WAUHebrewShelteringAndImmigrantAidSocietyOfAmerica3409.xml Guide to the Hebrew Sheltering And Immigrant Aid Society Of America Records 1915-1917 Hebrew Sheltering And Immigrant Aid Society Of America Records Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries ©2007 (Last modified: 4/13/2018)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written inEnglish. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections 3409 (Accession No. 3409-001) Hebrew Sheltering And Immigrant Aid Society Of America Hebrew Sheltering And Immigrant Aid Society Of America records 1915-1917 circa 50 pages of textual materials Collection materials are inEnglish. Jewish immigration statistics and bulletins spanning 1915-1917 of the Seattle branch of the society

The Seattle branch of the Society was established ca. January 1916.

Bulletins (photocopied) spanning the period March 1915-December 1917 from the bound volume "Jewish Immigration Bulletin", v. 5-7 from Harvard University Library. Items selected pertain to Seattle, the Pacific Northwest, and the West Coast.

Reflects growing influx of Russian Jewish refugees who crossed Siberia and sailed from Yokohama to Seattle during World War I. Accession also includes immigraton statistics.

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Donated by Donald Stusser, 6/1/1982.

 Blum, Samuel Schwabacher, Leopold S Sheffer, Harry Spring, Abe Hebrew Sheltering And Immigrant Aid Society Of America--Archives Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) Jewish Americans Russian Americans Seattle Clubs and Societies