Identifier:

Series 6:

Dates:

1862-1978

Extent:

Cartons 35-53; Carton 54, folders 1-16; Carton 93; Oversize Box 16; Volume 72

Scope and content:

This series consists of records relating to Sherith Israel's membership. Included are membership files (arranged by surname), information about dues, some membership applications, lists and rolls of members, seat deeds, seat registers (documenting the holders of seats in different areas of the synagogue). The membership files, some of which contain many items and others of which contain just one or two items, include a variety of documents, including membership applications, resignations, correspondence between members and the congregational administrators or Board, financial records, and cemetery records. Early records include a Donation Book of Temple Members from 1862. Membership information from the 1850s must be gleaned from financial administrative records.

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