First Jefferson Benevolent Society

Title: First Jefferson Benevolent Society

Inclusive Dates: 1917-1979

ID: RG 1789

Extent Information

2'6-1/2"

Creators

First Jefferson Benevolent Society (N.Y.)

Administrative/Biographical History

Organized March 23, 1917 in New York under the name First Jefferson Sick Benevolent Society. The Society provided for the payment of funeral expenses and death benefits, and purchased graves. It had an entertainment committee that planned social events. In the first part of its history it also provided sick benefits, but was no longer doing so by 1952, when the constitution was amended to reflect the change of name to the First Jefferson Benevolent Society. The Society used three cemeteries: Mount Hebron, United Hebrew, and Beth Moses. Lots that it held for a time in New Mount Zion Cemetery were sold in the 1960s. The Society was dissolved in 1979.

Subjects (links to similar collections)

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

Languages of Materials

English
German

Administrative Information

Acquired: 12/08/2005.

Access Notes: YIVO Archives collections are open to researchers only by appointment with an archivist. To inquire about papers and records, write to Chief Archivist, archives@yivo.cjh.org. To inquire about photographs and films, write to Photo and Film Archivist at Photofilm@yivo.cjh.org. To inquire about sound recordings, write to Sound Archivist, lsklamberg@yivo.cjh.org. For art works and artifacts, write to Chief Archivist at archives@yivo.cjh.org.

Rights: YIVO owns the compilation of content that is posted on this website, which consists of text, images, and/or audio, and video. However, YIVO does not necessarily own each component of the compilation. Some content is in the public domain and some content is protected by third party rights. It is the user's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in YIVO websites.

The materials on this web site may be used for personal, research and educational purposes only. Publication (including posting on the Internet and online exhibitions) or any other use without prior authorization is prohibited. Please visit https://www.yivo.org/Rights-Reproductions for more information about use of materials from this website.

YIVO has employed due diligence in seeking to identify copyright holders of the materials in this compilation. We invite any copyright owners who are not properly identified to contact us at yivomail@yivo.cjh.org.

Acquisition Note: New York State Department of Insurance; ACC 108/05

Collection Material Type: Official Records

Description: Box 1: Minute books, 1917-1933, 1972-1979 (minutes recorded in German through October 1923 and in English thereafter). List of new members, 1928-1936 (in same volume as minutes ending 1933). Constitution as revised 1942, with amendments, 1946-1978. Membership application form and fragment of member newsletter, The First Jeffersonian, ca. 1940s. List of presidents and vice presidents of the Society. Receipt for filing Certificate of Report of Existence, 1952. Box 2: General ledgers, 1955-1978. Cashbooks, 1955-1972, 1974-1978. Membership dues ledger, 1974-1978. Box 3: Membership dues receipts, 1974-1978. Burial receipts, 1950-1979. Lists of grave reservations and burials, ca. 1940-1979. Correspondence concerning payment of funeral expenses and death benefits, 1957, 1961, 1972-1979. Beneficiary designations for death benefits, 1934-1975. Box 4: Death certificates, 1965, 1972-1978. Deeds to graves (recorded upon dissolution), 1978-1979. Meeting notices, 1971-1972, 1977-1978. Correspondence with members, mainly concerning dues and recording of deeds, 1973-1979. Correspondence pertaining to complaint lodged against the Society by the family of Anne Marke (Markowitz), 1976. Correspondence with Beth Moses Cemetery, 1951-1969. Legal documents and correspondence pertaining to the sale of the Society's lots in New Mount Zion Cemetery to Temple Beth-El (Rutherford, N.J.), 1938, 1962-1975. Documents related to the sale of some of the Society's lots in United Hebrew Cemetery to Congregation Rodfeh Zedek (Brooklyn), 1968. Correspondence with attorney concerning dissolution, 1978. Notes related to dissolution. Miscellaneous legal documents (general releases), 1920, 1926, 1928. Membership list and postal receipts for mailing to membership, 1979. Box 5: Balance sheets, 1932-1934, 1947, 1950-1979. Invoices, 1974-1978. Check stubs 1969-1974. Box 6: Cemetery maps. Box 7: Membership dues ledgers, 1968-1973.