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Extent:: 13.0 linear feet
Abstract:: John M. Creticos (1880-1962) was born in Greece, immigrated to the United States in 1900, and settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. John Creticos's daughter, Mary (1918-2015), was the founder of the Greek American Heritage Society. The Creticos family papers, circa 1900s-2004, include photocopies of deeds, maps, property and legal records, contracts, and financials papers such as invoices and receipts, and business records. There are also genealogical research materials relating to the Creticos family, as well as obituaries, birth certificates, personal letters, and newspaper clippings.

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Extent:: 14.0 linear feet
Abstract:: The Greek American Heritage Society was founded in 2002 to preserve and promote Hellenic culture and to reconnect youth and adults to their Greek heritage. In 2013 the Society established the Greek American Heritage Museum in the historic Saint George's Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Philadelphia. The Greek American Heritage Museum collection on Greek churches and organizations, 1929-2010s (bulk 1980s-1990s), contains church committee records, minutes and member materials, property documents, newsletters, booklets, calendars, greeting cards, pamphlets, printed matter, and ephemera. Also included in this collection are photocopied materials, scrapbooks, convention booklets, directories, newsletters, and bylaws, as well as the administrative and financial records of the Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society.

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Extent:: 5.0 linear feet
Abstract:: The Greek American Heritage Society was established in 2002 by Mary Creticos (1918-2015). It is a volunteer based organization which strives to preserve and promote Hellenic culture and to reconnect youth and adults to their Greek heritage. The Greek American Heritage Society records date from circa 1990s and include letters and correspondence, newsletters, event flyers and sign up sheets, stationary, agendas, minutes, tax documents, newspaper clippings, materials related to genealogical research, and printed matter.

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