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Lithuanian Music Hall Association records
The Lithuanian Music Hall Association (LMHA) was established on March 3, 1907, from various Lithuanian clubs and organizations in the Philadelphia area. This association was created to support and preserve the ethnic and cultural heritage of Lithuanian Americans, to give financial aid in case of sic...
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| Collection: | Lithuanian Music Hall Association Records |
| Collection Number: | 3043 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | Lithuanian |
| Online Access: | Link to finding aid |
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| 245 | 1 | |a Lithuanian Music Hall Association records |f 1873-1992 | |
| 300 | |a 6.5 Linear feet |f 8 boxes, 38 volumes, 2 flat files | ||
| 520 | |a The Lithuanian Music Hall Association (LMHA) was established on March 3, 1907, from various Lithuanian clubs and organizations in the Philadelphia area. This association was created to support and preserve the ethnic and cultural heritage of Lithuanian Americans, to give financial aid in case of sickness, and to provide mortuary benefits to the organization’s members. The organization established a library and a reading room, also supporting classes for the study of the Lithuanian and English languages, as well as promoting art. The building at the corner of Allegheny and Tilton Streets in Philadelphia, in which the organization has been located since 1908, is known as the Lithuanian Music Hall, where the LMHA provides a place for concerts, theatrical performances, conventions, various meetings, and social amusements. In 1943, the American Lithuanian Citizens’ Beneficial Club, which was established in 1902, merged with LMHA. In 1975, the LMHA became a shareholder-owned organization. As of 2004, the LMHA is still in existence. The LMHA is the Philadelphia chapter of the Lithuanian American Community organization. The collection contains materials of the LMHA as well as the Gedeminas’ Lithuanian Club, the American Lithuanian Citizens’ Beneficial Club, the National Lithuanian Beneficial Club, the Petro Armino Society, the Lithuanian National Independent Club, the First Lithuanian Building and Loan Association, and the Lithuanian Real Estate Company. Some of these organizations were among the first Lithuanian organizations in Philadelphia, which slowly dwindled as members passed away. The bulk of the collection is a number of income and expense ledgers, mostly of the LMHA. A small amount of correspondence in the collection belongs to the LMHA. Other materials of the LMHA and the above-mentioned organizations and clubs are bylaws, agreements and certificates, a number of minute books, dues and membership data books, records of sick and death benefit claims, and programs and flyers of events. Materials are in Lithuanian and English | ||
| 540 | 1 | |a none | |
| 541 | 1 | |a Lithuanian Music Hall Association; 1991, 1992 acquired | |
| 555 | |a Finding Aid Available Online: | ||
| 852 | |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania |b Lithuanian Music Hall Association Records |l 3043 | ||
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |y Link to finding aid |u http://hsp.org/sites/default/files/mss/finding_aid_3043_lmha.pdf |