Union Benevolent Association records

The Union Benevolent Association was founded in 1831 in order to assist the suffering poor of Philadelphia during an unusually harsh winter. The Association soon began offering social services, including counseling and material aid, to families all around the city, regardless of race, religion, or...

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Corporate Author: Union Benevolent Association (Creator)
Collection:Union Benevolent Association Records
Collection Number:1784
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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110 2 |a Union Benevolent Association  |e creator 
245 1 |a Union Benevolent Association records  |f 1831-1983 
300 |a 9.25 Linear feet  |f 9.25 linear feet, 16 boxes, 29 volumes 
520 |a The Union Benevolent Association was founded in 1831 in order to assist the suffering poor of Philadelphia during an unusually harsh winter. The Association soon began offering social services, including counseling and material aid, to families all around the city, regardless of race, religion, or nationality. Assistance was provided in the form of money, food, clothing, and medicine. The Association also helped many people find employment and encouraged parents to send their children to school. Records of the Union Benevolent Association include minutes, financial records, correspondence, lists of people assisted, case files, and printed materials. The records include: minutes, 1831-1967; minutes of the Ladies Branch, 1832-1845; reports, 1937-1941; miscellaneous items; and incoming with some outgoing correspondence, 1908, 1921-1950. Among the correspondents are the Welfare Federation of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Welfare, Social Security Board, and the American Red Cross. The financial accounts include: cash journals, 1876-1892, 1894-1920, 1933-1949; receipt book, 1876-1891; ledger, 1933-1940; budgets, 1923-1935; and miscellaneous accounts, including records of legacies and trusts. 
540 1 |a Restrictions. When citing or quoting from this collection the researcher may not use the names of the individuals and families who received aid 
541 1 |a Gift of the Union Benevolent Association. Minutes (1937-1945), Gift of Lloyd M. Coates, 1969.; 1958; 1970; 1983 acquired 
555 |a Finding Aid Available Online:  
650 7 |a Benevolent Societies--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--20th Century Child Welfare.  |2 Local sources 
650 7 |a Benevolent Societies--Philadelphia--19th century.  |2 Local sources 
650 7 |a Real Estate--Rentals--Philadelphia--20th Century  |2 Local sources 
650 7 |a United States--History--Great Depression, 1929-1941--Private Unemployment Relief  |2 Local sources 
852 |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania  |b Union Benevolent Association Records  |l 1784 
856 4 2 |y Link to finding aid  |u http://hsp.org/sites/default/files/legacy_files/migrated/findingaid1764unionbenevolentassoc.pdf