Eureka Benevolent Society records, 1850-1977.

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Eureka Benevolent Society records, 1850-1977.

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The records of the Eureka Benevolent Society (EBS) include minutes; reports; histories; scrapbooks; photographs; and newspaper clippings. The collection also contains the by-laws and constitution of the EBS (1858-1860) with signatures of its members; succeeding by-laws for the EBS beginning in 1870; a constitution of the Ladies' United Hebrew Benevolent Society (1876); and reports, minutes, budgets, and campaign materials from the related charities and agencies listed above as well as from the Jewish Committee for Personal Service and the Maimonides Health Center. It also has case studies from the various agencies, which, although written from the perspective of the social workers, effectively portray the poorer side of Jewish life and describe the difficulties that many faced from the Gold Rush era to the 1930s. The collection's women's organizational material provides a contrast to that of predominately male agencies, and its scrapbooks, which range from 1929 through the 1950s, illustrate the response of the Jewish community to the Great Depression, World War II, and the Eisenhower years.

1 carton, 1 box, and 4 oversize boxes (2.6 linear feet)

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Judah L. Magnes Memorial Museum, Rabbi Morris Goldstein Library

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The Eureka Benevolent Association, one of San Francisco's earliest philanthropic organizations, was formed in 1850 "[to] afford aid and relief to indigent, sick, and infirm Jews; to bury the dead; and in general to relieve and aid co-religionists who might be in poverty or distress." In 1907, the organization changed its name to the Eureka Benevolent Society (EBS). As the city's Jewish population grew in numbers and diversity, the EBS was joined by other social service agencies that broadened th...

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