Congregation Beth Israel of Northern Valley (Bergenfield, N.J.) records

Dates

ca. 1947 - 2007

Scope and Contents

Records, 1947-2007, of a synagogue located in Bergenfield, Bergen County, N.J. Included among the records are board minutes, membership records, office files, publications, some financial records, rebuilding documentation and sisterhood records.

Extent

19 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Formerly the Bergenfield-Dumont Jewish Center.

Arrangement

BOX CONTENTS

Box 1: Board of Trustees and Executive Board Minutes, November 5th, 1956-June 30th, 2007; Contract with Rabbi, 1962

Box 2: Sisterhood Minutes (large notebook), June 25, 1974- May 14, 1991, 1991-2000, 2002 (separate folders); 20th Anniversary Sisterhood Journal, 1948; Minutes/Correspondence/Miscellany of the Sisterhood (blue notebook), 1983-1993.

Box 3: Sisterhood: Sabbath Invitations, ca. 1975-2005 (with gaps); Sisterhood: Bulletins, 1979-1993; Sisterhood: Minutes (possible duplicates), January 1974, 1991-2000; Sisterhood: Awards; Women’s League of Conservative Judaism publications; Miscellaneous items

Box 4: Rebuilding Materials, ca. 1986-1987 (Fundraising, Legal Correspondence, Fashion Barn, Construction)

Box 5: Rebuilding Materials, ca. 1986-1988 (Correspendence, Contracts, Blueprints)

Box 6: Rebuilding Materials (1988 Dedication Resolution, Tax Statements, Miscellaneous)

Box 7: Mel Mechanic's files, 1996-1997, present

Box 8: Membership Records, ca. 1977-2000

Box 9: Membership Records (File Cards, ca. 1947-2007; Lists, Feb. 14, 1996-Feb. 1, 2007; Synagogue miscellany, 1980s-present)

Box 10: Office Files, ca. 1993-2002 (Welcome Booklets, New Member Services, Fundraising, Awards, Youth Groups); Photographs: Miscellaneous

Box 11: Office Files, 1976-ca. 1993 (Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, Miscellaneous)

Box 12: Dinner Dances: Miscellany; Hebrew School: Miscellany; BDJC Histories; Dedication: Publicity (1988); Range: 1970s-1990s

Box 13: Donations: Letters, 2000-2006; Anniversary: Miscellaneous; Dedication: Miscellaneous; Installations

Box 14: Publications, 1957-ca. 2002 (Calendars, Ad Journals, Anniversaries, Commemorations), Sisterhood New Years Greetings [congregation directories], 1970-2006; Yizkor Books, 1976-ca. 2006

Box 15: Synagogue Bulletins, 1949-1998

Box 16: The Bulletin, 1999-2007

Box 17: Office Files: Miscellaneous (includes old constitutions and bylaws), ca. 1970s, 1980s and 1990s

Box 18: Cemetery (Ledgers, By-Laws, Maps, Plot Receipts); Rebuilding Materials: Donation Ledger; Budgets: Income Sheets; Range: 1960-1986 and 1999-2006; Budgets: Building and Maintenance; Rebuilding Materials: Donations; Range: 1984-ca. 1988

Box 19: Receipt Books: Donations, 1962-ca. 1990; Budgets: Summaries, various years