- Repository
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ULS Archives & Special Collections
- Title
- Friendship Club Records
- Creator
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Friendship Club of Pittsburgh (Pa.).
- Collection Number
- AIS.1976.31
- Date
- 1935-1976
- Extent
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3.75 linear feet
(7 boxes)
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- Abstract
- The Friendship Club of Pittsburgh is a German-Jewish immigrant organization founded in 1936 to aid German-Jewish refugees. The records of the Friendship Club include: charter, constitution and by-laws, board meetings, membership lists, minutes, reports, elections, case files, correspondence, publications, clippings, speeches, photographs, questionnaires, social calendars, memorials, financial records, and miscellany.
Preferred Citation note
Friendship Club Records, 1935-1976, AIS.1976.31, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System
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History
The Friendship Club of Pittsburgh is a German-Jewish immigrant organization founded in 1936 to aid German-Jewish refugees. The goal of the Friendship Club was "to help provide for persons of the Jewish faith coming to the United States and settling in Pittsburgh or its surroundings, opportunities of a social, educational, and spiritual nature; to help them become adjusted to their new surroundings; to foster civic spirit; to encourage them to become citizens as soon as possible; to provide a meeting place for the accomplishment of these purposes; and to co-operate with charitable fundraising campaigns in the city." The first headquarters of the Friendship Club was at 5824 Forbes Ave. in Oakland.
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Scope and Content Notes
The Friendship Club Records span the years 1935-1976 with the bulk of the material being within the years 1950-1965. The records of the Friendship Club include: a charter, constitution and by-laws, board meetings, membership lists, minutes, reports, elections, case files, correspondence, publications, clippings, speeches, photographs, questionnaires, social calenders, memorials, financial records, and miscellany. There are thirteen series within the collection. The collection covers Friendship Club administrative notes, to include meeting minutes, election records, reports, case files, correspondence, and financial records. Also included are the speeches and correspondence of Alfred Markus, charter member and later president of the Friendship Club. The Club also collected magazines and journals dedicated to Jewish heritage and that is contained in the final series. Also in the last series is the Friendship Club's own publication known as the
Friendship Club Gossip from 1953-1957 and as the
Friendship Club Recorder from 1958-1962.
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Administrative Information
Publication Information
ULS Archives & Special Collections, September 1977
University of Pittsburgh Library System
Archives & Special Collections
Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
412-648-3232 (ASC) | 412-648-8190 (Hillman)
Contact Us: www.library.pitt.edu/ask-archivist
Revision Description
Description of oversize material added to the finding aid. November 2010
Access Restrictions
No restrictions.
Copyright
Permission for publication is given on behalf of the University of Pittsburgh as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mr. Alfred Markus in the name of the Friendship Club, November, 1976.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Archives Service Center Staff in September, 1977.
Revision and rearrangement for the encoded version of the finding aid provided by Lawrence T. Greene in May, 2003. Information about the collection title and the controlled access terms was extracted from the MARC record in the University of Pittsburgh catalog Voyager ID number: 1408027
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Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Friendship Club of Pittsburgh (Pa.).
Subject(s)
- Associations
- Clubs -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
- Ethnic groups
- Jews -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh -- Societies and clubs
- Societies
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Previous Citation
Friendship Club Records, 1935-1976, AIS.1976.31, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh
Friendship Club Records, AIS 76:31, 1935-1976, Archives of Industrial Society, University of Pittsburgh Libraries
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Collection Inventory
Series I. Organizational History |
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| Box | Folder | | Charter 1933 | 1 | 1 |
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| Folder | | Constitution, By-laws undated | 2 |
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| Folder | | Membership lists 1972, 1977 | 3 |
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Series II. Board Meetings |
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| Folder | | 1959-1972, intermittent | 4 |
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Series III. Minutes |
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| Folder | | Nomination Committee 1958-1959, 1970-1971 | 6 |
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Series IV. Reports |
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| Folder | | 1954, 1962, undated | 7 |
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Series V. Elections |
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| Folder | | Nominations for offices 1957-1962 | 8 |
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| Folder | | Ballots 1953-1972, undated | 9 |
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Series VI. Case Files |
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| Folder | | 1956-1969, undated | 10 |
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Series VII. Correspondence |
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| Box | Folder | | Outgoing 1951-1974, undated | 2 | 11-28 |
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| Folder | | Incoming 1939-1975, undated | 29-30 |
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| Box | Folder | | Incoming 1939-1975, undated | 3 | 31-56 |
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Series VIII. Financial Records |
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| Box | Folder | | "Copy of Resolutions", v. 1-10, 1951 | 4 | 57 |
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| Folder | | General Balance Sheets, 1954-1955, 1956-1957, 1970-1971 | 58 |
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| Folder | | Treasurer's Reports, 1954-1957 | 59 |
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| Volume | | Ledger, 1944-1962, undated | 1-7 |
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| Volume | | Ledger, 1962-1968 | 8-10 |
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| Folder | | Erwin Polltzer Memorial Fund, 1953-1960 | 60-62 |
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Series IX. Speeches, Alfred Markus |
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| Box | Folder | | Speeches 1956-1976 | 5 | 63 |
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| Folder | | Correspondence relating to, 1941-1960 | 64 |
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| Folder | | Materials relating to, 1943-1971 | 65 |
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Series X. Events |
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| Folder | | Questionnaires for Immigrants undated | 66 |
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| Folder | | Social Calendars, 1936 | 67 |
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| Folder | | Memorials to Members, 1933-1945, 1967 | 68 |
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| Folder | | Newspaper Clippings 1952-1976, undated | 69 |
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| Folder | | Photographs, unidentified 1962, undated | 70 |
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| Folder | | Miscellany undated | 71 |
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Series XI. Publications |
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| Folder | |
Jewish National Bulletin October 1961-December 1962 | 72 |
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| Folder | |
Jewish Community Relations Council Bulletin, incomplete August 1957-May 1962, | 73 |
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| Folder | |
Mitteilungsblaith, incomplete June 1957-April 1958 | 74 |
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| Folder | | Miscellaneous 1957-1972 | 75 |
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| Folder | |
Friendship Club Recorder 1953-1957 | 76-80 |
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Series XII. Oversize Material
Scope and Content Notes
This material was added to the finding aid in November 2010.
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| Map-case | Drawer | | 1. Tree Fund Certificate, 1962 | 7 | 3 |
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