Women's American ORT, Greater Seattle Area Council records

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

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