Cincinnati, Ohio -- B'nai B'rith District #2 Records

Manuscript Collection No. 36

1904-1976. 75.1 Linear ft.

ACCESS AND PROVENANCE

The RECORDS OF THE B'NAI B'RITH, DISTRICT # 2 were received as a gift from the B'nai B'rith, District Lodge # 2 (Cincinnati, Ohio), beginning in 1962. The collection has come in in numerous accessions and is considered to be an "open-ended" collection in that the Archives will continue to receive accessions on a regular basis, which reflects the on-going existence and activities of the organization. The collection is available to all users in the reading room of the American Jewish Archives.

Upon receiving the RECORDS OF THE B'NAI B'RITH, DISTRICT # 2, the American Jewish Archives assumed all property rights to the collection. Literary rights have not been dedicated to the public. Any questions concerning them or copyright should be addressed to the Director of the American Jewish Archives.

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The records of the B'nai B'rith, District # 2 contain correspondence, financial records, membership records, reports, proceedings, committee records, minutes, constitutions, by-laws, and nearprint. The collection consists of three series:

A. GENERAL FILES
B. CONVENTIONS AND NEARPRINT
C. EXTRA COPY FILES

SERIES A. GENERAL FILES (1904-1976), which is the largest series, contains information on all of-the activities of District Lodge # 2. The Series reflects the district's interaction with individual lodges within its district as well as with the district's representative lodge, the Supreme Lodge, based in Washington, D.C. The Series shows the day-to-day activities of the Lodge (through the financial and membership records) while also showing the overall activities and policies of the District (through correspondence, committee minutes and information on the services rendered by the district lodge).

The first forty-five boxes of Series A contain the files for the years 1904 through 1958. There is no apparant arrangement of the material within these files. Thereafter the files are arranged chronologically by fiscal years (i.e. 1957-1958, 1958-1959, etc.) and alphabetically within each year.

SERIES B. CONVENTIONS AND NEARPRINT (1911-1978) consists of the printed material produced by the District (brochures describing the District, manuals on membership recruitment, etc.), as well as correspondence, nearprint and proceedings about national and district conventions. The series is arranged chronologically.

SERIES C. EXTRA COPY FILES (1951-1957) contains copies of the material mimeographed by B'nai B'rith, District # 2. Items in this series include form letters, memoranda, lists of lodges and notices of meetings. The file is arranged chronologically.

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BOX       CONTENTS

SERIES A.  GENERAL FILES

          1904-1958

A1 - A4   Membership records, 1929-1957

A5        Membership records, 1918-1956
          Legal Documents, 1893-1951
          Minutes, 1939-1950
          Pueblo [Colorado] Flood Relief Loans, 1921-1927

A6 - A7   Financial Records, 1904-1957

A8        Pension, 1954
          District Court, 1956
          B'nai B'rith, District Lodges 1,3,4,5,6,7 and 13
            [correspondence, bulletins and directories]

A11 - A17   Lodges, correspondence with [alphabetical by city], 19916-1958

A-18     Lodges, correspondence with (continued)
            Inter-lodge activities

A19 - A20   Executive Committee [correspondence and reports], 1930-1957

A21      Field Director [correspondence, reports, expense accounts],
            1941-1953

A22      Armed Forces, Post World War II materials [correspondence
            with American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee,
            Vocational Guidance Committee, Vocational Service
            Bureau, Veterans Affairs Office, etc.], 1946-1956

A23      Constitutions, by-laws, handbooks and manuals, 1926-1951

A24      Leadership forums, 1951-1955
         Adult Jewish education--committees and institutes, 1950-1956
         Institutes on Judaism, 1950-1951

A25 - A26   Supreme Lodge [bulletins, correspondence, minutes]

A27      Speakers' Bureau [correspondence, list of speakers and
            speeches], 1944-1957

A28      Committee on Boy Scouts of America
         Educational Committee [re essay contest], 1953-1955
         American Jewish Conference, 1947-1948
         American Jewish Committee, 1947
         "Opinions," 1938-1950
         Monsky [Henry] Foundation
         Committees

A29      Committees
         National Jewish Monthly, 1953-1957

A30      B'nai B'rith Leo M. Levy Memorial Hospital (Hot Springs
            National Park), 1946-1957
         National Jewish Hospital (Denver, Colorado), 1931-1948
         National Home for Jewish Children (Denver, Colorado), 1948
         Bellefaire Orphan Home (Cleveland, Ohio), 1942-1957

A31      Israel and Zionism [Zionist Organization of America, 
            Martyr's Forest], 1948-1957 

A32      Citizenship
         Committee on Americanism and Civic Affairs, 1948-1956

A33      B'nai B'rith, District #2, Bulletin, 1930; 1952-1960

A34      Deputies' report
         Interlodge Councils
         State Associations

A35      Histories of B'nai B'rith, District Lodge #2 [correspondence
            and pamphlets], 1932-1953

A36      Women's Lodges
         Supreme Lodge

A37      Women's Auxiliaries [alphabetical by city], 1945-1948
         Awards Committee [annual reports], 1954-1957

A38 - A39   General Committee

A40      Synagogue Cooperation Committee
         Public Relations
         Program Planning, 1949-1950
         Publicity, 1949-1950
         Religious Services

A41 - A42   Anti-Defamation League [arranged by states], 1948-1955
         Joint Defense Appeal, 1943

A43      Youth service and youth organizations, 1948-1957

A44      Hillel [correspondence, reports, bulletins], 1948-1957

A45      Bowling Associations
         Publications
         Small Lodges Committee
         Tercentary

A46      Reports  
         
         1957-1958
A47      A - B
A48      C - M
A49      R - V

         1958-1959
         A - B
A50      B - G
A51      H - Y

         1959-1960
A52      A - C
A53      D - S

         1960-1961
A54      A - B
A55      B - L
A56      M - V

         1961-1962
         A - B
A57      B - G
A58      H - Lodges (A-C)
A59      Lodges (C-L)
A60      Lodges (L-Z)
A61      M - V

         1962-1963
         A - Be
A62      Bn - H
A63      I - S

         1963-1964
A64      A - Bn
A65      Bo - F
A66      G - M
A67      N - W

         1964-1965
         A - Bn
A68      Bo - K
A69      L - S

         1965-1966
         A - Bn
A70      Bo - L
A71      M - S

         1966-1967
A72      A - Bn
A73      Bo - D
A74      F - I
A75      J - N
A76      O - S
A77      S - V

         1967-1968
         A - Bn
A78      Bo - H
A79      I - K
A80      Le - Lodges (A-C)
A81      Lodges (C-D)
A82      Lodges (E-L)
A83      Lodges (M-T)
A84      Lodges (W-Z) - N
A85      O - S
A86      S - W

         1968-1969
A87      A - Bn
A88      Bo - D
A89      D - L
A90      M - P
A91      P - Y

         1969-1970
A92      A - Bn
A93      Br - H
A94      I - M
A95      N - Y

         1970-1971
A96      A - B
A97      C - Fund Raising
A98      Fund Raising - M
A99      N - T

         1971-1972
A100     A - Bn
A101     Bn - D
A102     F - H
A103     I - O
A104     O - Z

         1972-1973
A105     A - Bn
A106     Bn - F
A107     B - Le
A108     Lodges - Lodges (A-C)
A109     Lodges (C-E)
A110     Lodges (E-M)
A111     Lodges (M-S)
A112     Lodtes (S-Z) - M
A113     M - S
A114     S - Y

         1973-1974
A115     A - B
A116     C - K
A117     K - Lodge
A118     Lodges (A-H)
A119     Lodges (I-T)
A120     Lodges (T-Z) - R
A121     S
A122     S - Y

         1974-1975
A123     A - B
A124     C - L
A125     L - M
A126     M - S
A127     S - Y

         1975-1976
A128     A - B
A129     B - C
A130     C - G
A131     G - L
A132     L - M
A133     M - P
A134     P - Y

         1976-1977
A135     A - I
A136     L - Y

SERIES B.  CONVENTIONS AND PRINTED MATERIAL

B1       1911-1920; 1934-1948
B2       1949-1950
B3       1951-1952
B4       1953-1954
B5       1955
B6       1956
B7       1957
B8       1958
B9       1959
B10      1960
B11      1960-1961
B12      1961-1963
B13      1963
B14      1964
B15      1964-1968
B16      1969-1970
B17-B18  1971
B19-B20  1972
B21      1973
B22-B23  1974
B24      1975
B25-B26  1976
B27      1976-1977
B28-B29  Printed Material

(Boxes B30 onward were accessioned after the writing of the Inventory.)

B30      1851-1886
B31      1887-1907
B32      1907-1917
B33      1917-1926
B34      1926-1935
B35      1935-1941
B36      1941-1948
B37      1948-1963
B38      1963-1978

SERIES C. EXTRA COPY FILES

C1       Sept. 1951 - June 1952
C2       June 1953 - Sept. 1953
C3       Nov. 1953 - Aug. 1954
C4       Sept. 1954 - June 1955
C5       July 1955 - May 1956
C6       June 1956 - March 1957
C7       Apr. 1957 - March 1958
C8       Apr. 1958 - Jan. 1959
C9       Jan. 1959 - Feb. 1960
C10      June 1960 - Apr. 1961
C11      March 1961 - May 1962
C12      June 1962 - June 1963
C13      July 1963 - Aug. 1964
C14      Sept. 1964 - Aug. 1965
C15      Sept. 1965 - June 1966
C16      July 1966 - May 1967
C17      June 1967 - May 1968
C18      June 1968 - June 1969
C19      July 1969 - Sept. 1970
C20      Oct. 1970 - Oct. 1971
C21      Nov. 1971 - Dec. 1972
C22      Jan. 1973 - Feb. 1974
C23      Mar. 1974 - July 1975
C24      Aug. 1975 - Nov. 1976
C25      Dec. 1976 - May 1977
C26      Miscellaneous Photographs

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