ihrcdelavska Inventory of the Slovanska Delavska Podporna Zveza (Slavic Workers' Benefit Federation) Records, 1908-1918. Finding aid created by Immigration History Research Center staff, June 16, 1987 University of Minnesota Libraries December 31, 2003
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EAD encoding by Felicity HansonDecember 31, 2003 English Slovanska Delavska Podporna Zveza (Slavic Workers' Benefit Federation) (Conemaugh, Pa.). Slovanska Delavska Podporna Zveza (Slavic Workers' Benefit Federation) Records, 1908-1918 University of Minnesota Libraries. Immigration History Research Center [ihrc] 3 linear in. SLV In Slovenian. Organization/Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically.

 Biographical/Historical Note

The Slovanska Delavska Podporna Zveza was organized in 1908 in Conemaugh, Pennsylvania. It was a fraternal insurance organization created to meet the needs of Slavic workers in the coal fields, and iron and steel industries in Pennsylvania and surrounding areas.

The organization attempted to serve political as well as economic needs of its members. It cooperated with other Slavic organizations, especially Jugosovanska Socialisticna Zveza and Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota; it merged with the latter in 1918.

 Scope and Content

Records (1908-1918) of the Slovenska Delavska Podporna Zveza (Slavic Workers' Benefit Federation (Conemaugh, Pennsylvania) consist of minutes of meetings of the organizational leadership.

A related collection at IHRC is Records of Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota (Slovene National Benefit Society) (Chicago, Illinois).

Inventory available.

 Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Slovenska Delavska Podporna Zveza (Slavic Workers' Benefit Federation ) (Conemaugh, Pa.)Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota. Slovene Americans--Societies, etc.Insurance, fraternal--Pennsylvania--Conemaugh.Slovene Americans--Pennsylvania--Conemaugh.