Call Number:

SCRC 475

Repository:

Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center

Extent:

2 linear feet (2 boxes + 1 map folder)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Alliance of American Lithuanian Jews of Philadelphia and Vicinity Records, SCRC 475, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Date:

1938-1995 (inclusive)

Creator:

Alliance of American Lithuanian Jews of Philadelphia and Vicinity

Form:

Administrative records, Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws (administrative records), Charters, Correspondence, Printed ephemera, Financial records, Ledgers (account books), Legal documents, Newsletters, Photographs, Reports, and Souvenir programs

Abstract:

The Alliance of American Lithuanian Jews of Philadelphia and Vicinity was a volunteer run, non-profit organization established by American Lithuanian Jews in 1938. The organization's mission was to provide relief to Jews at home and abroad, primarily those of Lithuanian descent. Membership was open to anyone supporting and contributing to the aims of the charitable society. Membership dues and voluntary contributions provided funding to support the organization's charitable projects.

The collection includes administrative records, correspondence, and financial records including member dues books covering the years 1938 to 1992. Nearly half of the collection consists of project files on initiatives funded by the organization including a scholarship program for Israeli students and a building project known as "Sh'chunat Lite" near Tel Aviv that provided homes for Holocaust survivors and Soviet Jews who immigrated to Israel. Much of the correspondence in the collection is in Hebrew or Yiddish. There is a small amount of printed material in Russian.

The collection is arranged alphabetically by folder title.