Young Friends Pleasure and Benefit Society

Title: Young Friends Pleasure and Benefit Society

Inclusive Dates: 1950-1993

ID: RG 1975

Extent Information

2'11"

Creators

Young Friends Pleasure and Benefit Society (N.Y.)

Administrative/Biographical History

Mutual aid society founded in 1892. The society conducted charitable and social activities and subsidized burial at the Mount Zion, Beth Israel, and Beth David cemeteries.

Subjects (links to similar collections)

Benevolent Societies
Cemeteries
Mutual Aid Societies
Sick and Benevolent Association
United States

Languages of Materials

English

Administrative Information

Acquired: 12/23/2004.

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Acquisition Note: New York State Department of Insurance; ACC 92/04

Related Materials: This collection was separated from RG 1717, the Young Friends Association on 9/6/2012.
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Collection Material Type: Official Records

Description: Box 1: Membership files, 1933-1991. Box 2: Constitutions and drafts of bylaws, 1927-1940. Meeting minutes, 1979-1984. Meeting minutes, 1984-1993. Dues Ledger, 1944-1985. Correspondence with Mount Zion cemetery, 1929-1990. Correspondence with Beth Israel cemetery, 1949-1980. Box 3: Financial statements, 1982, 1991. Correspondence with memorial chapels, 1966-1984. Printing bills, 1977-1991. Correspondence about death benefits, 1925-1940. Liquidation papers, 1991. Meeting minutes, 1960-1969. Correspondence about monuments (includes cemetery maps), 1931-1987. Box 4: General ledger, 1953-1957 and Dues ledger, 1954-1958 (single folder). Dues ledger, 1959-1973, 1992. Meeting minutes and correspondence about meetings, 1969-1979. Correspondence with Beth David cemetery, 1923-1994. Box 5: Constitution pamphlets, 1919-1943. Certifications and cemetery maps, 1904-1924. General correspondence, 1924-1943. Membership list and blank forms, 1983. Correspondence with charities, 1960-1972. Tax returns, 1977-1992. Revised constitution, 1980. Box 6: Financial ledger, 1962-1991. Financial ledger, 1966-1993. Financial Ledger, 1947-1965.