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Lafayette Jewish Cemetery Association (Lafayette, LA). Records, 1890-1997

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0327

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of documents, membership information, financial records, and minutes of meetings. The minutes are both handwritten and typed in ledger books.

Dates

  • 1890-1997

Biographical / Historical

The Lafayette Jewish Cemetery Association Records chartered under the name The Menachim Avelim (comforting the mourners) in Lafayette Parish in 1890.

The purpose of the society was to maintain and support a certain burial ground situated in the Town of Lafayette, LA. The lot or burial place had been acquired by virtue of an act of donation from the Hon. Alexandre Mouton. It was donated and accepted on February 12, 1869 and duly recorded in the book of donations for the parish. The officers for this society consist of a President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, and a board of directors.

Extent

0.416667 Linear Feet (5 inches of materials contained in 2 boxes)

3 Volumes (3 oversize ledgers)

Language of Materials

English

Title
Lafayette Jewish Cemetery Association (Lafayette, LA) Records
Status
Completed
Author
Zack Stein
Date
10/11/2018
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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Undetermined
Script of description
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Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection Repository

Contact:
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031