The photographs consist of 8 individual folders and are arranged alphabetically by folder title.
In folder 7, there is a photograph of President Kennedy dating from his campaign visit to the region. The confirmation class photos range in date from 1923, 1925, 1927-28, 1939, 1941, and 1974. The photograph of the first confirmation class of 1917 is included in MSR# 447.
A set of photographs was separated from MSS# 447, Box 4, Folder 13, which consists of information regarding the furnishing and decoration of Agudath Achim's Sanctuary.
Conditions Governing Access
No Restrictions.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The records and photographs were received in March 2006 as a single accession, Archives Accession # 2006.0030. Gift of the Beaver Valley United Jewish Community Center.
Preferred Citation
Photographs of the Beaver Valley United Jewish Community, 1923-1978, MSP#447, Rauh Jewish Archives, Senator John Heinz History Center
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Jennifer Bator in November 2006 with generous support provided by the Simon Hafner Charitable Foundation.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with the Senator John Heinz History Center. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the Library and Archives of the Senator John Heinz History Center.
Separated Materials
The oversized photographs related to the Beaver Valley United Jewish Community are identified as MSR# 447. A separate finding aid has been created for these photographs.
See MSS# 447 for additional separations.
Subjects
Corporate Names
Beaver Valley United Jewish Community (Beaver Falls, PA)
Agudath Achim Congregation (Beaver Falls, PA)
Hadassah
Histoical Society of Western Pennsylvania--Rauh Jewish Archives--Pittsburgh, PA
Aleph Zadik Aleph--Beaver Valley chapter
Other Subjects
Jews--Beaver Falls, PA
Jewish youth--Pennsylvania--Beaver Falls
Jewish Women--United States--Societies and Club--history