True Fellowship Society

Title: True Fellowship Society

Inclusive Dates: 1957-1980

ID: RG 1804

Extent Information

Creators

True Fellowship Society (New York, N.Y.)

Administrative/Biographical History

Organized November 1901, and incorporated in New York in July 1936. The Society had both male and female members. It subsidized burials and provided death benefits. The cemeteries it used were King Solomon, Riverside, and Baron Hirsch.

Subjects (links to similar collections)

Benevolent Societies
Burial Societies
Cemeteries
Charitable Societies
Mutual Aid Societies
United States

Languages of Materials

English

Administrative Information

Acquired: 05/09/2006.

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Acquisition Note: New York State Department of Insurance; ACC 25/06

Collection Material Type: Official Records

Description: Box 1: Membership address book, with list of reserved graves. Notebook for graves reserved at Riverside and Baron Hirsch cemeteries, 1969. Correspondence concerning reservation of graves, 1970-1979. Deeds to graves in Riverside Cemetery, 1972. Cemetery map for King Solomon Cemetery. Burial permits, 1971-1979. Burial receipts book, 1966-1980. Correspondence related to death benefits, 1960, 1970-1973. Notebook of death benefits to be paid. Correspondence concerning headstones, 1971-1980. Correspondence with Riverside Cemetery related to a dispute about the charges for maintenance of graves, 1973, 1976-1977. Financial reports, 1970-1971. Meeting notices, 1968, 1976-1977. Minutes, 1976-1977. Miscellaneous correspondence with members, 1957, 1969-1980.