East New York Progressive Society

Title: East New York Progressive Society

Inclusive Dates: 1919-1994

ID: RG 1805

Mutual aid society founded in New York on May 11, 1919. Incorporated on May 5, 1919. Provided sick, death, and Shivah benefits, and a relief fund. Supported an old age home. Distributed presents to the children of members upon their marriage. Functioned as a burial society. Society used the Montefiore and Wellwood cemeteries in Queens and Long Island, NY.

Subjects (links to similar collections)

Benevolent Societies
Burial Societies
Cemeteries
Charitable Societies
East New York
Mutual Aid Societies
Sick and Benevolent Associations
United States

Languages of Materials

English
Yiddish

Administrative Information

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Acquisition Note: New York State Department of Insurance; Acc. 27/06

Collection Material Type: Official Records

Description: Constitution, English and Yiddish, 1919. Cemetery maps, 1945-1958. Correspondence, 1981-1994. Contracts, 1937-1992. Meeting invitations, 1980-1986. Grave reservation lists, 1991. Cemetery deed, 1938. Death certificates, 1982-1991. Financial records, 1971-1991. Dissolution papers, 1991-1994. Miscellaneous.