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Descriptive Summary
Creator:	Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations
Title:	Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations, records
Dates:	undated, 1912-1986
Abstract:	Contains incomplete annual convention programs (1922-1986), organizational minutes (1912-1973), newsletters (1967-1981), constitution and by-laws, plaques, awards and citations. Also contains newspaper articles about the Federation and correspondence with affiliated organizations and hospitals.
Languages:	The collection is in English and Yiddish.
Quantity:	3 linear feet (6 manuscript boxes, 1 oversized folder)
Identification:	I-208
Repository:	American Jewish Historical Society

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Historical Note

The Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations was founded as the Federation of Sisterhoods in 1896, bringing together 14 New York City Sisterhoods of Personal Service which had been organizing relief activities among the city's Jewish poor. The organization changed its name in 1920, when social and welfare groups were admitted to the Federation.

In 1982, the Federation included groups of women who "serve actively in the fields of education, health, religion, social welfare and general philanthropy."

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Scope and Content Note

The collection of the Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations (originally the Federation of Sisterhoods) contains material pertaining to the founding, history and activities of this organization. The collection includes the organization's constitution, newsletters, awards and citations (plaques and certificates), photographs, program conventions, newspapers clippings, correspondence, and minutes of meetings.

The collection is valuable to researchers studying Jewish women's organizations in the twentieth century, especially Jewish women's benevolent activities, including the Sisterhoods of Personal Service.

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Arrangement

The collection is organized into a single series.

• Records of the Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations, undated, 1912-1986

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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 Director of Library and Archives 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. For more information contact:
American Jewish Historical Society, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16^th Street, New York, NY, 10011
email: reference@ajhs.org

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Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations, records; I-208; box number; folder number; American Jewish Historical Society, Boston, MA and New York, NY.

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Acquisition Note

Gift of the Federation, 1983.

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Access Points

• Subject Topics:

  • Hospitals
  • Women -- Societies

• Subject Places:

  • United States -- Charities

• Document types:

  • Awards
  • Bylaws
  • Citations
  • Clippings
  • Constitutions
  • Correspondence
  • Meeting minutes
  • Newsletters
  • Newspapers
  • Photographs
  • Plaques
  • Programs

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Container List

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Records of the Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations, undated, 1912-1986.
English, Yiddish.
Boxes 1-6, Oversized Folder 1.
Scope and Content: See Scope and Content Note.
Box	Folder	Title	Date
1	1	Constitution and By-laws	undated, 1925, 1944, 1953
1	2	Early History	1922?
1	3	Hospitals	undated, 1926, 1930, 1933-1934, 1940-1942, 1952-1958
1	4	Affiliate Organizations	undated, 1956-1957
1	5	Photographs	undated, 1925, 1943, 1949, 1955, 1967
1	6	Citation	1944
1	7	Newsletters	1967, 1970-1981
1	8	Miscellaneous	undated, 1919, 1924, 1926-1929, 1931, 1934-1935, 1940, 1945-1946
1	9	Miscellaneous	1970-1982
Box	Folder	Title	Date
2	1	Federation of Sisterhoods: Minutes (bound)	1912-1925
2	2	Federation of Sisterhoods: Minutes (bound)	1926-1929
2	3	Federation of Sisterhoods: Minutes (bound)	1933
2	4	Federation of Sisterhoods: Minutes (bound)	1933-1939
2	5	Holiday Greeting Cards- Rosh Hashanah	1934-1941
2	6	Miscellaneous	1912-1925
2	7	Miscellaneous	1926-1935
2	8	Miscellaneous	1933-1939
2	9	Minutes	1940-1943
2	10	Minutes	1943-1944
2	11	Minutes	1940-1942
2	12	Minutes and other material	1953-1958
Box	Folder	Title	Date
3	1	Minutes (bound)	1933-1940
3	2	Minutes (bound)	1945-1951
3	3	Board of Directors Meeting Minutes	1951-1953
3	4	Minutes (bound)	1959-1963
Box	Folder	Title	Date
4	1	Minutes	1964-1965
4	2	Minutes from Regular Monthly Meetings (bound)	1945-1953
4	3	Minutes from Regular Monthly Meetings	1951-1953
4	4	Minutes from Regular Monthly Meetings (bound)	1965-1967
4	5	Minutes from Regular Monthly Meetings	1967-1969
4	6	Minutes from Regular Monthly Meetings (bound)	1967-1969
4	7	Minutes from Regular Monthly Meetings	1969-1971
4	8	Minutes from Regular Monthly Meetings	1972-1973
4	9	Clippings, etc.	undated, 1930-1934
Box	Folder	Title	Date
5	1	JWB Medal	1958
5	2	Cards	undated
5	3	Memorial Volume for Jane Fischel	undated
5	4	Awards and Certificates	undated, 1943, 1952, 1958, 1963
5	5	JWB Commendum	1945
5	6	JWB Award	1966
Box	Folder	Title	Date
6	1	Annual Federation of Jewish Women’s Organizations, Inc., Convention Luncheon Booklets	1922-1943
6	2	Annual Federation of Jewish Women’s Organizations, Inc., Convention Luncheon Booklets	1944-1948
6	3	Annual Federation of Jewish Women’s Organizations, Inc., Convention Luncheon Booklets	1951-1960
6	4	Annual Federation of Jewish Women’s Organizations, Inc., Convention Luncheon Booklets	1962-1970
6	5	Annual Federation of Jewish Women’s Organizations, Inc., Convention Luncheon Booklets	1971-1978
6	6	Annual Federation of Jewish Women’s Organizations, Inc., Convention Luncheon Booklets	1979-1982, 1986
Box	Folder	Title	Date
OS1F	1	Awards

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