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Boslover Ahavas Achim Belzer Association Collection
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The Boslover Ahavas Achim Belzer Association was organized as the Boslover Beneficial Association in 1903 by immigrants from Bohuslav, Ukraine. In 1925, the society bought two properties at 7th and Pine Streets. The Boslover Building served as a meeting place for the organization and was rented out as permanent and semi-permanent meeting space for other organizations. In 1952, the Boslover Beneficial Association merged with the Ahavas Achim Belzer Beneficial Association, a fraternal organization that had merged with the Belz-Bessarabia Beneficial Association in the late 1940s. Both associations were organized in the early 1900s to provide financial assistance to recent Eastern European Jewish immigrants.
This collection contains records of the Boslover Ahavas Achim Belzer Association, and includes certificates, newsletters, programs, and photographs of special events. This collection also includes 16mm film footage of the 1966 annual dinner.
The collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material, and then chronologically.
Donated by the Boslover Ahavas Achim Belzer Association in 1978, 1989, and 2001. Additional materials donated by Sam Stillman in 1989, Elaine Kolinsky in 1995 and Ernest Schwartz in 1978 and 1982. Collection previously administered by the Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center, acquired by Temple in June 2009.
Original audiovisual materials, as well as preservation and duplicating masters, may not be played. Researchers must consult use copies, or if none exist must pay for a use copy. Certain digital files may also be inaccessible. Please contact the Special Collections Research Center for more information.
Collection processed and finding aid prepared in October 2015 by Jenna Olszak, Project Archivist, Special Collections Research Center.
Organization
- Ahavas Achim Belzer Beneficial Association (Philadelphia, PA.)
- Ahavas Achim Beneficial Association (Philadelphia, PA.)
- Belz-Bessarabia Beneficial Association (Philadelphia, PA.)
- Boslover Ahavas Achim Belzer Association (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- Boslover Beneficial Association (Philadelphia, PA.)
Subject
- Fraternal organizations -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
- Jews -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Societies, etc
Place
- Publisher
- Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
- Finding Aid Author
- Machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan, Sky Global Services India (P) Ltd.
- Finding Aid Date
- January 2024
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Use Restrictions
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The Boslover Ahavas Achim Belzer Association Collection is the physical property of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. Intellectual property rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.