, publicity, handwritten notes, and fliers, with printed lists of sponsors.

See also: Series VIII: Publications; Series IX: Photographs, Subseries 11: Fundraising; and Series XI: Scrapbooks.
Box Folder Title Date
55 4 Art Exhibition and Sale 1960-1961
55 5 Mini Mall undated, 1995, 1997
55 6 Rummage Sale undated

Subseries 14: Thank You Cards, 1981-1984.
Scope and Content:

This subseries contains correspondence thanking donors for funds.
Box Folder Title Date
55 7 Thank You Letters, Board Contributions 1981
55 8 Thank You Letters, Board Contributions 1982-1984
Return to the Top of Page
 

Series IV: Membership, undated, 1908-1998.
This series is in English.
4 linear feet.
Arrangement:

Alphabetical.

There are 7 subseries located here:
Scope and Content:

This series documents New York Section programs geared specifically toward members, including annual events and trips and tours for members. Because members made up the volunteer force crossing Section's varied community programs, these files are placed here, within the larger membership vantage point. New York Section membership was further divided into local branches, whose records appear here. Records of this series include publicity, including calendars, fliers, notices, invitations; committee minutes, correspondence, and reports; scripts from events; and brochures. Missing are actual membership lists, although a list of life members exists in Series III: Fundraising, Subseries 9: Membership Budget Drive and specific Appeals, under the 'Second Century'.

Subseries 1: Annual Events, undated, 1908, 1910, 1913, 1917-1918, 1921, 1926, 1930-1931, 1934, 1937-1989, 1993-1995.
Scope and Content:

This subseries documents annual events marked by New York Section. The meaning and purpose of different annual events changed over time. Winter meetings, spring luncheons, and fall meetings were at some periods open to the general public and sometimes intended for members only. Each event, though, acted to inform members and others about the programs and activities of New York Section, initiating increased identification and activity within the group. The records are organized chronologically by event and are arranged into seven subsubseries.

See also: Series VIII: Publications; and Series IX: Photographs, Subseries 12: Membership.

A) General Events, undated, 1908, 1910, 1913, 1917-1918, 1921, 1926, 1941-1942, 1947-1989, 1993.
Scope and Content:

Includes notices and invitations to events and annual meetings [Box 56, Folders 1-3], calendars [Box 56, Folders 4-5], and material regarding luncheons [Box 56, Folder 6].
Box Folder Title Date
56 1 Membership, Events undated, 1913, 1918, 1942, 1974, 1993
56 2 Notices of Annual Meetings 1947-1989
56 3 Invitations to Annual Meetings 1950-1956
56 4 Calendar of Events undated (pre-1954)
56 5 Calendars 1949-1956, 1962-1964, 1975-1977, 1980-1983, 1985-1986
56 6 Luncheon 1908, 1910, 1913, 1917, 1921, 1926

B) Winter Open Meetings, 1950, 1952-1953, 1955, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1983-1985, 1989, 1995.
Scope and Content:

Arranged chronologically by season, and consists of scripts, speeches by Presidents and others, President's reports, invitations, press releases, correspondence, and music scores and lyrics.
Box Folder Title Date
56 7 Annual Winter Meeting January 10, 1950
56 8 Winter Annual Meeting January 8, 1952
56 9 Annual Meeting January 13, 1953
56 10 Midwinter Annual Meeting February 15, 1955
56 11 Winter Open Meeting January 18, 1973; January 21, 1975
56 12 Winter Open Meeting, Carol Bernstein's Presidential Welcome December 17, 1975
56 13 Speech, June in January Luncheon 1978
56 14 Winter Meeting 1983, January 22, 1984
56 15 Evelyn Sleppin Lecture, Winter Meeting 1984-1985
56 16 Winter Luncheon 1985, 1989, 1995

C) Spring Luncheon/Annual Meetings, undated, 1930-1931, 1954-1958, 1960-1968, 1970-1978, 1980-1985.
Scope and Content:

Arranged chronologically by season, and consists of scripts, speeches by Presidents and others, President's reports, invitations, press releases, correspondence, and music scores and lyrics. Box 56, Folder 30 contains information concerning the luncheon cancelled in response to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination.
Box Folder Title Date
56 17 Annual Luncheon 1930-1931
56 18 Spring Annual Meeting May 18, 1954
56 19 Spring Annual Meeting May 8, 1956
56 20 Spring Annual Meeting May 12, 1957
56 21 Annual Spring Meeting May 13, 1958
56 22 Spring Meeting, "Council's Sound of Music" May 10, 1960
56 23 Spring Annual Meeting May 9, 1961
56 24 Annual Spring Meeting, Annual President's Report, Rita Tishman May 8, 1962
56 25 Annual Spring Meeting, Celeste Holm, Mrs. Leonard Wiener May 7, 1963
56 26 Annual Spring Meeting, Duologne, Mrs. Norman Tishman and Miss Bess Myerson May 5, 1964
56 27 Annual Spring Meeting May 11, 1965
56 28 Annual Spring Luncheon May 16, 1966
56 29 Annual Spring Luncheon, "The Superlative Six" May 15, 1967
56 30 Annual Meeting and Spring Luncheon (Cancelled) May 13, 1968
56 31 Annual Spring Meeting May 12, 1970
56 32 Annual Spring Luncheon, "The Sound of Council" May 10, 1971
56 33 Annual Spring Meeting May 15, 1972
56 34 Spring Annual Meeting May 15, 1973
Box Folder Title Date
57 1 Spring Annual Meeting, President's Report, Carol Bernstein May 7, 1974
57 2 Annual Spring Luncheon, President's Report, Carol Bernstein May 14, 1975
57 3 Annual Spring Meeting April 27, 1976
57 4 Annual Spring Meeting May 10, 1977
57 5 Annual Spring Meeting May 2, 1978
57 6 Spring Luncheon May 8, 1980
57 7 Annual Spring Meeting May 12, 1981
57 8 Spring Luncheon May 6, 1982
57 9 Spring Luncheon May 3, 1983
57 10 Annual Spring Luncheon 1984
57 11 Annual Spring Meeting 1985
57 12 Annual Spring Meeting undated

D) Fall Open Meetings, undated, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1968-1971, 1973-1977, 1979-1981, 1983-1984.
Scope and Content:

Arranged chronologically by season, and consists of scripts, speeches by Presidents and others, President's reports, invitations, press releases, correspondence, and music scores and lyrics.
Box Folder Title Date
57 13 Fall Meeting undated
57 14 Fall Open Meeting, Narration: "Once There Was an Island" October 1956
57 15 Annual Fall Open Meeting October 20, 1959
57 16 Fall Open Meeting October 1961
57 17 Fall Open Meeting October 21, 1968
57 18 Fall Open Meeting October 27, 1969
57 19 Fall Open Meeting, "Light Up Tomorrow" October 26, 1970
57 20 Fall Open Meeting October 26, 1971
57 21 Fall Open Meeting, “Reason for Being" October 30, 1973
57 22 Fall Open Meeting, President's Welcome, Carol Bernstein, and Council Story October 24, 1974
57 23 Annual Fall Meeting October 16, 1975
57 24 Annual Fall Meeting, President's Address, Carol Bernstein October 19, 1976
57 25 Fall Annual Open Meeting October 18, 1977
57 26 Fall Annual Open Meeting November 1, 1979
57 27 Fall Open Meeting October 16, 1980
57 28 Fall Open Meeting October 15, 1981
57 29 Fall Meeting and Reception 1983
57 30 Fall Open Meeting September 20, 1984

E) Anniversary Events, 1934, 1938, 1944, 1959, 1964, 1969, 1973-1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1993-1994.
Scope and Content:

Include invitations, publications, scripts, speeches, exhibit arrangements, committee minutes, press releases, and correspondence for the 40th anniversary through New York Section's Centennial. Anniversaries are marked every five years. The bulk of the subsubseries pertains to the 80th Anniversary that took place in 1974 [Box 58, Folders 4-10; and Box 59, Folder 1-2].

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 12: Histories; Series III: Fundraising, Subseries 7: Journals; Series V: National Council of Jewish Women, Subseries 2: Events/Conferences/Institutes; and Subseries 5: Publications; Series VII: Public Relations, Subseries 8: Brochures; Series VIII: Publications; and Series XI: Scrapbooks, Subseries 1: Printing Samples; and Subseries 3: Newspapers Clippings.
Box Folder Title Date
57 31 40th Anniversary Gala 1934
57 32 45th Anniversary 1938
57 33 50th Anniversary 1944
57 34 65th Anniversary, "The Ballad of Carrie, the Constant Woman" May 12, 1959
Box Folder Title Date
58 1 70th Anniversary, "Council 70" October 27, 1964
58 2 75th Anniversary, "A Heritage of Hope" May 13, 1969
58 3 75th Anniversary, Publications 1969
58 4 80th Anniversary, Donnell Library Center 1974
58 5 Committee, 80th Anniversary undated, 1973-1974
58 6 80th Anniversary, Correspondence 1974
58 7 80th Anniversary, Costs 1974
58 8 80th Anniversary, Government and Community Guests 1974
58 9 80th Anniversary Luncheon, Acknowledgements from Guests May 16, 1974
58 10 80th Anniversary Luncheon, Decorations and Door Prizes 1974
Box Folder Title Date
59 1 80th Anniversary Publicity 1974
59 2 80th Anniversary, Printing Samples 1974
59 3 85th Anniversary Luncheon 1979
59 4 90th Anniversary 1984
59 5 95th Anniversary 1989
59 6 100th Anniversary Oversized Items, see OS1 Box 105, Folder 7 1993-1994

F) Biographies of Speakers, undated, 1948-1953, 1955, 1957-1964, 1967-1968, 1970, 1973-1974, 1978-1979, 1983, 1987-1988.
Scope and Content:

Consists of biographies of speakers and outside participants, and is arranged alphabetically [Box 59, Folders 7-10].
Box Folder Title Date
59 7 Biographies of Speakers, A-G undated, 1948-1950, 1952-1953, 1955, 1960, 1962-1963, 1973, 1978-1979
59 8 Biographies of Speakers, H-L undated, 1950, 1952-1953, 1955, 1958-1959, 1961-1964, 1979, 1983
59 9 Biographies of Speakers, M-R undated, 1948-1953, 1955, 1957-1959, 1962-1963, 1974, 1978, 1987-1988
59 10 Biographies of Speakers, S-Z undated, 1952-1953, 1958, 1961-1963, 1967-1968, 1970, 1974, 1978

G) Scripts and Prayers, undated, 1937-1988.
Scope and Content:

Includes undated scripts, songs, and prayers, intended for members at Section events [Box 59, Folders 11-12; Box 60, Folders 1-3].

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 1: Minutes; Subseries 4: Board of Directors, Minutes; and Subseries 9: Executive Committee; Series III: Fundraising, Subseries 1: Benefit Balls and Parties; Subseries 3: Council Thrift Shop; Subseries 4: County Fair; Subseries 5: Fashion Sale; and Subseries 8: Lady Luck; Series IV: Membership, Subseries 1: Annual Events; Subseries 2: Branches; Subseries 5: Ruth Hess Leadership Seminar; and Subseries 7: Volunteers; Series VI: Public Affairs, Subseries 1: Public Affairs Committee; and Subseries 5: Jewish Life Priority; Series VIII: Publications; Subseries 1: Bulletin; and Series IX: Photographs.
Box Folder Title Date
59 11 Speeches and scripts, Chronological (event unknown) 1937-1967
59 12 Script, Faith and Humanity 1953
Box Folder Title Date
60 1 Scripts undated
60 2 Songs and Poems undated, 1965
60 3 Invocations undated, 1968-1988

Subseries 2: Branches, 1955-1979, 1981-1982, 1986, 1989-1991, 1994, 1996-1997.
Scope and Content:

Records pertaining to different branches of New York Section make up this subseries, and include scripts for branch promotion, administrative reports, branch leadership conferences and workshops, branch manuals [Box 60, Folders 5-6], fliers for branch events, branch leaders, memos and correspondence, branch meeting minutes and agendas, and branch newsletters. This subseries is divided alphabetically by branch name, with a few files on general branch information. Branches included are the Business and Professional Branch, Carleton Branch, Contemporary Circle of Career Women, Cooper-Stuyevesant Branch, Evening Branch, Gramercy Park Branch, Harmony Branch, Metropolitan Branch, Village Branch, Women's Executive Branch, and Young Women's Group. The Publications Series contains souvenir journals for many branches. These records are not inclusive and not all branches may be represented; many gaps exist chronologically.

See also: Series VIII: Publications, Subseries 2: Programs, Subsubseries A: Branches.
Box Folder Title Date
60 4 Speeches, Branches, Branch Promotions, Branch Leadership, Ad Hoc Committee on Branches, Inter-Branch Art Exhibition and Sale 1955-1978
60 5 Branch Manual 1960
60 6 Branch Manual 1973
60 7 Branches, Business and Professional Branch 1979
60 8 Branches, Carleton Branch 1974, 1994, 1996-1997
60 9 Contemporary Circle of Career Women 1986
60 10 Branches, Cooper-Stuyvesant Branch 1975
60 11 Branches, Evening Branch 1974-1978
60 12 Gramercy Park Branch 1967
60 13 Branches, Harmony Branch 1975-1978
60 14 Branches, Metropolitan Branch 1991
60 15 Branches, Village Branch 1978
60 16 Branches, Women's Executive Branch 1989-1990
60 17 Young Women's Group 1981-1982

Subseries 3: Membership Committee, undated, 1909-1942, 1947, 1949-1981, 1983-1998.
Scope and Content:

This subseries contains information regarding New York Section membership and is arranged into three subsubseries.

A) General Files, undated, 1909-1942, 1947, 1949-1971, 1983-1998.
Scope and Content:

Includes information for members through soliciting brochures and flyers [Box 60, Folder 18], specific membership drives [Box 60, Folder 19]; welcome packets and information for new members [Box 60, Folder 20]; committee minutes, reports, and financial and statistical records from 1983-1998 [Box 61, Folders 1-3]; cultural events related to women [Box 61, Folder 4], an exercise class [Box 61, Folder 5], and Supper Seminars [Box 61, Folder 6].

See also: Series III: Fundraising, Subseries 9: Membership Budget Drive and Specific Appeals; and Series V: National Council of Jewish Women, Subseries 1: Administrative Papers, Subsubseries B: District and Section Files.
Box Folder Title Date
60 18 Information for Members undated, 1947, 1951-1952
60 19 Membership Drives undated, 1909-1942
60 20 Membership undated, 1949-1971
Box Folder Title Date
61 1 Membership 1983-1990
61 2 Membership Committee 1991-1993
61 3 Membership 1994-1998
61 4 Cultural Events Related to Women undated, 1989-1990
61 5 Summer Session Schedule, Exercise Class undated
61 6 Supper Seminars undated, 1990-1991

B) Life Memberships, 1971-1981, 1991.
Scope and Content:

Life Memberships, was a new membership offered by the National Council beginning in 1967. New York Section, to maximize its membership income, voted not to take part in life memberships [Box 61, Folders 7-8].

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 4: Board of Directors, Minutes; and Subseries 9: Executive Committee.
Box Folder Title Date
61 7 Life Memberships 1971-1981
61 8 Life Membership 1991

C) Membership Teas/Meetings, 1949, 1955-1956, 1959-1960, 1962-1965, 1967.
Scope and Content:

Consist of scripts and presentations made at membership teas, days, luncheons, and meetings [Box 61, Folders 9-19].

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 4: Board of Directors, Minutes; Series VIII: Publications, Subseries 1: Bulletin.
Box Folder Title Date
61 9 Membership Meeting April 5, 1949
61 10 Membership Tea February 8, 1955
61 11 Integration Tea December 5, 1955
61 12 Membership Day October 29, 1956
61 13 Membership Luncheon 1959
61 14 Membership Tea, "Council Story" January 18, 1960
61 15 Membership Tea, "Council Story" February-March 1962
61 16 Membership Tea, "Council Story" February 1963
61 17 Membership Tea, "Council Story" January 17, 1964
61 18 Membership Tea February 24, 1965
61 19 Membership Tea December 18, 1967

Subseries 4: Program Committee, 1975-1984, 1987-1994.
Scope and Content:

New York Section's Program Committee worked to provide services to members. Records include correspondence to members, meeting notices, and a variety of program ideas generated by the Program Committee for members, with pamphlets, correspondence, news clippings, and biographical material of potential program leaders.
Box Folder Title Date
62 1 Program Committee 1975-1979
62 2 Program Ideas undated, 1980-1984
62 3 Program Ideas 1987-1994

Subseries 5: Ruth Hess Leadership Seminar, 1964-1971, 1985-1988.
Scope and Content:

New York Section organized the Ruth Hess Leadership Seminar as an effort to provide leadership training for members and volunteers. This subseries includes lists of attendance, schedules, scripts, correspondence, and administrative reports and histories of the seminar.

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 4: Board of Directors, Minutes; and Subseries 9: Executive Committee; Series VIII: Publications, Subseries 1: Bulletin.
Box Folder Title Date
62 4 Scripts, Ruth Hess Leadership Course 1964-1971
62 5 Ruth Samuel Lectures 1985-1988

Subseries 6: Trips and Tours, undated, 1966, 1971, 1975-1976, 1979, 1983-1992.
Scope and Content:

This subseries contains records of New York Section's trips and tours planned for Section members, and includes fliers, brochures, correspondence with trip planners, itineraries, brochures and pamphlets, participant lists, and potential trip and tour ideas [Box 62, Folder 9].
Box Folder Title Date
62 6 Trips 1966
62 7 Ellis Island Trips undated, 1971, 1984
62 8 Summer Tours 1983-1992
62 9 Trip Ideas undated
Box Folder Title Date
63 1 Walking Tours 1991-1992
63 2 Ways and Means (Tours) 1971, 1975-1976, 1979

Subseries 7: Volunteers, 1958, 1963-1965, 1968, 1976-1992.
Scope and Content:

New York's efforts to utilize members as program volunteers are documented in this subseries, covering volunteer recognition, training, and expenses. Material includes manuals, fliers and programs announcing volunteer recognition events, training material, and a "Book of Honor" created by the Volunteer Service League.
Box Folder Title Date
110 OS1 Book of Honor, Volunteer Service League Oversized Item 1950-1956
Box Folder Title Date
63 3 Scripts, Welfare Island Tea for Volunteers 1958
63 4 Speeches, Volunteer Events undated, 1965, 1968, 1976
63 5 Volunteer Recognition Day June 5, 1963
63 6 Volunteer Day Recognition 1976
63 7 Volunteer Recognition Day June 9, 1977
63 8 Volunteer Recognition Day June 13, 1978
63 9 Volunteer Recognition Day June 11, 1979
63 10 Volunteer Recognition Day June 5, 1980
63 11 Volunteer Recognition Day June 4, 1981
63 12 Volunteer Recognition Day 1983-1984, 1989
63 13 Volunteer Bureau 1973-1974, 1991
63 14 Volunteers Deductible Expenses undated
63 15 I Can Be A Volunteer 1982
63 16 Volunteer Material undated, 1979-1981
63 17 Volunteers Needed undated, 1964, 1985-1987
63 18 Volunteer Placement Committee, Volunteer Recognition Day 1984-1992
Return to the Top of Page
 

Series V: National Council of Jewish Women, undated, 1896, 1913, 1915, 1920-1924, 1943, 1947, 1949-1952, 1955-1999.
This series is in English.
3 linear feet.
Arrangement:

Alphabetical.

There are 6 subseries located here:
Scope and Content:

New York Section was a part of a much larger, national organization. Series V contains documents, correspondence, and publications relating to the National Council of Jewish Women. The national organization predates New York Section by a year, and provides national affiliation, training, support, and leadership to sections throughout the country, as well as participation in the International Council of Jewish Women. National Council also required certain aspects of membership, funds, and participation in national events, particularly those occurring in the headquarter city of New York City, where New York Section often participated as Section host. Conflict has arisen between National Council and New York Section, most notably in a 1915 dispute and arbitration situation involving national secretary and New York Section president Sadie American [Box 64, Folder 15]. As well, conflicted interests during national events hosted by New York Section raised administrative issues between the two entities. Records in this Series include official National Council material and New York Section responses, reports, and inquiries directed toward National Council. Records in this Series are sporadic.

Note: The records of the National Council of Jewish Women are located at the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division.

Subseries 1: Administrative Papers, undated, 1915, 1957, 1965-1989, 1991-1996.
Scope and Content:

This subseries contains National by-laws, policies and procedures regarding New York Section and District and Section Files. The subseries is divided into two subsubseries.

A) By-Laws, Policies, and Procedures, 1957, 1965-1967, 1969, 1975, 1991, 1994.
Scope and Content:

Contains National Council administrative policies regarding New York Section. National bylaws and national policies and procedures [Box 64, Folders 1-3] include important national information that affected New York Section and often guided Section bylaws and policies.

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 1: Minutes; Subseries 4: Board of Directors, Minutes; Subseries 5: By-Laws; and Subseries 9: Executive Committee, Minutes.
Box Folder Title Date
64 1 By-Laws 1965-1967, 1969-1975
64 2 By-Laws 1991, 1994
64 3 Policies and Procedures 1957

B) District and Section Files, undated, 1915, 1961-1989, 1991-1993, 1995-1996.
Scope and Content:

Includes information about various district and area issues, correspondence, and conferences [Box 64, Folders 4-17; Box 65, Folders 1-4]. New York Section was part of the Northeastern District, Area IV of National Council. The Sections within this district and area collaborated on local concerns [Box 64, Folders 4-6]. Correspondence with National Council and New York Section in particular is also found here [Box 64, Folders 7-8]. National requirements and reporting techniques, including quota, fundraising, membership, staff training, and certification as well as national program support files indicate New York Section's involvement on a national basis. Section data forms include New York Section statistics from 1979-1986 [Box 65, Folder 3]. The 1915 Dispute and Arbitration file between New York Section and the National Office is located in Folder 15.

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 1: Minutes; Subseries 4: Board of Directors, Minutes; and Subseries 9: Executive Committee, Minutes; and Series IV: Membership.
Box Folder Title Date
64 4 Northeastern District, Area IV 1967-1978
64 5 Area IV 1971-1974
64 6 Area IV Northeast District 1981
64 7 National Council Correspondence undated, 1974
64 8 Correspondence 1980-1981, 1986, 1991-1992
64 9 Fundraising undated, 1992
64 10 Large/Large Sections 1980
64 11 Membership undated, 1993
64 12 Membership Department, Volunteers undated, 1995
64 13 National Certification 1987
64 14 National Committees, New York Section Participation 1971, 1974, 1979
64 15 New York Section Dispute and Arbitration 1915
64 16 New York State Regional Conference Oversized Items, see OS1 Box 110 1961-1967
64 17 Northeastern District Convention 1982
Box Folder Title Date
65 1 Program Support 1995-1996
65 2 Quotas 1971-1989
65 3 Section Data Forms 1979-1986
65 4 Section Staff 1991-1992

Subseries 2: Events, Conferences, and Institutes, undated, 1896, 1915, 1918, 1920-1924, 1940-1941, 1961, 1965, 1968, 1973-1981, 1985, 1991-1993.
Scope and Content:

This subseries contains records about National Council conventions, meetings, and events, including biennial and triennial events and anniversary celebrations. Documents range from published book proceedings to publicity in the form of fliers and press releases, to correspondence, programs, and brochures. Files are arranged chronologically.

See also: Series IV: Membership, Subseries 1: Annual Events; Series V: National Council of Jewish Women, Subseries 3: Programs/Issues of Concern; Subseries 5: Publications; and Subseries 6: Reports/Fact Sheets/Resolutions; Series VI: Public Affairs, Subseries 2: Advocacy; and Subseries 4: Forums/Annual Conferences; Series VIII: Publications, Subseries 1: Bulletin; and Subseries 3: Yearbooks; Series IX: Photographs, Subseries 13: National Council of Jewish Women; and Series XI: Scrapbooks, Subseries 3: Newspaper Clippings.
Box Folder Title Date
65 5 Convention Proceedings 1896
65 6 Autumn Festival 1915
65 7 25th Anniversary Celebration and Annual Meeting 1918
65 8 Triennial 1920-1924
65 9 Council Day at the World's Fair 1940-1941
65 10 Biennial Convention 1961
65 11 Convention Oversized Items, see OS1 Box 105, Folder 7 March 1965
65 12 75th Anniversary 1968
65 13 80th Anniversary 1973
65 14 National Council of Jewish Women Week 1974
65 15 Biennial Convention 1974
Box Folder Title Date
66 1 Biennial Convention, New York Section Participation as Hostess Section undated, 1975-1977
66 2 Joint Programs Institute 1977-1981
66 3 Governor's Conference on Families January 27, 1980
66 4 National Convention, Reports March 12-18, 1981
66 5 National Convention, Kansas City MO 1985
66 6 Founders Day Award Luncheon 1991
66 7 Advocacy in Action, Washington Institute 1992
66 8 Centennial Convention 1993

Subseries 3: Programs / Issues of Concern, undated, 1961, 1963-1983, 1985, 1987, 1991-1993, 1997.
Scope and Content:

Subseries 3 documents National Council efforts concerning various programs and issues, including aging, American Judaism, children and families, volunteers, Israel, reproductive choice and other constitutional issues, and women's issues. Documents include manuals, press clippings, correspondence, brochures and pamphlets, reports, speeches, and application forms. Files are arranged alphabetically according to program title.

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 1: Minutes; Subseries 4: Board of Directors, Minutes; and Subseries 9: Executive Committee; Series II: Community Services, Subseries 3: Children and Youth, Subsubseries E: Home Instructions for Parents of Preschool Youth (HIPPY); Subsubseries F: Education in Israel; Subsubseries G: Justice for Children; Subsubseries I: Ship-A-Box; Subseries 8: Immigration; and Subseries 9: Jewish Women's Resource Center; and Series VI: Public Affairs.
Box Folder Title Date
66 9 Aging undated
66 10 American Jewish Experience undated, 1976
66 11 NCJW Center for the Child undated, 1985, 1991-1992
66 12 Civil Rights 1963-1973
Box Folder Title Date
67 1 Community Services Manual 1972
67 2 Day of the Working Parent 1993 September 9
67 3 Hotline 1969-1973
67 4 I Can Be A Volunteer, Activity Book undated
67 5 IMPACT, Materials for Pro Choice Advocacy Community Services and Training 1983
67 6 Israel 1971-1981, 1993
67 7 Jewish Affairs Institute and School VI, Blueprints for Action 1970-1972
67 8 The Jewish Family 1976, 1980, 1982
67 9 Job Corps 1965
67 10 Joint Programs Plan, Jewish Community Relations 1970-1971
67 11 Listening to Families 1997
67 12 March for Women's Lives 1992
67 13 Mothers in the Workplace undated
67 14 National Affairs/Community Services Committee 1982
67 15 Parents in the Workplace 1991-1993
67 16 Personal Commitment, Eleanor Roosevelt 1961
67 17 Reflections on the Constitution: The Past, Present, and Future 1987
67 18 Research Institute for Innovation in Education 1991-1992
67 19 School for Community Action, Spotlight on the Family, The Immovable Middle Class undated, 1964-1965
67 20 Self Development Series undated
Box Folder Title Date
68 1 Women's Issues undated, 1975

Subseries 4: New York State Public Affairs Committee, 1976-1982, 1988.
Scope and Content:

National Council's public affairs as they relate to New York Section are contained in this subseries, particularly communication and affiliation with the New York State Public Affairs Committee.
Box Folder Title Date
68 2 New York State, State Public Affairs Committee 1976, 1988
68 3 New York State Public Affairs Committee, Legislative Affairs 1977-1982

Subseries 5: Publications, undated, 1896, 1913, 1921-1923, 1943, 1955-1983, 1990, 1992-1993.
Scope and Content:

This subseries includes National Council publications found spread throughout New York Section's records. Official newsletters and news briefs are included here. Documents include information about National Council's participation in state public affairs committees [Box 68, Folders 2, 3], National Council's public relations efforts, and National Council stance on civil rights [Box 68, Folder 5]. Official National Council histories, including The First Fifty Years [Box 69, Folder 1] are contained in this subseries, as are other National Council historical brochures [Box 69, Folder 3]. Across the Nation, a news release service provided for section bulletins on National Council programs and issues of concern, is also found here [Box 68, Folder 4].

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 1: Minutes; Subseries 4: Board of Directors, Minutes; Subseries 9: Executive Committee; and Subseries 12: Histories; Series II: Community Services, Subseries 3: Children and Youth, Subsubseries E: Home Instructions for Parents of Preschool Youth (HIPPY); Subsubseries F: Education in Israel; Subsubseries G: Justice for Children; Subsubseries I: Ship-A-Box; Subseries 8: Immigration; and Subseries 9: Jewish Women's Resource Center; Series IV: Membership; and Series VI: Public Affairs.
Box Folder Title Date
68 4 "Across the Nation" 1959-1967
68 5 "Action Alert" 1975-1978, 1992-1993
68 6 Centennial, Chronicle 1983
68 7 "The Council Leader" 1960-1963
68 8 "The Council Leader," and "Council in Action" 1963-1967
68 9 "Council News" 1967-1971
68 10 "Council Platform" 1961-1966
68 11 "Dollars 'n' Sense" 1992
Box Folder Title Date
69 1 First Fifty Years 1943
69 2 Guides, Manuals, Budget, "Impact of World Adult on Youth," Program Planning 1956-1979
69 3 History Oversized Items, see OS2 Box 111 1896, 1913, 1921-1923, 1955, 1974
69 4 "Membergram" 1992
69 5 "Network," Community Services Newsletter, "Newslink," HIPPY 1992-1993
69 6 News Releases 1964, 1981
69 7 Public Relations undated, 1963, 1981, 1990
69 8 Advocacy, Releases undated, 1979-1983, 1992
69 9 "Washington Newsletter" 1969-1976, 1992
69 10 Printing undated

Subseries 6: Reports, Fact Sheets, and Resolutions, 1947, 1949-1952, 1961-1978, 1985-1987, 1992, 1996-1999.
Scope and Content:

Subseries 6 contains official National Council reports, fact sheets, and resolutions, often in the form of internal responses following national meetings and conventions. Sidney Hook's survey report of National Council in 1947, for example, was considered strictly confidential and not for publication [Box 69, Folder 12]. Biennial reports and fact sheets were published for public consumption.
Box Folder Title Date
69 11 Resolutions 1949-1952, 1961-1978, 1992, 1996-1999
69 12 Survey Report, Sidney Hook 1947
69 13 Biennial Reports 1963, 1965-1967, 1973
69 14 Biennial Report, Women in Power 1985-1987
69 15 Fact Sheets 1961-1965
Return to the Top of Page
 

Series VI: Public Affairs, undated, 1912-1913, 1921, 1938, 1942, 1950-1958, 1960, 1962-2004.
This series is in English.
2 linear feet.
Arrangement:

Alphabetical.

There are 6 subseries located here:
Scope and Content:

New York Section's efforts to be involved with local and national movements and events on a public level are documented in Series VI. In a calculated movement from a religious women's group to a liberal social service organization, New York Section followed (and often led) National Council's efforts to reach a broader public. These records include internal public affairs committee information; advocacy efforts on a number of different fronts; affiliations, allowing New York Section to collaborate locally and nationally; public forums and conferences; promotion of American Judaism; and legislative affairs.

Subseries 1: Public Affairs Committee, undated, 1951-1958, 1962, 1967-1993.
Scope and Content:

New York Section's Public Affairs Committee handled affiliation with National Council's Public Affairs Committee and local and regional public affairs committees, arranging for public events and advocacy. New York Section's Public Affairs Committee also arranged for public film festivals, asking for responses from attendees [Box 70, Folders 5-6] This subseries includes some information from National Council's Public Affairs Committee; fact sheets; committee plans; correspondence, including telegrams, interoffice memos, and letters, and national and state legislative correspondence; news clippings; administrative reports; and calendars of New York Section public affairs events. New York Section's efforts to reach the public through radio speeches are also documented here [Box 70, Folder 7].

See also: Series V: National Council of Jewish Women, Subseries 2: Events, Conferences, and Institutes; Subseries 3: Programs / Issues of Concern; Subseries 4: New York State Public Affairs Committee; Subseries 5: Publications; Subseries 6: Reports, Fact Sheets, and Resolutions; Series VIII: Publications, Subseries 1: Bulletin; and Subseries 3: Yearbooks; Series IX: Photographs, Subseries 14: Public Affairs; and Series XI: Scrapbooks, Subseries 3: Newspaper Clippings.
Box Folder Title Date
70 1 Public Affairs undated, 1962
70 2 Public Affairs 1971-1979
70 3 Public Affairs 1982-1992
70 4 Public Affairs Calendars 1967-1993
70 5 Film Series 1985-1986
70 6 Film Series Responses 1984-1985
70 7 Scripts, Radio Broadcasts undated, 1951-1958, 1972

Subseries 2: Advocacy, undated, 1942, 1963, 1967, 1970-1994, 1996-2000.
Scope and Content:

New York Section involvement on many advocacy fronts is partially represented here. The files are arranged into two subsubseries.

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 12: Histories; Series II: Community Services; Series III: Fundraising, Subseries 6: Grants; Series V: National Council of Jewish Women, Subseries 2: Events, Conferences, and Institutes; Subseries 3: Programs / Issues of Concern; Subseries 4: New York State Public Affairs Committee; Subseries 5: Publications; Subseries 6: Reports, Fact Sheets, and Resolutions; Series VIII: Publications, Subseries 1: Bulletin; and Subseries 3: Yearbooks; Series IX: Photographs, Subseries 14: Public Affairs; and Series XI: Scrapbooks, Subseries 3: Newspaper Clippings.

A) General Files, 1970-1981, 1983, 1986, 1988-1990.
Scope and Content:

Includes files on advocacy, correspondence about advocacy efforts, petitions, and telegrams that communicate New York Section interests and efforts [Box 70, Folders 8-11].
Box Folder Title Date
70 8 Advocacy 1979, 1983, 1988-1989
70 9 Correspondence 1980, 1986
70 10 Petitions 1989-1990
70 11 Telegrams, Advocacy 1970-1981

B) Subject Files, undated, 1942, 1963, 1967, 1974-1975, 1978-1994, 1996-2000.
Scope and Content:

Arranged alphabetically according to issue or title of program. Files include National Council training manuals, correspondence, petitions, telegrams, brochures, and information for specific efforts. Among the subjects are child care, domestic violence, education, elder abuse, health, Israel, reproductive choice, separation of church and state, Soviet Jewry, sweatshops, and reactions to Donald Trump's local development plans. Affiliations with Planned Parenthood, New York State Legislature, the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, and other organizations are made apparent in this subseries [Box 70, Folder 12-28; Box 71, Folders 1-7].
Box Folder Title Date
70 12 [Aging] Caregiving Conference April 17, 1994
70 13 [Aging] Elder Abuse Conference April 21, 1999
70 14 Anti-Semitism undated, 1978
70 15 [Separation of Church and State] Testimony 1985-1987
70 16 [Civil Rights Act], Council at the White House 1963
70 17 [Family] Parent Services Project, NY Long Range Plan 1996-2000
70 18 "The Jewish Family: Evolution or Revolution?" November 18, 1980
70 19 [Health] Tay-Sachs Disease 1975
70 20 [Health] New York State Legislation 1984
70 21 School Health 1990
70 22 Homeless 1981
70 23 Israel undated, 1967, 1978-1980, 1998
70 24 [Reproductive Rights] Abortion 1980-1983
70 25 [Reproductive Rights] Choice 1989-1992
70 26 [Reproductive Rights] Planned Parenthood 1989
70 27 [Soviet Jewry] Speeches, Russian Émigré Event 1974
70 28 Soviet Jewry 1981-1986
Box Folder Title Date
71 1 Sweatshops undated, 1998
71 2 Sweatshops, Miscellaneous from Rita Fishman 1996
71 3 Sweatshops Conference October 10, 1996
71 4 Sweatshops 1997
71 5 Trump, Donald 1987-1988
71 6 Violence 1993
71 7 War Activities 1942

Subseries 3: Affiliations, undated, 1965-1971, 1974-1978, 1980, 1982-1983, 1986-1995.
Scope and Content:

New York Section's affiliations with local and national organizations allowed for collaborative projects and funding. This subseries documents affiliations with local legislative, advocacy, health, social service, and neighborhood groups, and Jewish federations. Records include correspondence, press releases, application forms, public statements, programs, speeches, administrative reports, and conferences, and deals with community service and advocacy issues.

See also: Series II: Community Services; Series III: Fundraising, Subseries 6: Grants; Series V: National Council of Jewish Women, Subseries 2: Events, Conferences, and Institutes; Subseries 3: Programs / Issues of Concern; Subseries 4: New York State Public Affairs Committee; Subseries 5: Publications; Subseries 6: Reports, Fact Sheets, and Resolutions; and Series XI: Scrapbooks, Subseries 3: Newspaper Clippings.
Box Folder Title Date
71 8 Association of Rehabilitation Facilities 1974, 1978, 1980
71 9 Citizens Committee, People for the American Way 1988
71 10 Commission on the Status of Women 1989 July 25
71 11 Correspondence, various agencies and organizations 1973-1984
71 12 Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations 1975-1976, 1978
71 13 International Council of Jewish Women undated, 1978-1987
71 14 Jewish Heritage Book Festival 1986
71 15 Junior League of the City of New York 1976
71 16 Mid-Manhattan Community Jewish Council 1982
71 17 Nairobi Forum and Conference 1985
71 18 NOW-National Organization for Women 1974, 1985-1987
71 19 [NY State Coalition for Choice] Public Affairs Advocacy, Hope v. Perales 1991
71 20 [NY State Coalition for Choice] Amicus Brief, Hope v. Perales 1990
71 21 New York State Intergenerational Network 1989
71 22 New York State Office for Aging 1970-1971
71 23 New York State Women's Directory 1983
Box Folder Title Date
72 1 Office of Economic Opportunity 1965-1967, 1969
72 2 Our Town New York 1987
72 3 Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCAR) undated, 1986-1995
72 4 State of Israel Bonds 1976
72 5 Temple Israel Sisterhood, Gertrude Watters, Spring Luncheon May 17, 1983
72 6 UN Conference on Women 1980
72 7 Vacations for the Aging and Senior Centers Association 1977-1978
72 8 Women Cantors' Network 1986, 1988
72 9 Women's City Club of New York 1976
72 10 [Women's Division of the State of New York] Women's Unit News 1974-1976, 1978
72 11 Yorkville Civic Council 1976, 1982-1983, 1989

Subseries 4: Forums/Annual Conferences, 1950-1953, 1955, 1960, 1966-1967, 1969, 1972.
Scope and Content:

New York Section's Public Affairs events included annual forums and conferences for the public, generally efforts for public education. These files include programs, invitations, and some transcripts and reports, and covers topics such as feminism, morality, and current legislation. This file is not inclusive of all New York Section forums.

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 12: Histories; Series II: Community Services; Series III: Fundraising, Subseries 6: Grants; Series V: National Council of Jewish Women, Subseries 2: Events, Conferences, and Institutes; Subseries 3: Programs / Issues of Concern; Subseries 4: New York State Public Affairs Committee; Subseries 5: Publications; Subseries 6: Reports, Fact Sheets, and Resolutions; Series VIII: Publications, Subseries 1: Bulletin; and Subseries 3: Yearbooks; Series IX: Photographs, Subseries 14: Public Affairs; and Series XI: Scrapbooks, Subseries 3: Newspaper Clippings.
Box Folder Title Date
72 12 Annual Conference, "Woman" October 30, 1950
72 13 Program Notes, Annual Conference 1951-1953
72 14 7th Annual Educational Forum November 1, 1955
72 15 11th Annual Forum, Transcript, Hunter College January 26, 1960
72 16 Annual Forum, Public Affairs Committee, "Alienation and Rebellion in Today's Society" 1966
72 17 United Nations Institute undated, 1966-1970
72 18 Annual Forum, Public Affairs Committee, "The Crisis of Immorality: Values, Ethics, and Attitudes in the Jet Age" 1967
72 19 Public Affairs Evening Forum 1969, 1972
Box Folder Title Date
110 OSI Jewish Week, "NCJW Forum Protests Fund Cuts." Portion of article, attached to glass Oversized Items December 6, 1981

Subseries 5: Jewish Life Priority, undated, 1912-1913, 1921, 1951-1952, 1955-1957, 1962, 1967, 1976, 1981, 1984-2004.
Scope and Content:

New York Section's efforts to promote American Judaism are documented in this subseries. A Section Jewish Life Priority Committee worked specifically to plan activities along this vein, and files of committee minutes, programs, and fliers for events are contained here. Events include Brotherhood Week [Box 73, Folder 2], Chanukah [Box 73, Folders 3-5], Passover [Box 73, Folders 17-18], and other Jewish cultural events and performances, particularly from the 1910s and early 1920s when such efforts were more commonplace for New York Section.

The bulk of this subseries contains information about Council Sabbath [Box 73, Folders 6-14]. This yearly event located Section women in local synagogues, participating with synagogue and temple sisterhoods. These documents include speech scripts, programs, and fliers.

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 1: Minutes; Subseries 4: Board of Directors, Minutes; Subseries 9: Executive Committee; and Subseries 12: Histories; Series II: Community Services, Subseries 7: Ill and Disabled; and Subseries 9: Jewish Women's Resource Center; Series IV: Membership, Subseries 1: Annual Events, Subsubseries G: Scripts and Prayers; Series V: National Council for Jewish Women, Subseries 3: Programs/Issues of Concern; Series VII: Public Relations, Subseries 5: Invitations; and Subseries 6: Flyers; Series VIII: Publications; Series IX: Photographs, Subseries 14: Public Affairs; and Series XI: Scrapbooks.

Note: Box 73, Folders 1, 13 and 14 contain some Hebrew.
Box Folder Title Date
73 1 Jewish Life Priority undated, 1985-1987
    Contains some Hebrew.   
73 2 Brotherhood Week 1953
73 3 Chanukah undated, 1976
73 4 Hannah Senesh Play 1985
73 5 Hanukkah undated
73 6 Speeches, Council Sabbath March 24, 1951
73 7 Council Sabbath 1952
73 8 Council Sabbath 1953
73 9 Council Sabbath 1955
73 10 Council Sabbath undated, 1956
73 11 Council Sabbath 1957
73 12 Council Sabbath 1981
73 13 Council Sabbath 1984-1994
    Contains some Hebrew.   
73 14 Council Sabbath undated
    Contains some Hebrew.   
73 15 Cultural Events Committee undated, 1986-2004
73 16 Jewish Performances, Calendar 1912-1913, 1921
73 17 Passover undated, 1962, 1967
73 18 Seder 1987

Subseries 6: Legislative Action/Brunch, undated, 1938, 1963-1964, 1982-1989, 1995.
Scope and Content:

New York Section worked to participate in local and national legislation and to involve the public in such efforts. Their Legislative Committee records for 1938 and later events such as Legislative Brunch and voter registration programs include fliers, correspondence, and minutes.

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 12: Histories; Series V: National Council of Jewish Women, Subseries 2: Events, Conferences, and Institutes; Subseries 3: Programs / Issues of Concern; Subseries 4: New York State Public Affairs Committee; Subseries 5: Publications; Subseries 6: Reports, Fact Sheets, and Resolutions; Series VIII: Publications, Subseries 1: Bulletin; and Subseries 3: Yearbooks; Series IX: Photographs, Subseries 14: Public Affairs; and Series XI: Scrapbooks, Subseries 3: Newspaper Clippings.
Box Folder Title Date
73 19 Legislative Committee 1938
73 20 Legislative Action undated, 1963-1964
73 21 Legislative Brunch undated, 1982-1989, 1995
Return to the Top of Page
 

Series VII: Public Relations, undated, 1937-1938, 1946-1997, 2004.
This series is in English.
2.5 linear feet.
Arrangement:

Subject and Format.

There are 9 subseries located here:
Scope and Content:

In conjunction with New York Section's public affairs efforts and community service programs, the Section's Public Relations branch worked to publicize events and movements. This series includes committee documents, press releases, printed announcements, invitations, fliers, clippings, and brochures.

Subseries 1: Public Relations Committee, undated, 1979-1980, 1982-1994.
Scope and Content:

This subseries records the work of New York Sections Public Relations Committee, including committee minutes, agendas, and announcements; collected news clippings and news releases; correspondence and memos; and training material.

See also: Specific program or event within the collection; Series VIII: Publications; and Series XI: Scrapbooks.
Box Folder Title Date
74 1 PR Committee undated, 1979-1980, 1982-1985
74 2 Public Relations Committee 1986
74 3 Public Relations 1987-1994
74 4 PR Committee etc undated

Subseries 2: Media Lists, undated, 1985-1994.
Scope and Content:

New York Section's Public Relations committee preserved some of the media lists used for press releases and other press outlets. This subseries includes names and addresses, address labels, contact information for newspapers and television stations, correspondence for PR committee members, and publicity efforts.
Box Folder Title Date
74 5 PR Lists undated, 1985-1994
74 6 Press List undated, 1988
74 7 PR Committee undated

Subseries 3: Press Releases, undated, 1954-1977, 1983-1992.
Scope and Content:

Subseries 3 contains New York Section press releases as well as training information about how to create press releases. Some of these files were preserved in Press Release binders by New York Section and were preserved as such in this collection [Box 75, Folder 2]. This file is not inclusive of all New York Section press releases. Many are spread throughout specific program files.

See also: Specific program or event within the collection; and Series XI: Scrapbooks.
Box Folder Title Date
74 8 Press Releases 1954-1971
74 9 Press Releases 1971-1977
74 10 News Releases 1974
Box Folder Title Date
75 1 Press Releases undated, 1983-1991
75 2 Press Releases 1984-1992

Subseries 4: Announcements, undated, 1966, 1974-1975, 1982, 1984, 1986-1992.
Scope and Content:

New York Section preserved many announcements, as evidenced in this subseries. Mimeographed copies of radio spot announcements are included [Box 75, Folders 5-6].

See also: Specific program or event within the collection; Series VIII: Publications; and Series XI: Scrapbooks.
Box Folder Title Date
75 3 Announcements undated, 1982, 1984, 1986-1992
75 4 Car Advertising 1966
75 5 Mimeographed Copies of Spot Announcements #1 undated, 1974-1975
75 6 Mimeographed Copies of Spot Announcements #2 undated, 1974-1975

Subseries 5: Invitations, undated, 1946-1995.
Scope and Content:

Binders contained Section collections of invitations, disassembled due to non-archival quality binders, but maintained here in their respective folders with their original dividers.

See also: Specific program or event within the collection; Series VIII: Publications; and Series XI: Scrapbooks.
Box Folder Title Date
75 7-9 Invitations 1946-1985
Box Folder Title Date
76 1-3 Invitations 1986-1995
76 4 Flyers, Invitations 1956-1994
76 5 Invitations to Events undated, 1982, 1990-1992

Subseries 6: Flyers, undated, 1949-1951, 1957, 1964, 1967-1970, 1972-1990.
Scope and Content:

New York Section preserved many flyers, as evidenced in this subseries. This subseries also includes promotional items and donation cards [Box 77, Folder 4].

See also: Specific program or event within the collection; Series VIII: Publications; and Series XI: Scrapbooks.
Box Folder Title Date
76 6 Flyers undated, 1979-1989
76 7 Flyers undated, 1982-1997
76 8 Flyers undated
Box Folder Title Date
77 1 Flyers undated
77 2 Various News Events Oversized Items, see OS1 Box 105, Folder 7 undated, 1968-1970, 1972-1974, 1976-1980, 1982-1990
77 3 Forums, Events, etc undated, 1949-1951
77 4 Section Promos/Donation Cards undated, 1950, 1957, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1974-1975

Subseries 7: Clippings, undated, 1937-1938, 1984-1993.
Scope and Content:

New York Section preserved many news clippings, as evidenced in this subseries. All news clippings have been photocopied on acid-free paper.

See also: Specific program or event within the collection; Series VIII: Publications; and Series XI: Scrapbooks.
Box Folder Title Date
77 5 Press Clippings 1937-1938
77 6 Clippings 1984-1985
77 7 Clippings 1986-1987
77 8 Clippings 1988-1989
Box Folder Title Date
78 1 Clippings 1990-1993
78 2 Clippings undated

Subseries 8: Brochures, undated, 1956-1994, 2004.
Scope and Content:

New York Section preserved many brochures, as evidenced in this subseries.

See also: Specific program or event within the collection; Series VIII: Publications; and Series XI: Scrapbooks.
Box Folder Title Date
78 3 Action Calendar 1985-1986, 1988
78 4 Anniversary Brochures 1969, 1974, 1994, 2004
78 5 Brochures undated, 1956-1994

Subseries 9: Miscellaneous, undated, 1951, 1953-1955, 1958-1959, 1960-1974, 1983-1997.
Scope and Content:

This subseries includes graphics, posters, programs, and information related to a 1984 Section video production [Box 78, Folder 15]. New York Section also maintained a "Duplicates" binder, which has been disassembled and preserved here [Box 78, Folder 8]. These items are sporadic and not inclusive of New York Section public relations efforts.

See also: : Specific program or event within the collection; Series VIII: Publications; and Series XI: Scrapbooks.
Box Folder Title Date
78 6 Ad Material undated, 1953, 1971-1972, 1974, 1982, 1984
78 7 PR Committee (Contribution Cards) undated
78 8 Duplicates undated, 1951, 1954-1955, 1958-1959, 1962, 1964-1965, 1967-1968, 1971, 1973
78 9 Graphics Oversized Items, see OS1 Box 105, Folder 7 undated, 1990
78 10 Heritage of Concern 1986
78 11 Posters Oversized Items, see OS1 Box 105, Folder 7 undated
78 12 Public Relations undated, 1983-1984
78 13 Public Relations 1983-1997
78 14 Theatre Programs 1960-1974
78 15 Video Tape (Correspondence concerning) 1984
Return to the Top of Page
 

Series VIII: Publications, undated, 1906-2004.
This series is in English.
5 linear feet.
Arrangement:

Alphabetical.

There are 3 subseries located here:
Scope and Content:

New York Section's publications make up Series VIII. Their Section newsletter, the Bulletin, as well as various printed programs and yearbooks and souvenir journals, are contained here. These publications were intended for in-house use by Section members. This Series also represents many different branches associated with New York Section as seen in their published programs, as well as the Junior Committee and Lady Luck, a fundraising venture. Yearbooks and souvenir journals contain snapshots of current Section programs and efforts, both textual and with occasional actual photographic images in later editions.

Subseries 1: Bulletin, 1925-2003.
Scope and Content:

The New York Section began publishing a Section newsletter in 1918, although the first preserved issue in this collection is in 1925. Issues for the first nine years were bound. Changes in format include a one-page half-folded piece as seen in 1925 through October 1934, to a much smaller quadruple-folded, double-sided issue from November 1934 through February 1941. In March 1941 the Bulletin returned to a one-page, half-folded issue, often printed on different colors of paper. By 1947, the Bulletin was printed in two colors. Photographs are printed in the Bulletin starting in January 1949. By October 1949, the Bulletin was printed as an eight-page, full-sheet publication, with a formal cover. Often included are public affairs calendars, annual meeting notices, and other fliers. These copies of the Bulletin are arranged chronologically. Some issues are missing, particularly between 1995-2000.

See also: Specific program or event within the collection; Series VII: Public Relations; Series IX: Photographs, Subseries 15: Publications; and Series XI: Scrapbooks.
Box Folder Title Date
79 1 The Bulletin October 1925-October 1934
79 2 The Bulletin 1934-1941
79 3 The Bulletin 1941-1946
79 4 The Bulletin 1947-1950
79 5 The Bulletin 1951-1953
79 6 The Bulletin 1954-1956
79 7 The Bulletin 1957-1959
Box Folder Title Date
80 1 The Bulletin 1960-1961
80 2 The Bulletin 1962-1963
80 3 The Bulletin 1964-1966
80 4 The Bulletin 1966-1969
80 5 The Bulletin 1969-1972
80 6 The Bulletin 1972-1975
80 7 The Bulletin 1976-1979
Box Folder Title Date
81 1 The Bulletin 1980-1983
81 2 The Bulletin Summer 1983-1987 Summer
81 3 The Bulletin Fall 1987-Summer 1991
81 4 The Bulletin 1991-1998
81 5 The Bulletin 1998-2003

Subseries 2: Programs, 1935, 1983, 1940, 1942-1974, 1977-1985.
Scope and Content:

Programs were published for different fundraising events held by the New York Section as well as its branches. This subseries, not inclusive of all programs existing in the collection, is arranged into three subsubseries.

A) Branches, 1942-1974.
Scope and Content:

Includes various New York Section branches' programs for different events. Programs include lists of branch officers, members, patrons, and sponsors; memorials and advertisements, messages from Section presidents and branch chairs; and photographs. Programs appear in a variety of sizes, colors, and shapes, some with foil pages, images, and/or fancy tassels, usually created for branch dinners, shows, and dances, often with specific themes. Publishing branches include Carlton Branch, Colony, Cooper-Stuyvesant, Empire, Harmony, Parkside, Regency, Town and Country, and Washington Heights. This collection of branch programs is not inclusive, as not all branches are included and not all programs for all branch events are included. [Boxes 81, Folders 6-8 -- Box 82].

See also: Series IV: Membership, Subseries 2: Branches.
Box Folder Title Date
81 6 Branch Programs, Parkside, Town and Country, Colony 1942-1973
81 7 Programs, Branch Events, Carlton Branch 1973-1974
81 8 Cooper-Stuyvesant Branch, Programs 1943-1967
Box Folder Title Date
82 1 Branch Programs, Empire Branch 1962-1963, 1966, 1970-1971
82 2 Branch Programs, Harmony Branch 1949-1960
82 3 Programs, Branch Events, Harmony Branch 1961-1972
82 4 Programs, Branch Events, Regency Branch 1961-1968
82 5 Regency Branch, Programs 1969-1971
82 6 Programs, Branch Events, Washington Heights Branch 1951-1962
82 7 The Challenge of Hate, Washington Heights 1947

B) Junior Committee, undated, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1945, 1948-1954, 1956-1963, 1965, 1967, 1970-1974, 1977-1978.
Scope and Content:

Includes programs from New York Section's Junior Committee. Like branch programs, the Junior Committee programs often include officer and membership lists, including dinner and dance committees, patrons, and sponsors; messages from presidents and chairs; memorials, including pages dedicated to children and pets, and advertisements; and, because each event was generally a fundraising opportunity for a specific program, information on that program. Again, these programs do not cover every annual event, but are arranged chronologically. [Boxes 83-85 Folder 1].

See also: Series I: Administrative, Subseries 1: Minutes; Subseries 4: Board of Directors, Minutes; Subseries 9: Executive Committee; and Subseries 13: Junior Committee; Series IX: Photographs, Subseries 1: Administrative; Series XI: Scrapbooks, Subseries 2: Individual Programs; and Subseries 3: Newspaper Clippings.
Box Folder Title Date
83 1 Junior Committee 1935, 1938, 1940
83 2 Junior Committee, Programs 1942, 1945
83 3 Junior Committee, Dinner Dance 1948
83 4 Junior Committee, Dinner Dance 1949
83 5 Junior Committee, Dinner Dance 1950
83 6 Junior Committee, Programs 1951-1954
83 7 Programs, Junior Committee 1956-1957
Box Folder Title Date
84 1 Programs, Junior Committee 1958-1959
84 2 Junior Committee, Programs 1960-1963
84 3 Junior Committee, Programs 1965, 1967
84 4 Programs, Junior Committee 1970-1971
84 5 Junior Committee, Programs 1972-1973
84 6 Junior Committee, Dinner 1974, 1977-1978
Box Folder Title Date
85 1 Junior Committee, Dinner Dance Program undated

C) Lady Luck, 1979-1985.
Scope and Content:

Includes programs from this successful annual fundraising event. These programs contain basic information about National Council and New York Section, listing programs and services provided; Lady Luck committee members and their responsibilities, as well as New York Section officers; photographs of chairs and guests of honor; messages from chairs and Section presidents and vice presidents; memorials and advertisements; and a list of Lady Luck participating institutions. [Box 85, Folders 2-4].

See also: Series III: Fundraising, Subseries 8: Lady Luck; Series IX: Photographs, Subseries 11: Fundraising; and Series XI: Scrapbooks.
Box Folder Title Date
85 2 Lady Luck 1979-1981
85 3 Lady Luck 1982-1983
85 4 Lady Luck 1984-1985

Subseries 3: Yearbooks, 1906-1933, 1944-1945, 1986-2004.
Scope and Content:

This subseries contains New York Section's published yearbooks and journals. It is not known when New York Section first began publishing yearly reports in the form of yearbooks; the first in this collection appeared in 1906. Various yearbooks were bound, often with gaps between years. Yearbooks include National Council officers and New York Section officers; notices of meetings, dues, membership, general information, and activities; committee chairs; events for the year; and Junior Section officers and committees. Reports from the Section president, recording secretary, corresponding secretary, treasurer, and the various committees comprise the yearbook, as well as lists of contributors to various Section efforts and recommendations for different programs. The earlier yearbooks also include a list of members with names and addresses, with memorials to past Section leaders. Large gaps exist between 1934-1943, and 1945-1985. By 1986, the yearbook had taken the form of a souvenir journal, a fundraising venture, with memorial pages and advertisements, as well as photographs of various current Section programs and efforts.

See also: Specific program or event within the collection; Series VII: Public Relations; Series IX: Photographs, Subseries 15: Publications; and Series XI: Scrapbooks.
Box Folder Title Date
85 5 Yearbooks 1906-1914
Box Folder Title Date
86 1 Yearbooks 1914-1921
86 2 Yearbooks 1921-1926
86 3 Yearbooks 1925-1933
86 4 American Jewish Yearbook 1944-1945
Box Folder Title Date
87 1 Yearbooks 1986-1987
87 2 Yearbooks 1988-1992
87 3 Section Yearbook 1993-1994
87 4 Section Yearbook 1995-1996
87 5 Section Yearbook 1997-1998
87 6 Yearbooks 1999-2000
Box Folder Title Date
88 1 Yearbooks 2001-2002
88 2 Yearbooks 2003-2004
Return to the Top of Page
 

Series IX: Photographs, undated, 1895-1896, 1900s-1933, 1939-1946, 1948-2004.
This series is in English.
2.5 linear feet
Arrangement:

Alphabetical.

There are 16 subseries located here:
Scope and Content:

Series IX contains New York Section photographs, arranged according to subject, following the same schema as the overall collection. Some photographs are reproductions; the location and copyright of the originals are unknown, although some images have been used over and over again in various Section publications. Photographs are both professionally produced and taken by amateurs on digital cameras. Some photographs are labeled, while others are placed conjecturally with similar subjects.

Subseries 1: Administrative, undated, 1933, 1948-1949, 1954-1957, 1959-1960, 1962-1971, 1983, 1998.
Scope and Content:

This subseries contains photographs of various boards of directors, executive committees, junior committees, presidents, and Section personalities. Photographs of presidents and Section personalities are arranged alphabetically.
Box Folder Title Date
89 1 Board of Directors 1964-1970
89 2 Executive Committee 1983
89 3 Junior Committee 1963-1966
89 4 Presidents, Alphabetical undated, 1949, 1954, 1957, 1959-1960, 1962, 1965, 1967-1968, 1970-1971
89 5 Presidents, Rita Tishman undated
89 6 Presidents, Bernice Friedes and Jean Krosner 1998
89 7 Council Personalities, Alphabetical undated, 1933, 1948, 1955-1957, 1960, 1963

Subseries 2: Community Services, Aging, undated, 1956-1997, 2002.
Scope and Content:

Photographs of New York Section's services for the aging include images of Council Club for Older People, the Katherine Engel Center for Older People, Council Workshop for Senior Citizens, and Council Senior Center.
Box Folder Title Date
89 8 Council Club for Older People 1956-1957
89 9 Katharine Engel Center for Older People 1957
89 10 Katharine Engel Center for Older People 1958
89 11 Katharine Engel Center for Older People 1959-1965
Box Folder Title Date
90 1 Katharine Engel Center for Older People 1965-1974
90 2 Katharine Engel Center for Older People 1975-1996
90 3 Katharine Engel Center for Older People undated
90 4 Council Workshop for Senior Citizens 1957-1965
90 5 Council Workshop for Senior Citizens undated, 1965-1982
90 6 Council Senior Center undated, 1993-1997, 2002

Subseries 3: Community Services, Children and Youth, undated, 1917, 1925-1933, 1940-1946, 1952, 1954-1998.
Scope and Content:

Photographs of New York Section's services for children cover Artreach; Great Sunday; literacy programs including Book-Go-Round (including slides), children's library, Council Camp, Children's Day Camp, Camp Ella Fohs, Mothers and Children Club Outings, Council Day Care, Pre-Kindergarten, Council Teen Club, Council Youth Program and Department of Correction, Girls' Home Club, HIPPY, Israeli children's institutions, Ship-A-Box, World of Work, and miscellaneous photographs of children. Council Camp and Mothers Club outings photographs are numerous and often unlabeled. These photographs are arranged according to the stamps on the back.
Box Folder Title Date
90 7 Artreach undated
90 8 Council Summer Camp, Mother's Club Camp, Children's Day Camp undated, 1932
90 9 Council Camp, Camp Ella Fohs undated, 1940-1946
90 10 Mothers and Children Club Outings undated, 1925-1933
Box Folder Title Date
91 1 Council Day Care Center undated, 1967-1983
91 2 Pre-Kindergarten undated, 1965
91 3 Council Teen Age Club undated, 1952, 1955
91 4 Council Youth Program, Department of Correction 1958-1966
91 5 Girls Home Club undated, 1917
91 6 Great Sunday undated
91 7 World of Work 1996
91 8 HIPPY undated, 1996-1998
91 9 Children, Israeli Institutions undated
91 10 Book-Go-Round Slides 1969-1972
91 11 Book-Go-Round undated, 1969-1987
91 12 Children's Library undated, 1964-1998
91 13 Ship-A-Box undated, 1954-1996
91 14 Children undated

Subseries 4: Community Services, Council House, undated, 1900s-1932, 1939, 1958, 1970, 2000.
Scope and Content:

New York Section Council House photographs include children's classes and adult education classes; shots of the playground, roof, and garden; Council House dinners and entertainments; Eleanor Roosevelt's participation with the transfer of Forrest House to the Bronx neighborhood; religious schools held at Council House; and various locations of New York Section headquarters known as Council House.
Box Folder Title Date
91 15 Council House undated
91 16 Council House, Children's Classes, Kindergarten, Story Hour undated, early 1900s-1920s
91 17 Council House, Playground, Roof, Garden undated, 1929-1932
91 18 Council House, Dinners 1931, 1939
91 19 Council House, Entertainments undated, 1929-1933
91 20 Forest House Transfer, Eleanor Roosevelt 1958
91 21 Council House, Religious Schools undated, 1919-1926
91 22 Council House, 9 East 69th Street undated, 1970
91 23 Council House, 820 2nd Avenue 2000

Subseries 5: Community Services, Counseling and Support Groups, undated, 1996, 1998.
Scope and Content:

Photographs of New York Section counseling and support groups includes images of Pregnancy Loss Support Group and Troubleshooters.
Box Folder Title Date
91 24 Pregnancy Loss Support Program 1996, 1998
91 25 Troubleshooters undated

Subseries 6: Community Services, Hunger, undated, 1983-1997.
Scope and Content:

Photographs of New York Section's hunger programs are found in this subseries, many undated.
Box Folder Title Date
92 1 Hunger Program undated, 1983-1997

Subseries 7: Community Services, Ill and Disabled, undated, 1926, 1950-1989, 1994, 1997.
Scope and Content:

Community Services focusing on the Ill and Disabled include photographs of the AIDS Friendly Visitor Program and PACT, Knitwits, Jackson Stricks scholarship recipients, Metropolitan Hospital programs, and efforts on Welfare Island / Roosevelt Island.
Box Folder Title Date
92 2 AIDS Friendly Visitor Program, PACT (Pediatric Aids Caring Team) undated, 1994, 1997
92 3 Knit Wits undated
92 4 Scholarships, Campership, Jackson Stricks, Gail Coates undated, 1989, 1997
92 5 Metropolitan Hospital undated, 1953-1957
92 6 Welfare Island/Roosevelt Island Oversized photographs, see OS1 Box 110 undated, 1926, 1950-1988

Subseries 8: Community Services, Immigration, undated, 1957-1988.
Scope and Content:

Photographs of programs for immigrants include a number of undated photographs used frequently by New York Section, adult education classes in English and naturalization, Services for the Foreign Born, and waitress training.
Box Folder Title Date
92 7 Immigration undated
92 8 Immigration, Adult Education Classes, English, Naturalization undated
92 9 Service for the Foreign Born undated, 1957-1988
92 10 Waitress Training undated

Subseries 9: Community Services, Jewish Women's Resource Center, undated, 1983-2004.
Scope and Content:

New York Section's Jewish Women's Resource Center photographs cover a variety of events and people.
Box Folder Title Date
92 11 Jewish Women's Resource Center undated, 1983-2004
92 12 Book Signing undated

Subseries 10: Community Services, War Efforts, undated, 1943.
Scope and Content:

Efforts during World War II are recorded in photographs of Section efforts with the American Red Cross and the Council Club canteen for servicemen.
Box Folder Title Date
92 13 World War II, American Red Cross undated
92 14 World War II, Council Club 1943

Subseries 11: Fundraising, undated, 1949-1997.
Scope and Content:

This subseries contains photographs of New York Section fundraising efforts, including Angels Ball, Art Exhibition and Sale, Council Corner, County Fair, Lady Luck, and Thrift Shop.
Box Folder Title Date
92 15 Angels Ball 1953-1972
92 16 Council Corner undated, 1956-1965, 1988-1990
92 17 Thrift Shop undated, 1949-1997
92 18 County Fair undated
92 19 Lady Luck 1981
92 20 14th Annual Art Exhibition and Sale March 31, 1962-April 4, 1962

Subseries 12: Membership, undated, 1930, 1958-1963, 1966-1967, 1969, 1973-1974, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1991-1995, 1997-2001.
Scope and Content:

This subseries contains photographs of annual events for members, including luncheons, annual meetings, fashion shows, anniversary events, and various speakers at membership events.
Box Folder Title Date
92 21 Luncheon 1930
Box Folder Title Date
93 1 Annual Meeting and Spring Luncheon, Hotel Plaza May 13, 1958
93 2 Membership Luncheon and Fashion Show 1958
93 3 Annual Meeting 1959-1963
93 4 Annual Meeting and Luncheon, New York Hilton 1966 May 16
93 5 Annual Meeting and Luncheon, Hotel Americana May 15, 1967
93 6 75th Anniversary 1969
93 7 80th Anniversary Luncheon 1973-1974
93 8 Donnell Library Exhibit, KEC, 80th Anniversary 1974
93 9 Spring Luncheon, Anna Meara, Jerry Stiller 1980, 1982
93 10 90th Anniversary 1984
93 11 June in January Luncheon January 15, 1991
93 12 Centennial Celebration 1994
93 13 Spring Luncheon, Wendy Wasserstein 1998
93 14 New Members Luncheon, Alfred Uhrey 1999
93 15 Fall Meeting, Ruth Samuelson Lecture, Helen Thomas 2000
93 16 Spring Meeting, Mario Cuomo undated
93 17 Speakers, Miscellaneous undated, 1982, 1992-1995, 1997, 2001

Subseries 13: National Council of Jewish Women, undated, 1895-1896, 1963, 1982-1983.
Scope and Content:

This subseries includes various photographs of National Council events and personalities.
Box Folder Title Date
93 18 National Council of Jewish Women, Sadie American-Denver Section, International Council Conference undated, 1895-1896, 1963, 1982-1983

Subseries 14: Public Affairs, undated, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1969-1970, 1981-1983, 1987, 1992, 1996-2003.
Scope and Content:

New York Section photographs of public affairs events include advocacy and efforts to lobby for child care, domestic violence, Israel, and sweatshops; affiliations, particularly the Washington Institute; forums and conferences; Jewish Life Priority, namely Section-sponsored Chanukah parties; Social Action Committee events; voter registration tables; and recipients of the Rebekah Kohut award. These photographs are not inclusive.
Box Folder Title Date
93 19 Advocacy, Child Care undated
93 20 Domestic Violence Walk undated, 1999-2003
93 21 Israel Projects undated, 1983-2002
93 22 Sweatshops undated, 1996-1998
93 23 Washington Institute 1987, 1996
93 24 Annual Institute: "A Quest for Security" October 26, 1953
93 25 7th Annual Education Forum, Hotel Pierre November 1, 1955
93 26 20th Annual Forum, Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, Metropolitan Museum of Art January 13, 1969
93 27 Annual Forum 1970
93 28 Chanukah Party undated, 1957
93 29 Social Action Committee, City Council, Local Legislators, Legislative Brunch 1981-1982, 1992
93 30 Voter Registration undated
93 31 Rebekah Kohut Award undated, 1992

Subseries 15: Publications, 1997-1998.
Scope and Content:

In an effort to gather photographs for New York Section publications, including journals and the Bulletin, certain files collected images, as preserved here.
Box Folder Title Date
93 32 "The Bulletin" Summer 1998
93 33 Journal 1997

Subseries 16: Miscellaneous, undated, 1993-1996.
Scope and Content:

This subseries contains miscellaneous photographs, usually unlabeled and not dated, of individuals and groups, events, and collages. One folder contains photographs of celebrities associated with New York Section at various events.
Box Folder Title Date
93 34 Celebrities undated, 1995-1996
93 35 Miscellaneous undated, 1993-1996
93 36 Negatives undated
Return to the Top of Page
 

Series X: Audio and Visual Material, undated, 1985.
This series is in English.
.25 linear feet.
Arrangement:

Format.
Scope and Content:

This series includes audio tapes separated from Series II: Community Services, Subseries 3: Children and Youth and Subseries 9: Jewish Women's Resource Center. The folders contain an audio tape from Book-Go-Round, a button, and audio tapes from the Oral History project interviewing Rabbis' Wives.

See also: Series II: Community Services, Subseries 3: Children and Youth; Subsubseries H: Literacy Program and Subseries 9: Jewish Women's Resource Center.
Box Folder Title Date
94 1 Book-Go-Round, Audio Tape, button undated
94 2 Oral History, Rabbis Wives, Tapes 1985
Return to the Top of Page
 

Series XI: Scrapbooks, undated, 1920-1922, 1928-1981, 1983-1988.
This series is in English.
18.3 linear feet.
Arrangement:

Format.

There are 3 subseries located here:
Scope and Content:

Scrapbooks are arranged into Subseries 1: Printing Samples, Subseries 2: Individual Programs, and Subseries 3: Newspaper Clippings.

Subseries 1: Printing Samples, 1939-1951, 1954-1970, 1976-1980.
Scope and Content:

Stationery, Flyers, invitations, brochures, and journals found throughout other series in the collection are consolidated here by year. The samples originally were placed in bound scrapbooks; some bound books remain, others have been disassembled for better storage.

See also: Series VII: Public Relations, Subseries 4: Announcements; Subseries 5: Invitations; Subseries 6: Flyers; Subseries 7: Clippings; Subseries 8: Brochures; Subseries 9: Miscellaneous; and individual series for additional flyers, announcements, and brochures.
Box   Title Date
106 (OS7)   Printing Samples 1939-1964
Box Folder Title Date
95 1-7 Printing Samples September 1954-October 1957
Box   Title Date
107 (OS7)   Printing Samples 1957-1960
Box Folder Title Date
96 1-7 Stationery, Printing Samples January 1961-December 1964
Box Folder Title Date
97 1 Stationery, Printing Samples January 1961-December 1964
Box   Title Date
108 (OS7)   Printing Samples 1965-April 1968
Box Folder Title Date
97 2-6 Printing Samples April 1968-December 1970
Box   Title Date
109 (OS7)   Printing Samples 1976-1980

Subseries 2: Individual Programs, undated, 1920-1922, 1945, 1948-1954, 1968-1981, 1983-1988.
Scope and Content:

Several community services, fundraising events, and committees have organized individual scrapbooks. The bulk of the scrapbooks pertain to Series II: Community Services, Subseries 3: Children and Youth. These scrapbooks were composed for Council Child Care Center, Council Day Care Center, Council Day Camp, Sun-N’-Fun, Children's Library Program, Hempstead State Park Picnics, and Henry Kaufman Camp Grounds.

Additional scrapbooks in this subseries were created for Council House (the transfer to the Bronx community in 1945), County Fair, Junior Auxiliary (by President Edith L. Levy from 1920-1922), and Service for the Foreign Born (from 1968-1975). Most of the scrapbooks have been preserved in their original bound housing; others in need of better preservation have been removed, placed in mylar sleeves, and put into individual folders.

See also: Series II: Community Services, Subseries 3: Children and Youth; Subseries 4: Council House; and Subseries 8: Immigration; and Series III: Fundraising, Subseries 4: County Fair.
Box Folder Title Date
98 1 Council Child Care Center 1983-1988
98 2 Council Day Care Center, "Our Book of Holidays" undated
98 3 Council Day Care Center: "Our Book of Holidays" undated
98 4 Council Day Care Center. "Our Trip Book" undated
98 5 Council Day Care Center. "The Block Book 2" 1984-1985
98 6 Council Day Care Center. "The Block Book" 1986-1987
98 7 Council Day Care Center. "Our Book of Holidays" 1987
98 8 Children's Library Program undated, circa 1970s
Box   Title Date
99 (OS1)   Council Day Camp 1948
99 (OS1)   Junior Auxiliary, Edith L. Levy (President) 1920-1921
99 (OS1)   Junior Auxiliary, Edith L. Levy (President) 1921-1922
99 (OS1)   Service for the Foreign Born 1968-1975
Box   Title Date
100 (OS1)   County Fair March 30, 1954
100 (OS1)   Copy of County Fair scrapbook (in oversized folder)
100 (OS1)   Loose Material found in front of scrapbook (in oversized folder)
Box Folder Title Date
101 (OS1) 1 Children's Library Program 1968-1981
101 (OS1) 2 Stanley M. Isaac Children's Library 1975
101 (OS1) 3 Council Day Camp Pictures; Sun N' Fun Pictures 1948-1953
101 (OS1) 4 Council House 1945
101 (OS1) 5 Hempstead State Park Picnics; Henry Kaufman Camp Grounds 1971, 1973

Subseries 3: Newspaper clippings, undated, 1928-1952, 1955-1980, 1983-1986.
Contains some Yiddish, German and Italian.
Scope and Content:

This series documents the activities of the New York Section as noted in the press. The clippings are arranged chronologically. Originally in bound volumes, each scrapbook has been photocopied and placed in oversized folders. The original scrapbooks, due to their high acidic content, have been discarded.

See also: Series VII: Public Relations, Subseries 7: Clippings.
Box Folder Title Date
102 (OS1) 1-2 Clippings November 1928-July 1932
102 (OS1) 3 Clippings September 1932-October 1934
Box Folder Title Date
98 9-11 Clippings May 1935-January 22, 1936
Box Folder Title Date
102 (OS1) 4-6 Clippings January 1936-February 1938
Box Folder Title Date
103 (OS1) 1-4 Clippings October 1937-November 1943
103 (OS1) 5 Clippings, National Defence; Air Raid Precaution: First Aid Courses 1941-1942
103 (OS1) 6-7 Clippings August 1943-May 1948
Box Folder Title Date
104 (OS1) 1 Clippings 1946-1948, 1952
104 (OS1) 2-3 Clippings 1948-1952
104 (OS1) 4-6 Clippings January 1955-December 1961
Box Folder Title Date
105 (OS1) 1-3 Clippings 1962-1972
105 (OS1) 4-5 Clippings 1967-1980
105 (OS1) 6 Clippings 1929, 1983-1986
Return to the Top of Page
 

Separated Oversized Material, undated, 1896, 1913, 1926, 1947, 1950-1956, 1965-1966, 1979-1983, 1990, 1994.
This series is in English.
3.7 linear feet.
Arrangement:

Format.
Scope and Content:

Oversized items originally in folders or belonging to specific series, have been placed here for better storage and preservation. See the box list for cross references.
Box Folder Title Date
105(OS1) 7 "Get Quality Controlled Work at Competitive Prices!" Advertisement for Council Workshop (2 copies), (separated from Box 34, Folder 2) undated
105(OS1) 7 Better Times, Volume XXIX, No. 14, December 26, 1947. Includes the article, "Trouble May Start When You're Young: Emotional Problems of Preschool Children Are the Focus of the Council Child Development Center," by Herschel Alt, pgs. 3-4, 6, 8. (separated from Box 34, Folder 13) December 26, 1947
105(OS1) 7 Two articles: Jerusalem Post, October, "Capital's Newest School Opens on Sunday" undated
105(OS1) 7 Unknown publication, "Council Dedicates the New Hebrew University High School." (separated from Box 39, Folder 8) undated
105(OS1) 7 The Council House Journal, Vol. 3, No. 6. (separated from Box 41, Folder 8) January 1926
105(OS1) 7 The Council House Journal, Vol. 4, No. 8. (separated from Box 41, Folder 8) October 1926
105(OS1) 7 Unknown publication, "New York's Unknown Islands," by Arlene Silberman (separated from Box 44, Folder 10) undated
105(OS1) 7 Zmanim Modernim (Modern Times). Includes photo of woman wearing Tefillin. In Hebrew (separated from Box 50, Folder 4) July 3, 1980
105(OS1) 7 Certificate signed by New York State Governor Mario M. Cuomo, on the occasion of NCJW, New York Section's centennial (separated from Box 59, Folder 6) May 27, 1994
105(OS1) 7 Map of "Council Fellowship Alumni at Work in Israel" and a list of Alumni "Where They Are-What They Do," (separated from Box 65, Folder 11) March 1965
105(OS1) 7 Flyer, "An Evening With Lady Luck at Roseland," (2 copies) (separated from Box 77, Folder 2) October 24, 1979
105(OS1) 7 Kansas City Jewish Chronicle. Special Advertising Section: "Very Important Women of Yesterday and Today." Full issue. (separated from Box 78, Folder 9) December 28, 1990
105(OS1) 7 Two Posters: "Council Picture Section, Your Support Makes All This Possible," NCJW, New York Section, (2 copies); "Get Quality Controlled Work at Competitive Prices!" Advertisement for Council Workshop, (2 copies) (separated from Box 78, Folder 11) undated
Box Folder Title Date
110(OS1) Book of Honor, Volunteer Service League (separated from Series IV: Membership, Subseries 7: Volunteers) 1950-1956
110(OS1) Jewish Week, "NCJW Forum Protests Fund Cuts." Portion of article, attached to glass.(separated from Series VI: Public Affairs, Subseries 4: Forums/Annual Conferences) December 6, 1981
110(OS1) Plaque, presented by Forest House to New York Section, Founders Award, (separated from Box 41, Folder 12) undated
110(OS1) Membership Award, presented by National President to New York Section at the 1966 Regional Conference, in recognition of high Membership Growth (separated from Box 64, Folder 16) 1966
110(OS1) Two 11 x 14" black and white photographs: One of Religious Services being held for patients at Roosevelt Island, the other of two female patients being helped by a New York Section volunteer (separated from Box 92, Folder 6) undated
110(OS1) One 14 x 20" black and white photograph, of Religious Services being held at Goldwater Memorial Hospital, (separated from Box 92, Folder 6) undated
Box Folder Title Date
111(OS2) Copy of article from Leslie's Weekly. "The National Council of Jewish Women, pg. 331. Attached is a photo collage, "Judging Ladies' Saddle Horses, Where Fashion Reigns." (separated from Box 69, Folder 3) November 19, 1896
111(OS2) Connecticut Suffragist, full issue (separated from Box 69, Folder 3) Restricted for preservation July 31, 1913
Box Folder Title Date
MAP 1 Katharine Engel Center, two blueprints, Scheme A & B, Interior Design, (separated from Box 31, Folder 2) undated
MAP 1 NCJW, New York, 440 Lafayette, four blueprints for second floor: Space study, Electrical and FEF CLG. Construction Plan, and Specification Sheet (separated from Box 32, Folder 10) October 7, 1982
MAP 1 Blueprint, NCJW, New York Section Headquarters, 9 East 69th Street. Includes Cellar and First Floor Plan (separated from Box 34, Folder 14) March 7, 1983
MAP 1 Blueprint, NCJW, New York Section Headquarters, 9 East 69th Street. Includes Cellar and First Floor Plan, (separated from Box 34, Folder 14) May 19, 1983
Return to the Top of Page