Eric Klinek and HSP Archives Staff | Newly Available and Processed Collections at The Historical Society of Pennsylvania | The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 132.1

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Eric Klinek and HSP Archives Staff | Newly Available and Processed Collections at The Historical Society of Pennsylvania | The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 132.1 | The History Cooperative

NOTES AND DOCUMENTS

Newly Available and Processed Collections at The Historical Society of Pennsylvania

What follows are descriptions of some of the collections at The Historical Society of Pennsylvania that have been fully processed within the past year and a half and are now more available and accessible to researchers. Full finding aids for these collections, and many others, can be found online at http://www.hsp.org/default.aspx?id=35.	1
Joseph E. Beck Papers, 1902–1988 (bulk ca. 1950–1980) 3 boxes (21 folders), 2 flat files HSP Collection 3083
Joseph E. Beck (1904–1981) was born to Romanian Jewish immigrants in Racine, Wisconsin. Beck spent his formative years in Cleveland, Ohio, and attended the Ohio State University for one year. He transferred to Harvard in 1922 and majored in government and minored in economics. He earned a fellowship from the Associated Charities of Cleveland (ACC), which enabled him to pursue graduate studies in social work at Western Reserve University. Beck worked for various social agencies in Cleveland and Scranton, Pennsylvania, before becoming executive director of the Jewish Welfare Society of Philadelphia in 1934. In 1942, he became executive director of the National Refugee Service in New York City and assisted Jewish refugees during the war. He moved to California in 1950 and continued with social work until his retirement. The materials in this collection consist of family records, correspondence, photographs, clippings, and sixteen millimeter films. The majority of the holdings is comprised of Beck's candid and personal writings on a variety of social, political, and cultural topics, many of which he used in his autobiography.	2
First Association of Spiritualists of Philadelphia, ca. 1867–1955 (bulk ca. 1910–1950) 3 boxes, 4 flat files HSP Collection 3089
In 1848, Kate and Margaret Fox inaugurated the Spiritualist movement (based on the notion that spirits could be contacted through mediums) in Hydesville, New York. The First Association of Spiritualists of Philadelphia held its initial meeting in January 1852 and signed its constitution on July 24, 1864. In 1865, the Spiritualists hosted their national convention in Philadelphia. The association met in numerous halls around the city, and in 1901, it purchased a building at Twelfth and Thompson streets and dedicated it as the Temple of the First Association of Spiritualists. In 1931, the association sold the Temple and moved its worshipping place to Master and Carlisle streets. The First Association of Spiritualists of Philadelphia appears to have disbanded sometime during the latter half of the twentieth century, although Spiritualists maintain various worship places within the city of Philadelphia. This small collection contains a detailed scrapbook, which consists of newspaper clippings, church bulletins, postcards, photographs, private writings from church members, and correspondences with the Executive Mansion of Pennsylvania and the White House. The collection also includes the organization's constitution, newspapers, magazines documenting other Spiritualist groups in the Delaware Valley, and numerous photographs of society members, places of worship, and events.	3
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