Guide to the Records of Action for Soviet Jewry, undated, 1943, 1964-1994
 
*I-487

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Historical Note

Action for Soviet Jewry was founded in 1975 in the Boston area as a grassroots organization in response to the struggle of Jews in the Soviet Union to emigrate and to live freely as Jews. It emerged as a member organization of the Union of Council for Soviet Jews (UCSJ), on the basis of the New England Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry (NESSSJ). ASJ coordinated activities on behalf of the Soviet Jewry in the Boston area, including moral and material support to Jews refused permission to emigrate from the USSR (the Refuseniks) and publicizing the plight of Jewish prisoners of conscience in the Soviet prisons and labor camps as well as trying to appeal to the Soviet authorities to reconsider sentencing and emigration refusals. ASJ maintained a large database on the Refuseniks, prisoners of conscience and immigrants. It supported the activities of the Soviet Jewish Legal Advocacy Center, which mobilized the activists among lawyers to find ways and methods to assist Soviet Jews who were imprisoned or denied exit visas.

ASJ enhanced awareness of the American Jews about the maltreatment of Jews in the Soviet Union through arbitrary denial by Soviet authorities of the basic rights to emigrate, to follow Jewish religious beliefs, to have free access to information about the life of Jews abroad including Israel, of unimpeded study of Hebrew and more. ASJ attracted attention of the American Jews and the general public, of the international community to the USSR's failure to follow and respect its own Constitution and other laws. True to its grassroots origins, ASJ directly involved numerous supporters of the Soviet Jewry cause into concrete work to the relief of the Soviet Jews through fund raising, contacts with local and federal-level politicians on behalf of the Soviet Jews and divided Jewish families, organizing mass rallies, demonstrations, letter writing campaigns to the Soviet leaders and to the Soviet representations in the U.S. ASJ creatively used the opportunities of involving American Jewish families into the Soviet Jewry support campaign through providing pen-pals from the Refusenik and prisoners' families, matching whole families in the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. through the "Adopt a Refusenik", "Adopt a Family" programs and organizing symbolic Bar and Bat Mitzvah ceremonies on behalf of the young Soviet Jews within the "Bar/ Bat Mitzvah Twinning Program".

ASJ helped Soviet Jewish refugees in Italy, supporting their right to choose their country of resettlement. The organization also helped Soviet Jewish immigrants to the Boston area adjust to their new life in the US.

ASJ was actively gathering information on the Soviet Jews, Refuseniks and prisoners directly through visiting them or their families in the Soviet Union and using for the trips both ASJM activists and Western tourists not associated with the Movement. Meetings with Refuseniks and their families gave the most complete, accurate and updated information which was systematized and maintained in the form of a database. The extensive database on Refuseniks and prisoners (Series II-III) as well as numerous reports on the trips to the USSR (Series VI) are the results of this activity by ASJ. The data was actively shared with and disseminated among the partners in the Movement and the U.S. government officials, who widely used the information presented by the ASJ and the other Movement structures during official contacts and negotiations with the Soviet authorities. Both the database and the trip reports represent a valuable source for researchers of Soviet Jewry. They give details on the everyday life of Jews in the Soviet Union, with all humiliations and persecutions, which people went through by the hands of the secret police (KGB), Soviet bureaucracy and local antisemites. Many folders reflect the spirit of struggle for human rights and of national activism by the new generation of Jews of 1970s and 1980s in the USSR, who no more were "the Jews of Silence" as described by their brethren in the West which visited the Soviet Jews in 1950 and 1960s.

After the break-up of the Soviet Union, its name was changed to Action for Post-Soviet Jewry. Action for Post-Soviet Jewry, Inc. (APSJ) is a private, non-profit, human rights organization dedicated to helping Jews in the former Soviet Union (FSU) as well as participating in general human rights work and humanitarian aid projects.

Overall, the materials from the ASJ collection, as well as from the other collections on the American Soviet Jewry Movement in custody of the American Jewish Historical Society, reflect the unique effort of the American Jewish community to help the Jews in the Soviet Union and to pressure the Soviet communist authorities in order to make them acknowledge and respect the rights of the Jews to leave the Soviet Union freely as well as to intervene on behalf of the Jews who were imprisoned or in other ways persecuted in the Soviet Union. The most celebrated cases of such Jewish activists in the USSR are Anatoly (Natan) Sharansky, Ida Nudel, Vladimir Slepak, Iosif Begun, Aba Taratuta and Alexander Lerner, as well as many other less known Refuseniks and prisoners of conscience in the USSR, are reflected in the individual personal folders. Materials for these folders were meticulously collected and arranged by the ASJ activists and can be found by name in alphabetical order in Series II. The trip reports by the ASJM activists and sympathizers who visited Refuseniks and prisoners' families, are an invaluable resource both for research of the Soviet Jewish history and the history of the Soviet Union (Russia, CIS countries) in general: they contain a glimpse into what life was like in the USSR as seen by the eyes of the people from without the Soviet system. Most of the reports describe the Refuseniks met on these trips, their condition, their needs and details from the everyday survival in a totalitarian society. Many of the trip reports are accompanied by photographs taken by the visitors and/or given by the Refuseniks. Many contain wish lists of the Refuseniks which reflect the needs and problems of the everyday life in the USSR.

Though the bulk of the collection reflects the so called "Late Soviet Era" (1980s-early 1990s), the materials in the collection prove that the struggle for the rights of the Soviet Jews was waged almost to the last days of the USSR's existence and that even in the times of the "perestroika" it took an enormous effort of official and inofficial diplomacy to break the wall of silence and repression which surrounded the Soviet Jews. As late as 1985, in the first year of "perestroika" a group of American Jewish musicians from the Klezmer Conservatory Band was detained by the Soviets and expelled from the Soviet Union for just performing in a home concert together with a group of Refusenik and dissident musicians in the city of Tbilisi. (The account of their ordeal can be found in the Klezmer Conservatory Band, Netsky, Gerut, Warschauer, Goldberg folders in Series VI).

The administrative files and other materials of the collection (Series I) are not complete and have chronological and topical lacunae, but along with the other materials reflecting the activities of the ASJ they add to our knowledge of the ASJ operations. Taken together, all the materials form an entity that reflects the multifaceted and creative work of the Jewish activists, their devotion, energy and sense of a mission, which helped to open the gates of the Soviet Jewish emigration of the 1980s-1990s, as well as the struggle of the Soviet Jews for their human and national rights.

Scope and Content Note

The collection contains the records of the Action for Soviet Jewry, and records of its legal arm-Soviet Jewish Legal Advocacy Center. The bulk of the collection belongs to the late 1970s-late 1980s. The ASJ records reflect the beginnings of the organization and include documents from the New England Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry as the forerunner of ASJ (before and in 1975). The ASJ administrative records include documents related to establishment of the organization, bylaws, minutes, financial and taxation documentation, correspondence and memoranda, are not complete and are mostly of the first half of 1980s (see Series I).

Some materials of the predecessor of ASJ, the New England Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry (NESSSJ) can be found along with administrative files of ASJ (Series I). The NESSSJ activists Bob Gordon and Morey Shapira (moved to California in 1977) were co-founders of ASJ.

As the ASJ activists stressed their first-hand experience in the life of Soviet Jews and gathering information on Refuseniks preferably from Refuseniks themselves, the records of both ASJ and SJLAC contain a large volume of reports on trips to the USSR made by the ASJ activists as well as other ASJM activists (Series VI). Tourists not involved in the Movement on permanent basis, but who wished to help Soviet Jews also provided reports. The reports are searchable according to the date/ period, names of visitors and place names in the USSR.

ASJ gathered a large database on Refuseniks and prisoners of conscience in the Soviet Union that contains information on Refuseniks, prisoners and their family members. Along the computer-readable database, geared for a computer system, which is now obsolete, there is a large amount of alphabetically arranged personal files on individual Refuseniks and prisoners (Series II, Series III, Series V). About a dozen of files have restricted access because of the sensitive personal information.

Series IV contains personal folders of the Soviet Jewish refugees in Italy (sometimes called "noshrim", "drop outs" by strongly pro-Israel Jewish activists), who waited for the decision concerning their immigration to the U.S. after leaving the Soviet Union on Israeli visas. All refugees received aid from the American Jewish community via the Joint Distribution Committee. The folders are arranged alphabetically and contain personal and family information of refugees, most of who came to the U.S. by the end of the 1980s.

The collection also includes correspondence, legal documents, memoranda, large volume of press releases (Series IX) and newspaper clippings, pamphlets, publications and reports (Series X). The collection contains a considerable number of photographs and audio recordings of the phone conversations with Refuseniks. There are some posters segregated in the oversize section of the collection.

The ASJ collection is a valuable part of the ASJM materials at the AJHS that reflects the grass roots efforts of American Jews which along with the more official and pro-establishment efforts of organizations like NCSJ (described in "Related Materials" section) helped to bring the American Jewish community together in order to rescue their brothers and sisters in the Soviet Union.

• List of Abbreviations

• ASJ-Action for Soviet Jewry
• ASJM-American Soviet Jewry Movement
• CIS-Commonwealth of Independent States (11 republics of the Former Soviet Union)
• NCSJ-National Conference on Soviet Jewry
• SJLAC-Soviet Jewry Legal Advocacy Center
• SSSJ-Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry
• UCSJ-Union of Councils for Soviet Jewry

Arrangement

The collection is divided into eleven series, as described below:

• Series I: Administrative materials of ASJ, undated, 1970-1989
  • Subseries A: New England Student Struggle for the Soviet Jewry records, undated, 1970-1974
  • Subseries B: ASJ administrative files, undated, 1971-1989
• Series II: Soviet Jewish Refuseniks and Émigrés Individual Files, undated, 1943, 1964, 1969-1970, 1972-1994
  • Subseries A: Former Soviet Refuseniks (Persons who Emigrated or Deceased), undated, 1974-1976, 1978-1980, 1986-1987
  • Subseries B: Soviet Jewish Refuseniks, Old Files, undated, 1970, 1972-1987
  • Subseries C: Soviet Jewish Refuseniks New Files, undated, 1943, 1964, 1969-1970, 1972-1994
• Series III: Individual Files by South Florida Conference on Soviet Jewry, undated, 1979-1988
  • Subseries A: Soviet Refuseniks Casebooks-A Joint Project of Florida Jewish Organizations, 1988
  • Subseries B: Publications of South Florida Conference on Soviet Refuseniks, 1979-1988
  • Subseries C: Materials on Soviet Refuseniks from Israel Public Council for Soviet Jewry, Canadian Jewish Congress and Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, undated, 1980-1981
• Series IV: Soviet Jewish Refugees in Italy, undated, 1984, 1987-1991
  • Subseries A: ASJ Relief Activities in Italy, undated, 1989
  • Subseries B: Individual Files of Soviet Jewish Refugees in Italy, 1984, 1987-1991
• Series V: Computer Database Records on Soviet Jewish Refuseniks, circa 1979-1988
  • Subseries A: Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms and Print Outs, circa 1979-1986
  • Subseries B: Lists of Refuseniks by Geographic Location in the USSR, Date of Emigration, Refusenik Master Lists, undated, 1980, 1986, 1988
  • Subseries C: Database Field Definitions Manual, 1986
  • Subseries D: Special Population Reports, 1986-1987
• Series VI: USSR Trip reports, undated, 1973-1992
  • Subseries A: Individual trip information and trip reports, undated, 1973-1992
  • Subseries B: Group trips information, 1975-1992
  • Subseries C: Organization of trips, aborted trips, 1982-1990
• Series VII: Soviet Jewry Legal Advocacy Center, undated, 1966-1987
  • Subseries A: Administrative materials, undated, 1977-1987
  • Subseries B: Travels to the USSR--Trip reports, 1973-1987
  • Subseries C: Memoranda, newsletters, publications, undated, 1966-1986
  • Subseries D: Soviet Jewry information materials, undated, 1970-1987
• Series VIII: Special Projects, undated, 1974, 1975, 1977-1992
  • Subseries A: Bar/Bat Mitzvah Twinning and Other Projects, undated, 1974-1975, 1977-1992
  • Subseries B: Klezmer Conservatory Band Concerts, undated, 1982, 1985-1988
• Series IX: Newsletters, Memoranda and Other Published Materials, undated, 1965-1994
• Series X: Newspaper Clippings, undated, 1966-1988
• Series XI: Photographs, undated, 1975-1989
  • Subseries A: Photographic materials related to the ASJ activities, undated, 1975-1978
  • Subseries B: Enlarged exhibition photographic materials, undated
  • Subseries C: Photographs separated from the Series 1-X, undated, 1980-1989
• Oversized Separated Materials, Pins and Pendants, undated, 1973, 1982, 1985-1986, 1988

Access and Use

Access Restrictions

The collection is open to all researchers by permission of the Director of Collections and Engagement of the American Jewish Historical Society, except items that are restricted due to their fragility.

Use Restrictions

Information concerning the literary rights may be obtained from the Executive Director of the American Jewish Historical Society. Users must apply in writing for permission to quote, reproduce or otherwise publish manuscript materials found in this collection. For more information contact:
American Jewish Historical Society, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16^th Street, New York, NY, 10011
email: reference@ajhs.org

Related Material

Action for Soviet Jewry Records is a part of the American Soviet Jewish Movement group of collections. Materials at the American Jewish Historical Society that are related to the American Soviet Jewry Movement, include records of Action for Soviet Jewry (I-487), the National Conference on Soviet Jewry (NCSJ; I-181 and I-181A), the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews (I-410, I-410A), Houston Action for Soviet Jewry (I-500), Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews (I-505), Seattle Action for Soviet Jewry (I-507), The Jewish Chronicle Soviet Jewry Collection (I-523), B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum Soviet Jewry Movement Collection (I-529), Chicago Action for Soviet Jewry (I-530), Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism (I-538), United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (I-543), Jewish Family Service of Greater New Orleans (I-547), Jewish Defense League (I-374) the papers of Joel Ackerman (P-787), Julia Mates Cheney (P-806), Jerry Goodman (P-863), Laurel and Alan J. Gould (P-866), Carolyn W. Sanger (P-870), Leah Lieberman (P-869), Si Frumkin (P-871), Elaine Pittell (P-873), Sanford A. Gradinger (P-880), Shaul Osadchey (P-882), Leonard S. Cahan (P-883), Doris H. Goldstein (P-887), David H. Hill (P-888), Margery Sanford (P-889), Pinchas Mordechai Teitz (P-891), David Waksberg (P-895), Pamela B. Cohen (P-897), Moshe Decter (P-899), William Korey (P-903), Morey Schapira (P-906), Charlotte Gerper Turner (P-907), Myrtle Sitowitz (P-908), Kathleen M. Hyman (P-911), Babette Wampold (P-912), Rabbi David Goldstein and Shannie Goldstein (P-918), Leslie Schaffer (P-923), Arthur Bernstein (P-925), Dolores Wilkenfeld (P-927), Sylvia Weinberg (P-928) , Irwin H. Krasna (P-934) , Constance S. Kreshtool (P-935), Betty Golomb (P-938), Grace Perlbinder (P-942), Mort Yadin (P-943), Ann Polunsky (P-886), Lillian Foreman (P-945), Marilyn Labendz(P-946), Abraham Silverstein(P-947), Bert Silver (P-949), Billie Kozolchyk (P-950), John Steinbruck (P-951), Lawrence I. Lerner (P-952), Ruth Geller Gold (P-953), Efry Spectre (P-954), Alan M. Kohn (P-956), Frank Brodsky (P-957), Victor Borden (P-959), Estelle Newman (P-960), Carol S. Kekst (P-961), Linda Rutta (P-965), Rachel Braun (P-967), Jack Forgash (P-968), Michael Greene (P-969), Judith A. Manelis (P-970), Fred Greene (P-971), Harry Lerner (P-972), Alan L. Cohen (P-973), Murray Levine (P-974) and Jack Minker (P-975).

Additional materials from other collections include records dealing with the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry (SSSJ) located within the North American Jewish Students Appeal (NAJSA, I-338) and the records of the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council (NJCRAC, I-172). Related records are also located at the AJHS in Newton Centre, MA including memorabilia and ephemera of the New England Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry (I-237) and the Records of the Student Coalition for Soviet Jewry – Brandeis University (I-493).

Preferred Citation

Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); Action for Soviet Jewry, records; I-487; box number; folder number; American Jewish Historical Society, New York, NY.

Acquisition Information

The records were donated by Judy S. Patkin in 1994.

Disclaimer

The trip reports found in this collection contain opinions, statements and allegations that may or may not be substantiated. American Jewish Historical Society and the Center for Jewish History do not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any findings, conclusions, recommendations, opinions or statements expressed in the trip reports.

Access Points

• Subject Names:

  • Begun, Iosif
  • Drinan, Robert Frederic, 1920-2007
  • Nudel, Ida
  • Sakharov, Andrei, 1921-1989
  • Shcharansky, Anatoly (Sharansky, Natan)
  • Shcharansky, Avital
  • Taratuta, Aba

• Subject Topics:

  • Antisemitism
  • Bar mitzvah
  • Bat mitzvah
  • Emigration and immigration
  • Human rights
  • International law
  • Jews, Soviet
  • Political activists
  • Prisoners -- Legal status, laws, etc.
  • Psychological abuse
  • Refugees
  • Refuseniks

• Subject Places:

  • Former Soviet republics
  • Ladispoli, Italy
  • Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1953-1985

• Subject Organizations

  • Action for Soviet Jewry
  • New England Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry
  • Soviet Jewry Legal Advocacy Center

• Document Types:

  • Broadsides
  • Bulletins
  • Case files
  • Clippings
  • Correspondence
  • Database Spreadsheets
  • Legal documents
  • Memorandum
  • Newsletters
  • Pamphlets
  • Photographs
  • Posters
  • Press releases
  • Reports
  • Transcripts

Container List

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Click the box in the request column to open the form that allows you to request a box for onsite viewing in the reading room at the Center for Jewish History, New York, NY.

Series I: Administrative materials of ASJ, undated, 1970-1989
English.
Box 1-8.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Scope and Content: The series contain materials that reflect the creation and day-to-day activities of the organization. It also includes materials of the Predecessor of ASJ, the New England Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry (NESSSJ) headed by ASJ co-founders Bob Gordon and Morey Shapira. The Series has two subseries: Subseries A: New England Student Struggle for the Soviet Jewry records, undated, 1970-1974 Subseries B: ASJ administrative files, undated, 1971-1989
Subseries A: New England Student Struggle for the Soviet Jewry records, undated, 1970-1974
English.
Box 1, Folders 1-3.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Scope and Content: Contains materials of the New England Student Struggle for the Soviet Jewry (NESSSJ) that was a forerunner of AJS and whose activists became the founders of AJS. The NESSSJ materials include correspondence, memoranda, membership lists, information sheets dating from 1970-1974, and materials related to Svoboda publication, 1972.
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
1	1	Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry-New England. Administrative materials, correspondence	1970-1974
1	2	Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry-New England. Correspondence. Financial documents	1970-1974
1	3	Materials related to Svoboda publication (Oversized items, see OS1 Box 162, Folder 1)	undated, 1972
Subseries B: ASJ administrative files, undated, 1971-1989
English.
Box 1, Folders 4-6; Box 2-8.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Scope and Content: This section of the AJS materials includes the materials generated by ASJ proper, and reflect the history of creation of AJS and its functioning. Among the materials in this Subseries are the by-laws and minutes, memoranda, annual reports, budget proposals, financial statements, balance sheets. Among other materials are records of the travel committee at the ASJ, media-related materials, translations of Russian documents. A large section of the administrative Series contains outgoing and incoming faxes that reflect the activities of the organization from mid-1980s to 1991, the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
1	4	ASJ by-laws, minutes, memoranda, budget proposals	1977-1987
1	5	ASJ member lists	undated
1	6	Correspondence, memoranda, circular letters	undated, 1973, 1975, 1977
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
2	1	Announcements, proposals, leaflets, events' programs	1975-1977
2	2	Information letters, memoranda	undated, 1975-1977
2	3	Memoranda and circular letters	1976-1977
2	4	Correspondence, memoranda, information letters	1976-1977
2	5	Memoranda, circular letters	1976-1977
2	6	Statements, appeals and articles, translated from Russian	1977
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
3	1	Memoranda, circular letters	1977
3	2	Memoranda, circular letters	1977
3	3	Memoranda, circular letters	1977
3	4	Memoranda, circular letters (Oversized items, see OS1 Box 162, Folder 3)	1978
3	5	Publications	1971-1972, 1980-1981
3	6	ASJ annual report	1983
3	7	Financial statements. Drafts of balance sheets	1984-1986
3	8	Travel committee records	1984-1985
3	9	Board member materials	1985
3	10	Media materials and media contacts	1985-1987
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
4	1	Outgoing faxes	November-December 1987
4	2	Incoming faxes	November-December 1987
4	3	Outgoing faxes	January 1988
4	4	Incoming faxes	January 1988
4	5	Outgoing faxes	February-March 1988
4	6	Incoming faxes	February 1988
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
5	1	Outgoing faxes	March 1988
5	2	Incoming faxes	March 1988
5	3	Outgoing faxes	April-May 1988
5	4	Incoming faxes	April 1988
5	5	Incoming faxes	May 1988
5	6	Outgoing faxes	June 1988
5	7	Incoming faxes	June 1988
5	8	Incoming faxes	July 1988
5	9	Outgoing faxes	August 1988
5	10	Incoming faxes	August 1988
5	11	Outgoing faxes	September-October 1988
5	12	Incoming faxes	September 1988
5	13	Incoming faxes	October 1988
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
6	1	Outgoing faxes	November 1988
6	2	Incoming faxes	November 1988
6	3	Outgoing faxes	December 1988
6	4	Incoming faxes	December 1988
6	5	Outgoing faxes	January 1989
6	6	Incoming faxes	January 1989
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
7	1	Outgoing faxes	February-March 1989
7	2	Incoming faxes	February 1989
7	3	Incoming faxes	March 1989
7	4	Outgoing faxes	April 1989
7	5	Incoming faxes	April 1989
7	6	Outgoing faxes	May 1989
7	7	Incoming faxes	May 1989
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
8	1	Outgoing faxes	June 1989
8	2	Incoming faxes	June 1989
8	3	Outgoing faxes	August 1989
8	4	Incoming faxes	July-August 1989
8	5	Incoming faxes	September 1989
8	6	Incoming faxes	October-November 1989
8	7	Incoming faxes	December 1989

Series II: Soviet Jewish Refuseniks and Émigrés Individual Files, undated, 1943, 1964, 1969-1970, 1972-1994
English, Russian, Hebrew.
Boxes 9-51.
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
Scope and Content: The Series contains personal information files on Soviet Refuseniks, compiled by the ASJ activists for supplying information on, monitoring the individual cases of and coordinating the material and legal aid effort for the Refuseniks and prisoners of Zion. Among materials contained in individual folders are profiles of Refuseniks, typically in the form of news releases, flyers, information letters, sometimes folders include photographs and correspondence. The Series is arranged into three subseries: Subseries A: Former Soviet Refuseniks (Persons who Emigrated or Deceased), undated, 1974-1976, 1978-1980, 1986-1987 Subseries B: Soviet Jewish Refuseniks, Old Files, undated, 1970, 1972-1987 Subseries C: Soviet Jewish Refuseniks New Files, undated, 1943, 1964, 1969-1970, 1972-1994
Subseries A: Former Soviet Refuseniks (Persons who Emigrated or Deceased), undated, 1974-1976, 1978-1980, 1986-1987
English.
Box 9, Folder 1.
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
Scope and Content: Subseries A includes files on persons who were originally registered as Refuseniks but then emigrated from the USSR or deceased.
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
9	1	Former Refuseniks (Oversized items, see OS1 Box 162, Folder 1)	undated, 1974-1976, 1978-1980, 1986-1987
Subseries B: Soviet Jewish Refuseniks, Old Files, undated, 1970, 1972-1987
English, Russian, Hebrew.
Box 9, Folders 2-35, Box 10-16.
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
Scope and Content: This subseries contains files, the bulk of which are dated between 1975 and 1984. Marked as "old" they apparently pre-date the creation of the computer-readable database of mid-1980s.
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
9	2-35	A-B	undated, 1974-1987
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
10	1-20	E-Goldf	undated, 1974-1976, 1978-1987
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
11	1-14	Golds-J	undated, 1974-1987
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
12	1-24	K-L	undated, 1973-1975, 1978-1987
		(contains Russian and Hebrew)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
13	1-18	M-R	undated, 1973-1987
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
14	1-7	S [1 of 2]	undated, 1976-1987
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
15	1-13	S [2 of 2]	undated, 1970, 1972, 1974-1977, 1979-1987
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
16	1-23	T-Z	undated, 1977, 1979-1987
		(contains Russian)
Subseries C: Soviet Jewish Refuseniks New Files, undated, 1943, 1964, 1969-1970, 1972-1994
English, Russian.
Box 17-51.
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
Scope and Content: The subseries contains individual Refusenik files that were mostly compiled from 1985 through 1993. Marked as "new" by the ASJ personnel, they were apparently used for creating the computer-readable database in mid-1980s, which was then updated until 1994.
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
17	1-47	A	undated, 1977, 1979-1993
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
18	1-37	Ba-Bel	undated, 1969, 1976-1992
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
19	1-42	Ben-Bol	undated, 1976, 1980-1982, 1984-1992
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
20	1-29	Bon-Br (Oversized items, see OS1 Box 162, Folder 1)	undated, 1977-1978, 1980-1992
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
21	1-28	Bud-C (contains 1 audio cassette)	undated, 1980-1992
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
22	1-43	D	undated, 1978-1993
		(contains Russian and Hebrew)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
23	1-34	E-Fa	undated, 1977, 1981-1992
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
24	1-46	Fe-Fu (folder 16 includes many political cartoons)	undated, 1980-1991
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
25	1-29	Ga-Gen	undated, 1943, 1979-1991
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
26	1-37	Ger-Gol (contains restricted folder)	undated, 1978-1992
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
27	1-47	Gom-Gru	undated, 1979, 1981-1994
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
28	1-29	Gub-Ind	undated, 1979, 1983-1989, 1991-1992
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
29	1-36	Iof-Kal (contains 1 audio cassette)	undated, 1977-1994
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
30	1-34	Kam-Kaz (contains restricted folders)	undated, 1979, 1981-1982, 1984-1991
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
31	1-32	Ke-Khu	undated, 1978-1979, 1981-1992
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
32	1-52	Ki-Kosh	undated, 1977-1992
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
33	1-49	Kosi-Laz	undated, 1975-1981, 1983-1993
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
34	1-18	Le-Lerner (Moscow)	undated, 1977-1991
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
35	1-28	Lerner (Leningrad)-Lifshits, A.	undated, 1978-1992
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
36	1-14	Lifshits, V.-Lit (contains cassette)	undated, 1979, 1983-1988, 1990-1991
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
37	1-26	Liv-Mag	undated, 1979-1990, 1992
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
38	1-31	Mai-Me	undated, 1975-1992
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
39	1-21	Mi-Mu	undated, 1980-1991
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
40	1-32	Na-Pal	undated, 1978, 1980-1992
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
41	1-18	Pan-Pe	undated, 1977-1992
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
42	1-33	Pi-Rai	undated, 1964, 1976-1979, 1981-1992
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
43	1-42	Rak-Ru	undated, 1977-1991
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
44	1-36	Sa-Shm	undated, 1978, 1981-1992
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
45	1-26	Shn-Sl	undated, 1975-1992
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
46	1-27	Sm-Sv (contains restricted folder)	undated, 1975-1976, 1978-1982, 1984-1991
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
47	1-38	T	undated, 1977-1991
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
48	1-10	U	undated, 1980, 1982-1990
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
49	1-27	Va-W (contains restricted folder)	undated, 1980-1989, 1991-1992
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
50	1-20	Y	undated, 1977-1991
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
51	1-28	Z	undated, 1979-1992
		(contains Russian)

Series III: Individual Files by South Florida Conference on Soviet Jewry (Florida Files), undated, 1979-1988
English.
Box 52-56.
Arrangement: Alphabetical and chronological.
Scope and Content: The Series contains personal information files on Soviet Refuseniks, compiled in the form of case books by the activists of South Florida Conference on Soviet Jewry, mostly in the 1980s. It also contains source publications and background information on the Soviet Jews. The Series is organized into three subseries: Subseries A: Soviet Refuseniks Casebooks-A Joint Project of Florida Jewish Organizations, 1988 Subseries B: Publications of South Florida Conference on Soviet Refuseniks, 1979-1988 Subseries C: Materials on Soviet Refuseniks from Israel Public Council for Soviet Jewry, Canadian Jewish Congress and Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, undated, 1980-1981
Subseries A: Soviet Refuseniks Casebooks - A Joint Project of Florida Jewish Organizations, 1988
English.
Box 52-53.
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
Scope and Content: The subseries includes case books that are alphabetized two-page profiles of individual Refuseniks arranged alphabetically and including information on both date, occupation, marital status, date of application for emigration from the USSR and date of refusal, reason for refusal, address in the USSR, comments, image.
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
52	1	Florida Casebooks, A-E	1988
52	2	Florida Casebooks, F-J	1988
52	3	Florida Casebooks, K	1988
52	4	Florida Casebooks, L-O	1988
52	5	Florida Casebooks, P-S	1988
52	6	Florida Casebooks, T-Z	1988
52	7	Florida Casebooks-Former Refuseniks, A-E	1988
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
53	1	Florida Casebooks-Former Refuseniks, F-K	1988
53	2	Florida Casebooks-Former Refuseniks, L-D	1988
53	3	Florida Casebooks-Former Refuseniks, R-Z	1988
53	4	Florida Casebooks-Refusenik Physicians	1988
53	5	Florida Casebooks Table of Contents	1988
Subseries B: Publications of South Florida Conference on Soviet Refuseniks, 1979-1988
English.
Box 53-55.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Scope and Content: The subseries contains case histories of Refuseniks according to the date of their applying for emigration from the USSR and date of refusal. Contains also information on occupation, marital status, reason for refusal, and address for each described person.
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
53	6	Case Histories of the Refuseniks, Volume VI	August 1979
53	7	Case Histories of the Refuseniks, Volume VII	October 1980
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
54	1	Case Histories of the Refuseniks, Volume VIII	September 1981
54	2	Case Histories of the Refuseniks, Volume IX	September 1982
54	3	Case Histories of the Refuseniks, Volume X	October 1983
54	4	Case Histories of the Refuseniks, Volume XI	September 1984
54	5	Case Histories of the Refuseniks, Volume XII	September 1985
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
55	1	Case Histories of the Refuseniks, Volume XIII	September 1986
55	2	Case Histories of the Refuseniks, Volume XIV	September 1987
55	3	Case Histories of the Refuseniks, Volume XV	September 1988
Subseries C: Materials on Soviet Refuseniks from Israel Public Council for Soviet Jewry, Canadian Jewish Congress and Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, undated, 1980-1981
English.
Box 56.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Scope and Content: The subseries contains publications on the cases of individual Soviet Refuseniks received from the organizations operating outside of the United States.
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
56	1	A Study of Jews Refused Their Right to Leave the Soviet Union, Volume I	1980
56	2	A Study of Jews Refused Their Right to Leave the Soviet Union, Volume II	December 1981
56	3	Israel Public Council for Soviet Jewry-Case Studies on Soviet Jews	undated
56	4	Separated Soviet Families Case Histories	undated
56	5	Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry-List of Refusenik Addresses	undated

Series IV: Soviet Jewish Refugees in Italy, undated, 1984, 1987-1991
English, Russian.
Box 57-61.
Arrangement: Alphabetical and chronological.
Scope and Content: This Series contains materials on Soviet Jews that emigrated from the Soviet Union on an Israeli visa but decided against going to Israel afterwards. These people, named noshrim (Hebrew: "dropouts") became a cause for the freedom of choice controversy whose essence was whether or not to support Soviet Jews choosing countries other than Israel for resettlement. ASJ was a strong advocate for the freedom of choice. The materials in this Series reflect the activities of ASJ to alleviate the conditions of the Soviet Jewish refugees who found themselves in Italy after leaving the USSR. The refugees were concentrated at two locations, Ladispoli and Ostia near Rome under the care of the JDC. The consular section of the American Embassy in Rome at first was rejecting a significant number of applications, and ASJ was among organizations that tried to find sponsors for the refugees to immigrate to the US. ASJ pleaded before the US government to ease regulations on refugees. Finally, by 1990 the problem was resolved by the creation of a quota for the Soviet Jewish refugees. The Series is arranged into two subseries: Subseries A: ASJ Relief Activities in Italy, undated, 1989 Subseries B: Individual Files of Soviet Jewish Refugees in Italy, 1984, 1987-1991
Subseries A: ASJ Relief Activities in Italy, undated, 1989
English and some Russian.
Box 57.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Scope and Content: The subseries includes documents on material and legal aid for the Soviet Jewish refugees in Italy, including petitions to the US consular and immigration authorities and trip reports.
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
57	1	Affidavit Samples	undated, 1989
57	2	Cases Submitted Lists	1989
57	3	CJP Packet Sent	1989
57	4	CV's	1989
57	5	Information for Ladispoli	undated, 1989
57	6	INS-Eddy	undated, 1989
		(contains Russian)
57	7	Letter to Local Family	1989
57	8	Materials Submitted to INS, Copies [1 of 2]	May 1989
57	9	Materials Submitted to INS, Copies [2 of 2]	June-August 1989
57	10	Miscellaneous	undated, 1988-1989
57	11	Trip Report 4/89	undated, 1989
57	12	Volunteers-INS	undated, 1989
Subseries B: Individual Files of Soviet Jewish Refugees in Italy, 1984, 1987-1991
English, Russian.
Box 58-61.
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
Scope and Content: The subseries include personal files on individual Soviet Jewish refugees in Italy, arranged in alphabetical order by the refugees'names.
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
58	1-43	A-G	undated, 1988-1990
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
59	1-39	I-L	undated, 1988-1989
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
60	1-32	M-R	undated, 1987-1989
		(contains Russian)
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
61	1-32	S-Z	undated, 1984, 1988-1991
		(contains Russian)

Series V: Computer Database Records on Soviet Jewish Refuseniks, circa 1979-1988
English.
Box 62-89.
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
Scope and Content: The Series represents a database on oversized spreadsheets which were apparently computer readable. Each spreadsheet corresponds to a particular Refusenik or prisoner of conscience and/ or to her/ his household. Most of the database records contain updates on change of status or conditions of a particular person. The Series is arranged into four subseries: Subseries A: Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms and Print Outs, circa 1979-1986 Subseries B: Lists of Refuseniks by Geographic Location in the USSR, Date of Emigration, Refusenik Master Lists, undated, 1980, 1986, 1988 Subseries C: Database Field Definitions Manual, 1986 Subseries D: Special Population Reports, 1986-1987
Subseries A: Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms and Print Outs, circa 1979-1986
English.
Box 62-81, Box 82, Folders 1-4.
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
Scope and Content: The subseries contains oversize database spreadsheet forms for individual refuseniks and members of their households. The data includes names, address, occupation, refusal date, most resent update, information on other relatives in the USSR.
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
62(OS1)	1	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Ab-Ah
62(OS1)	2	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Ai-Al
62(OS1)	3	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Am-Az
62(OS1)	4	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Baa-Bau
62(OS1)	5	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Bed-Ben
62(OS1)	6	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Ber-Bi
62(OS1)	7	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Bl-Bor
62(OS1)	8	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Bot-Bro
62(OS1)	9	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Bru-By
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
63(OS2)	1	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Ch-Ci
63(OS2)	2	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Da-Di
63(OS2)	3	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Do-Dz
63(OS2)	4	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Ed-Ey
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
64(OS3)	1	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Fa-Fe
64(OS3)	2	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Fi-Fo
64(OS3)	3	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Fr-Fy
64(OS3)	4	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Ga-Gd
64(OS3)	5	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Gef-Ges
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
65(OS4)	1	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Gh-Gok
65(OS4)	2	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Gol-Gon
65(OS4)	3	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Gor-Gre
65(OS4)	4	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Gri-Gut
65(OS4)	5	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Ha-Iz
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
66(OS5)	1	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Kab-Kas
66(OS5)	2	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Kat-Ker
66(OS5)	3	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Kes-Kiz
66(OS5)	4	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Kla-Kol
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
67(OS6)	1	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Kom-Koy
67(OS6)	2	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Koz-Kv
67(OS6)	3	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Lad-Lem
67(OS6)	4	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Len-Lev
67(OS6)	5	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Lez-Lip
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
68(OS7)	1	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Lis-Ly
68(OS7)	2	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Mac-Mar
68(OS7)	3	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Mas-Mez
68(OS7)	4	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Mic-Mod
68(OS7)	5	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Mog-My
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
69(OS8)	1	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Na-Nu
69(OS8)	2	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Oc-Oz
69(OS8)	3	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Pa-Pi
69(OS8)	4	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Pla-Py
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
70(OS9)	1	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Rab-Raz
70(OS9)	2	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Red-Roi
70(OS9)	3	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Rok-Ry
70(OS9)	4	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Sa-Se
70(OS9)	5	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Sha-Shc
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
71(OS10)	1	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, She-Shn
71(OS10)	2	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Sho-Shv
71(OS10)	3	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Si-Sm
71(OS10)	4	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, So-Sy
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
72(OS11)	1	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Tab-Ter
72(OS11)	2	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Tes-Tz
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
73(OS12)	1	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Uc-Vai
73(OS12)	2	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Vak-Ver
73(OS12)	3	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Ves-Vy
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
74(OS13)	1	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, We-Yu
74(OS13)	2	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms, Za-Yz
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
75(OS14)	1	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, Ab-Ak
75(OS14)	2	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, Al-Az
75(OS14)	3	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, Ba-Ben
75(OS14)	4	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, Ber-Bot
75(OS14)	5	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, Bou-By
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
76(OS15)	1	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, C
76(OS15)	2	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, D
76(OS15)	3	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, E-Fel
76(OS15)	4	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, Fer-Fy
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
77(OS16)	1	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, Ga-Ge
77(OS16)	2	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, Gh-Gok
77(OS16)	3	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, Gol-Gor
77(OS16)	4	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, Gos-Gut
77(OS16)	5	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, H-J
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
78(OS17)	1	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, Kab-Kel
78(OS17)	2	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, Kem-Kh
78(OS17)	3	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, Kig-Kom
78(OS17)	4	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, Kon-Kv
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
79(OS18)	1	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, La-Le
79(OS18)	2	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, Li-Ly
79(OS18)	3	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, Ma-Me
79(OS18)	4	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, Mi-My
79(OS18)	5	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, N
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
80(OS19)	1	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, O
80(OS19)	2	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, Pa-Pi
80(OS19)	3	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, Pl-Py
80(OS19)	4	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, Ra-Re
80(OS19)	5	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, Ri-Ry
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
81(OS20)	1	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, Sa-Shc
81(OS20)	2	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, She-Sht
81(OS20)	3	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, Shu-Sl
81(OS20)	4	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, Sm-Sy
81(OS20)	5	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, T
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
82(OS21)	1	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, U-Va
82(OS21)	2	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, Vd-W
82(OS21)	3	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, Y
82(OS21)	4	Individual Refusenik Household Data Forms Printout, Z
Subseries B: Lists of Refuseniks by Geographic Location in the USSR, Date of Emigration, Refusenik Master Lists, undated, 1980, 1986, 1988
English.
Box 82, Folders 5-6; Box 83-84; Box 85, Folders 1-2.
Arrangement: Alphabetical and chronological.
Scope and Content: The subseries contains print outs of the Refusenik lists according to the geographic location in the USSR and date of emigration.
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
82(OS21)	5	List of Refuseniks by Geographic Location in the USSR
82(OS21)	6	List of Refuseniks by Geographic Location in the USSR
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
83	1	Individuals who have Emigrated From the USSR	May 12, 1988
83	2	Refusenik Households	August 15, 1986
83	3	Refusenik Master List, A-Gin	January 1980
83	4	Refusenik Master List, Gir-Mac	January 1980
83	5	Refusenik Master List, Mag-Shi	January 1980
83	6	Refusenik Master List, Shk-Z	January 1980
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
84	1	Refusenik Master List, With Later Additions, A-F	May 1980
84	2	Refusenik Master List, With Later Additions, F-K	May 1980
84	3	Refusenik Master List, With Later Additions, K-M	May 1980
84	4	Refusenik Master List, With Later Additions, M-R	May 1980
84	5	Refusenik Master List, With Later Additions, R-Z	May 1980
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
85	1	Refuseniks of Kiev, A-K	March 1986
85	2	Refuseniks of Kiev, L-Z	March 1986
Subseries C: Database Field Definitions Manual, 1986
English.
Box 85, Folder 3-5.
Arrangement: Chronological.
Scope and Content: The subseries contains a manual for the database on Refuseniks with the explanation of all fields related to individual Refuseniks presented in the database.
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
85	3	Refusenik Database Field Definitions [1 of 3]	August 1986
85	4	Refusenik Database Field Definitions [2 of 3]	August 1986
85	5	Refusenik Database Field Definitions [3 of 3]	August 1986
Subseries D: Special Population Reports, 1986-1987
English.
Box 86-89.
Arrangement: Chrononlogical.
Scope and Content: The subseries contains a photocopied database on Refuseniks that includes along with the names of Refuseniks and members of their households, information on profession, language besides Russian, date of application for emigration, date of refusal, reason for refusal, updates and hand-written remarks.
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
86	1	Special Population Report--Refuseniks, Pages 1-150	1986
86	2	Special Population Report--Refuseniks, Pages 151-300	1986
86	3	Special Population Report--Refuseniks, Pages 301-450	1986
86	4	Special Population Report--Refuseniks, Pages 451-600	1986
86	5	Special Population Report--Refuseniks, Pages 601-750	1986
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
87	1	Special Population Report--Refuseniks, Pages 751-800	1986
87	2	Special Population Report--Refuseniks, Pages 901-1050	1986
87	3	Special Population Report--Refuseniks, Pages 1051-1200	1986
87	4	Special Population Report--Refuseniks, Pages 1201-1350	1986
87	5	Special Population Report--Refuseniks, Pages 1351-1500	1986
87	6	Special Population Report--Refuseniks, Pages 1501-1618	1986
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
88	1	Special Population Report--Refuseniks, Pages 1-151	1987
88	2	Special Population Report--Refuseniks, Pages 151-300	1987
88	3	Special Population Report--Refuseniks, Pages 301-450	1987
88	4	Special Population Report--Refuseniks, Pages 451-600	1987
88	5	Special Population Report--Refuseniks, Pages 601-750	1987
Box	Folder	Title	Date	Request
89	1	Special Population Report--Refuseniks, Pages 751-900	1987
89	2	Special Population Report--Refuseniks, Pages 901-1050	1987
89	3	Special Population Report--Refuseniks, Pages 1051-1200	1987
89	4	Special Population Report--Refuseniks, Pages 1201-1350	1987
89	5	Special Population Report--Refuseniks, Pages 1351-1425	1987