Box of manuscript and other archival materials from the Ahaveth Sholem Lodge No. 160, Independent Order of Bnai Brith, including hundreds of letters, envelopes and printed documents. Also one Masonic apron.

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Most of the material is from, or addressed to, Jacob, Emily or Lawrence Berliner. Includes materials from the period the Berliner family were resident in Corry, Penn., as well as after they moved to New York.

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The Ahaveth Sholem Lodge of B’nai B’rith was based out of Corry, Penn, founded by Meyer Berliner and his son Jacob Berliner. In 1900, five years after the death of Meyer, Jacob and his two sons, Lawrence and Manfred J., launched the Corry Hide and Fur Company, a hide and fur business with offices located on West Main Street in Corry. Following the death of Manfred J. Berliner in 1924 at age 43, Lawrence moved with his mother, Emily, to New York City. In the 1930’s, Berliner returned to Corry before relocating to Florida in the 1940’s. (See The Berliner Family Papers: Senator John Heinz History Center, Pittburgh. PA).