essay
Good works, good times: the Syrian Ladies' Aide Society of Boston, 1917-1932
Crossing the waters : Arabic-speaking immigrants to the United States before 1940 • Washington, D. C. • Published In 1987 • Pages: 133-143
By: Shakir, Evelyn, 1938.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a history of the Syrian Ladies' Aid Society of Boston from 1917 to 1932. Shakir discusses the history of the society from the standpoint of three periods: from 1917 to 1920 when the club was establishing itself and defining it character and mission; 1921 to 1928, when it had consolidated its position within the community; and 1920 to 1932, when, though the club continued to flourish, it also found itself at the center of controversy (p. 134). Each period is discussed separately in the text with a final statement on its status in the 1960s. In this later period (i.e., the 1960s) the name of the organization has been changed to the Lebanese-Syrian Ladies' Aid Society.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Sodalities
- Private welfare agencies
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Arab Americans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Unknown
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1998
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1917-1960s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Boston, Mass., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Evelyn Shakir
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 87043031
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Arab Americans