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

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