{"value"=>"<p>The membership applications and correspondence contained in the Membership series most vividly bring the immigrant experience to life and allow a reconstruction of Antiguan immigrants' lives in New York, including where they lived, who their family and friend networks were, what they did for a living, and even where they received health care. Also evident in the correspondence is the high regard that Society members generally had for each other and the officers. For example, in Robert Parker's 1955 letter to the membership upon the death of his aunt, he commended them for their kindness further adding: \"As a Society, you have done your part very well; as humanitarians you are wonderful.\" Equally significant in this series are the beneficiary correspondence and financial records, which detail the nature and amount of assistance the Society gave members.</p>"}