Box 2

Includes mortgage deed from 1976.

Letters regarding requests for loans and other Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh financial considerations. "The Vaad Hoir, or Jewish Community Council, was designed to oversee the religious activities of the Portland Jewish Community" (Jerusalem of the North, Michael Cohen, 2000, p. 69).

Includes, among other records, a small selection of cards recording dues and seat taxes found in a box of mostly blank dividers.

Records of seat reservations by name, recorded on index cards. One set of cards notes "deceased" after many names, while the other set does not.

Includes entries organized by fund (including building fund, kiddush fund, Shaarey Tphiloh Brotherhood, Shaarey Tphiloh synagogue, Shaarey Tphiloh Sisterhood, synagogue collection fund) and by name (listing pledges over time). Removed from cover.

Financial ledgers, statements, receipts, passbooks, loan correspondence, and fundraising records, including seat reservations and pledges to various funds.

For donations, gift shop purchases, etc. Partially used; the majority of the book contains unused two-part receipts.

Mortgage loan agreements, project descriptions and approvals, and repayment receipts.