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First Hebrew Benevolent Society by-laws and constitution, 1900.
BANC MSS 2010/518
Collection Overview

Title:

First Hebrew Benevolent Society by-laws and constitution, 1900

Creator/Contributor:

First Hebrew Benevolent Society (San Francisco, Calif.), creator

Creator/Contributor:

Western Jewish History Center, 090.

Creator/Contributor:

Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1977.012.

Creator/Contributor:

Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life

Abstract:

Collection consists of a 1900 printing of the constitution and by-laws of the First Hebrew Benevolent Society in San Francisco, California. Also included is a photocopy of the 1867 by-laws and constitution.

Date:

1900 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
First Hebrew Benevolent Society (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Archives
Charities -- California -- San Francisco
Fraternal organizations -- California -- San Francisco
Jews -- California -- San Francisco -- Charities
Jews -- Charities
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Religious life and customs

Note:

Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 090.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1977.012.
First Hebrew Benevolent Society (San Francisco, Calif.) by-laws and constitution, BANC MSS 2010/518, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
Philanthropic organization founded in San Francisco most likely in 1849. Its members were primarily Jewish immigrants from Poland and England and its stated purpose was to provide "relief of indigent, needy, sick and burial of the poor."
Materials in English.

Type:

By-laws-California-San Francisco.
Constitutions-California-San Francisco.

Physical Description:

print
1 folder.

Language:

English

Identifier:

2006585508
BANC MSS 2010/518

Origin:

California