Series 2: Financial records, 1859-1993, bulk 1920-1980

Series 3: Programs and events, 1873-1993, bulk 1913-1975

 

 

Series 2 is arranged chronologically and dates from 1859 to 1993, with the bulk of the records dating from 1920 to 1980. The records include items that document the accounts, investments, and expenses of the Hebrew Sunday School Society. These records include ledger books, budgets, reports, financial statements, tax documents, sales inventories, reports for the Allied Jewish Appeal, donations and tuition receipts, and some related correspondence. The files demonstrate the various ways in which HSSS continued to provide for the financial solvency of the Sunday schools. Access to records in this series containing staff evaluations is restricted for 75 years from date of creation.

 

Box      Folder      Description

29          13          Ledger of accounts and investments          1859-1902

29          14          Budget and expense reports, invoice          1881, 1892, undated

29          15          Financial statements, bonds, stock certificates, and letters regarding finances          1905, 1918-1920, 1927, 1930-1931, 1935, 1938, 1943-1944

29          16          Ledger of receipts and expenses          1911-1916 

29          17          Ledger of receipts and expenses          1916-1920

30          1          Ledger of receipts and expenses          1920-1923

30          2          Financial reports and budgets          1922-1923, 1925-1937

30          3          Ledger of expenditures, photocopies of cash disbursements journal from 1993          1923-1926, undated

30          4          Monthly financial reports, photocopies of reports from 1980          1923-1926, undated

30          5          Monthly treasurer's reports, other financial reports, many photocopies          1923-1937, 1947-1950, undated

30          6          "Original Source Record," donor index          April 30, 1925

30          7          Ledgers and financial reports for special accounts, stocks and bonds, mortgages          1927-1938, 1940, 1942

30          8          Eugene N Stern Memorial Library for Reference Books expenditures and receipts          1929-1931

30          9          Lists of investments, minutes on budgets, lists of contents of safety vault, letter regarding bonds          1931-1938

30          10          Budgets of "Trial Balance," some photocopies          1932-1937, undated

30          11          Vacation schools budgets          1932-1938

31          1          Lists of award donors, addresses, and names of awards          1932-1941, 1948

31          2          Receipts, correspondence regarding bequests          1934, 1950-1963, 1968

31          3          Financial reports and budgets          1937-1948

31          4          Tax documents, account forms, receipts, bills          1938, 1941, 1948, 1960, 1968-1980, 1984-1985

31          5          Financial resolutions, staff contribution form, account balance, and tribute fund card          1939, 1948, 1966, undated

31          6          Budgets and correspondence related to financial matters, many photocopies          1939, 1949-1952, 1970-1974, 1979-1980

31          7          City income tax notices, staff and expense reports          1940-1941, 1943, 1945

31          8          Federation of Jewish Charities: Monthly financial receipts          1941-1942

31          9          Budget, notes          1941-1943

31          10          Budget, notes          1942-1943

31          11          Federation of Jewish Agencies: Monthly financial reports          1942-1943

31          12          Budget, correspondence          1942-1944

31          13          Budget, salary information          1943-1946

31          14          Budget, Federation of Jewish Charities monthly financial reports          1944-1945

31          15          Budget          1945-1947

31          16          Budget and salary records          1945-1947

31          17          Jewish National Fund: Receipts, tree fund, correspondence          1946, 1950-1953, 1957-1973

32          1          Budget and salary information, notes          1946-1947

32          2          Budget, notes          1946-1948

32          3          Budget, notes          1946-1948

32          4          Budget, notes          1946-1948

32          5          Salary lists, budgets, enrollment statistics, and staff evaluations [Restricted]          1947-1949

32          6          Staff salary lists and school finance reports          1947-1949

32          7          First Pennsylvania Banking and Trust Company: Account documents, safe deposit rental, deposit book          1947-1950, 1953-1954, 1958-1962, 1966-1972

32          8          Correspondence and reports regarding budgets, outline of class at Har Zion Temple          1948, 1950, 1953, 1961, 1970-1973

32          9          Budget, finance notes, salary lists          1948-1950

32          10          Budgets, salary and expense reports, notes          1948-1950

32          11          Budgets and salary lists          1949-1950

32          12          Budgets and salary lists          1949-1951

32          13          Budgets and letters regarding finances          1950-1952

32          14          Budgets, budgets requests, and expense reports          1950-1952

32          15          Budgets and expenses, enrollment statistics          1950-1952

32          16          Budget, cost of living reports, expenses and salary lists          1951-1953

32          17          Financial reports, notes and expenses, budgets          1951-1953

33          1          Budgets, letters regarding allocations, financial reports, and notes          1951-1954

33          2          Sales receipts, letters          1952, 1955-1956

33          3          Financial reports, notes, memoranda, budget, and expenses          1952-1953

33          4          Budgets, salary lists, enrollment costs          1952-1954

33          5          Proposed budgets, staff lists, and notes          1952-1954

33          6          Proposed budgets and notes on finances          1953-1954

33          7          Sales, job logs, letters          1953-1955

33          8          Sales costs and catalog          1954

33          9          Monthly financial reports, sales inventory          1954, 1956, 1959

33          10          Monthly financial reports, sales inventory          1954, 1956-1957

33          11          Monthly financial reports, sales inventory          1954, 1956-1957, 1960

33          12          Monthly financial reports, sales inventory          1954-1955

33          13          Sales inventory, work reports          1954-1955, 1957

33          14          Monthly financial reports, sales inventory          1954-1956

33          15          Sales correspondence          1954-1956

33          16          Monthly financial reports, sales inventory          1955-1957

33          17          Monthly financial reports, sales inventory          1956-1957

33          18          Monthly financial reports, sales inventory          1957-1960

33          19          Reports for the Allied Jewish Appeal          1958-1959

34          1          Reports for the Allied Jewish Appeal          1959-1960

34          2          Reports for the Allied Jewish Appeal          1960-1961

34          3          Correspondence, reports, and memoranda regarding budget with Federation of Jewish Agencies          1960-1961, 1964-1965, 1967

34          4          Budget and staff salaries          1960-1962

34          5          Reports for the Allied Jewish Appeal          1961

34          6          Reports for the Allied Jewish Appeal          1961-1962

34          7          Reports for the Allied Jewish Appeal          1962-1963

34          8          Estate of Howard S Levy          1962-1967

34          9          Reports for the Allied Jewish Appeal          1963

34          10          Tuition and scholarship budgets, financial reports, notes          1963-1964, 1970

34          11          Letters and reports regarding budget from Federation of Jewish Agencies          1963-1965

34          12          Reports for the Allied Jewish Appeal          1964

34          13          Proposed and final budgets, salary request forms, tuition statements, letters regarding finances          1965-1969, 1974-1975

34          14          Check stubs and withdrawal slips          1966, 1969, undated

34          15          Donations and receipts          1966-1970

35          1          Educational Fund donations and receipts          1966-1970

35          2          Allocation reports for Federation of Jewish Agencies          1967

35          3          125th Anniversary receipts          1968-1969

35          4          Jewish National Fund: Receipts, tree fund          1968-1970

35          5          Alumni Association savings slips          1969-1970

35          6          Elwin Institute: Tuition receipts          1969-1970

35          7          Budgets and correspondence regarding finances          1969-1971

35          8          Annual reports          1969-1971, 1976, 1987, 1989

35          9          Jewish National Fund: Receipts, memorial lists          1970-1971

35          10          Elwin Institute: Tuition receipts, correspondence, clipping          1970-1973

35          11          Correspondence, notes, and reports regarding budgets          1971, 1974-1975

35          12          Jewish National Fund: Receipts, flyers, stamps          1972-1975

35          13          Letters, reports regarding budget          1973-1975, 1978-1982

35          14          Financial statements          1974-1975, 1978, 1982

36          1          Financial statements          1974-1975, 1978, 1982

36          2          Correspondence, notes, and reports regarding budgets          1975-1977

36          3          Financial statements          1976

36          4          Budget reports and revisions with related correspondence, includes photocopies and notes          1977-1978, undated

36          5          Receipts for supplies for Caren Levine Art Enrichment course          1978

36          6          Budget forms and reports          1989-1993

36          7          Budgets from 1977 to 1979 (photocopies)          undated

36          8          Financial reports regarding distribution of income and expenditures          undated

36          9          Ledger of receipts and expenses          undated

36          10          Photocopies of reports for the Allied Jewish Appeal          undated

 

 

Series 3 is arranged alphabetically by program or event and then chronologically within each section. These records date from 1873 to 1993, with the bulk of the records dating from 1913 to 1975. Included in this series are records relating to various events including annual Anniversary celebrations (which include an annual luncheon and the graduation exercises), the Evelyn A. Margolis Memorial Lecture Series, various school programs, exhibitions, and staff conferences. Records for events generally consist of programs and invitations, correspondence and notes, guest and attendance lists, press releases and other publicity materials, committee lists and minutes, speeches, clippings, and donation records. Additionally, Anniversary celebration records frequently include lists of graduates and scholarship award winners, Award Fund donation forms, and notices to parents. Some reel-to-reel tape recordings of lectures and other events are also included in this series.

 

Box      Folder      Description

36          11          50th Anniversary: Program          March 3, 1888

36          12          75th Anniversary: Clippings          1913

36          13          75th Anniversary: Correspondence          1913

36          14          75th Anniversary: Invitation          circa 1913

36          15          90th Anniversary: List of subscribers          1927

36          16          90th Anniversary: Opening remarks by Dr. Cyrus Adler          March 4, 1928

36          17          90th Anniversary: Correspondence          1928

36          18          90th Anniversary: Invitations          1928

36          19          90th Anniversary: Program and correspondence          1928

36          20          90th Anniversary: Photocopies of clippings from 1928          undated

36          21          96th Anniversary: Clippings          1934, undated

36          22          100th Anniversary: Guest lists, officers lists          1937

37          1          100th Anniversary: Clippings          1937-1938

37          2          100th Anniversary: Committee lists          1937-1938

37          3          100th Anniversary: Correspondence, letters from graduates          1937-1938

37          4          100th Anniversary: Correspondence          1937-1938

37          5          100th Anniversary: Ledger and invoices          1937-1938

37          6          100th Anniversary: Lists of contributors, committee chairman, sponsors, acceptances and refusals          1937-1938

37          7          100th Anniversary: Pageant material including letters, student lists, script          1937-1938

37          8          100th Anniversary: Address by Evelyn Margolis          1938

37          9          100th Anniversary: Invitations          1938

37          10          100th Anniversary: Program, committee lists, speeches, and other publicity          1938

37          11          100th Anniversary: Publicity, committee reports          1938, undated

37          12          100th Anniversary: Photocopies of clippings from 1937 to 1938          undated

37          13          122nd Anniversary: Letters, programs, notes, and speech regarding graduation and Annual Awards Fund          1959-1960

37          14          122nd Anniversary: Notes, press release programs, and songs for graduation          1959-1960

37          15          123rd Anniversary: Correspondence, invitation, list of contributors          1961

37          16          123rd Anniversary: Correspondence, program, clippings          1961

37          17          123rd Anniversary: Program, speeches          1961

37          18          125th Anniversary: Correspondence          1962-1963, 1966

37          19          125th Anniversary: Address by Dr Sidney M Fish          1963

37          20          125th Anniversary: Address by Professor Edmund N Cahn          1963

37          21          125th Anniversary: Clippings          1963

37          22          125th Anniversary: Exhibit display records, item loan lists          1963

38          1          125th Anniversary: Guest book          1963

38          2          125th Anniversary: Guest list          1963

38          3          125th Anniversary: Letters and notes from alumni          1963

38          4          125th Anniversary: Press releases          1963

38          5          125th Anniversary: Programs, invitation, graduation lists, speeches          1963

38          6          125th Anniversary: Program, marching and seating instructions, speeches          1963

38          7          125th Anniversary: Sponsor lists and drafts of speeches          1963

38          8          125th Anniversary: List of honor roll students since 1874, historical writing          circa 1963

38          9          126th Anniversary: Pamphlet          1964

38          10          126th Anniversary: Program, invitation, press release, contributors lists, student lists          1964

38          11          127th Anniversary: Programs, announcements, speeches          1965

38          12          128th Anniversary: Program, press release, invitation          1966

38          13          129th Anniversary: Annual Fund donation forms          1967

38          14          130th Anniversary: Annual Fund donation forms, letters, programs          1968

38          15          130th Anniversary: Letters, program, notes          1968

38          16          130th Anniversary: Program, guest list, news releases, contribution list          1968

38          17          130th Anniversary: Program, press release, correspondence          1968

39          1          132nd Anniversary: Awards Fund donation forms, programs          1970

39          2          134th Anniversary: Program, invitations, lists of students          1972

39          3          135th Anniversary: Program, correspondence, clippings          1973

39          4          136th Anniversary: Programs and correspondence          1974

39          5          137th Anniversary: Programs, students lists, letters          1975

39          6          140th Anniversary: Correspondence and notes          1977-1978

39          7          140th Anniversary: Correspondence, notes, newspaper clipping          1977-1978

39          8          142nd Anniversary: Program and correspondence          1980

39          9          146th Anniversary: Address given by Lee B Leopold at closing luncheon          June 12, 1984

39          10          146th Anniversary: Luncheon invitation          June 1984

39          11          150th Anniversary: Programs and publicity materials, letter          1988

39          12          Anniversary celebrations: Programs          1873-1899

39          13          Anniversary celebrations: Programs, letters, and script for "This is Your Life, Hebrew Sunday School"          1877, 1882-1888, 1906, 1910-1913, 1930-1959, 1965-1985

39          14          Anniversary celebrations: Programs and invitations (1 of 3)          1888, 1913, 1930-1939, 1940-1948, 1954-1959, 1964, 1968-1972, 1979-1984

40          1          Anniversary celebrations: Programs and invitations (2 of 3)          1888, 1913, 1930-1939, 1940-1948, 1954-1959, 1964, 1968-1972, 1979-1984

40          2          Anniversary celebrations: Programs and invitations (3 of 3)          1888, 1913, 1930-1939, 1940-1948, 1954-1959, 1964, 1968-1972, 1979-1984

40          3          Anniversary celebrations: Programs from 50th, 125th, and 130th anniversaries          1888, 1963, 1968

40          4          Anniversary celebrations: Programs          1888-1901, 1906-1911

40          5          Anniversary celebrations: Programs          1900-1907, 1909

40          6          Anniversary celebrations: Programs          1910-1919

40          7          Anniversary celebrations: Programs          1920-1929

40          8          Anniversary celebrations: Programs, invitations, related correspondence, and students lists, some photocopies (1 of 2)          1920-1935, 1951-1959, 1972-1984, undated

41          1          Anniversary celebrations: Programs, invitations, related correspondence, and students lists, some photocopies (2 of 2)          1920-1935, 1951-1959, 1972-1984, undated

41          2          Anniversary celebrations: Programs, guest lists, photocopy of clipping          1926-1929, 1934, 1937, 1940-1948, 1968, 1974

41          3          Anniversary celebrations: Programs, correspondence, press releases, memoranda          1928, 1938, 1977-1978, 1986-1987

41          4          Anniversary celebrations: Programs          1928-1929, 1938-1945

41          5          Anniversary celebrations: Programs          1930-1939

41          6          Anniversary celebrations: Programs, minutes, and reports, lists of graduates          1938, 1963, undated

41          7          Anniversary celebrations: Programs, letters, readings and speeches          1938-1944

41          8          Anniversary celebrations: Programs, invitation cards, letters, students lists          1939-1946, 1956

41          9          Anniversary celebrations: Programs, student lists, speeches          1940-1944

41          10          Anniversary celebrations: Programs, invitations, lists of prize winners          1940-1948, 1953, 1956-1958

41          11          Anniversary celebrations: Programs, 1940-1949

41          12          Anniversary celebrations: Programs and publicity materials          1943-1949, 1954-1973, 1982-1983

41          13          Anniversary celebrations: Programs and invitations          1946, 1955, 1976, 1987-1992

41          14          Anniversary celebrations: Programs, letter, speech          1948, 1956, 1970-1974, 1982

42          1          Anniversary celebrations: Programs          1950-1967

42          2          Anniversary celebrations: Programs, clippings, student lists          1954, 1964-1968

42          3          Anniversary celebrations: Programs and invitations          1958-1966

42          4          Anniversary celebrations: Programs, notes, letters, and forms regarding graduation and Annual Awards Fund          1960

42          5          Anniversary celebrations: Programs, speeches, invitation, correspondence          1960-1961

42          6          Anniversary celebrations: Programs, notices to parents          1961

42          7          Anniversary celebrations: Student lists, speeches, notes, and buttons regarding graduation and students awards          1961-1962

42          8          Anniversary celebrations: Student lists, yearbook, programs regarding graduation, student photographs          1961-1962

42          9          Anniversary celebrations: Programs, speeches, and clippings          1961-1967

42          10          Anniversary celebrations: Draft programs, musical selections, marching and seating instructions          1963, 1968

42          11          Anniversary celebrations: Programs, students lists, press releases          1964

42          12          Anniversary celebrations: Programs, "The Hebrew Sunday School Society of Philadelphia: Perspective and Promise"          1964, 1972-1977, 1980-1984

42          13          Anniversary celebrations: Program, letters, student lists          1967-1969

42          14          Anniversary celebrations: Awards Fund donation forms          1973-1974

42          15          Anniversary celebrations: Luncheon invitations          1977, 1980-1981, 1985

42          16          Anniversary celebrations: Programs, correspondence, award lists          1981-1983

42          17          Association of Alumni, Teachers, and Friends: Programs, invitations, letters, notices          1968-1969, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1987

42          18          Clippings, programs, correspondence, and lists regarding graduation, anniversary, lecture, and other events          1927, 1945-1949, 1957, 1961-1964, 1967

42          19          Evelyn A. Margolis Memorial Lecture: Program, correspondence, invitation          1961, undated

43          1          Evelyn A. Margolis Memorial Lecture: Programs, correspondence, committee minutes, photocopies of clippings          1961-1963, undated

43          2          Evelyn A. Margolis Memorial Lecture: Programs, letters, contributions list, press release, committee minutes          1962-1963, undated

43          3          Evelyn A. Margolis Memorial Lecture: Program, invitation, letters, committee list and minutes, photocopies of clippings          1962-1964, undated

43          4          Evelyn A. Margolis Memorial Lecture: Program, invitation, letters, photocopies of clippings          1964-1965, undated

43          5          Evelyn A. Margolis Memorial Lecture: Program, letters, speech, financial records, photocopies of clippings          1966, undated

43          6          Evelyn A. Margolis Memorial Lecture: Reel-to-reel tapes          1966-1967

43          7          Evelyn A. Margolis Memorial Lecture: Invitation, letters, financial records, photocopies of clippings          1966-1967, undated

43          8          Evelyn A. Margolis Memorial Lecture: Program, invitation, letters, committee list, photocopies of clippings          1967-1968, undated

43          9          Evelyn A. Margolis Memorial Lecture: Programs, memoranda, notes, and photocopies of clippings          1968-1969

43          10          Evelyn A. Margolis Memorial Lecture: Program, invitation, letters, financial records, photocopy of clipping          1968-1969, undated

43          11          Evelyn A. Margolis Memorial Lecture: Letters, notes, memoranda regarding event planning          1969-1970

43          12          "An Exhibition of Judaica" program          October 1954

43          13          First Elite Program Graduation: Press release, speeches, invitation, student lists          1966

43          14          Grace Aguilar School: Purim Program          March 19, 1960

43          15          Information and publicity materials for summer clubs and programs          1938, 1947

43          16          Jennie Sichel Testimonial Dinner: Programs and clipping          1945

43          17          National Bible Contest: Correspondence, list of participants, and pamphlet          1965

43          18          Passover: Handwritten and typed guides          circa 1971

43          19          Pilgrimage to grave of Rebecca Gratz notice, speech, and notes          1963, undated

43          20          Programs for Hebrew Sunday School Society Annual Meeting and Annual Staff Conference          1975, 1978-1979, 1991, 1993

43          21          Programs, speech cards from anniversary celebration, objectives and curriculum of Hebrew Sunday School Society          1938, undated

43          22          Rebecca Gratz Exhibition: Program, clipping, and exhibit log          1963, 1969

43          23          Rebecca Gratz Exhibition: Letters, photocopies of clippings, and programs          1969

43          24          "Sh Shalom" program: Letters, notes, publicity flyers          1949-1950

43          25          Staff conference: Correspondence, memoranda, and reports          1956-1957, 1971-1978

44          1          Staff conference: Program, notes, letters thanking participants          1967

44          2          Staff conference: Program, notices, letters thanking participants          1967-1968

44          3          Staff conference: Letters and programs          1968-1969, 1975, 1981

44          4          Staff conference: Programs, workshop kits          1968-1977, 1984

44          5          Staff conference: Program and announcement, letters thanking participants          1969, 1970

44          6          Staff conference: Program, draft of address, letters thanking participants clippings         1970

44          7          Staff conference: Programs          1975-1976, 1979-1980

44          8          Various lectures: Reel-to-reel tapes          1961, 1963

44          9          Various lectures: Reel-to-reel tapes and LP          1966-1967, undated

45          1          Various lectures: Reel-to-reel tapes          1969-1970

 

 

 

Series 2: Financial records, 1859-1993, bulk 1920-1980

Series 3: Programs and events, 1873-1993, bulk 1913-1975