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Guide to the Recreation Rooms and Settlement collection
ARC.088
Descriptive Summary
| Creator:
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Recreation Rooms and Settlement (New York, N.Y.). |
| Title: |
Recreation Rooms and Settlement collection |
| Dates [inclusive]: |
1905-1991 |
| Dates [bulk]: |
Bulk, 1953-1991 |
| Abstract:
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The Recreation Rooms and Settlement collection documents the work of the settlement,
originally established to provide educational and recreational opportunities for Jewish
immigrant women, from its early years on the Lower East Side of Manhattan through
its recent activity in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Canarsie. While material in the
collection spans the period 1905 to 1991, the bulk of the records are from the period
1953 to 1991. The collection includes board of directors minutes and appended administrative
reports, bylaws, annual reports, program files, executive director correspondence,
flyers, news clippings, photographs, fundraising records, budgets, histories, and
brochures.
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| Quantity: |
1.67 Linear feet in four manuscript boxes. |
| Text [Box]:
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ARC.088 1 of 4 |
| Text [Box]:
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ARC.088 3 of 4 |
| Text [Box]:
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ARC.088 2 of 4 |
| Mixed materials [Box]:
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ARC.088 4 of 4 |
| Call Phrase: |
ARC.088 |
