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A Slovene Progressive Benefit Society (Slovenska Suobodomiselna Podporna Zueza) charter issued to Lodge no. 14 in Yale, Kansas. The Society merged with the Slovene National Benefit Society (Slovenska Narodna Podporna Jednota) in 1941. The Society offered affordable life insurance to Slovenian immigrants. In the late 1880s and early 1900s, many Slovenians came to American to work in the southeast Kansas coal mines. The Slovene Progressive Benefit Society provided immigrants with social and cultural activities.
Creator: Slovene Progressive Benefit Society
Date: November 24, 1924
Item Number: 212743
Call Number: 2008-266.01
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 212743
Collections - Manuscript
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Social and Civic - Slovene National Benefit Society
Date - 1920s - 1924
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Charter
Places - Cities and towns - Yale
Places - Counties - Crawford
Thematic Time Period - The Twenties, 1920 - 1929
Type of Material - Printed materials - Organization materials - Charters
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