Jewish Ys and Centers of Greater Philadelphia, Neighborhood Centre Branch Records: Series 4
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Series 4: Bustleton Avenue, Neighborhood Centre Northeast, 1937-1965, bulk 1952-1965
Series 4: Bustleton Avenue, Neighborhood Centre Northeast, 1937–1965, bulk 1952-1965
Series 4 documents the activities of the Neighborhood Centre at the Bustleton Avenue location from the planning stages for the Centre’s relocation to Northeast Philadelphia to its merger with the Jewish Ys and Centers of Greater Philadelphia in 1965. This series includes information about activities at the Gilbert Spruance School and other locations which predate the move to the new building on March 1, 1955. The records in this series are consistent in scope and content with those found in Series 2 and Series 3. This series is arranged in seventeen subseries.
Subseries 4.1: Annual Meetings and Reports, 1952-1963
Subseries 4.1 is arranged chronologically and contains an incomplete set of annual meeting minutes and reports dating from 1955 to 1963 with administrative histories filed at the beginning of the series.
Box Folder Description
106 7 Administrative histories 1952-1963
106 8 Annual meeting and report 1955
106 9 Annual meeting and report 1956
106 10 Annual meeting and report 1957
106 11 Annual meeting and report 1958-1959, 1962-1963
106 12 Seventy-fifth Anniversary Annual Meeting and Celebration 1960
107 1-2 Seventy-fifth Anniversary Annual Meeting and Celebration 1960
Subseries 4.2: Committees, 1953-1965
Subseries 4.2 contains meeting minutes and correspondence generated by the Board of Directors and various committees arranged alphabetically by committee name. Although the bulk of the minutes and correspondence produced by committees is contained within Subseries 4.2, some committee materials have been arranged in separate subseries including the Finance Committee in Subseries 4.4, the Friends of the Neighborhood Centre committee in Subseries 4.5, and the Library Committee in Subseries 4.6.
Box Folder Description
107 3 Board of Directors 1955-1957
107 4 Board of Directors 1958-1966, undated
107 5 Board of Directors Self-Study Committee 1960-1961
107 6 Adults and Older Adult Committee 1956-1957
107 7 Adult Activities Committee 1955-1960, undated
107 8 Alumni Committee 1956-1957
107 9 Arts Committee 1960
107 10 Children's Activities Committee 1954-1961, undated
108 1 Community Leader Award Committee 1957
108 2 Constitution and Bylaws Committee 1961
108 3 Contributory Membership Committee 1959-1961
108 4 Drama Committee 1955-1957
108 5 Drama Committee 1958-1961
108 6 Equipment and Resources Committee 1954-1955, undated
108 7 Executive Committee 1955-1957
108 8 Executive Committee 1958-1961, undated
108 9 Extension Committee 1956-1958
108 10 Forum Committee 1960-1961
108 11 Gardening Committee 1955-1956
108 12 Library Committee 1955-1961
108 13 Maintenance Committee 1954-1961
108 14 Membership Committee 1960-1961
109 1 Administrative, Operational, and Program Committees 1956-1960, undated
109 2 Nominating Committee 1955-1965
109 3 Northeast Advisory Committee 1953-1955
109 4 Northeast Advisory Committee 1956-1959
109 5 Northeast Branch Committee 1956-1962
109 6 Northeast Community Relations Committee 1958-1959
109 7 Northeast Principals 1956-1958
109 8 Older Adults 1955-1962
109 9 Older Adult Encampment 1959-1960
109 10 Planning Committee 1957-1960
109 11 Program Committee 953, 1959-1961
109 12 Public Relations Committee 1955-1960
109 13 Seideman, Hortense Memorial Committee 1961
109 14 Summer Program Committee 1960-1965
109 15 Young Adult Committee 1957-1958
109 16 Youth Committee 1956-1960
109 17 Youth Study Committee 1957
Subseries 4.3: Correspondence, 1953-1965
Subseries 4.3 is arranged chronologically and contains general administrative correspondence generated between 1953 and 1965.
Box Folder Description
110 1 Correspondence 1953-1954
110 2 Correspondence January-April 1955
110 3 Correspondence May-August 1955
110 4 Correspondence September-October 1955
110 5 Correspondence November-December 1955
110 6 Correspondence January-February 1956
110 7 Correspondence March-April 1956
110 8 Correspondence May-July 1956
110 9 Correspondence August-December 1956
111 1 Correspondence January-March 1957
111 2 Correspondence April-May 1957
111 3 Correspondence June-September 1957
111 4 Correspondence October-December 1957
111 5 Correspondence January-March 1958
111 6 Correspondence April-July 1958
111 7 Correspondence August-October 1958
111 8 Correspondence November-December 1958
111 9 Correspondence January-April 1959
112 1 Correspondence May 1959
112 2 Correspondence June-September 1959
112 3 Correspondence October-December 1959
112 4 Correspondence January-March 1960
112 5 Correspondence April-December 1960
112 6 Correspondence 1961-1963
112 7 Correspondence 1964-1965, undated
Subseries 4.4: Financial Records, 1953-1965
Subseries 4.4 is arranged alphabetically by type of record and contains Centre budgets and budget related correspondence, committee meeting minutes, and auditors’ reports.
Box Folder Description
113 1 Auditors’ reports 1955
113 2 Auditors’ reports 1956
113 3 Auditors’ reports 1957
113 4 Auditors’ reports 1958
113 5 Auditors’ reports 1959
113 6 Auditors’ reports 1960
113 7 Auditors’ reports 1961
114 1 Auditors’ reports 1962
114 2 Auditors’ reports 1963
114 3 Auditors’ reports 1964
114 4 Auditors’ reports 1965
114 5 Budget 1953
114 6 Budget 1954
114 7 Budget 1954
115 1 Budget 1955
115 2 Budget 1955
115 3 Budget 1955
115 4 Budget 1956
115 5 Budget 1956
115 6 Budget 1957
115 7 Budget 1957
116 1 Budget 1957
116 2 Budget 1958
116 3 Budget 1958
116 4 Budget 1959
116 5 Budget 1959
116 6 Budget 1959
116 7 Budget 1960
116 8 Budget 1960
117 1 Budget 1960
117 2 Budget 1961
117 3 Budget 1961
117 4 Budget 1961
117 5 Budget 1962
117 6 Budget 1962
118 1 Budget 1963
118 2 Budget 1963
118 3 Budget 1964
118 4 Budget 1964
118 5 Budget 1965
118 6 Correspondence 1955-1956
118 7 Correspondence 1957-1958
119 1 Correspondence 1959
119 2 Correspondence 1960, 1965, undated
119 3 Finance Committee meeting minutes 1955-1961
119 4 Finance Committee meeting minutes 1963-1965
217 General ledger 1955-1956
119 5 Pension plan 1956-1958
Subseries 4.5: Friends of the Neighborhood Centre, 1955-1965
Subseries 4.5 is arranged alphabetically by type of record and contains materials produced by an auxiliary fundraising group responsible for garnering support for the Centre’s activities including a college scholarship fund.
Box Folder Description
120 1 Campership fund 1961
120 2 Correspondence 1955-1956
120 3 Correspondence 1957-1958
120 4 Correspondence 1959-1960
120 5 Correspondence 1961, 1965, undated
120 6 Executive Committee meeting minutes and agenda 1955-1962
120 7 Fact sheets 1955-1960
120 8 Financial reports 1955-1961
120 9 Membership lists 1948-1960
120 10 Scholarship Committee application forms 1955-1957, undated
120 11 Scholarship Committee correspondence 1955
120 12 Scholarship pamphlets 1955-1961
Subseries 4.6: Library, 1956-1962
Subseries 4.6 is arranged alphabetically by type of record and contains records produced by the Library Committee and staff including correspondence, book lists and purchases, and the Library Fund.
Box Folder Description
120 13 Correspondence 1956-1965, undated
121 1 Library book lists 1960-1962, undated
121 2 Library book purchases 1957-1961
121 3 Library Fund 1959-1963
121 4 Schedules for group use 1957-1960, undated
Subseries 4.7: Building Maintenance, 1954-1965
Subseries 4.7 is arranged alphabetically by type of record and contains records related to management and maintenance of the building at the 6600 Bustleton Avenue including correspondence and building reports.
Box Folder Description
121 5 Correspondence 1954-1955
121 6 Correspondence 1955-1958
121 7 Correspondence 1959-1965
121 8 Rentals 1955-1959, undated
121 9 Telephone Answering Service 1963-1965
121 10 Miscellaneous reports and schedules 1956-1959, undated
Subseries 4.8: Membership, 1953-1965
Subseries 4.8 is arranged alphabetically by type of record and contains correspondence and membership lists.
Box Folder Description
121 11 Correspondence, administrative 1953-1965, undated
121 12 Correspondence, general 1953-1961
121 13 Member lists 1953
Subseries 4.9: New Building, 1952-1957
Subseries 4.9 is arranged alphabetically by type of record and includes correspondence, financial records, moving information, newspaper clippings, plans, and site selection material related to the building on Bustleton Avenue.
Box Folder Description
121 14 Correspondence 1952-1954
122 1 Correspondence January-February 1955
122 2 Correspondence March 1955-1957, undated
122 3 Cornerstone ceremony February 1955
122 4 Financial records 1954-1955
122 5 Neighborhood Centre Northeast project 1952-1955, undated
122 6 Newspaper clippings 1955
122 7 Plans undated
122 8 Playground 1953-1954
122 9 Site selection report circa 1950
Subseries 4.10: Nursery School and Kindergarten, 1955-1963
Subseries 4.10 is arranged alphabetically by type of record or title and contains meeting minutes, correspondence, program evaluations, and newsletters. Access to the case summary and health history in this series containing medical and personally identifiable information about third parties is restricted for 75 years from date of creation.
Box Folder Description
122 10 Case summary and health history [Restricted] 1955-1959
122 11 Correspondence and notices to parents 1955-1959
122 12 Correspondence and notices to parents 1960-1963, undated
122 13 Enrollment lists by age 1955-1960
122 14 Enrollment and registration information 1955-1959, undated
122 15 Holiday celebration guides 1959-1961
123 1 Mother participation duties and schedules 1956-1959
123 2 Northeast Day Care Service 1961-1962
123 3 Nursery Notes 1955-1963
123 4 Nursery School Committee 1956, 1960-1961
123 5 Parent Teachers Association 1956-1963
123 6 Program evaluations 1957-1960
123 7 Reports 1955-1959
123 8 Scholarships 1955-1956, 1960
123 9 Song sheets 1957-1959
123 10 Staff meeting minutes 1957-1960
Subseries 4.11: Jewish Organizations, 1954-1965
Subseries 4.11 is arranged alphabetically by organization name and contains material related to local, regional, and national Jewish-centric organizations engaged in allied activities with whom the Neighborhood Centre collaborated.
Box Folder Description
123 11 Allied Jewish Appeal 1955-1961
123 12 Association for Jewish Children 1957-1959, undated
123 13 Association of Jewish Agency Executives 1955-1965
123 14 Association of Jewish New Americans 1958-1960
123 15 B’nai B’rith Council 1959, 1965
123 16 B’nai B’rith Youth Organization 1957, 1959, undated
123 17 B’nai B’rith Youth Organization, Philadelphia Region 1955-1959
123 18 B’nai B’rith Youth Organization, Philadelphia Region 1960-1962
124 1 Conference on Jewish Social Studies 1955-1958
124 2 Council of Jewish Women, 1955-1960 undated
124 3 Educational Alliance 1955-1956
124 4 Federation of Jewish Agencies, Agency Executive Group 1956-1958
124 5 Federation of Jewish Agencies, camps 1959-1960
124 6 Federation of Jewish Agencies, Committee on Professional Recruitment 1957-1959, undated
124 7 Federation of Jewish Agencies, Leisure Time Services 1956-1957
124 8 Federation of Jewish Agencies, Leisure Time Services 1959-1964, undated
124 9 Federation of Jewish Agencies, Leisure Time Services studies 1962
124 10 Federation of Jewish Agencies meeting minutes, correspondence, and reports 1956-1958
124 11 Federation of Jewish Agencies meeting minutes, correspondence, and reports 1959-1965
125 1 Federation of Jewish Charities General 1955-1956
125 2 Federation of Jewish Charities Leisure Time Council 1955-1956
125 3 Gratz College 1957-1965
125 4 Hebrew Sunday School Society 1959, 1965
125 5 Jewish Association for Neighborhood Centers 1956-1958
125 6 Jewish Community Centers 1955-1960, undated
125 7 Jewish Community Centers newsletters 1955-1959
125 8 Jewish Community Relations Council 1958, 1962
125 9 Jewish Employment and Vocational Services 1956-1963
125 10 Jewish Family Service 1955-1959
125 11 Jewish National Fund 1958, undated
125 12 Jewish Publication Society 1955
125 13 Meadowlands Country Club 1965
125 14 Miscellaneous organizations 1955-1965, undated
125 15 Moss Rehabilitation Hospital 1959, undated
125 16 National Association of Jewish Center Workers Commission on the Scope and Functions 1958-1960
125 17 National Association of Jewish Center Workers Conferences 1955-1958
125 18 National Association of Jewish Center Workers Conferences 1959, 1961
126 1 National Association of Jewish Center Workers Conferences 1962
126 2 National Association of Jewish Center Workers Conferences January 1963
126 3 National Association of Jewish Center Workers Conferences June 1963
126 4 National Association of Jewish Center Workers Conferences 1964
126 5 National Association of Jewish Center Workers Executive Committee 1955-1958
126 6 National Association of Jewish Center Workers International Projects Committee 1955-1956
126 7 National Association of Jewish Center Workers International Projects Committee 1957-1960
127 1 National Association of Jewish Center Workers International Projects Committee Jerusalem Y Project 1955-1965, undated
127 2 National Association of Jewish Center Workers Metropolitan Association 1957, undated
127 3 National Association of Jewish Center Workers Mid-Atlantic Chapter 1955-1960, undated
127 4 National Association of Jewish Center Workers Miscellaneous 1955-1960, 1965
127 5 National Association of Jewish Center Workers Research Committee 1956-1960
127 6 National Conference of Jewish Communal Service 1955-1959
127 7 National Jewish Welfare Board annual reports 1962
127 8 National Jewish Welfare Board Bureau of Personnel and Training 1955-1958
127 9 National Jewish Welfare Board Bureau of Personnel and Training 1959-1965, undated
127 10 National Jewish Welfare Board, Conference of Large City Executives 1955-1956
128 1 National Jewish Welfare Board, Conference of Large City Executives 1957-1958
128 2 National Jewish Welfare Board, Conference of Large City Executives 1959-1960
128 3 National Jewish Welfare Board, Conference of Large City Executives 1961
128 4 National Jewish Welfare Board, conventions 1955-1959
128 5 National Jewish Welfare Board, conventions 1960
128 6 National Jewish Welfare Board, Intermediate City Center Executives Seminar 1960, 1965
128 7 National Jewish Welfare Board, Israel Seminar 1965
128 8 National Jewish Welfare Board, Jewish Community Center Division 1955
128 9 National Jewish Welfare Board, Jewish Community Center Division 1956-1958
128 10 National Jewish Welfare Board, Jewish Community Center Division 1959-1961, undated
129 1 National Jewish Welfare Board, Mid-Atlantic Section, Board of Governors 1956-1960
129 2 National Jewish Welfare Board, Mid-Atlantic Section conferences 1955-1962
129 3 National Jewish Welfare Board, Mid-Atlantic Section correspondence 1955-1965
129 4 National Jewish Welfare Board, Mid-Atlantic Section, Jewish Center Youth 1955, 1959-1960
129 5 National Jewish Welfare Board, Mid-Atlantic Section, Jewish Center Youth 1961-1965
129 6 National Jewish Welfare Board, Mid-Atlantic Section, Jewish Center Youth, Conferences 1956, 1959-1965
129 7 National Jewish Welfare Board, Mid-Atlantic Section, Jewish Center Youth Philadelphia Chapter 1959-1962
129 8 National Jewish Welfare Board, Mid-Atlantic Section, Pinemere Camp Association 1955-1964, undated
130 1 National Jewish Welfare Board miscellaneous correspondence and reports 1955
130 2 National Jewish Welfare Board miscellaneous correspondence and reports 1956
130 3 National Jewish Welfare Board miscellaneous correspondence and reports 1957-1959
130 4 National Jewish Welfare Board miscellaneous correspondence and reports 1965, undated
130 5 National Jewish Welfare Board, National Orientation Institute 1955
130 6 National Jewish Welfare Board, other sections 1956, 1960, undated
130 7 National Jewish Welfare Board, “Study of the Health and Education Program in the Jewish Community Center” 1963
130 8 National Jewish Welfare Board, USO (United Service Organizations for National Defense) 1955
130 9 National Jewish Welfare Board, Yearbooks 1954-1957
130 10 National Jewish Welfare Board, Yearbooks 1957-1958
131 1 National Jewish Welfare Board, Yearbooks 1958-1959
131 2 National Jewish Welfare Board, Yearbooks 1960-1961
131 3 United Hebrew Schools and Yeshivas 1955-1957
131 4 United Synagogue Commission on Youth Activities 1960, 1965
131 5 World Federation of YMHAS and Jewish Community Centers 1958-1959
131 6 Young Men's Young Women's Hebrew Association Philadelphia 1955-1965
131 7 Young Men's Young Women's Hebrew Association other cities 1955, 1959
131 8 Youth Workshop in Israel 1959, 1963
131 9 Zionist Organization of America 1955-1958
Subseries 4.12: Community and Social Welfare Organizations, 1955-1965
Subseries 4.12 is arranged alphabetically by organization name and consists of materials related to local, regional, and national organizations whose work paralleled that of the Neighborhood Centre, primarily in areas of social service and welfare, the settlement movement, and recreation.
Box Folder Description
131 10 American Camping Association 1955-1960, undated
131 11 Bureau of Municipal Research 1955-1959
131 12 Camps, 1955 undated
131 13 Castor-Circle Area Youth Committee 1955
131 14 Child Study Center of Philadelphia 1948-1959
131 15 Citizens Council on City Planning 1955-1956
131 16 Citizens Council on City Planning 1957-1960, undated
132 1 Citizens Council on City Planning Board of Directors 1955-1960
132 2 Citizens Council on City Planning Community Relations Committee 1955-1959
132 2 Citizens Council on City Planning Publications 1955-1960
132 3 Citizens Council on City Planning Reports 1955-1960
132 4 Citizens Council on City Planning Reports 1955
132 5 Citizens Council on City Planning Reports 1956-1957
132 6 Citizens Council on City Planning Reports 1958-1960
132 7 City of Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations 1955-1960, undated
132 8 City of Philadelphia Department of Recreation 1955-1958
132 9 Community Chest 1955-1957
132 10 Community Chest 1958-1959
133 1 Community Orientation Institute 1958-1965
133 2 Council for Equal Job Opportunities 1955-1960, undated
133 3 Council on Social Work Education 1959-1960
133 4 Crime Prevention Association 1956-1958
133 5 Educational Television Council 1956-1960, undated
133 6 Family Service of Philadelphia, 1958
133 7 Germantown Settlement Report 1956
133 8 Great Books 1961-1963
133 9 Health and Welfare Council General 1955-1957
133 10 Health and Welfare Council General 1958-1965, undated
133 11 Health and Welfare Council Educational-Recreation Division 1955
133 12 Health and Welfare Council Educational-Recreation Division 1956-1959
134 1 Health and Welfare Council other Area Offices 1956-1963
134 2 Health and Welfare Council Resources Needs Study 1955
134 3 Health and Welfare Council Resources Needs Study 1956-1958
134 4 International Conference of Social Work 1957-1961, undated
134 5 Joint Camp Committee 1960-1961
134 6 Junto 1958-1959
134 7 National Association of Social Workers National 1955-1965
134 8 National Association of Social Philadelphia Chapter General 1955-1965
134 9 National Association of Social Philadelphia Chapter General Executive Committee 1958-1960
134 10 National Association of Social Philadelphia Chapter General Group Work Section 1955-1959
134 11 National Association of Social Philadelphia Chapter General International Social Work/Welfare Committee 1959-1961
134 12 National Conference on Social Welfare 1955-1965
134 13 National Council on Family Relations 1958-1960
135 1 National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers 1955-1956
135 2 National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers 1957-1959, undated
135 3 National Publicity Council for Health and Welfare Services 1955-1959
135 4 Northeast Community Chest and Welfare Council 1955-1956
135 5 Northeast Police Community Relations Team 1959
135 6 Northeast Town Meeting 1956, 1958
135 7 Northeast United Services 1956
135 8 Northeast United Services 1957
135 9 Operation Poplar 1957-1959
135 10 Pennypack Woods Home Ownership Association 1956
135 11 Pennsylvania Citizens Association 1957-1960, undated
135 12 Philadelphia Association of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers, 1956-1960
135 13 Philadelphia City Planning Commission General 1955-1958
136 1 Philadelphia City Planning Commission Technical Advisory Committee on Recreation 1955-1960
136 2 Philadelphia Committee on City Policy 1960
136 3 Philadelphia Fellowship Commission 1955-1959, undated
136 4 Philadelphia Housing Association Committee on Public Housing Policy 1955-1956
136 5 Philadelphia Housing Association Committee on Public Housing 1957
136 6 Philadelphia Housing Association Committee on Public Housing 1958-1960, undated
136 7 Philadelphia Housing Association Committee on Public Housing General 1955-1960, undated
136 8 Philadelphia Housing Authority 1955-1960, undated
136 9 Philadelphia Youth Service Organizations 1955-1958
136 10 Southwark Community Council 1957-1959, undated
136 11 Strawberry Mansion Recreation Association 1957-1959
136 12 Twentieth Century Fund 1959
136 13 Union League 1955-1966
136 14 United Fund 1955-1965, undated
137 1 United Nations and UNICEF 1955-1959, undated
137 2 United States National Student Association 1958
137 3 University of Pennsylvania 1955-1960
137 4 Upper Northwood Community Council 1956-1960
137 5 White House Conferences 1956, 1960
137 6 Whitman Area Committee 1957-1958
137 7 World Affairs Council of Philadelphia 1959-1961
137 8 Young Women's Christian Association, Frankford Branch 1957-1961
137 9 Miscellaneous social welfare and community organizations 1955-1959
137 10 Miscellaneous social welfare and community organizations 1960-1965, undated
Subseries 4.13: Programming, 1953-1965
Subseries 4.13 is arranged alphabetically by type and name of club or activity with correspondence filed at the beginning of the series. This subseries contains programming documents for social and activity clubs organized for adults, children, seniors, and teens at the Centre as well as holiday events and athletics.
Box Folder Description
138 1 Correspondence 1953-1957
138 2 Correspondence 1958-1965, undated
138 3 Activities, event calendars and programs 1953-1965
138 4 Activities, forum series 1958-1960
138 5 Activities, forum series 1961-1962
139 1 Activities, mental health program for research and training proposal 1958-1959
139 2 Activities, mock trial 1956
139 3 Activities, Neighborhood Centre Week 1958-1962
139 4 Activities, Oxford Circle Week 1960-1962
139 5 Activities schedules, daily 1953-1960
139 6 Activities schedules, room rental 1959-1961
139 7 Activities schedules, special events 1959-1963
139 8 Adult program, Business and Professional Club 1957
140 1 Adult program, correspondence and notices to members 1954-1959
140 2 Adult program, correspondence and notices to members 1960-1965, undated
140 3 Adult program, Women's Auxiliary correspondence 1955-1961, undated
140 4 Adult program, Women's Auxiliary meeting minutes and financial statements 1955-1960
140 5 Adult program, Women's Auxiliary notices and member lists 1955-1961, undated
140 6 Athletics, annual banquet and awards night 1957-1963
140 7 Athletics, basketball score books 1954
140 8 Athletics, basketball score books 1955
141 1 Athletics, basketball score books 1956
141 2 Athletics, committee meeting minutes and correspondence 1955-1960
141 3 Athletics, correspondence 1955-1961
141 4 Athletics, game and practice schedules 1954-1962, undated
141 5 Athletics, physical education program schedules and reports 1953-1959, undated
141 6 Athletics, press releases 1954-1957
141 7 Athletics, softball score book 1956
141 8 Athletics, team rosters undated
141 9 Athletics, track and field day 1960, 1963
141 10 Children’s department correspondence 1954-1961
141 11 Children’s department, Arts and Crafts 1953-1954
141 12 Children’s department, Arts and Crafts 1959
141 13 Children’s department, Beatniks 1959
141 14 Children’s department, Black Hawks 1953-1954
141 15 Children’s department, Boys Gym 1959-1960
141 16 Children’s department, Cooking Club Wednesdays 1953-1954
141 17 Children’s department, Cooking Club Thursdays 1953-1954
141 18 Children’s department, Cooking Club 4th Grade 1955-1956
141 19 Children’s department, Debs 5th and 6th Grade 1959-1960
142 1 Children’s department, Drama for Children in Therapy 1960-1961
142 2 Children’s department, Dramatics 4th and 5th Grades 1953-1954
142 3 Children’s department, Dramatics 4th and 5th Grades 1960
142 4 Children’s department, Dramatics 5th Grade 1953-1954
142 5 Children’s department, Dramatics 5th and 6th Grades 1960
142 6 Children’s department, Dramatics 6th Grade 1953-1954
142 7 Children’s department, Friendship Club 1955-1956
142 8 Children’s department, Fun Club 1st Grade Mondays 1953-1954
142 9 Children’s department, Fun Club 1st Grade Tuesdays 1953-1954
142 10 Children’s department, Fun Club 1st Grade Tuesdays 1955-1956
142 11 Children’s department, Fun Club 1st Grade Thursdays 1953-1954
142 12 Children’s department, Fun Club 2nd Grade Boys 1953-1954
142 13 Children’s department, Fun Club 2nd Grade Boys 1958-1960
142 14 Children’s department, Fun Club 2nd Grade Girls 1953-1954
142 15 Children’s department, Fun Club 2nd and 3rd Grade Boys 1953-1954
142 16 Children’s department, Fun Club 3rd Grade Girls 1954
143 1 Children’s department, Fun Club 4th and 5th Grade Girls 1953-1954
143 2 Children’s department, Fun Club 6th Grade Girls 1953-1954
143 3 Children’s department, Fun Club Girls 1954
143 4 Children’s department, Gentlemen Juniors 1954
143 5 Children’s department, Girls Gym 1959-1960
143 6 Children’s department, Happy Birds 1955-1956
143 7 Children’s department, Happy Friendshippers 1955-1956
143 8 Children’s department, Happylarkers 1954
143 9 Children’s department, Junior Game Room 1959-1960
143 10 Children’s department, Little Dolls 1954
143 11 Children’s department miscellaneous meeting minutes, correspondence, and event programs 1954-1962, undated
143 12 Children’s department, Music Workshop 1953-1954
143 13 Children’s department, Pioneers 1955-1956
142 14 Children’s department, Play Group 2nd Grade Girls 1953-1954
143 15 Children’s department, program evaluation reports 1955-1962, undated
143 16 Children’s department, Starlites 1959-1962
143 17 Children’s department, Sub Debs 1959
144 1 Extension activities, Kensington committee meeting minutes 1955-1959
144 2 Extension activities, Kensington correspondence 1955-1959
144 3 Extension activities, Kensington publicity 1956-1958, undated
144 4 Extension activities, Kensington programming 1956-1959
144 5 Extension activities, Kensington daily and weekly composite reports 1958-1959
144 6 Extension activities, Kensington membership statistics 1957-1959
144 7 Extension activities, other 1958, undated
144 8 Holidays, Chanukah 1956-1959
144 9 Holidays, Chanukah 1960-1961, undated
144 10 Holidays, Passover 1957, undated
144 11 Holidays, Purim 1955-1958
144 12 Holidays, Purim 1959-1961
144 13 Holidays, Purim 1962, undated
144 14 Jewish Book Month 1959-1960
145 1 Older adults, correspondence 1954-1963
145 2 Older adults, camping 1956-1963, undated
145 3 Older Adults, Conference on Workers with Older People 1956-1957
145 4 Older Adults, Friday Cultural Group 1960-1961
145 5 Older Adults, inter-agency programming 1958-1961
145 6 Older Adults, Joint Golden Age Purim Program 1958-1959
145 7 Older Adults, Middle Atlantic Region National Jewish Welfare Board Older Adult Conference 1963, 1965
145 8 Older Adults, Northeast Friendship Circle 1955-1963, undated
145 9 Older Adults, notices to members undated
145 10 Older Adults, program evaluation 1958-1959, 1963
145 11 Scouting, Boy Scouts 1955-1965, undated
145 12 Scouting, Brownies and Girl Scouts 1957-1961, undated
145 13 Scouting Committee 1954, 1959
145 14 Scouting, Cub Scouts 1954-1958
145 15 Scouting, Cub Scouts 1959-1962, undated
145 16 Youth Committee 1957-1960
145 17 Youth and Teens correspondence 1953-1959
146 1 Youth and Teens correspondence 1960-1963, undated
146 2 Youth clubs, Charm 1959-1960
146 3 Youth clubs, Choral Group 1961
146 4 Youth clubs, Diablos 1954
146 5 Youth clubs, Friendship Group 1960-1961
146 6 Youth clubs, Girls Gym 1959-1960
146 7 Youth clubs, Hot Rod Shops 1956
146 8 Youth clubs, Knights undated
146 9 Youth clubs, Newspaper Club 1953
146 10 Youth clubs, Powderpuff Club undated
146 11 Youth clubs, Science Club 1960-1961
146 12 Youth clubs, Social Service Club 1958
146 13 Youth clubs, Social Service Group 1961
146 14 Youth clubs, Teenettes undated
146 15 Youth clubs, Top Notch Teens 1959-1960
146 16 Youth councils, Northeast Youth Assembly 1960-1962
146 17 Youth councils, Nu-Teen Council 1959-1962
146 18 Youth councils, Youth Council 1953-1960
146 19 Youth Dance and Drama, Modern 1954
146 20 Youth Dance and Drama, Nu-Teen 1954
146 21 Youth Dance and Drama, Discussion Group 1958
146 22 Youth Dance and Drama Group undated
146 23 Youth Dance and Drama, Northeast Centre Players 1957-1958
147 1 Youth Jewish Center 1959-1960
147 2 Youth Lounges, Nu-Teen Lounge 1954-1960
147 3 Youth Lounges, Teen Canteen 1953-1954
147 4 Youth Nu-Teen 1953-1962, undated
147 5 Youth Teenagers 1953-1965
147 6 Youth Teenagers undated
147 7 Youth Questionnaires 1956, 1962
147 8 Youth Reports, Nu-Teen 1958-1961
147 9 Youth Reports, Survey of Recreation Needs in Oxford Circle undated
147 10 Youth Reports, Teenagers 1953-1956
147 11 Youth Reports, Teenagers 1957-1962, undated
147 12 White House Conference on Children and Youth, general 1959-1960
147 13 White House Conference on Children and Youth, reports 1959-1960
Subseries 4.14: Publicity, 1952-1965
Subseries 4.14 is arranged alphabetically by type of record and contains club and organization newsletters, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and press releases.
Box Folder Description
148 1 Correspondence 1953-1958
148 2 Club newsletters, Centre Newsette 1957-1958
148 3 Club newsletters, Centre Searchlight 1961-1962
148 4 Club newsletters, Centre Spotlight 1962-1963
148 5 Club newsletters, Centre Times 1959-1961
148 6 Club newsletters, Junior Gazette 1955-1956
145 7 Club newsletters, Junior Journal 1955
148 8 Club newsletters, miscellaneous 1953-1957
148 9 Club newsletters, Northeast Friendship Circle Monthly Bulletin 1956, 1960
148 10 Club newsletters, Nu-Teen News 1953, 1956-1959
148 11 Club newsletters, Our Voice 1959-1963
148 12 Club newsletters, Teen Council News 1957
148 13 Club newsletters, Teen Talk 1954-1958
148 14 Club newsletters, Whatsit 1955-1956
148 15 Newsletters, At the Centre 1954-1956
148 16 Newsletters, Centre in the News 1963-1965
148 17 Newsletters, Neighborhood Centre News 1956-1961
148 18 Newsletters, Program Pin Points 1962-1963
148 19 Newspaper clippings 1952-1960, undated
148 20 Pamphlets 1955-1965
148 21 Press releases 1954-1955
149 22 Press releases 1956
149 1 Press releases 1957
149 2 Press releases 1958
149 3 Press releases 1959
149 4 Press releases January-June 1960
149 5 Press releases July-December 1960
149 6 Press releases 1965, undated
149 7 Public relations objectives 1956-1965, undated
Subseries 4.15: Reports, 1955-1965
Subseries 4.15 is arranged alphabetically by type and contains reports on a Home Visitation Survey conducted in 1961, individual summary reports on Centre attendees, and program evaluations.
Box Folder Description
149 8 Home visitation survey 1961
150 1 Individual case summaries A-C 1952-1955
150 2 Individual case summaries D-F 1954-1956
150 3 Individual case summaries G 1954-1956
150 4 Individual case summaries H-L 1954-1956
150 5 Individual case summaries M-R 1954-1956
150 6 Individual case summaries S 1954-1956
150 7 Individual case summaries T-Z 1954-1956
150 8 Philadelphia Jewish population 1955-1959, undated
151 1 Program evaluations 1955-1960
151 2 Program evaluations 1962-1965, undated
Subseries 4.16: Statistics, 1953-1965
Subseries 4.16, is arranged alphabetically by type and contains statistical reports on programs and activities, and Centre membership prepared for the Centre’s administration and the Health and Welfare Council.
Box Folder Description
151 3 Activity analysis 1953-1957
151 4 Activity analysis 1958-1959
151 5 Daily/weekly composite reports 1955-1957
151 6 Daily composite reports 1958-1960
152 1 Health and Welfare Council, Recreation, Informal Education and Group Work Services 1953-1954
152 2 Health and Welfare Council, Recreation, Informal Education and Group Work Services 1955
152 3 Health and Welfare Council, Recreation, Informal Education and Group Work Services 1956
152 4 Health and Welfare Council, Recreation, Informal Education and Group Work Services 1957
152 5 Health and Welfare Council, Recreation, Informal Education and Group Work Services 1958-1959
153 1 Membership 1953-1954
153 2 Membership 1955-1956
153 3 Membership 1957-1958
153 4 Membership 1959-1965, undated
Subseries 4.17: Julian L. Greifer Personal Papers, 1937-1963
Subseries 4.17 is arranged alphabetically by type of record and contains the personal papers of Centre Executive Director, Julian Greifer including personal correspondence, an outline of his dissertation on social work, newspaper clippings about Greifer, professional resumes, and miscellaneous writings.
Box Folder Description
154 1 Correspondence 1943, 1950-1955, 1957
154 2 Correspondence 1959
154 3 Correspondence 1960, undated
154 4 Dissertation draft and outline 1944
154 5 Gratz College class 1950-1958
154 6 Newspaper column, North City Bulletin 1956
154 7 Papers and article reprints 1937-1963, undated
154 8 Resumes 1949-1960, undated
Finding Aid links
Series 4: Bustleton Avenue, Neighborhood Centre Northeast, 1937-1965, bulk 1952-1965 [Portions Restricted]
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