Box 20

Scope and Contents

Correspondence to and from the secretary-treasurer mostly relating to financial transactions regarding membership dues, payments on loans and mortgages, cemetery plots, and contributions. Most of the correspondence dates from the 1920s to the 1940s. Materials are arranged chronologically.

Collection Overview From the Collection: The collection consists of the records of Temple Sinai, a Reform Jewish synagogue in Sumter, South Carolina. The administrative, financial, religious, and charitable activities of the congregation are well documented by the correspondence, meeting minutes, ledgers, and annual reports of the congregation's various committees and officers. In addition, a substantial portion of material relates to the activities of the temple's sisterhood, men's club, youth group, and religious school. The...