Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (Boston) papers, 1870-1977 (bulk 1938-1954)
In: American Jewish Historical Society Archives 99-01 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116, USA, 1870
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The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) was founded in New York City in the 1880s by the Russian Jewish community of New York in response to the influx of Russian Jewish immigrants fleeing the pograms in the Pale of Settlement in Russia and Eastern Europe. In 1889, a shelter which was used to house many of the immigrants adopted the name â€Hebrew Sheltering House Association.†This organization merged with HIAS in 1909 and by 1914, had branches operating in Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C. The Boston office of HIAS was chartered in 1904 under the leadership of Harris Poorvu, Hyman Pill, Abraham Alpert, Meyer Bloomfield, Max Wyzanski and Samuel L. Bailen. Harris and operated autonomously from the national office in New York, even after their merger in 1916. HIAS ensured that Jewish immigrants had access to holiday and religious services and kosher food; provided shelter and social services; and assisted immigrants with finding employment and schools, often on short notice. ; This collection contains the individual case files of immigrants who received assistance from the Boston office of HIAS, ship manifests, tracer correspondence, scrapbooks, passenger lists and photographs. Some later individual case files remain restricted (those dated after 1960) and researchers will require permission from the archivist of AJHS New England Archives in order to view them. ; A note about the list of individual case files: when available, various spellings of first names and surnames have been included in the box list. These are often in parentheses () following what HIAS used as the main spelling of names. Maiden names for women are in parentheses () following their first name, or in many cases, variant spellings of their first names. Where individual letters mark the only difference, these are identified with parentheses within the name itself (ex: Wolf(e)). Finally, some folders have names listed but do not have any contents. These folders are noted on the box list. We have made every attempt to list ...
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Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (Boston) papers, 1870-1977 (bulk 1938-1954)
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (Boston) ; Alpert, Helen |
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Zeitschrift: | American Jewish Historical Society Archives 99-01 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116, USA, 1870 |
Veröffentlichung: | 1870 |
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