Sijisfredo Avilés is the first Puerto Rican in Chicago to publicly oppose the Vietnam War draft during the middle 1960s. He quietly served three years in jail for refusing induction in 1968. Born in Puerto Rico, Mr. Avilés’ family moved to Chicago in…

Oral history of Wilfredo Aviles, interviewed by Jose 'Cha-Cha' Jimenez, on 09/27/2018 about the Young Lords in Lincoln Park.

Wilfredo Aviles was Born in Manati, Puerto Rico. He arrived in the US on July 1955 to Chicago, IL at Clark and Division…

The Fenton Charter Township Master Plan was prepared by Ayres, Lewis, Norris & May, Inc. in December 1990.

Recognition certificate from B'nai B'rith District 6 to the Abraham Rosen Unit #818 on their 75th anniversary.

Handwritten notes and minutes of the B'nai Israel Sisterhood, dating between 1951 and 1957.

Temple bulletin for March 1989. Includes Congressional Record proceedings post from Senator Carl Levin dated November 10, 1988 discussing the Jewish Centennial celebration held in Muskegon in 1988.

Temple B'nai Israel Newsletter from April 1988.

Hassada Buds Charter certificate, September 1952. Text reads: "Be it hereby known by all present that the following are chartered as founding members of the Hadassah Buds of Muskegon by the parent chapter of Muskegon Hadassah for the purpose of…

Photograph of Confirmation Class of 1979/1980

Photograph of two workmen at the construction site of the Temple, 1947. Neighborhood houses and cars in background.

Photograph of the bucket of an excavator as it breaks ground at the site of the new temple, 1946.

Photograph of Hebrew School students sitting around a table with open books while the teacher stands at the head of the table in front of a chalk board, circa 1950s.

Photograph of the Simcha Dancers wearing red blouses with floral skirts.

Picture of temple during a snowstorm in 1976. Brick building on corner of Webster Ave. with inscription "Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary".

Scrapbook of photographs from the 25th Anniversary Celebration dinner of the B'nai Israel Temple.

Handwritten ledger of meeting notes for the Jewish Ladies Aid Society

Binder of handwritten notes of board meetings of the Sisterhood.

Scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and photographs of the Temple, created by the Muskegon Sisterhood.

Scrapbook of photographs and memorabilia of celebrations from 1988 to 2004.

A picture of a table of people facing the camera. Included in this picture: Harold & Marcia Rosen, Kaufmans, Kelly and Lilliam Kaufman

An angled picture of the room where the 50th anniversary dinner took place.

A different angled picture of the room where the 50th anniversary dinner took place.

A picture of the bema or bimah, an elevatated platform for Torah reading.

A picture of the B'nai B'rith International meeting. Men sitting around tables in a room, with a woman standing behind a podium. Some of the people included are: Herman Grossman, Jerome Cherin, Gene Fisher, Art, and Sam Lipman