Jewish Armed Services Committee records, 1943-1994 and undated.

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Jewish Armed Services Committee records, 1943-1994 and undated.

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Materials include: administrative materials from the Jewish Armed Services Committee, including employee files, information about the construction of the Harry Greenstein Social Services Building, and health insurance and pension information; certificates of achievement and service from various military and non-military groups to the Jewish Armed Services Committee or to individual members of the JASC. Groups represented include the Ancient and Honorable Order of the Oozlefinch, the Baltimore County Dept. of Aging, the Dept. of the Army, the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, the President of the United States, the U.S. Army Air Defense Command, and the Soviet Jewry Committee; meeting minutes, member lists, and correspondence of the board of directors of the Jewish Armed Services Committee; correspondence from the Jewish Armed Services Committee. General correspondence appears first, followed by correspondence regarding specific events or programs and correspondence with other organizations; planning correspondence, bills, receipts, and brochures from holiday parties hosted by the Jewish Armed Services Committee for veterans. Also includes some correspondence and information about the annual religious retreat and information about the U.S. Naval Academy "Jewish Church Party." Audits conducted of the Jewish Armed Services Committee, bills and receipts, invoices, budget requests and budgets for fiscal years 1969-1994 along with information about financial contributions to the organization, fundraising efforts, tax exemptions and vouchers for Aberdeen Proving Ground and Fort Meade; publications from the Jewish Welfare Board regarding Jews in the military, especially the Jewish chaplaincy. Also includes some pamphlets about observing holidays and laws of kashrut; general material about the military including the Selective Service, the U.S. Army Air Defense Command and a U.S. Army field manual for chaplains, together with information about Fort Bliss, Tex., Fort Sill, Okla., the White Sands Missile Range, and the U.S. Naval Academy. These folders typically include only generic base information and brochures; local military sites are also represented in the series and include Aberdeen Proving Ground, Fort Howard, Fort Meade, Loch Raven VA Hospital, and the Perry Point VA Medical Center. Folders about these local bases contain correspondence, program information, receipts, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, and contracts related directly to services provided by the Jewish Armed Services Committee; clippings about the Jewish Armed Services Committee and a folder of clippings about the Jewish Welfare Board; some clippings do not have dates or other publication information; also includes reports and publications either used by or created by the Jewish Armed Services Committee of Baltimore during the course of their work. The reports and publications helped the Committee plan programs and educate its audience about issues affecting veterans and the local Jewish community; and photographs of the Jewish Armed Services Committee of Baltimore (1 linear ft.; many people and events are unidentified).

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