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National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Philadelphia Section Records

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Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
SCRC 313
Repository:
Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
Extent:
  • 4.15 linear feet (4 boxes + 1 map folder)
  • 1 archived websites
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Philadelphia Section Records, SCRC 313, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date:
1911-2017 (inclusive) and 1955-2017 (bulk)
Creator:
National Council of Jewish Women. Greater Philadelphia Section
Form:
Administrative records, Audiocassettes, Bylaws (administrative records), Clippings, Correspondence, Ephemera, Financial records, Histories, Manuscripts, Membership lists, Minutes, Newsletters, Photographs, Press releases, Reports, Scrapbooks, and Sound recordings
Abstract:

The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) is a volunteer-based organization, founded in Chicago in 1893 by Hannah G. Solomon, that works for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children, and families and by safeguarding individual rights and freedoms. The Philadelphia Section of the National Council of Jewish Women was founded in 1894. The Montco Unit was established in 1977 and became the Montco Section in 1979. In 1990, the Montco and Philadelphia Sections merged. In 2006, the Montco/Philadelphia Section changed its name to the Greater Philadelphia Section.

The records of the Greater Philadelphia section of the National Council of Jewish Women and its predecessor chapters include board meeting minutes, reports, chapter bulletins, correspondence and memoranda, photographs, scrapbooks and other records that document social gatherings organized by the chapter and community service work including a Holocaust essay contest, a 1987 survey of working conditions affecting families in Montgomery County, and the Ship-a-box program that sends toys, books, and other educational materials to children overseas. The scrapbooks and chronological files both serve as a filing system for the year's activities and may contain fliers and invitations to events, newspaper clippings, photographs, and copies of the chapter bulletin. In some instances, copies of meeting minutes and correspondence can also be found here. This collection includes preserved versions of the organization's website, available through Archive-It.

The collection is arranged into 4 series as follows:

Series 1: Philadelphia Section, 1911-1983
Series 2: Montco Section, 1976-1990
Series 3: Greater Philadelphia Section, 1990-2016
Series 4: Website versions in Archive-It, 2017

Additions to this collection are expected. Websites are captured using Archive-It periodically, and the latest additions may not yet be included in this finding aid. For information on material–physical and digital, including captured websites–that may have been added since the last finding aid update, please contact the Special Collections Research Center.

Donated by the National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Philadelphia Section in October 2017.

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. Please contact the Special Collections Research Center for more information.

Collection processed and finding aid prepared in November 2017 by Jessica M. Lydon, Associate Archivist.

National Council of Jewish Women Records, MSS61810, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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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
April 2024
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

The National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Philadelphia Section Records are 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.

Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

Series 1: Philadelphia Section, 1911-1983, contains meeting minutes and reports, correspondence, a few chapter bulletins, membership lists, photographs, and programming material. The bulk of the records in this series date from 1955 to 1973. Although the Philadelphia Section was founded in 1894, there are no records dated prior to 1955 with the exception of a program from the 1911 Triennial Convention held in Philadelphia. This series is arranged alphabetically by title.

6th Triennial Convention program, 1911.
Box 1 Folder 1
30th Conference of the Pennsylvania Sections, 1963-1964.
Box 1 Folder 2
Awards and certificates, 1956-1978.
Box 4 Folder 1
Board meeting minutes, 1967-1969.
Box 4 Folder 2
Board meeting minutes and Treasurer's reports, 1955-1960.
Box 1 Folder 3
Board meeting minutes and Treasurer's reports, 1961-1963.
Box 1 Folder 4
Bulletins, 1981-1983.
Box 1 Folder 5
Correspondence, 1961-1962.
Box 1 Folder 6
Evaluation, division, and financial reports, 1961-1962.
Box 1 Folder 7
"Meet the Artist" show and sale, 1961.
Box 1 Folder 8
Membership lists by division, 1972-1973.
Box 4 Folder 3
Miscellaneous photographs, 1963-1973, undated.
Box 1 Folder 9
Toy Smithy, circa 1974.
Box 1 Folder 10

Scope and Contents

Series 2: Montco Section, 1976-1990, consists of meeting minutes, chapter bulletins, programming files, and subject files on issues of concern to the chapter, correspondence, membership lists, and scrapbooks and chronological files which are similar in scope and content and contain fliers, invitations, newspaper clippings, and photographs from events including the opening and closing luncheon and the chapter's "Taste of Culture" series, copies of bulletins, ephemera, and other printed material produced by or collected by the chapter. Also contained in this series are files on the expansion or provisional Main Line Section of which the Montco Section served as advisor. This series is arranged alphabetically by title.

Advisor's file on Main Line Section, 1988-1989.
Box 1 Folder 11
Aging, 1982-1984.
Box 1 Folder 12
Anti-Nuclear, 1983.
Box 1 Folder 13
Awards and certificates, 1985-1988.
Box 1 Folder 14
Board and general meeting minutes, 1977-1985.
Box 1 Folder 15
Board meeting minutes, 1986-1989.
Box 1 Folder 16
Bulletins, 1977-1978.
Box 1 Folder 17
Bulletins, 1979-1980.
Box 1 Folder 18
Bulletins, 1981-1982.
Box 1 Folder 19
Bulletins, 1983-1984.
Box 1 Folder 20
Bulletins, 1985-1986.
Box 1 Folder 21
Bulletins, 1987-1988.
Box 1 Folder 22
Bulletins, 1989-1990.
Box 1 Folder 23
Bylaws, 1978-1985.
Box 1 Folder 24
Children and youth, 1976-1982.
Box 1 Folder 25
Chronological file, 1979.
Box 1 Folder 26
Chronological file, 1980.
Box 1 Folder 27
Chronological file, 1981.
Box 1 Folder 28
Chronological file, 1982.
Box 1 Folder 29
Chronological file, 1983.
Box 1 Folder 30
Chronological file, 1985.
Box 1 Folder 31
Chronological file, 1986.
Box 1 Folder 32
Chronological file, 1987.
Box 1 Folder 33
Chronological file, 1988.
Box 1 Folder 34
Chronological file, 1989.
Box 1 Folder 35
Community Service, 1977-1982.
Box 1 Folder 36
Community Service - National, 1978-1982.
Box 1 Folder 37
Correspondence and memoranda, 1979-1989.
Box 1 Folder 38
Havdalah workshop, circa 1984.
Box 1 Folder 39
History, circa 1987.
Box 1 Folder 40
Israel affairs, 1982-1984.
Box 1 Folder 41
Jewish affairs, 1980-1984.
Box 2 Folder 1
Legislative affairs, 1980-1984.
Box 2 Folder 2
Mainline Section Bulletins, 1989-1990.
Box 2 Folder 3
Membership lists, 1985, undated.
Box 2 Folder 4
Merger, 1989-1990.
Box 2 Folder 5
Miscellaneous fliers, invitations, and newspaper clippings, undated.
Box 2 Folder 6
Miscellaneous photographs, circa 1982.
Box 2 Folder 7
Mothers in the Workplace Survey, 1987.
Box 2 Folder 8
PACS (Public Affairs and Community Service) Cabinet, 1983-1984.
Box 2 Folder 9
Programming, 1979-1984.
Box 2 Folder 10
Scrapbook, 1979-1980.
Box 4 Folder 4
Scrapbook, 1980-1982.
Box 2 Folder 11
Scrapbook, 1982-1984.
Box 2 Folder 12
Scrapbook, 1984-1986.
Box 2 Folder 13
Scrapbook, 1986-1988.
Box 2 Folder 14
Scrapbook, 1988-1990.
Box 2 Folder 15
Ship-a-box program, 1982-1983.
Box 2 Folder 16
Soviet Jewry, 1981-1984.
Box 2 Folder 17
Women's issues, 1983.
Box 2 Folder 18

Scope and Contents

Series 3: Greater Philadelphia Section, 1990-2016, contains records of the merged Montco and Philadelphia Sections and are similar in scope and content to those found in series 2. This series is arranged alphabetically by title.

Advisor's file on Main Line Section, 1990-1991.
Box 2 Folder 19
Awards and certificates, 2001.
Box 4 Folder 5
Board meeting minutes, 1990-1991.
Box 2 Folder 20
Board meeting minutes, 1992-1996.
Box 2 Folder 21
Board meeting minutes, 1997-2002.
Box 2 Folder 22
Board meeting minutes, 2007-2010.
Box 2 Folder 23
Bulletins, 1990.
Box 2 Folder 24
Bulletins, 1991-1992.
Box 2 Folder 25
Bulletins, 1993-1994.
Box 2 Folder 26
Bulletins, 1995-1996.
Box 2 Folder 27
Bulletins, 1997-1998.
Box 2 Folder 28
Bulletins, 1999-2000.
Box 2 Folder 29
Bulletins, 2001-2002.
Box 3 Folder 1
Bulletins, 2003-2005.
Box 3 Folder 2
Bulletins, 2006-2008.
Box 3 Folder 3
Bulletins, 2009-2010.
Box 3 Folder 4
Bulletins, 2011-2012.
Box 3 Folder 5
Bulletins, 2013-2014.
Box 3 Folder 6
Bulletins, 2015-2016.
Box 3 Folder 7
Chronological file, 1990.
Box 3 Folder 8
Chronological file, 1991.
Box 3 Folder 9
Chronological file, 1992.
Box 3 Folder 10
Chronological file (1 of 2), 1993.
Box 3 Folder 11
Chronological file (2 of 2), 1993.
Box 3 Folder 12
Chronological file, 1994.
Box 3 Folder 13
Chronological file, 1995.
Box 3 Folder 14
Chronological file, 1996.
Box 3 Folder 15
Chronological file, 1997.
Box 3 Folder 16
Chronological file, 1998.
Box 3 Folder 17
Chronological file, 1999.
Box 3 Folder 18
Chronological file, 2000.
Box 3 Folder 19
Chronological file, 2001.
Box 3 Folder 20
Chronological file, 2002.
Box 3 Folder 21
Chronological file, 2003.
Box 3 Folder 22
Chronological file, 2004.
Box 3 Folder 23
Chronological file, 2005.
Box 3 Folder 24
Chronological file, 2006.
Box 3 Folder 25
Chronological file, 2007.
Box 3 Folder 26
Chronological file, 2008.
Box 3 Folder 27
Chronological file, 2009.
Box 3 Folder 28
Chronological file, 2010.
Box 3 Folder 29
Chronological file, 2011.
Box 3 Folder 30
Chronological file, 2012.
Box 3 Folder 31
Chronological file, 2013.
Box 3 Folder 32
Chronological file, 2014.
Box 3 Folder 33
Chronological file, 2015.
Box 3 Folder 34
City of Philadelphia and County of Montgomery proclamations, 1993.
Map Folder M1e
Correspondence and memoranda, 1990-2005.
Box 3 Folder 35
Correspondence and memoranda, 2006-2016.
Box 3 Folder 36
Holocaust essay contest, 2002, undated.
Box 3 Folder 37
Holocaust essay contest, 2007.
Box 3 Folder 38
Membership and board lists, 1996-2006.
Box 3 Folder 39
Membership and board lists, 2008-2010.
Box 3 Folder 40
Scrapbook, 1991-1992.
Box 3 Folder 41
Scrapbook, 2000-2003.
Box 4 Folder 6
Scrapbook, 2003-2004.
Box 4 Folder 7
Scrapbook, 2004-2005.
Box 4 Folder 8
Scrapbook, 2006-2007.
Box 4 Folder 9
Series 4. Series 4: Website versions in Archive-It, 2017. 1 Archived Websites.
Scope and Contents

Series 4 contains preserved versions of the National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Philadelphia Section's website. To access these sites, see the Temple University Special Collections Jewish Archives Archive-It web page: https://www.archive-it.org/collections/4280

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