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Chevra Shaare Refooah records, 1890-1981.
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Title:
Chevra Shaare Refooah records, 1890-1981Creator/Contributor:
Chevra Shaare Refooah, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1992.010.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeAbstract:
This collection consists of the following records for Chevra Shaare Refooah: articles of incorporation; bylaws; a ritual book;
volumes containing minutes and documentation of other organizational business; candidate declaration forms; a 1939 resolution
for David Lande, the organziation's secretary from 1890 until his death in 1939; and a list of the organizations presidents
from 1890-1946.
Date:
1890 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caChevra Shaare Refooah -- Archives
Charities -- California -- San Francisco
Fraternal organizations -- California -- San Francisco
Health insurance -- California -- San Francisco
Jews -- Charities
Note:
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1992.010.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Chevra Shaare Refooah records, BANC MSS 2010/724, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Chevra Shaare Refooah was a society organized in 1890 in San Francisco to provide relief for sick members of the Jewish community
and their families and to see to it that dying members of the community departed and were buried according to Jewish law.
By 1895, there were four such societes serving the San Francisco Jewish community : Chevra Shaare Refooah, Refooah Scheleimo,
Rofa Cholim, and Shaare Shalom.
Materials in English.
Type:
Articles of incorporation-California-San Francisco.Declarations-California-San Francisco.
Minutes-California-San Francisco.
Physical Description:
print
2 boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 6 volumes, and 1 oversize folder (2.2 linear feet)
Language:
English
Identifier:
2008579304
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.