Guide to the Records of the Homestead Hebrew Congregation, 1901-1991
1901-1991
Metadata Details
- Title
- Homestead Hebrew Congregation - Rodef Shalom records 1901-1991
- Creator
- Subject
- Cemeteries--Pennsylvania--Homestead, Charities--Pennsylvania--Homestead, Education--Pennsylvania--Homestead, Hungarian Americans--Pennsylvania--Homestead, Jewish families--Pennsylvania--Homestead, Jewish religious education--Pennsylvania--Homestead, Jews--Pennsylvania--Homestead, Jews--Charities--Pennsylvania--Homestead, Jews, Hungarian--Pennsylvania--Homestead, Jews, Lithuanian--Pennsylvania--Homestead, Lithuanian Americans--Pennsylvania--Homestead, Religious education--Pennsylvania--Homestead, Synagogues--Pennsylvania--Homestead, Zionism--Pennsylvania--Homestead, Homestead (Pa.)--Genealogy, Homestead (Pa.)--Religion, Homestead (Pa.)--Social life and customs
- Description
- Records include financial ledgers, record books, meeting minutes, bills and receipts, correspondnece and photographs documenting the congregation's finances and individual congregants through collection, donation and cemetery records., The Homestead Hebrew Congregation was organized in 1894 to serve the Jewish community of Homestead, (Allegheny County) Pa., composed primarily of Lithuanians and Hungarians. Membership began a steady decline in the 1950s and the congregation disbanded in 1992., Gift of Robert and Clarice Katz, 1993., Processed MSS # 107 2/18/94 R. Balliet., To the Museum Programs Division, several miscellaneous items have been separately cataloged. To the Oversized Collection, one folder has been separately arranged as MSO#107. This folder contains blank copies of the Congregation's seating charts. The charts do not include any names. The seating charts from 1932 (formerly housed in box 3, folder 1) and 1964 (formerly housed in box 3, folder 2) have been stored separately in a flat file drawer. , Inventory available.
- Publisher
- Contributor
- Homestead Hebrew Congregation - Rodef Shalom (Homestead, Pa.), Weiss, Joshua., B'nai B'rith (Homestead, Pa.), Chevra Kadisha (Homestead, Pa.), Congregation Poale Zedeck (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Homestead Zionist Association (Homestead, Pa.), Independent Order of B'nai B'rith (Homestead, Pa.), Ladies' Aid Society (Homestead, Pa.), Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
- Date
- 1901-1991
- Type
- Collection, Text
- Format
- Identifier
- pitt: US-QQS-MSS107
- Source
- Language
- eng
- Relation
- http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=hswpead;cc=hswpead;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-QQS-MSS107, pdcp_noharvest
- Coverage
- Pennsylvania, Homestead, Pennsylvania, Homestead, Pennsylvania, Homestead, Pennsylvania, Homestead, Pennsylvania, Homestead, Pennsylvania, Homestead, Pennsylvania, Homestead, Pennsylvania, Homestead, Pennsylvania, Homestead, Pennsylvania, Homestead, Pennsylvania, Homestead, Pennsylvania, Homestead, Pennsylvania, Homestead, Pennsylvania, Homestead, Homestead (Pa.), Homestead (Pa.), Homestead (Pa.)
- Rights
- Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/