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TitleLetter from S. Dingal, Associate Editor at 'The Day,' to Mr. Baruch Drazin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hightstown Colony, July 31, 1936

AuthorDingal, S.

Date Created1936

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...

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TitleRoosevelt Oral History Committee Interview with Mel Adlerman (excerpt)

Date Created1980

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...

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TitleRoosevelt Oral History Committee Interview with Leo Libove

Date Created1980

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...

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TitleFolding brochure entitled 'Co-op Garments for Central Pennsylvania' for 'Co-op Review' readers

Date Created1936-1937

DescriptionThe federal government created Jersey homesteads as part of a New Deal initiative. It was unique because it was the only community planned as an agro-industrial cooperative that included a farm,...

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TitleRoosevelt Oral History Committee Interview with Sarah Brown (excerpts)

Date Created1981

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...

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TitleRoosevelt Oral History Committee Interview with Gustave Alef (excerpt)

Date Created1981

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...

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TitleRoosevelt Oral History Committee Interview with Flora Grossman

Date Created1981

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...

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TitleRoosevelt Oral History Committee Interview with Morris and Augusta Chasan

Date Created1980

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...

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TitleRoosevelt Oral History Committee Interview with Sarah Notterman Adler (excerpt)

Date Created1980

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...

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TitleJohn F. Kennedy telegram to Roosevelt

AuthorKennedy, John F.

Date Created1961

DescriptionJersey Homesteads (later the Borough of Roosevelt) was established in the 1930s as an agro-industrial cooperative community. It was established specifically for urban Jewish garment workers, many of...