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Congregation Linath Azedeck records, 1913-1959 (bulk 1940-1959).
BANC MSS 2010/925 carton 1; BANC MSS 2010/925 oversize box 1; BANC MSS 2010/925
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Collection Overview

Title:

Congregation Linath Azedeck records, 1913-1959 (bulk 1940-1959)

Creator/Contributor:

Congregation Linath Azedeck (Portland, Or.), creator, creator.

Creator/Contributor:

Western Jewish History Center, 197.

Creator/Contributor:

Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1967.054.

Creator/Contributor:

Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life

Abstract:

The collection consists of financial materials and some minutes of the congregation. It also contains some financial materials from the Jewish Women's Helping Hand Society and the Portland Hebrew Sick Benefit Association.

Date:

1940 (issued)

Subject:

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Congregation Linath Azedeck (Portland, Or.) -- Archives
Industrial Removal Office (U.S.)
Jewish Women's Helping Hand Society (Portland, Or.)
Jewish women -- Oregon -- Portland -- Societies and clubs
Jews -- Europe, Eastern -- Migrations
Jews -- Oregon -- Portland
Jews -- United States -- Charities
Migration, Internal -- United States
Synagogues -- Oregon -- Portland
Urban-rural migration -- United States

Note:

Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 197.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1967.054.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Congregation Linath Azedeck records, BANC MSS 2010/925, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
Portland's Congregation Linath Azedeck was founded as an Orthodox congregation by Eastern Europeans, many of whom had been aided by the Industrial Removal Office (active 1900-1917), which sought to persuade and assist Jewish workers to leave congested cities of the East Coast for cities where smaller Jewish communities existed and a variety of jobs were available.
Materials in English and Yiddish.

Type:

Financial records-Oregon-Portland.
Minutes-Oregon-Portland.

Physical Description:

1.65 (1 1

Language:

English
yid

Identifier:

2006565960
BANC MSS 2010/925 carton 1
BANC MSS 2010/925 oversize box 1
BANC MSS 2010/925

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.