Recreation Rooms and Settlement collection Bulk, 1953-1991 1905-1991

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Recreation Rooms and Settlement collection Bulk, 1953-1991 1905-1991

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The Recreation Rooms and Settlement collection documents the work of the settlement, originally established to provide educational and recreational opportunities for Jewish immigrant women, from its early years on the Lower East Side of Manhattan through its recent activity in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Canarsie. While material in the collection spans the period 1905 to 1991, the bulk of the records are from the period 1953 to 1991. The collection includes board of directors minutes and appended administrative reports, bylaws, annual reports, program files, executive director correspondence, flyers, news clippings, photographs, fundraising records, budgets, histories, and brochures.

1.67 Linear feet; in four manuscript boxes.

Center for Brooklyn History (2020-)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6329018

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