Jewish Fellowship Club records
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of administrative materials dating between 1927 and 1999 and includes: meeting minutes; financial materials; correspondence; event planning documents; newsletters; ephemera such as stationary, ticket stubs, coat check room tickets; newspaper clippings in scrapbook pages; and planning documents for a Twin Ports Jewish reunion which took place in 1985. The collection also includes two scrapbooks relating to the Jewish Social Service Agency, as well as various materials related to Temple Emanuel.
Dates
- Creation: 1927-1999
Creator
- Jewish Fellowship Club (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.
Copyright
This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
The Jewish Fellowship club was a social club whose purpose was "to promote and foster good will and sociability among the Jewish men of Duluth and vicinity; to foster and support the ideals of traditional Judaism and its local institutions; to foster and support Jewish culture and education; and to establish a Jewish center in Duluth." They published a monthly newspaper knowns as the Jewish Fellowship News. Articles of Incorporation for the organization were filed in 1938, although a first meeting took place in 1935 with aims to organize a Jewish Men's club; they met at the local Talmud Torah. The Jewish Fellowship News continued to be published through the 2000s, becoming the designated publication of the organized Jewish community of Duluth and Superior as represented by the Twin Ports Jewish Federation and Community Council. The Jewish Fellowship Club disbanded in the 1990s.
Extent
3.75 Cubic Feet (4 boxes -- 3 Paige boxes, 1 oversize box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of the administrative materials of the Jewish Fellowship Club, a social group of the Jewish communities in Duluth, Minnesota.
Arrangement
This collection is divided into series:
Series 1: Administrative materials, meeting minutes, and correspondence
Series 2: Jewish Fellowship News
Series 3: Misccellaneous books and media
Series 4: Twin Ports Jewish reunion
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated in December 2016 by Temple Israel, Duluth.
Digitized copies
All of the issues of Jewish Fellowship News found in this collection have been digitized and are available at z.umn.edu/jfnews
- Title
- Jewish Fellowship Club records, 1927-1999
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Kate Dietrick
- Date
- January 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Upper Midwest Jewish Archives Collecting Area
