Guide to the Territorial Collection,
Poland
1919-1939
RG 116-Poland 1
Processed by Arnie Scribner in 1976. Additional processing was done by Rivka Schiller in 2005
Additional processing, editing, encoding and online posting of the finding aid was carried out thanks to a grant from the Gruss Lipper Family Foundation.
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Electronic finding aid was converted to EAD version 2002 by Yakov Sklyar in September 2006. Description is in English.
Descriptive Summary | |
| Creator: | YIVO Institute for Jewish Research |
|---|---|
| Title: | Territorial Collection, Poland 1 |
| Dates: | 1919-1939 |
| Abstract: | The Territorial Collection Poland 1 is comprised of documents that were amassed at the YIVO in New York City. The Collection is of a mixed provenance and fragmentary nature. The commonality between the documents contained within this collection is that they all pertain to Jews in Poland prior to 1939. Documents of earlier years are also included. Collection consists of letters, essays, reports, correspondence, and clippings which pertain to the political situation, economic conditions, and cultural activities of Polish Jews. |
| Languages: | Yiddish, Polish, English with some German, Russian, Ukrainian. |
| Quantity: | 5.5 linear feet. |
| Record Group Number: | RG 116-Poland 1 |
| Repository: | YIVO Archives |
Scope and Content Note
The Territorial Collection Poland 1 consists of miscellaneous materials that are arranged topically, and which relate to Jewish life in pre-World War II Poland. The Territorial Collection-Poland 1 is but a portion of the greater Territorial Collection, which incorporates materials that are relevant to over 42 different countries and geographical regions. The Poland 1 Collection precedes the Poland 2 and 3 Collections, which pertain respectively to the Holocaust and post-World War II periods.
The Territorial Collection Poland 1 consists of personal letters, post cards, and official correspondence (much of which pertains to landsmanshaft societies in the United States), memoirs, speeches, leaflets, and newspaper clippings. The following is a general overview of the different categories of materials contained within the Territorial Collection Poland 1: (1) Yiddish press/publishing house and literary publications (e.g., Achiasaf Publishing House, “Unzer yugend,” “Grininke beymelekh”), (2) Political organizations (e.g., Jewish community and Sejm elections, Polish Socialist Party, Folkist Party, Bund, Non-Party Bloc, He-halutz, Agudas Israel), (3) Jewish education (e.g., Tarbut, TSYSHO, Yehudiah, Medem, vocational schools), (4) Religious institutions and practices (e.g., ritual slaughter, Vaad-Hayeshivot, Talmud Torah, synagogue record books), (5) Unions and clubs (e.g., Jewish Teachers’ Union, Yiddish Writers’ Union) (6) Jewish aid societies (e.g., healthcare, orphanages, children’s homes, hospitals, gemiles khesed, khevra kadisha, Medem Sanatorium), (7) Reports about antisemitism and literature of an antisemitic nature (e.g., materials pertaining to the Morgenthau Commission that investigated the pogroms of 1918-1919, cartoons, caricatures).
Return to the Top of PageArrangement
The collection consists of a single series arranged by topic. Materials are grouped in folders either by common locality name or topic. Locality names are written in Polish (e.g., Chęciny—as opposed to Khentchin in Yiddish).
Return to the Top of PageRestrictions
Open to researchers.
For more information, contact:
Chief Archivist
YIVO Institute for
Jewish Research
Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street
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York, NY 10011
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Preferred Citation
Published citations should read as follows:
Identification of item,
date (if known); YIVO Archives; Territorial Collection, Poland 1; RG 116;
folder number.
Custodial History
Various donors.
Return to the Top of PageProccessing Information
Collection was proccesses by Arnie Scribner in 1976. Additional proccessing was done by Rivka Schiller in 2005.
Return to the Top of PageContainer List
Territorial Collection. Poland 1, 1919-1939. | |||
| The collection is in English, German, Polish, Russian, Yiddish, and Ukrainian. | |||
| 5.5 linear feet. | |||
Arrangement:Topical | |||
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 1 | 1 | News bulletins by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on the Jewish situation, 1925; among others: the Polish-Jewish agreement (Ugoda) | 1925 |
| 1 | 2 | Newspaper clippings on the Polish-Jewish agreement (Ugoda), 1925 | 1925 |
| 1 | 3 | The Jewish Telegraphic Agency bulletin on the situation of Jews in Poland, 1922, 1925, 1926, among others: schools and emigration | 1922, 1925-1926 |
| 1 | 4 | Newspaper clippings on Jewish representatives in the Polish Sejm | 1925 |
| 1 | 5 | Newspaper clippings on Jewish education and the Sejm’s response | 1925 |
| 1 | 6 | Bereza Kartuska: Memoir (typewritten): “My experiences in Bereza Kartuska,” (author unknown) | 1936 |
| 1 | 7 | Newspaper clippings on Jewish taxes | 1930 |
| 1 | 8 a | Newspaper clippings on Jewish education, antisemitic attacks, Sejm activity | 1925 |
| 1 | 8 b | Warsaw: Newspaper clippings on Warsaw | 1925 |
| 1 | 9 | Łódz: Newspaper clippings, Łódz | 1925-1926 |
| 1 | 10 | Vilna: Newspaper clippings, Vilna | 1925-1926 |
| 1 | 11 | Białystok: Newspaper clippings, Białystok | 1925-1926 |
| 1 | 12 | Newspaper clippings on the economic situation of Jews in Poland, 1925, 1926; among others: protests against state monopolies | 1925-1926 |
| 1 | 13 | Jews in the Polish army: the Legions | undated |
| 1 | 14 | Newspaper clippings on miscellaneous problems dealing with Jews in the 1930s; some antisemitic occurrences | 1930s |
| 1 | 15 | Newspaper clippings on economic antisemitism | early-1930s |
| 1 | 16 | Newspaper clippings on Jewish suicides in 1925 | 1925 |
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 2 | 1 | Personal documents of Jack Forman 1861-1940, Russian marriage certificate (pre-1914), Russian ID, 1861 (removed to the Genealogy and Family Collection) | 1861-1940 |
| 2 | 2 | Speech by I. Grünbaum of the Kolo Zydowskie (Jewish representation in the Sejm), 1924, re: Jews who were refused Polish citizenship | 1924 |
| 2 | 3 | Ohio, New York: Letters from the society for helping Jewish students in Poland that were sent to Ohio and New York | undated |
| 2 | 4 | Warsaw: Leaflet about the summer camp of the Kultur-liga, Warsaw (אגיל רוטלוק) | 1938 |
| 2 | 5 | Warsaw: Various materials from Warsaw. A manuscript on the history of the Warsaw Kehillah (2 pages). Pages from an 1877 religious book. A Rosh Hashanah check. A clipping on kosher meat, 1933. Article on a hospital, 1929; miscellaneous | undated, 1877, 1929, 1933 |
| 2 | 6 | Miscellaneous: Article on Pilsudski from London Jewish Daily Post May 1935, interview from 1919. Article on the “Folks-grupe” in the city council, 1916-17 (?) A receipt from JNF to Poale Zion member | [1917], 1935 |
| 2 | 7 | Samples from the Yiddish Press in Warsaw, primarily 1920s and 1930s, and relevant letters concerning the press | 1920s-1930s |
| 2 | 8 | Materials dealing with orphanages and children’s homes. Warsaw, 1920s and 1930s: list of children, with parents’ occupations; event at an orphanage (Polish) | 1920s-1930s |
| 2 | 9 | Various documents on Jewish self-help | 1922-1939 |
| 2 | 10 | The third issue of Unzer yugend, handwritten, Warsaw | 1917 |
| 2 | 11 | Jewish typesetting: Odlewnia czcionek i fabryka linij mosieznych: Charts of Hebrew letters. Article on the oldest Jewish typesetter. Letters from the library “Dos Lebn.” Miscellaneous, mostly 1920s and 1930s | 1920s-1930s |
| 2 | 12 | Education: Letter from the JDC to Tarbut, 1929. Material on the Yehudiah schools. Miscellaneous | 1929 |
| 2 | 13 | Jewish Writers and Journalists Union | undated, 1913-1938 |
| 2 | 14 | Polish Socialist Party (PPS) | 1908-1937 |
| 2 | 15 | Various documents on Polish socialists (PPS) | undated |
| 2 | 17 | Poznań, Kalisz: Antisemitic leaflets with pictures from Poznań and Kalisz, 1935-1939, in reference to the boycott against the Jews | 1935-1939 |
| 2 | 18 | Articles on the Jewish situation in Poland, 1937. An article on the political situation, 1929 | 1929, 1937 |
| 2 | 19 | Jewish Telegraphic Agency articles on anti-Jewish excesses in 1938-1939 (microfilmed 1971) | 1938-1939 |
| 2 | 20 | Poland: Newspaper clippings and press releases on antisemitism in Poland | 1937-1939 |
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 3 | 1 | Vilna: Materials on the “Bin” (“The Bee”), a Yiddishist youth organization in the 1930s in Vilna | 1930s |
| 3 | 2 | Vilna: A register of teachers belonging to the Jewish Teachers’ Union in Vilna | 1919-1923 |
| 3 | 3 | Materials about the Polytechnic in Vilna, 1919-1924 (Papers of Ber Abramson) | 1919-1924 |
| 3 | 4 | Vilna: Materials pertaining to the Mishmeres Hospital in Vilna - correspondence and reports | 1920s-1930s |
| 3 | 5 | Zionist activities in Vilna, 1900-1910. Copies from the Jerusalem archives | 1900-1910 |
| 3 | 6 | Elections to the City Council, Vilna, 1927 (newspaper) Letter to the BBWR (non-party bloc) on elections, Vilna, 1931 | 1927, 1931 |
| 3 | 7 | Letters and receipts from the Czerwona Pomoc (“Red Aid” for political prisoners, a Communist organization) in Vilna to the United Vilna Relief Committee, N.Y., 1937-1938 | 1937-1938 |
| 3 | 8 | Vilna: Title pages from books printed in Vilna from the 19th century | undated |
| 3 | 9 | Materials from Jewish publishers and printers, late 1930s. Articles about Jewish printers in Vilna. Note from the printers’ union, 1923. Miscellaneous articles | 1923, 1930s |
| 3 | 10 | Letter from the University of Vilna concerning the anti-Jewish boycott | 1937 |
| 3 | 11 | Article on the Jewish Press Exhibition, 1927. Picture of different newspaper titles from Vilna. Material on the children’s magazine Grininke beymelekh | undated, 1927 |
| 3 | 12 | Correspondence of the Vaad Ha-Yeshivot and a list of donations, Vilna | undated |
| 3 | 13 | Post cards to the Vaad Ha-Yeshiva in Vilna, 1920s and 1930s, some from the U.S.; also receipts in the name of the Chofetz Chaim in Vilna, 1935 (removed to the records of the Vaad Ha-Yeshivot) | 1920s-1930s |
| 3 | 14 | Copies of the late 18th century petitions from the Jews of Vilna concerning the kehillah and taxes | late 18th century |
| 3 | 15 | Various materials on the history of Jews in Vilna | undated |
| 3 | 16 | Materials relating to the Yiddish Pen Club and the Association of Jewish Writers and Journalists in Vilna | 1922-1929, 1937 |
| 3 | 17 | Materials from the Jewish Teachers’ Union and the Teachers’ Seminary in Vilna | undated |
| 3 | 18 | Materials from the Central Education Committee (Ts.B.K.) in Vilna and the secular schools under the Committee (1930s). Copy of a newspaper put out by the Committee, 1928 | 1928-1930s |
| 3 | 19 | Miscellaneous school material from Vilna, 1920s and 1930s, including: Statistics for 1929/1930. Reports on students. Minutes re: the Talmud Torah (1st page), 1889. Miscellaneous | 1889, 1920s-1930s |
| 3 | 20 | Copy of the Vilna Kehillah’s declaration against the Hasidim | 1781 |
| 3 | 21 | Birth certificate of Szlomo Malacki from Vilna | 1902 |
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 4 | 1 | Olszany: Miscellaneous on shkhite, written by R. Isaac Elhanan of Olszany | undated |
| 4 | 2 | Oświęcim: Jewish community stamp from Oświęcim | 1859 |
| 4 | 3 | DuniŁowicze: Materials on schools in DuniŁowicze | 1939 |
| 4 | 4 | Dubno: Newspaper clipping on the history of Dubno | 1926 |
| 4 | 5 | Grodno: Materials from Grodno, 1920s and 1930s, mostly from schools, some communal announcements | 1920s-1930s |
| 4 | 6 | Drohiczyn: A prayer thanking R. Bezalel Joshua Heshel Hirshenhaus for his work in the community of Drohiczyn | 1931 |
| 4 | 8 | Augustów: (3) Letters from R. Kossowski of Augustów concerning a trip he made to Vienna and about schools | early-1930s. |
| 4 | 9 | Dabrowice: Letter from Tarbut to the U.S., March 2, 1939. Open letter to workers, 1923. Letter from the local rabbinate, 1923 | 1923, 1939 March 2 |
| 4 | 10 | Dubrowna: An article on the Bund in Dubrowna | undated |
| 4 | 11 | Danzig: Minute book of the Peretz farein in Danzig, 1925. Copy of a document from Danzig, 1842 | 1842, 1925 |
| 4 | 12 | Brody: A school report from Brody | 1901 |
| 4 | 13 | Białystok: Personal documents from Białystok, various persons | 1870-1898 |
| 4 | 14 | Grodno: T.O.Z. reports from Grodno | 1938 |
| 4 | 15 | Grodno: Materials on a pogrom in Grodno, June 1935. Reports from the Kehillah of Grodno on relief, 1935-1939. Personal letters from Grodno, 1930s | 1930, 1935-1939 |
| 4 | 16 | Iwaniska: Material on Iwaniska. Economic situation, 1930s. List of inhabitants. Budget of the kehillah, 1932 | 1930s |
| 4 | 17 | Glina: Personal recollections of Glina in Galicia by H. Halpern | undated |
| 4 | 18 | Białystok: T.O.Z. reports, 1935. Graduation diplomas, 1918-1938 | 1918-1938 |
| 4 | 19 | Białystok: Statistics on labor in Białystok, 1926. Various newspaper clippings on Białystok | undated, 1926 |
| 4 | 20 | Białystok: Petition by Jewish merchants to the Governor, 1863 (copy). Letter from the community, 1846 (copy). Bakers’ strike in Białystok, 1901 | 1846, 1863, 1901 |
| 4 | 21 | Białystok: Textbook and clippings from the Białystok vocational (“hantwerker”) school, 1923-1924. Document from a school organization in Białystok, 1926. Pictures of Białystok | 1923-1924, 1926 |
| 4 | 22 | Białystok: Folksongs from Białystok | undated |
| 4 | 23 | Białystok: Miscellaneous from Białystok | undated, 1938 |
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 5 | 1 | Będzin: “Hazomir” in Będzin. The Będzin Almanac | 1913, 1938 |
| 5 | 2 | Brześć: Miscellaneous materials about the Jewish theater in Brześć. A repatriation document, 1920, Brześć | undated, 1920 |
| 5 | 3 | Dołhinow: Letter from the gemiles khesed ofDołhinow (Free Loan Association) | 1938 |
| 5 | 4 | Gabin: Article on Jewish participants from Gabin in the 1863 uprising and 1905 revolution. Visit card of Yehuda Leib Zlotnick, the Gabiner Rabbi | undated |
| 5 | 5 | Góra Kalwaria: Document from Góra Kalwaria, Bezalel Alter | undated |
| 5 | 6 | Druskieniki: Article on a help center in Druskieniki | undated |
| 5 | 7 | Galicia: Miscellaneous from Galicia. Copy of an appeal by Yitzhak Judah Ben Abraham from Lemberg, Vienna 1848 about the revolution. A history of the Galician “Hilfsverein” by Leopold Lourie. Articles | undated, 1917-1927 |
| 5 | 8 | Brzostowice: Personal letters to family members in Brzostowice 1892, 1888, from M. Rabinowicz (removed to the Genealogy and Family History Collection) | 1888, 1892 |
| 5 | 9 | Brańsk: Chapters from a memoir about Brańsk by Alter Trus on an engagement and a wedding | undated |
| 5 | 10 | Olszanica: Ketubah from Olszanica (removed to the Genealogy and Family History Collection) | 1936 |
| 5 | 11 | Baranowicze: Materials on the Beit Jacob School in Baranowicze | 1931 |
| 5 | 12 | Bielice: A petition to the technical museum in Vienna to be allowed to study clothing design, pre-1918. A ticket to Temple, 1882, Bilice | 1882, pre-1918 |
| 5 | 13 | Warsaw Copy of a letter describing Halutz activities in Warsaw in 1933 | 1933 |
| 5 | 14 | Brody: Announcement for a lecture given by the Education Committee. Photostats of the personal documents of Mayer von Kallir of Brody, including a patent issued by Franz Joseph I, 1874 | undated, 1874 |
| 5 | 15 | Copy of a personal letter from Joel Ginzberg | undated |
| 5 | 16 | Biała Podlaska: Financial report of T.O.Z | 1927-1936 |
| 5 | 17 | Ostrowiec: A history of the Rabbi of Ostrowiec | undated |
| 5 | 18 | Iwie: Miscellaneous material from Iwie | undated |
| 5 | 19 | Annopol: Materials from a loan society; minutes, and a financial report | 1938 |
| 5 | 20 | Włocławek: A receipt from the bookseller Eisenstadt in Warsaw to Jacob Bianurski in Włocławek | undated |
| 5 | 21 | Lublin: Letters from the Y.L. Peretz House. Miscellaneous newspaper articles. School calendars from Yeshiva Khakhmei Lublin | undated, 1922, 1939 |
| 5 | 22 | Częstochowa: Examples of the Jewish Press from Częstochowa | 1920s-1930s |
| 5 | 23 | Częstochowa: History of the pogrom of 1902 in Częstochowa, 11 p. History of Jews in Częstochowa, 4 p. | undated |
| 5 | 24 | Częstochowa: Certificate plus awards from the Agricultural Farm of the Talmud Torah in Częstochowa, 1914. Advertisements for the theater, Częstochowa. Circulars of a society for the history of Częstochowa. List of members of a professional union receiving aid in Częstochowa. List of industrial workers receiving aid. List of artisans receiving aid from the union. Miscellaneous material on relief | 1914 |
| 5 | 25 | Tarnów: Poster from the “Kultur-lige,” Tarnów, 1934, Poster from the education committee “Yugend” (removed to the Poster Collection) | undated, 1934 |
| 5 | 26 | Vilna: Copy of the list of the departed of the khevra kadisha of the Vilna hide dealers, 1926. Miscellaneous letters | 1926, 1971 |
| 5 | 27 | Czortków: Material from Czortków, 1930s. Y.L. Peretz farein.* Speech at a Zionist club in 1902 in Częstochowa. Miscellaneous letters | 1902, 1930s |
| 5 | 28 | Correspondences between yeshivas in Poland and their namesakes in the U.S. | 1930s-1950s |
| 5 | 29 | Łódz: Miscellaneous newspaper clippings from Łódz, 1915-1930s. Letter from the rabbinical council, 1939. Miscellaneous personal letters, 1903, 1930s. Series of articles on a “factory scandal,” 1934 | 1903, 1915-1930s |
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 6 | 1 | Zawiercie: Poster from the Zawiercie chapter of “Tarbut” mourning the death of Nahum Sokolow (removed to the Poster Collection). Leaflet from the Jewish Culture Committee of Zawiercie advertising the establishment of a reading room that is open to the public | undated |
| 6 | 2 | Zabłudów: Relief material from the gemiles khesed | 1929 |
| 6 | 3 | Wisnowiec: Relief material from Wisnowiec. Includes letters and a request for a donation to the Wisnowiec Talmud-Torah and Yeshiva, 1920s. Personal correspondence with the U.S. Introduction to the record book of a Wisnowiec synagogue (handwritten copy) | undated, 1920s |
| 6 | 4 | Zduńska Wola: Picture book from Zduńska Wola, 1925. Some materials on Jews | 1925 |
| 6 | 6 | Zbąszyń: Deportees from Germany | 1938 |
| 6 | 7 | Przasnysz, Krzemieniec, Kłodawa: Communal announcement from Ryki. Miscellaneous, Przasnysz, 1933. An appeal by O.R.T. in Krzemieniec. Kłodawa – Miscellaneous, 1937. Report card from Kuty. Miscellaneous from Kosow Podlaski. Announcement of Purim festivities from Kolomyja, 1926 | undated, 1926, 1933, 1937 |
| 6 | 8 | Zagłębie: Article on Zagłębie. A kehillah strike | 1932. |
| 6 | 9 | Włodawa: Personal letter from Włodawa, 1937, Moshe Morgenstern (removed to the Genealogy and Family History Collection ) | undated, 1937 |
| 6 | 10 | Wołyn: Newspaper article on a literary magazine from Wołyn “Cwit.” | undated |
| 6 | 11 | Wołomin: List of those receiving aid in Wołomin | 1939 |
| 6 | 12 | Zwoleń : Personal letters from Zwoleń from the early-1930s, M. Goldnadel (removed to the Genealogy and Family History Collection ) | early-1930s |
| 6 | 13 | Zgierz, Tyszowce, Zloczow, Wielun Request from the Rabbinical Assistant, H. Ehrsohn of Zgierz for aid in selling and publicizing his latest book of religious commentary. Mizrachi election list to the kehillah in Tyszowce, 1931. Army pass from Zloczow (removed to the Genealogy and Family History Collection). Membership card in a youth organization in Wielun, 1915; an appeal from Bikur Cholim | undated, 1915, 1931 |
| 6 | 14 | Wołkowysk, Łuków, Lechowicze Part of a dowry agreement from Wołkowysk, 1917. Gemiles khesed, 1939 in Łuków. Article about Reb Leibele Melamed of Lechowicze and his involvement with the Frankists, blood libels, and Jewish-Frankist disputation (Lemberg, 1759) | undated, 1917, 1939 |
| 6 | 15 | Łowicz, Wasiliszki: Correspondence from the Jewish library in Łowicz, 1919. Materials from Ze’irei Zion in Wasiliszki, 1917-1920s | 1917-1920s |
| 6 | 16 | Chełm, Chmielnik: Article about the death of the Chęciny rebbitzin. Miscellaneous from Chełm, 1928, 1932. Miscellaneous from Chmielnik, 1935 | 1928, 1932, 1935 |
| 6 | 17 | Tomaszów Lubelski: Relief material from Tomaszów Lubelski | late-1930s |
| 6 | 18 | Lanowicze, Jędrzejów, Rzeszów, Luboml: Letter on relief from Lanowicze. Postcard from Jędrzejów, 1908. Correspondence from the Bank Handlowy in Rzeszów, 1909. Stamp from Luboml | undated, 1908-1909 |
| 6 | 19 | Zoludek: Material from Zoludek. Thank you letter on behalf of the Brener Zionist Library of Zoludek for donated money and books, 1 p. Personal account of Chaim Skulman re: life in Zoludek, 8 p. | undated |
| 6 | 20 | Zyrardow: Letter from Zyrardow to the Zyrardow Society in the U.S. requesting financial aid, (copy), 1939. Correspondence from various political groups, committees, and libraries (copies), 1920-1939. Keren Kayemet certificate for the planting of trees in honor of a marriage, 1919 | 1919-1939 |
| 6 | 21 | Kraków: Official gazette announcing the current legislation regarding farming, agriculture, trade, and mercantilism in Kraków, 1869. ID card, 1915. Materials on the synagogues of Kraków. Example of miniature printing from Kraków. Posters announcing cultural events, 1920s, 1930s. Notice requesting that the Jews of Kraków vote for Dr. Isaac Schwarzbard in the upcoming Sejm election of 1938. Miscellaneous | 1869, 1915, 1920s-1930s |
| 6 | 22 | Vilna: Description of the Straszun library | undated |
| 6 | 23 | Rowne: Letter from a former resident of Rowne to Chaim Lieberman of the “Forverts” re: the matter of a “Pinkas Rowne,” 1952. A letter on the hiring of a cantor for the synagogue, 1921 | 1921, 1952 |
| 6 | 24 | Kutno: Description of life in Kutno, 11 p. | circa 1914 |
| 6 | 25 | Radunʹ: A description of Jewish economic life in Radunʹ in the 1930s (English) | 1930s |
| 6 | 26 | Probozna: Economic conditions of Probozna Jews | 1920s-1930s |
| 6 | 27 | Pruzany: Material from Pruzany. List of donations to the Yeshiva. An appeal to women to vote in the city council for workers. Article on the Jewish library, prior to 1914 | undated, before 1914. |
| 6 | 28 | Plissa, Przedbórz, Plonsk, Plawno: Appeal from the gemiles khesed in Plissa. Appeal from the gemiles khesed in Przedbórz. Invitation to a wedding taking place in Płońsk, 1938. Plawno – letter from Rabbi I.M. Rabinowicz | undated, 1938 |
| 6 | 29 | Radomyśl Wielki: Materials from Radomyśl Wielki: Minutes of the kehillah, 1927. Miscellaneous forms from the community council. List of books | undated, 1927 |
| 6 | 30 | Pinsk: Materials from Pinsk: Report from an orphanage building committee, 1928. Letter re: an unpaid debt, 1939. Memoir of a Jewish soldier, 1914. Notebook of poetry entitled, “Zion” belonging to a Zionist youth group in Pinsk, 1921. Notebook belonging to a Yiddish-Hebrew teacher | undated, 1914-1939 |
| 6 | 31 | Pinsk: Miscellaneous letters. Announcement of vaccinations against cholera | undated, 1916 |
| 6 | 32 | Płock: Materials from Płock: Copy of a document from the Zionist socialist workers party, 1905. Antisemitic materials from the 1930s | 1905, 1930s |
| 6 | 33 | Siedlce, Szydłów, Pabianice: Announcement of a lecture in Siedlce. Letter from the gemiles khesed in Szydłów, 1935. Article on Pabianice | undated, 1935 |
| 6 | 34 | Krynica, Radom: Article on philanthropy in Krynica, 1921. Materials from Radom. History of Radom, (4) pages. Miscellaneous communal forms. Miscellaneous letters. A military pass in order to get married, 1886, B. Lipshitz (removed to the Genealogy and Family History Collection) | undated, 1886, 1921. |
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 7 | 1 | Świsłocz: Materials from Świsłocz. Miscellaneous letters, 1920s. (2) Notebooks of poetry. Miscellaneous bills | undated |
| 7 | 2 | Mława: Handwritten newspaper from Mława | 1921 |
| 7 | 3 | Myślenice: Copies of newspaper articles on the pogrom in Myślenice in 1936 | 1936 |
| 7 | 4 | Międzyrzec: Materials from Międzyrzec. Letter from a Poale Zionist, 1924. Miscellaneous school and cultural materials | undated, 1924 |
| 7 | 5 | Motolʹ: Materials from Motolʹ. Miscellaneous letters, 1930s. Passport, 1896 (removed to the Genealogy and Family History Collection) | 1896, 1930s |
| 7 | 6 | Galicia: Miscellaneous from Galicia, Letters, 1920s, Travel permit, 1843, Matrimonial documents (removed to the Genealogy and Family History Collection) | undated, 1843, 1920s |
| 7 | 7 | Pinczów: Miscellaneous letters from Pinczów | early-1900s |
| 7 | 8 | Poczajow Nowy, Sosnowiec: Letters from Poczajow, 1930s. Letters from Rabbi Abraham Meir Gitler, Sosnowiec, c.1914. Letter from the Imperial German Consulate in Philadelphia re: the whereabouts of Rabbi Abraham Meir Gitler of Sosnowiec, 1915. Eulogy given at the funeral of Rabbi Abraham Meir Gitler, Sosnowiec | undated, 1914-1915, 1930s |
| 7 | 9 | Piaski: Material from Piaski. Gemiles khesed. Children’s signature album | undated, 1936 |
| 7 | 10 | Sluck, Satanow, Nowogródek, Nowy Dwʹo, Nowy Sącz: Report card, 1892 from Sluck with a picture of the student. Miscellaneous from Satanow. Announcement from the kehillah in Nowogródek. Hazomir announcement of a play in Nowy Dwʹo. Card from Nowy Sącz | undated, 1892 |
| 7 | 11 | Nowy Korczyn, Sokolow, Stolin, Stanisławów, Slonim: Postcards from Nowy Korczyn, 1907-1908. Miscellaneous from Sokolow. Letter from the Tarbut in Stolin, 1931. Miscellaneous from Stanisławów. Miscellaneous from Slonim | undated, 1907-1908, 1931 |
| 7 | 12 | TSYSHO: Forms used in the TSYSHO schools | 1920s |
| 7 | 13 | TSYSHO: Various broadsides, flyers, and announcements relating to TSYSHO. Various materials relating to “Unzer Shul.” Various materials relating to “Medem Shul.” | undated |
| 7 | 14 | TSYSHO: Various reports from TSYSHO | 1925-1927, 1936, 1938, 1939 |
| 7 | 15 | TSYSHO: Curriculum for the TSYSHO schools | undated |
| 7 | 16 | TSYSHO, Vilna: Histories of TSYSHO and its school movement in Vilna | undated |
| 7 | 17 | Calendar of the Medem School | 1938 |
| 7 | 18 | TSYSHO: Correspondence and miscellaneous from TSYSHO | 1929-1939 |
| 7 | 19 | Materials related to the Medem Sanatorium | 1933-1939, 1944 |
| 7 | 20 | Correspondence concerning relief for schools | 1932-1939 |
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 8 | 1 | Vilna: Advertisements for and descriptions of the Jewish Technical School in Vilna (removed to the ORT Vocational School in Vilna Records) | undated |
| 8 | 2 | Mława, Grójec: Leaflet from the Polish Socialist Party in Mława. Leaflet from a socialist group in Grójec | undated |
| 8 | 3 | Textbooks from the Vilna Jewish Technikum on electricity, 1927 (removed to the ORT Vocational School in Vilna Collection) | 1927 |
| 8 | 4 | Vilna: Textbooks from the Vilna Jewish Technikum on mechanics, 1927 (removed to the ORT Vocational School in Vilna Collection) | 1927 |
| 8 | 5 | Textbooks from the Vilna Jewish Technikum on the resistance of materials, graphic statistics, higher mathematics, 1927 (removed to the ORT Vocational School in Vilna Collection) | 1927 |
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 9 | 1 | Żychlin: A description of life inŻychlin written by Max Kleinot, 90 p. | 1950, 1954 |
| 9 | 2 | TSYSHO: Newspaper article on ten years of TSYSHO plus a poster | 1927 |
| 9 | 3 | Mir: Article on schools. Correspondence from the Yeshiva of Mir | 1939 |
| 9 | 4 | Business book and copies of letters of Eliezer (Lazarus) Perkes | 1905 |
| 9 | 5 | Materials from the Folks Bank | 1920s |
| 9 | 6 | Lwów: Copy of “Najer Morgn,” April 9, 1939. Article on writers and artists of Lwów. Election circular of the Bund. A declaration of poverty, 1937. Miscellaneous. Newspaper from 1848 | 1848, 1937-1939 |
| 9 | 7 | Newspaper articles on the “Maccabi” sports club | |
| 9 | 8 | Minsk: Mazowiecki Documents of Yitzhak Wnuk from Minsk Mazowiecki | 1890s |
| 9 | 9 | Vilna: Copies of privileges given to the Jews of Vilna | 1749-1756 |
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 10 | 1 | A scrapbook of newspaper articles dealing with the suffering of Jews in Poland and Russia, 1915-1920; also contains articles on the relief given by American Jews, the “Jewish Day” and “Forward.” | 1915-1920 |
| 10 | 2 | Documents on the publication of a world history in Yiddish by the publishing house, Achiasaf. Article on the International History Congress, 1933. Miscellaneous from Warsaw, 1930s. Article on Jews in the January Uprising of 1863 | 1939, 1945 |
| 10 | 3 | Abraham Cohen’s request to enter the birth information of his children into a registry for inheritance purposes, 1839 (removed to the Genealogy and Family History Collection) | 1839 |
| 10 | 4 | Vilna: Article by Joseph Kirszrot on the cemetery keeper in Vilna. Miscellaneous on Vilna. Article in “Haynt” on the “Maccabi” sports club in Vilna, Warsaw, June 7, 1926. Article on Jewish art from Vilna, 1916, includes pictures (in library). Written recommendation from Rabbi Bezalel Yisroel Moshe Hakohen | 1841, 1916, 1921, 1926 |
| 10 | 5 | Vilna: Document certifying the purchase of a seat in the women’s section of the Great Synagogue of Vilna for Basha Schlossberg | 1896 |
| 10 | 6 | Zdzieciol: Materials that were used for the Yizkor bukh of Zdzieciol | 1940s-1950s |
| 10 | 7 | Sejm: Copies of materials pertaining to the Four-Year-Sejm and the Jews of Poland | 1788-1792 |
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 11 | 1 | Various materials on Passover relief for Polish Jewry, from the United British Appeal for Polish Jewry | 1935 |
| 11 | 2 | Various reports on antisemitism and antisemitic cartoons. Also includes materials dealing with the boycott | 1920s and 1930s |
| 11 | 3 | Materials on antisemitic incidents in the 1930s. Report by the Polish League of Nations Federation on the “Jewish Question,” 1938. Miscellaneous. Memo from the Jewish National Council pertaining to different ministries on problems concerning the “Foreigner’s Bill,” 1926. A document from the Zionist Archives | 1926, 1930s |
| 11 | 4 | Materials on the Morgenthau Commission that investigated the pogroms | 1918-1919 |
| 11 | 5 | Miscellaneous newspaper clippings on Jews in Poland | 1920s-1930s |
| 11 | 6 | History of and report on Jewish agriculture. General history of the Jews | 1920-1937 |
| 11 | 7 | Materials on and by a Jewish assimilationist, 1916, 1919. Miscellaneous articles on politics. A copy of a poster for Ukranians in the non-party bloc, 1928. Miscellaneous | 1916, 1919, 1928 |
| 11 | 8 | Miscellaneous articles for “Dos Wort” in Vilna. Map of gemiles khesed sites throughout Poland. Polish-Yiddish menu from the restaurant on the flagship “Batory,” 1936. Polish-German-Jewish newspaper, “Tygodnik Zydowski,” April 1935. Miscellaneous. A letter to Baron Rothschild by a young Zionist seeking aid to go to Palestine, 1935 | 1930s |
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 12 | 1 | Lwów: Architectural plans for a Jewish Students’ Sanatorium in Lwów | undated |
| 12 | 2 | Various announcements from different yeshivot in Poland | undated |
| 12 | 3 | Grodno: Series of articles about: A trip made from Grodno to the U.S. via Russia and China History of Grodno | undated |
| 12 | 4 | A thank-you certificate from the Central Council of Yeshivot in Vilna | 1929 |
| 12 | 5 | A prayer from a group in Vilna honoring men who bought some land in Palestine | undated |
| 12 | 6 | Documents (photocopies) concerning Jews from the Włocławek city archives | 1919-1939 |
| 12 | 7 | Łódz: Two pages from the minutes book of the Great Synagogue of Łódz | 1892 |
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 13 | 1 | Bielice: Report of a pogrom in Bielice | 1936 |
| 13 | 2 | Przytyk: Album on pogroms in Przytyk | 1930s |
| 13 | 3 | Puławy: Copy of a handwritten newspaper from Puławy, “ןעגנוצארפש,” 1917 (approx. eight issues) | 1917 |
| 13 | 4 | Włocławek: Miscellaneous from the Włocławek kehillah, 1930s. Posters of Włocławek Zionists. Election posters of the Włocławek Zionists, 1936. Election posters of the Włocławek Mizrachi. Election posters of the Włocławek Hantwerker Farein. Election posters of the Włocławek Zionist Hantwerker Farein | 1930s |
| 13 | 5 | Włocławek: Workers’ Front. Revisionists. Poale Zion. Poale Zion (Right). United National Jewish List | 1930s |
| 13 | 6 | Włocławek: Election posters from Włocławek. Agudas Israel. Worker and Peasant Unity. Non-party bloc election committee. Miscellaneous posters. Posters of sports events. Posters for social events. Posters of ORT. Poster of United Jewish Committee against persecution in Germany. Poster advertising a lecture on Maxim Gorky. Poster of the Jewish geographical society | undated |
| 13 | 7 | Drohiczyn, Płock: Copy of a letter and speech from a Drohiczyn letter by Naftali Steinberg about the economic situation, 1920. Speech—also likely from the 1920s—about a maskil and impressions of the city’s changing economy. Letter reprinted about the Alliance Universelle in America and Eastern European Jews, 1870. Miscellaneous from Płock | undated, 1870, 1920 |
| 13 | 8 | Nowo Zurawice, Zelwa: Statutes of a Jewish agricultural colony in Nowo Zurawice, 1920. Personal letter from Zelwa | 1920s |
| 13 | 9 | Ligmiany: Newspaper article on Lingmiany | undated |
| 13 | 10 | Reports from the Zionist organization in Poland and by the Palestinian League of Nations Society on the position of Jews in Poland, 1930s. Ketubah from Opatow. Miscellaneous material from Vilna | 1930s |
| 13 | 12 | Agreement between the Jewish Folk Library and the Orjan Gotthfeld Foundation in Sambor on the Library’s purchase of real-estate | 1938 May 5 |
| 13 | 13 a | Papers of Hersh Jakobson, a former teacher of the Jewish schools in Białystok. Correspondence | 1919-1925, 1931 |
| 13 | 13 b | Papers of Hersh Jakobson, a former teacher of the Jewish schools in Białystok. B. Photos, a membership card, concert tickets (removed to the Genealogy and Family History Collection) | undated, 1916-1929 |
| 13 | 13 c | Papers of Hersh Jakobson, a former teacher of the Jewish schools in Białystok. C. Jewish school activities in Białystok (removed to the Genealogy and Family History Collection) | undated |
| 13 | 13 d | Papers of Hersh Jakobson, a former teacher of the Jewish schools in Białystok. Activities of the Relief Committee for the Yiddish Schools in Białystok in New York | undated, 1920s |
| 13 | 14 | Premysl: Ketubah from Premysl, 1891 (removed to the Genealogy and Family History Collection | 1891 |
| 13 | 15 | Chart illustrating the activities of the International Red Cross in Poland | 1919-1921 |
| 13 | 16 | Płock: Membership list of the Khevra Kadisha Musar Haskel (a besmedresh) in Płock, 1897 (on 2 pieces of parchment) | |
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 14 | 1 | Photographs of the Medem Sanatorium, songs sung by children of this sanatorium | 1927-1930 |
| 14 | 2 | Polish immigration passport issued for Rywka Rosenberg of Minsk Mazowiecki in 1936. Also enclosed: U.S. immigration ID card (removed to the Genealogy and Family History Collection) | 1936 |
| 14 | 3 | Drohobycz: An antisemitic leaflet issued by the Polish Academic Youth of Drohobycz | 1938 December 22 |
| 14 | 4 | Ba’al Shem Tov: His disciples and Hasidic Dynasties | undated |
| 14 | 5 | Greenberg, Jacob: Personal papers (removed to the Genealogy and Family History Collection | undated |
| 14 | 6 | Raphael, Julius: Receipts (removed to the Genealogy and Family History Collection) | undated |
| 14 | 7 | Pinkas of Posen Jewish Community, 1592 – 1667. Copy of a typed transcription | undated |
| 14 | 8 | David Dunkelman: Personal papers (removed to the Genealogy and Family History Collection) | undated |
| 14 | 9 | Wołkowysk: “Der Yingl,” a children’s magazine, published 1919-1920, Wołkowysk, Poland. Photocopies of approximately 15 issues, Yiddish (photograph removed to the Territorial Photographic Collection, pre-1939 Poland) | 1919-1920 |
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 15 | 1 | Krynki: Notebook with notes in Yiddish of class lectures given at the TSYSHO School in Krynki. Handwritten by Sol Gordon | 1918-1923 |
| 15 | 2 | Two passports from 1872, Austro-Hungarian Empire, for Israel and Olldu Serka Safier, from Breszov, Galicia (removed to the Genealogy and Family History Collection) | 1872 |
| 15 | 3 | Brochure from the Mendele School, Białystok | 1938 |
| 15 | 4 | Stanisławów: Letter from a Yiddish activist in Stanisławów (signature illegible) to Aaron Karlin in NY; clippings from Polish Newspapers, 1937 | undated, 1937 |
| 15 | 5 | ישראל קראוויעץ" מאנאגראפיע איבער שעדלעץ" | undated |
| 15 | 6 | Dąbrowa: Letter from Dąbrowa by “R.K.” | 1938 |
| 15 | 7 | Slonim: Letter from Slonim | 1929 |
| 15 | 8 | Brańsk: Research on the history of Jews in Brańsk, by Zbigniew Romaniuk | undated |
| 15 | 9 | Siedlce: Memoirs of the 1905 pogrom in Siedlce, by Joseph Bekker | undated |
| Box | Title | Date | |
| 16 | Memoirs of A. Hartglas (typescript in Polish, 643 pp.) “Na pograniczu dwoch swiatow.” | undated | |
| Box | Title | Date | |
| 17 | Mateusz Mieses: Polacy-chrzescijanie pochodzenia zydowskiego, vol. II (German translation), 262 pp. | undated | |
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 18 | 1 | Sejny: A history of Jews in Sejny, ms. By J. Adelson, et al. English translation, 6 pp. | undated |
| 18 | 2 | Kraków, Kielce: Memoirs (in Polish) of Arthur Schneider of his youth in Kraków and Kielce, including the Akiba Youth Movement, 1920-1939, 212 pp. | undated |
| 18 | 3 | Makow: Marriage certificate from Makow, 1932. Appeal for funds, for the Talmud Torah in Makow | undated, 1932 |
| 18 | 4 | Slonim: Memoirs of events in Slonim during World War I. Written by Moishe Eisenstadt (Stone). Incomplete, with English translation | undated |
| 18 | 5 | Białystok: Notes written in a Białystok prison during the years 1924-1927 | 1924-1927 |
| 18 | 6 | Zolynia: Copy of a ten–page memoir (in Yiddish) of life in Zolynia (near Rzeszów), by Isak Neiss (handwritten) | undated |
| 18 | 7 | Three Zionist socialist rubber stamps pertaining to Bytom and Otwock | undated |
| Box | Folder | Title | Date |
| 19 | 1 | Wysokie Litewskie: Memoir of Wysokie Litewskie, by Dorothy Kraus | undated |
| 19 | 2 | Tarnobrzeg: Secondary materials relating to an account of blood libel in Tarnobrzeg/Dzików | undated |
| 19 | 3 | Białystok: Copy of a list of electoral candidates for the Białystok Kehillah | 1918 December |
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