DescriptionJersey Homesteads (later Roosevelt) was established in the 1930s as an agro-industrial cooperative community. It was established specifically for urban Jewish garment workers, many of whom had...
Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
DescriptionUndated brochure from the Office of Migrant Education in Trenton, New Jersey, entitled: 'We won't let them down just because they're down on the farm.' Discusses the needs of children of migrant...
DescriptionJersey Homesteads (later Roosevelt) was established in the 1930s as an agro-industrial cooperative community. It was established specifically for urban Jewish garment workers, many of whom had...
Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Description"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states.
By M. Carey,...
DescriptionThe Bureau of Service to the Foreign Born, founded in 1917 and conducted by the Newark Section, National Council of Jewish Women, provided aid to immigrants and aliens, especially information and...
DescriptionThis book provides a socialist/communist viewpoint of labor unions and strikes in various manufacturing industries throughout northeastern New Jersey. Weisbord describes the poor living and working...
DescriptionThese pages, from the Bylaws of the Congregation B'nai Jacob in Passaic, New Jersey, show its members in the process of modifying their bylaws. For example, Article 3, Item 1, strikes out the...
DescriptionThe press release announces the approval of "the budget and progress schedule for Jersey Homesteads" by Secretary of the Interior Ickes. Jersey Homesteads (later Roosevelt) was established in the...
DescriptionIn this letter, Boris Drasin expresses his interest in becoming a resident of Jersey Homesteads to Max Blitzer. Jersey Homesteads (later Roosevelt) was established in the 1930s as an agro-industrial...
Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)