Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring. Branch No. 304 (Seattle, Wash.)

The Workmen's Circle (Der Arbeter Ring) was founded in the 1890s to serve as a mutual benefit society and a cultural-social organization for members of the Jewish working class. In 1900, it was reorganized as a fraternal insurance company and eventually grew to include 700 branches with a total membership of 70,000. This collection is from the estate of Ben Stein who was respectively secretary, financial secretary, and president, 1930s-1950s, of Branch #304 of the Workmen's Circle.

From the guide to the Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring Branch No. 304 records, 1925-1971, (University of Washington Libraries Special Collections)