Slovenian Workers’ Benefit Federation (Slovenska Delavska Podporna Zveza) records

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: IHRC2422

Staff Only

Abstract

Records (1908-1918) of the Slovenska Delavska Podporna Zveza (Slavic Workers' Benefit Federation (Conemaugh, Pennsylvania) consist of minutes of meetings of the organizational leadership.

Dates

1908-1918

Creator

Slovenska Delavska Podporna Zveza (Slavic Workers' Benefit Federation) (Conemaugh, Pa.). (Organization)

Language of Materials

Slovenian

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS

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HISTORICAL SKETCH

The Slovenska Delavska Podporna Zveza was organized in 1908 in Conemaugh, Pennsylvania. It was a fraternal insurance organization created to meet the needs of Slavic workers in the coal fields, and iron and steel industries in Pennsylvania and surrounding areas.The organization attempted to serve political as well as economic needs of its members. It cooperated with other Slavic organizations, especially Jugoslovanska Socialisticna Zveza and Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota; it merged with the latter in 1918.