First Ostrowzer Young Men's Benevolent Society

Title: First Ostrowzer Young Men's Benevolent Society

Inclusive Dates: 1952, 1971-2001

ID: RG 1818

Extent Information

10"

Creators

First Ostrowzer Young Men's Benevolent Society (New York, N.Y.)

Administrative/Biographical History

Founded in New York around 1910 by immigrants from Ostrovtse (Ostrowiec, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Ostowiec Kielecki, Ostrowitz, Ostrovitz, Ostrovitza, Ostrowiec p. Opatow), then in the province of Galicia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (today, Poland). The Society provided death benefits and functioned as a burial society. It used Mount Hebron and Beth Moses Cemeteries. Dissolved 2001.

Subjects (links to similar collections)

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

Languages of Materials

English

Administrative Information

Acquired: 06/23/2006.

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Acquisition Note: New York State Department of Insurance; ACC 41/06

Related Materials: RG 123 (Box 62, oversize) contains a photograph of the 25th anniversary banquet of the Society, held at Central Plaza, 111 2nd Avenue, New York City, on December 28, 1935.

Collection Material Type: Official Records

Description: Box 1: Burial society records, 1920 (photocopy), 1952, 1973, 1990-2001. Cemetery map (Beth Moses). Receipt book (membership dues, interest income), 1990-1992. Minutes, 1990, 1992. Meeting notices, 1989-2000. Membership ballots concerning the Society's donations of Israel bonds for Israeli charitable and humanitarian causes, 1989, 1991. Correspondence concerning Israel bonds, 1988-1995. Correspondence with members, 1989-2001. Correspondence related to dissolution, 1988, 2000-2001. Dissolution ballots, 2000. Box 2: Balance sheets, 1971-1991. Financial reports, 1993, 1995. Income/expense journals, 1987-1992. Cashbook, 1987-1992. List of death benefits paid, 1984-1992. Bank statements, receipts, cancelled checks, 1989-1998. Membership lists, 1992-2001. Membership applications, 1973-1993. Membership dues ledger, 1984-1992.