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Item ID | 156547 | |||
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Accession Number | BANC MSS 2010.739 |  |
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Other Number | WJHC 1967.011 AR1 (legacy) | |
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| · Number | WJHC 1967.011 AR1 | |
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| · Type | legacy | |
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Level of description | Collection | |
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Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay | |
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Title | Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay records | |
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Filing Title | Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay records | |
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Date Created | 1881 - 1999 | |
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Extent and Quantity | 19 cartons, 3 boxes, 7 oversize boxes, and 1 oversize folder (28.2 linear feet) | |
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Creation Place | USA, Oakland, California | |
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Biographical History | The Oakland Jewish Relief Federation was founded in 1918 in an attempt to centralize Jewish relief work in the East Bay. The organization later became the Jewish Welfare Federation (JWF) of Alameda County, the Jewish Welfare Federation of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, and finally the Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay. | |
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Scope and Content | The collection consists of the records of the Jewish Federation of the Greater East Bay and its predecessor organizations. Included are administrative records, records on Special Projects, records of the various divisions of the Federation, and photographs. Among the administrative records are historical materials on the Federation, including an 1881 history of the Oakland Hebrew Benevolent Society; by-laws; files on anniversary celebrations; president and executive director speeches and reports; president and executive director correspondence; annual reports from 1927 to 1994; and minutes and proceedings of Federation meetings from 1925 to 1982. Special Projects documented in the collection include the following: the Jewish Population Census, Project Renewal, the Americanism Commission, Operation Exodus, the Judah L. Magnes Museum, and the Federation's response to the Oakland Firestorm of 1991. Federation divisions represented in the collection include: the Jewish Welfare Fund; the Oakland Jewish Community Center; the Jewish Community Relations Council; the Jewish Education Council; the Women's Division; the East Bay Armed Forces Committee; the Rummage Shop; Area Councils; the Jewish Family Service; the Jewish Observer; the Home for Jewish Parents, and the Endowment Foundation. The records of the Jewish Observer include copies of the Jewish Observer and its predecessor newspapers dating back to 1922 but mostly from the 1940s through the early 1980s. The records of the Jewish Welfare Fund consist mostly of yearly campaign files. These may include donation information as well as other campaign ephemera and publicity material (with particularly interesting files from the years during and just preceding World War II). The records of the Jewish Family Service include a history of the division and some materials from its predecessor bodies, the Family Welfare Committee and the Daughters of Israel Relief Committee and Fruit and Flower Mission. | |
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Scope and Content | The photographs in the collection consist mostly of images of individuals, annual meetings, and events from circa 1960-1980. There are, however, some early (circa 1920) photographs of the Federation building. There are also photographs and a photo album of activities and events at the Oakland Jewish Community Center from 1924 through 1942. | |
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Link to this Item | http://magnesalm.org/notebook_fext.asp?site=magnes&book=156547 | |
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Link to OCLC WorldCat | http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84668832 | |||
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Link to UC Berkeley OskiCat | http://oskicat.berkeley.edu/record=b18556693~S1 | |||
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Link to Magnes.org | http://www.magnes.org/collections/archives/western-jewish-americana/jewish-federation-greater-east-bay-records-1881-1999 |
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