Series 1:
Board of Directors and Executive Director,
1894-1969
Physical Description:
1 linear feet
Carton 1, folder 1-25
Scope and Contents
This series contains constitution and by-laws (1902-1962); minutes from meetings of the Sisterhood (1907-1920), its Board
of Directors meetings(1941-1969), Executive Committee meetings (1929-1945), and House Council meetings (1966); meeting agendas
(1949-1961); Board membership lists; Annual Reports (1894-1909 and 1935-1965); Board Correspondence (1943-1969); a file on
Board Luncheons (1944-1969); a postcard announcing public lectures at the Sisterhood's Polyclinic (1904); and a handwritten
history of the organization penned by Mrs. A.L. Lengfeld in 1939.
carton 1, folder 1-21
Board of Directors files,
1894-1969
Series 2:
Executive Director Correspondence,
1910-1969
Scope and Contents
This series contains incoming letters to Executive Director Ethel Feineman mostly from former residents (1910-1923) and correspondence
to and from Executive Director Mary Michels (1948-1969).
carton 1, folder 22-25
Executive Director correspondence,
1910-1969
Series 3:
Resident Girls Application Cards.
circa 1910-1969
Physical Description:
3.75 linear feet
Cartons 6-7, Carton 8, Folders 1-17
Scope and Contents
This series contains cards with personal and employment information about the residents from the 1920s through the 1940s.
carton 6
Application cards, A-G
1910-1969
carton 7
Application cards, H-R
1910-1969
carton 8, folder 1-17
Application Cards, R-Z
1910-1969
Series 4:
Resident Financial Statements,
1930-1969
Physical Description:
4.25 linear feet
Carton 8, Folders 18-20; Cartons 9-10; Boxes 1-2
Scope and Contents
This series contains ledger sheets from the 1930s and from the 1950s recording payments and charges to the residents.
carton 8, folder 18-20
Resident financial statements, A-G
1930-1940
carton 9
Resident financial statements, T-Z
1930-1940
carton 9
Resident financial statements, A-D
1951-1959
carton 10
Resident financial statements, E-Z
1951-1959
carton 10
Resident financial statements, A-H
1960-1969
box 1
Resident financial statements, J-Z
1960-1969
box 2
Resident financial statements, A-Z, assorted
1960-1969
Series 5:
Resident Correspondence,
circa 1950-1969
Physical Description:
2.5 linear feet
Carton 1, Folders 26-31; Carton 2, Folders 1-16
Scope and Contents
This series contains incoming and copies of outgoing correspondence between Mary Michels and prospective residents.
Arrangement
The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by applicant surname.
carton 1, folder 26-31
Resident correpondence, A-E
approximately 1950-1969
carton 2, folder 1-16
Resident correspondence, F-Z
approximately 1950-1969
Series 6:
Resident, Other,
1917-1969
Physical Description:
0 needs updating
Carton 2, Folders 17-21; Carton 3, Folders 1-11
Scope and Contents
This series contains files pertaining to the residents including monthly reports from Ethel Feineman from 1917 to 1920, statistics
about and lists of the residents from the 1940s to the 1960s, and a petition from residents about the quality of the food
in 1938.
carton 2, folder 17-21
Resident, other
1917-1969
carton 3, folder 1-11
Resident, other
1917-1969
Series 7:
Building,
1918-1965
Physical Description:
.75 linear feet
Carton 3, Folders 12-22
Scope and Contents
This series contains information about the building campaign, building plans, and maintenance related materials. Of special
note are a drawing of a pantry shelf and a file of correspondence to the Sisterhood from Julia Morgan (1923).
carton 3, folder 12-22
Building files,
1918-1965
Series 8:
Program, General,
1918-1965
Physical Description:
1.5 linear feet
Carton 3, Folders 23-41; Carton 4, Folders 1-15
Scope and Contents
This series is comprised of information about the Residence's programs including the celebration of holidays, the Soup to
Nuts Cookbook written during the depression as a fundraising tool, and lecture programs. Included in this series are miscellaneous
office files including surveys of other residence clubs, news clippings, brochures, and evaluation and planning documents
(including a 1916 Report of a survey of Jewish communal conditions for the San Francisco Young Men's Hebrew Association).
Series 9:
Scrapbooks,
1921-1967
Physical Description:
1 linear feet
Carton 4, Folders 16-18, Box 3, Folder 1; Oversize Box 2, Folder 3
Scope and Contents
The series is comprised of a scrapbook of clippings from 1941-1967; a 50th anniversary scrapbook (1946), which includes congratulatory
correspondence and other materials; a folder of scrapbook pages with reflections on the history of the Emanu-El Sisterhood.
Oversize Box 2, Folder 3 includes pages from a scrapbook from 1921-1923 and a copy of The Jewish Times from 1923 featuring
a story on the new Residence building.
oversize_box 2, folder 3
Scrapbooks
1921-1923
Scope and Contents
Pages from a scrapbook from 1921-1923 and a copy of The Jewish Times from 1923 featuring a story on the new Residence building.
Series 10:
Photographs.
circa 1910-1956
Physical Description:
1 linear feet
Box 3, Folders 2-10; Oversize Box 2, Folders 1-2
box 3, folder 2-10
Photographs,
circa 1910-1956
Scope and Contents
Photographs of the Residence building (circa 1930); portraits and group photos of residents (circa 1914-1943); a folder of
photographs of Seders and parties at the Residence Club (circa 1916-1956); a folder of photographs of Residence Club theatrical
presentations (circa 1929); photographs separated from scrapbooks (circa 1940s-1950s).
oversize_box 2, folder 1-2
Residence Club Seders (circa 1914-1923) and oversize group photographs,
circa 1914-1940
Series 11:
Financial,
1916-1969
Physical Description:
2 linear feet
Carton 4, Folders 19-39; Carton 5; Boxes 4-5; Oversize Box 1
Scope and Contents
This series contains a variety of financial information including financial reports, investment information, gifts and contributions,
and budget materials, and volumes of financial records. Oversize Box 1 includes a cash book (1917-1923) and a purchase register
(1916-1918). Carton 5 houses two financial journals (1925, 1968) and two accounts receivable volumes (1964-1968).
oversize_box 1
Cashbook and purchase register,
1916-1923