Women's American ORT, Greater Seattle Area Council records, 1951-2005

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Women's American ORT. Greater Seattle Area Council
Title
Women's American ORT, Greater Seattle Area Council records
Dates
1951-2005 (inclusive)
Quantity
3.09 cubic feet (8 boxes plus 1 oversize vertical file)
Collection Number
2810
Summary
Papers, memorabilia, photographs and scrapbooks of Seattle Chapter of a Jewish women's organization that supports vocational training schools for Jews in Europe, Africa, South and Central America, and Israel
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Open to all users.

Request at UW

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

The Organization for the Rehabilitation through Training (ORT) was founded in Russia in 1880 to support vocational training in trades and agriculture for impoverished Jews. ORT gradually expanded to help Jewish farmers and craftsmen throughout Eastern Europe. In 1921 ORT became an international organization based in Berlin, helping Jews throughout Europe, South Africa, and North and South America. The American ORT was founded in 1922 as a mens-only organization.

The Women's American Organization for the Rehabilitation through Training was established in 1927 to financially support the American ORT program to help Eastern European Jews through fundraising events. The Greater Seattle Area Council of the Women's American ORT was officially established 1976 (having worked as the Coordinating Committee since 1971) and acted as an umbrella organization for the area chapters including Seattle (est. 1951), Kadimah (est. 1968, disbanded 1976), Mt. Rainier (est.1975), Lake Washington, Cascade (est. 1979), Puget Sound (est. 1982), and Emerald City (est. 1984) Chapters. In 1995 the Greater Seattle Area Council dissolved and all Seattle-area chapters merged to become the Greater Seattle Chapter.

In 2007 the Women's American ORT merged with the American ORT to form ORT America.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Historical features, correspondence, minutes, agenda, charter, proclamation, membership lists, fundraising event files, subject series, yearbooks, ad journals, certificates, calendars, publications, newsletters, ephemera, memorabilia, photographs, scrapbooks of the Women's American O.R.T., Greater Seattle Area Council and the chapters of the greater Seattle area; 1951-2005.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Creator's literary rights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

Preferred Citation

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Organized into 4 accessions:

  • Accession No. 2810-001, Women's American ORT, Greater Seattle Area Council records, 1951-1981
  • Accession No. 2810-003, Women's American ORT, Greater Seattle Area Council records, 1951-1999
  • Accession No. 2810-004, Women's American ORT, Greater Seattle Area Council records, 1982-1997
  • Accession No. 2810-005, Women's American ORT, Greater Seattle Area Council records, 1969-2005

Processing Note

Processing levels vary. Contact the repository for details.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Accession No. 2810-001: Women's American ORT, Greater Seattle Area Council records, 1951-1981Return to Top

1.02 cubic feet (3 boxes)

Scope and Content: Minutes, correspondence, newsletters, reports, ephemera, and scrapbook of the Women's American ORT, Greater Seattle Area Council (1973-1981), the Seattle Chapter (1951-1980), and the Kadimah Chapter (1968-1976).

This accession also includes one book

  • Zeldis, Chayym (Ed.). (1972). Ascent to Jerusalem. New York, NY: Women's American ORT, Inc.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Acquisition Info: Received from the Women's American ORT, via Gertrude Kaye, May 1, 1978 and, via Kathy Sternoff, January 2, 1981.

Processing Info: Merger of Accession Nos. 2810-001 and 2810-002.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder Accession
1/1 2810-001
Greater Seattle Area Council -- General correspondence
1951-1980
1/2 2810-001
Greater Seattle Area Council -- Minutes
1976-1980
1/3 2810-001
Greater Seattle Area Council -- Minutes, Coordinating Committee
1973-1976
1/4 2810-001
Greater Seattle Area Council -- Minutes, Area Council Executive Board
1976-1979
1/5 2810-001
Greater Seattle Area Council -- Financial records
1977-1979
1/6 2810-001
Greater Seattle Area Council -- Reports
1977
1/7 2810-001
Greater Seattle Area Council -- Newsletters: ORT Update and Highlights
1978-1980
1/8 2810-001
Greater Seattle Area Council -- Publicity
1979
1/9 2810-001
Greater Seattle Area Council -- Ephemera
1978, undated
1/10 2810-001
Greater Seattle Area Council -- Guest book
1974-1975
1/11 2810-001
Greater Seattle Area Council -- Lists
undated
1/12 2810-001
Seattle Chapter -- Organizational material
1951-1970
1/13 2810-001
Seattle Chapter -- General correspondence
1961-1963
1/14 2810-001
Seattle Chapter -- Reports
1961-1962
1/15 2810-001
Seattle Chapter -- Membership lists
1951-1961
1/16 2810-001
Seattle Chapter -- Newsletters
1962-1964
1/17 2810-001
Seattle Chapter -- Ephemera
1952-1981
1/18 2810-001
Seattle Chapter -- Clippings
1963-1978
1/19 2810-001
Seattle Chapter -- Photographs
1959, 1980
½0 2810-001
Seattle Chapter -- Speeches and writings
1981
2/1-2 2810-001
Kadimah Chapter -- Minutes
1968-1975
2/3 2810-001
Kadimah Chapter -- Reports
1974
2/4 2810-001
Kadimah Chapter -- Ephemera
1973-1974
2/5 2810-001
Kadimah Chapter -- Membership lists
1970-1975
2/6-7 2810-001
National Organization -- O.R.T. Centennial
1979-1980
3/1 2810-001
Seattle Chapter -- Scrapbook
1951-1963

Accession No. 2810-003: Women's American ORT, Greater Seattle Area Council records, 1951-1997Return to Top

0.87 cubic feet (2 boxes plus 1 oversize vertical file)

Scope and Content: Seattle Chapter minutes (1951-1959), Greater Seattle Area Council minutes (1981-1991), and Mt. Rainier Chapter minutes (1981-1982); charter, membership lists, yearbooks, historical features, photographs, calendars, newsletters, memorabilia, subject series; 1951-1996.

Also contains national publications of the Women's American ORT, 1980-1995.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Acquisition Info: Received from the Women's American ORT, via Pat Shapiro, April 15, 1996.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder Accession
1/ 1 2810-003
Greater Seattle Area Council -- Membership lists
1982-1995
1/2 2810-003
Seattle area chapters -- Membership lists
1985-1987
1/3-11 2810-003
Greater Seattle Area Council -- Meeting minutes
1981-1991
1/12 2810-003
Seattle Chapter -- Meeting minutes
1951-1959
1/13 2810-003
Greater Seattle Area Council -- Clippings
1970, 1987-1988
1/14 2810-003
Greater Seattle Area Council -- Correspondence
1987, undated
1/15 2810-003
Greater Seattle Area Chapter -- Programs
1996
1/16 2810-003
Seattle Chapter -- Fund raising
1975
1/17 2810-003
Seattle Chapter -- Correspondence
1962
1/18 2810-003
Mt. Rainier Chapter -- Meeting minutes
1981-1982
1/19 2810-003
Cascade Chapter -- Newsletters: Cascade Outlook
1979-1988
1/20 2810-003
Cascade Chapter -- Newsletter illustrations and designs
undated
1/21 2810-003
Emerald City Chapter -- Newsletters: Emerald City Chapter
1985-1988
1/22 2810-003
Lake Washington Chapter -- Newsletters: Soundings
1989
1/23 2810-003
Cascade Chapter -- Membership lists
1983-1988
1/24 2810-003
Cascade Chapter -- Miscellaneous
1981-1987
1/25 2810-003
Greater Seattle Area Council -- Reports: Capital Funds Event
1986
1/26 2810-003
Seattle Chapter -- Proclamations: City of Seattle
General Notes: Proclamation from 1997 added to collection after donation in 1996.
1970-1971, 1996-1997
1/27 2810-003
Greater Seattle Area Council -- Miscellaneous: Women's Plea for Soviet Jews, Seattle exhibit
1987-1988
1/28 2810-003
Greater Seattle Area Council -- Memorabilia
1980's-1990's, 1995
2/1 2810-003
Greater Seattle Area Council -- Photographs
General Notes: One photo of the Seattle Delegation to the District X Convention in San Francisco, July 1976 (Gloria Green, Annette Schacher, Esther Eggleston, Lee Maier, Harry Gluckman, Rita Degginger, Marion Greenberg, Elsa Levinson, Joan Krivosha, Hanna Adler, Andrea Schaloum, Lillian Goldberg, Ann Friedman, Trudie Lurie, Lucia Schaloum, Lynn Sneiderman, Roberta Corets). One photo of the Greater Seattle Area Council award at the Atlanta Conference, 1994 (Susan Spokoiny-Townsend, Marilyn Haberlach, Terry Azose, Sandy Flores). One photo of "A Night in Monte Carlo" committee, May 1996 (Marilyn Haberlach, Mirel Porad, Sandy Flores, Lisa Weidling, Debbie Tudor, Malori Dahukey, Carol Luber, Susan Townsend). Four photos from Women's American ORT Volunteer Event, June 1996 (Kathy Yehni, Gloria Hartglass, Sharon Amon, Marilyn Altschul, June Adelson, Connie Cohen, Jan Azose, Karen Capretto, Roberta Corets, Louis Droker, Carol Luber, Judy Schwartz, Esther Eggleston, Pauline Spokoiny, and some family members).
1976, 1994, 1996
2/2 2810-003
Greater Seattle Area Chapter -- Photos: O.R.T. Convention, Chicago
General Notes: Photos from the 33rd Biennial Convention of Women's American ORT in Chicago. Includes photos of the Seattle delegation (Marilyn Haberlach, Sandy Flores, Susan Spokoiny-Townsend, Malori Dahukey, Jan Azose, Terry Azose).
1995
2/3 2810-003
International organization -- Newsletters: World ORT Union Newsletter
1961, 1995-1996
2/4 2810-003
International organization -- Newsletters: ORT Israel Newsletter
1994-1995
2/5 2810-003
National organization -- Newsletters: Close-Ups
1990-1992
2/6 2810-003
National organization -- Newsletters: ORT USA, Direct Line, Short News Briefs, and ORT Matters
1991-1995
2/7 2810-003
National organization -- Publications: The Reporter
1991-1996
2/8 2810-003
National organization -- Programming
1979-1987, undated
2/9 2810-003
National organization -- Miscellaneous: ORT information
1983, undated
2/10 2810-003
National organization -- Education brochures
1991-1993, undated
2/11 2810-003
National organization -- Year books
1980-1995
2/12 2810-003
Greater Seattle Chapter -- Calendars
1995-1996
VF:oversize
OSVF0181 2810-003
International organization -- Education brochures: ORT Israel
undated
Box/Folder
OSVF0181 2810-003
Emerald City Chapter -- Chapter charter
1984

Accession No. 2810-004: Women's American ORT, Greater Seattle Area Council records, 1982-1997Return to Top

0.36 cubic foot (1 box)

Scope and Content: Minutes, agenda, fundraising event files, photographs, photo album/scrapbook, proclamation, publication, ephemera; 1982-1997.

Records primarily document "World of Chocolate" annual fundraising event (1984-1991). Also included are the "Women's American O.R.T. Greater Seattle Chapter Members & Friends Favorite Recipes" cookbook and a Women's American O.R.T. Greater Seattle Chapter 1997 calendar .

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Acquisition Info: Received from the Women's American ORT, via Pat Shapiro, August 15 and 28, 1997.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder Accession
1/1 2810-004
Puget Sound Chapter -- Memorabilia: Chapter installation
1982
1/2 2810-004
Greater Seattle Chapter -- Meeting agendas and minutes
1994-1996
1/3 2810-004
Greater Seattle Chapter -- Clippings and ephemera
1995-1997
1/4 2810-004
Greater Seattle Area Council -- World of Chocolate Expo: Event documents
1984
1/5 2810-004
Greater Seattle Area Council -- World of Chocolate Expo: Scrapbook
1984
1/6 2810-004
Greater Seattle Area Council -- World of Chocolate Expo: Event documents
1985
1/7 2810-004
Greater Seattle Area Council -- World of Chocolate Expo: Event documents
1986
1/8 2810-004
Greater Seattle Area Council -- World of Chocolate Expo: Event documents
1989
1/9 2810-004
Greater Seattle Area Council -- World of Chocolate Expo: Event documents
1990
1/10 2810-004
Greater Seattle Area Council -- World of Chocolate Expo: Event documents
1991
1/11 2810-004
Greater Seattle Area Council -- World of Chocolate Expo: Publicity campaign
undated

Accession No. 2810-005: Women's American ORT, Greater Seattle Area Council records, 1969-2005Return to Top

0.84 cubic foot (2 boxes)

Scope and Content: Event files, membership lists, newsletters, ad journals, brochures, certificates; 1969-2005.

Event files include programs, flyers, postcards, clippings, photographs, and related materials created to publicize upcoming volunteer brunches, bazaars, and other fund-raising events for several Greater Seattle area chapters of the Women's American ORT.

Restrictions on Access: Open to all users.

Acquisition Info: Received from the Women's American ORT, October 9, 2005.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder Accession
1/1 2810-005
Greater Seattle Area Council -- Council events
1976-2002
1/2 2810-005
Greater Seattle Area Council -- Ad Journals
1982-1983
1/3 2810-005
Greater Seattle Area Council -- World of Chocolate Expo: Memorabilia
1984-1990
1/4 2810-005
Greater Seattle Area Council -- Candidates Forum: Event documents
1992-2000
1/5 2810-005
Greater Seattle Chapter -- Brochures
undated (post 1994)
1/6 2810-005
Greater Seattle Chapter -- Proclamations: City of Seattle
1997-1998
1/7 2810-005
Greater Seattle Chapter -- Membership lists
1999-2000, undated
1/8 2810-005
Greater Seattle Area Council -- Newsletters: The World of ORT
1993
1/9 2810-005
Greater Seattle Area Council -- Newsletters: Women's American ORT
1993-1994
1/10-11 2810-005
Greater Seattle Chapter -- Newsletters: Women's American ORT
1994-1996, 2001-2005
1/12-13 2810-005
Greater Seattle Chapter -- Newsletters: The ORT Report
July 1996 - November 2001
1/14 2810-005
Greater Seattle Area Council -- Miscellaneous newsletters
1976-1993
1/15 2810-005
Greater Seattle Chapter -- Miscellaneous
2005, undated
1/16 2810-005
Greater Seattle Area Council -- Clippings
1980-2004
1/17 2810-005
Greater Seattle Area Council -- Photographs (photocopies and originals)
General Notes: Photocopy of three photos, 1969-1970 (Gertrude Kay, Ruth Levinson, Annette Schacher, Gloria Radinsky, Diane Rosen Arensberg, Inna Lacker, S. Belenson, Velva Stern, Esther Eggleston, Sandy Naon, Elaine Brown, Nancy Sinsheimer, Renee Zobkoff). Photocopy (original housed in 2810-003, 2/1) of one photo from the Seattle Delegation to the District X Convention in San Francisco, July 1976 (Gloria Green, Annette Schacher, Esther Eggleston, Lee Maier, Harry Gluckman, Rita Degginger, Marion Greenberg, Elsa Levinson, Joan Krivosha, Hanna Adler, Andrea Schaloum, Lillian Goldberg, Ann Friedman, Trudie Lurie, Lucia Schaloum, Lynn Sneiderman, Roberta Corets). Photos from "Breast cancer...are Jewish women at higher risk?", November 1997 (Wylie Burke, Kathy Yeyni, Judy Resnick, Gloria Hartglass, Lee Kriger, Roberta Corets, Marilyn Altschul, Phyllis Cohen, Judy Benami). Photos from "To Russia with love", November 1998 (Al & Pauline Spokoiny, Jake Hartglass, Dick Cohen). Photos from Women's American ORT National Convention, Washington DC, July 1998 (Terry Azose, Louise Droker, Jan Azose, Susan Townsend, Kathy Yeyni, Marilyn Habelach, Pauline Spokoiny, Sandy Flores). Photos from "Paint it up", January 1999 (Sandy Flores, Marcia Wiviott, Jackie Wiviott, Karen Capretto, Terry Azose, Judy Benami, Kathy Yeyni, Sharon Sternoff). Photos (and newspaper clipping) from BMW's Seattle to Portland Caravan, December 1999 (Judy Resnick, Robin Richards-Miller, Kathy Yeyni, Katie Fletcher, Debbie Urman, Ann Bensel, Karen Capreto).
1969-1999
2/1 2810-005
Lake Washington Chapter -- Membership lists
1975-1990
2/2 2810-005
Lake Washington Chapter -- Chapter events
1975-1993
2/3 2810-005
Lake Washington Chapter -- Ad journals
1978-1981
2/4 2810-005
Lake Washington Chapter -- Memorabilia
1974-1989
2/5-8 2810-005
Lake Washington Chapter -- Newsletters: Soundings
1975-1993
2/9 2810-005
Seattle Chapter and Kadimah Chapter -- Ad journals
1975

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)

Corporate Names

  • Women's American ORT. Greater Seattle Area Council--Archives