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Series VIII. Philanthropic Activities, 1901-1975
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Scope and Content Notes: Series VIII contains materials on the Pittsburgh Sections philanthropic activities. To implement the goal of philanthropy the NCJW Pittsburgh Section involved itself in numerous activities. A Personal Service Committee, formed in 1895 performed traditional acts of charity, including visiting the poor and sick, donating food and clothing, and providing medical care. The Personal Service Committee was disbanded in 1912 with the establishment of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies.
Another early interest of Section's was to aid immigrants, which developed from informal relationships based on involvement in settlement work to a full-fledged department with a professional at its head. The Pittsburgh Section was also interested in working with girls, often immigrants, and helping them to find housing, employment, and recreation. In 1946 the NCJW's Service for Foreign Born merged with the National Refugee Service into the United Service for New Americans (USNA). However, the committees for Service to Foreign Born continued functioning at the section level. In 1954 the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) and the refugee services of the Joint Distribution Committee joined the USNA to form a unified agency, United HIAS Service, Inc. In the Foreign Born subseries there is information on activities relating to the immigration and rescue efforts in Europe, as well as other functions for new citizens.
This series also contains materials relating to the Section's work with the handicapped. Their activities led to the establishment of many programs, such as the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind, the Industrial League (for the sale of items made by handicapped people), and the Bertha F. Rauh Nursery School for the Deaf. Many of the projects initiated by the Section were taken over by other agencies, became independent, or disappeared when the need for them was gone.
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Box 18
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Rules for the Guidance of Personal Service Workers, 1901
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Report to Immigrant Aid Committee, 1906
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Reports and correspondence, Penal Work Committee, 1920-1921
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Statement, summer camp for working girls, 1921
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Reports, Department of Social Services 1920s-1930s
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Reports, employment, 1933-1935
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Report, Girls Bureau, 1937
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Handicapped, Work for the blind, 1932-1975
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Handicapped, Work for deaf and hard of hearing, 1930s-1962
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Handicapped, Industrial League, 1928-1956
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Handicapped, Cerebral Palsy program, 1949-1964
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Handicapped, Committee for the handicapped, 1951-195(?)
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Handicapped, Bertha F. Rauh Nursery School for the Deaf, 1952-1958
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Handicapped, Reports, history, and correspondence, Recreation Bureau, 1932-1935
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Box 19
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Minutes, Grants, Scholarships, and loans to Jewish students, and Student Aid Committee 1949-1965
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Treasurer reports, 1949-1965
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6-8 |
Correspondence, contributions, and Senatorial scholarships, 1934-1971
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Relationship with United Vocational Employment Services/Vocational Rehabilitation Center, 1952-1969
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Student Aid Committee members and recipients, 1929-1959 (some undated)
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Student Aid recipients, A-K
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Student Aid recipients, L-Z
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Box 22
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Council House for working girls, 1923-1932
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Section: Foreign Born Files
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Minutes, Committee of Service to Foreign Born, 1939-1946
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Reports, 1932-1961
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Committee members and correspondence, 1940-1953
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Relief campaign for Jews in Germany, 1933
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German Jewish Children's Aid Committee, 1934-1936
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Rescue Children, Inc., 1946
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Emergency supplies for new Americans, 1949-1950
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Box 23
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Citizen's Committee on Displaced Persons, 1946-1950
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Visiting Committee on Service to Foreign Born, 1948-1954
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Immigration and nationality laws, 1952-1953
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8-9 |
Committee on Immigration and Naturalization of Allegheny County, 1955-1958
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10 |
Joint Committee on service to new immigrants, 1955-1958
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11-15 |
United Service for new Americans, 1949-1954
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16-19 |
American Service Institute, 1947-1958
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Friendship Club, 1950-1964
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Russian Resettlement Party, 1957
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Country Club luncheon and Invisible Port and Dock luncheon, 1940-1941
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