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Hebrew Free Loan Association records, 1905-1994 (bulk 1960-1994).
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Title:
Hebrew Free Loan Association records, 1905-1994 (bulk 1960-1994)Creator/Contributor:
Hebrew Free Loan Association (San Francisco, Calif.), creator, creator.Creator/Contributor:
Heppner, Myer J. (Myer John), 1899-1986Creator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 128.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1977.011.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeAbstract:
The collection contains by-laws, news clippings, membership letters, and programs and bulletins. Also included is a copy of
Myer J. Heppner's 1929 survey of the Petaluma borrowers from the Abraham Haas Loan Fund.
Date:
1960 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caFund raising -- California -- San Francisco
Jews -- California -- San Francisco -- Charities
Loans -- California -- Petaluma
Savings and loan associations -- California
Collecte de fonds -- Californie -- San Francisco
Juifs -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Œuvres de bienfaisance
Prêts -- Californie -- Petaluma
Associations d'épargne et de prêt -- Californie
Fund raising
Jews -- Charities
Loans
Savings and loan associations
California
California -- Petaluma
California -- San Francisco
Hebrew Free Loan Association (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Archives
Abraham Haas Loan Fund.
Hebrew Free Loan Association (San Francisco, Calif.)
Abraham Haas Loan Fund.
Note:
Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 128.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1977.011.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
In 1897, San Francisco's Hebrew Free Loan Association (HFLA) was organized to make interest free loans. In 1910, it turned
over its membership of nearly 1,000 people to the newly formed Federation of Jewish Charities. During the Great Depression,
Eastern European immigrants, many of whom were farmers in Petaluma and Sebastopol, CA, were aided by the HFLA, the Jewish
Agricultural Society, and the Abraham Haas Loan Fund. Refugees from Nazi Germany were also helped by the HFLA, as were those
who came to America following the Soviet occupation of Hungary in 1956. In 1964, it funded a special loan program for education.
After the Arab-Israel War in 1967, many Egyptian, Moroccan, and Algerian Jews applied for aid. Similarly, many Israelis came
to the HFLA after the Arab-Israel War in 1973.
Preferred citation: Hebrew Free Loan Association records, BANC MSS 2010/794, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life,
The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Materials in English.
Type:
Programs.Archives.
Physical Description:
0.2 (1
Language:
English
Identifier:
2006585507
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.