German Society of Pennsylvania scrapbook, 1884-1894.

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German Society of Pennsylvania scrapbook, 1884-1894.

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Scrapbook of newspaper clippings in a ledger book with pre-printed page numbers, assembled at the German Society of Pennsylvania, possibly by the office of the Agentur, which coordinated the Society's charitable work on behalf of German immigrants. Clippings date from approximately December 1884 to October 1894. They are mostly from Philadelphia newspapers and concern reports about the Society and its work (Agentur, p. iii-iv, 3, 14); its quarterly and annual meetings (including financial and committee reports); and other events held in its hall, such as German Day celebrations of 1893 and 1894 (p. i, 37); a memorial service for Society member Oswald Seidensticker (inside front cover), and a protest meeting of charitable organizations concerning a tax issue in 1894 (p. 38). Several pages are devoted to articles about the laying of the cornerstone of the Mary J. Drexel Home in 1886 (p. 106-110, 114-116). Many clippings pertain to the German Hospital of the City of Philadelphia, including donor lists (Gabentag); and a few relate to the Jewish Hospital (p.124, 134-135). Other clippings cover a variety of German-American organizations in Philadelphia, including the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (91, 112). A few articles are about immigration generally (p. 5-6), and labor issues in Philadelphia (p. 94-95). Only a handful of clippings concern societies in other states (German Society of the City of New York, p. 3; German Society of Maryland, p. 4; Deutscher Hülfsverein, or German Aid Society of Boston, p. 5). The ledger book was evidently used originally for German Society of Pennsylvania accounts beginning in 1876 (visible on pages with no clippings, p. 32-58; salary of agent noted, p. 11).

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German Society of Pennsylvania, Joseph P. Horner Memorial Library

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German Society of Pennsylvania, Joseph P. Horner Memorial Library

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