Scope and arrangement
The Montserrat Progressive Society Records, 1916-1999, consist primarily of meeting minutes and financial ledgers. The records also include membership ledgers, committee reports, and anniversary publications.
The Montserrat Progressive Society was formed September 25, 1914, with the aim of alleviating the socio-economic challenges faced by Montserratians who immigrated to New York. The Montserrat Progressive Society records, 1916-1999, consist primarily of meeting minutes and financial ledgers.
The Montserrat Progressive Society was formed September 25, 1914, with the aim of alleviating the socio-economic challenges faced by Montserratians who immigrated to New York. Founded on the principle that members were "our brother's keepers," the Society provided assistance to the needy, sick, and bereaved. The Society also helped institutions and people on the home island, raising funds for, among other things, scholarships to youth. A Junior Society was established in 1923 with the intent of training the New York-born children of the immigrants to take over the running of the Society.
The Montserrat Progressive Society Records, 1916-1999, consist primarily of meeting minutes and financial ledgers. The records also include membership ledgers, committee reports, and anniversary publications.
Gift of the Montserrat Progressive Society of New York, March 2014.
Finding aid updated by Lauren Stark. (2020 December 18)
Accessioned by Edwina Ashie-Nikoi, September 2014.
Transferred to the Art and Artifacts Division: artifacts
Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographs