| Creator: | National Council of Jewish Women. Department of Service for the Foreign Born | Save to cart | |
| Title: | National Council of Jewish Women, Department of Service for the Foreign Born Records | ||
| Dates: | 1920-1968 | ||
| Call No: | 1976.001 | ||
| Abstract: | The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) was founded in 1893. It undertook a wide range of religious, philanthropic, and educational activities in response to the wave of Jewish immigrants to American shores. One department, the Service for the Foreign Born, was founded in 1903 to help new immigrants adapt to life in the United States. The collection consists of this department of the NCJW's New York and Brooklyn Sections' case files dealing with the agency's efforts to help refugees adjust to the United States, its work to locate immigrants' missing relatives and friends, and administrative records of the Service for the Foreign Born. | ||
| Size: | 430 linear feet (388 record storage boxes) | ||
| Subjects: | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) | Jewish women -- Societies and clubs | Jews -- Charities | Refugees, Jewish | United States -- Emigration and immigration |
