Isachar Widows and Orphans Benevolent Society
[Back to Formatted Version]
Brief Description: Box 1: Grave contracts, 1989-1999.  Correspondence regarding indentures (grave reservations), 1936-1967.  Dissolution votes.  Cemetery maps.  Check receipts, 1983-1992.  Box 2:  Correspondence relating to burials, grave reservations, and assessments, 1969-1997.  Permits for monuments, 1966-1998.  Correspondence re: cemetery care, 1968-1998.  Correspondence re: grave ownership, 1943-1996.  Correspondence re: bills and authorizations for burials, 1963-1985.Correspondence with monument providers, 1967-1998.  Death certificates.  Box 3: General correspondence, 1958-1997.  Correspondence re: dues, 1959-1995.  Correspondence re: benefit endowments and payments, 1970-1996.  Bank books.  Check receipts.  Cancelled checks.  Box 4:  CPA's yearly balance sheets, 1970-1995.  Box 5: Membership rosters (name lists) and constitutions, 1943-1960.  Meeting minutes and bulletins, 1959, 1995-1997.  Financial reports and bonds, 1958, 1968, and 1970.  Box 6: Minute book, 1933-1947.  Minute book, 1947-1960.  Minute book, 1960-1997.  Financial ledger, 1967-1986.  Financial ledger, 1986-1999.  Box 7: Will book (containing records of beneficiaries), 1863-1980.  German and English.  Box 8: Financial ledger, 1978-1998.  Name cards.  Stamps.  Box 9: Doctors' notes and hospital reports, 1968-1998.  Correspondence regarding sick benefits, 1968-1998.  Correspondence relating to death certificates and death benefits, 1964-1996.  Correspondence regarding accounts, banking and investments.  1958-1997.  Correspondence regarding meetings, meeting minutes, and membership lists, 1958-1993.  Bills for printing and restaurants, 1968-1996.
Held at:
YIVO Online Guide
Record Series Number: RG 1681/RG 1681
Created by: Isachar Widows and Orphans Benevolent Society
Volume: 3.17 Linear Feet
Acquired: 06/08/2004.
Subject Index
Cemeteries
Landsmanshaft
Mutual Aid Societies
United States
Languages of Materials
English
German
Acquisition Notes: New York State Department of Insurance; ACC 42/05
Related Materials: Additional materials, including the constitution and bylaws dating from 1900, can be found at the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, at Hebrew Union College.
Finding Aid Revisions: 6/6/2012; SEP
© 2013 YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Terms of Use Privacy Policy