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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Collection: | Union Benevolent Association Records |
Collection Number: | 1784 |
Format: | Manuscript |
Language: | English |
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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 |