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RG 3: Yiddish Literature and Language. Records.

Manuscripts by and biographical materials on Jewish writers and scholars, as well as other materials about Yiddish language and literature

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"Moses Broderson Evening a Great Success" (RG 3.1903.1)
Caricature of Moses Broderson (RG 3.1903.3)
Letter from Moses Broderson to YIVO (RG 3.1903.5)
Scene from "The Hunchback" (RG 3.1903.4)

RG 8: Esther-Rachel Kaminska Theater Museum. Collection.

Materials from the Jewish theater museum established by YIVO in Vilna: playscripts, playbills, posters, and clippings, with a special focus on Yiddish theater in Poland

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Lodz. Announcement of the 1934 summer season of the cabaret theater "Ararat," founded and directed by the Yiddish poet and playwright Moyshe Broderzon. (rg8_p00369)
Lodz. Announcement of the upcoming performance at the "Ararat" Theater. Ca. 1930s. (rg8_p179678a-5065)

RG 26: Yidisher Artistn Fareyn (Warsaw). Records.

Records of the Jewish Actors Union, including 600 individual files on actors, singers, composers, and directors

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"Ararat" ID card of Shimen Dzigan (RG 26.551.1)

RG 28: Poland (Vilna Archives) Collection.

Leaflets, posters, and other documents related to political organizations, elections, banks, trade unions, cultural activities, religious matters, and sports, from over 200 Jewish communities

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"The silent khupe and her dangerous demands" (RG 28.Lodz 20.2)
A mohel's business card (RG 28.Lodz 20.5)
Advertisement for a performance by a child cantor (RG 28.Warsaw 48.1)
Flyer advertising sale of etrogs (citrons) from Palestine (RG 28.Lodz 20.4)
Flyer advertising the purchase of khomets (RG 28.Lodz 20.6)
Invitation to ball of the Nosen Lechem Society (RG 28 Lodz 20.9)
Invitation to gymnastics lesson (RG 28.Lowicz 8.3)
Invitation to the first annual convention of the Yudisher bildungs-ferayn (RG 28.Lodz 20.8)
Leaflet advertising High Holiday services (RG 28.Lodz 20.3)
Library card (RG 28.Lodz 20.7)
Statutes of the gmilas khesed of the Lodz kehillah (RG 28.Lodz 20.1)

RG 28P: Poland (Vilna Archives) Collection. Posters.

Posters advertising political organizations, elections, banks, trade unions, cultural activities, religious matters, and sports, from over 200 Jewish communities

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Lodz. A lecture by writer, Urke Nachalnik (J. Farboricza). (RG 28/P/1024)
Lodz. "A Lecture by H. Erlich." (RG 28/P/1009)
Lodz. "German Women and Men...!". (RG 28/P/1019)
Lodz. A workers' meeting in support of a strike ca. 1928. (RG 28/P/12)
Lodz. A celebration of the 33rd anniversary of the Bund. (RG 28/P/1029)
Lodz. A commemorative ceremony in honor of the 100th birthday of Yiddish writer Mendele Moykher Sforim. (RG 28/P/493)
Lodz. A debate-meeting on the necessity of dissolving the city council. (RG 28/P/1005)
Lodz. A gathering on: "The Zionist Uproar and its Poalei Zion Allies." (RG 28/P/1033)
Lodz. A lecture by Dr. A. Gliksman on "The Eternal Secret of the Woman." (RG 28/P/1022)
Lodz. A lecture by Henryk Erlich from Warsaw on: Government and Parliament vs. Society." (RG 28/P/1031)
Lodz. A lecture by Meir Grossman on: "Division of the Country and Fragmentation of the People." (RG 28/P/79)
Lodz. A lecture on "The Power of Love" by Dr. A. Gliksman, 3/11/. (RG 28/P/1021)
Lodz. A lecture on the 20th anniversary of the Russian Revolution of 1905. (RG 28/P/1027)
Lodz. A lecture on: "The Battle against Tuberculosis." (RG 28/P/1041)
Lodz. A lecture on: "The Jews in Poland", 1/12/[1928]. (RG 28/P/1055)
Lodz. A lecture on: "The Sexual Question in Daily Life" by Dr. W. Eychner. (RG 28/P/39)
Lodz. A meeting of the working youth on: "The Bankruptcy of the Zionist Proletariat." (RG 28/P/1056)
Lodz. A winter lecture season, featuring: "On the Two Diseases Raging Currently in Our City - Typhus and Scarlet Fever." (RG 28/P/1045)
Lodz. Announcement of lectures. (RG 28/P/1053)
Lodz. Appeal to ethnic German voters to support the "German slate (no. 12)" and/or slate no. 17 in Sejm and Senate elections. (RG 28/P/1035)
Lodz. Appeal to vote for the Polish Socialist Party. (RG 28/P/1052)
Lodz. Celebration: "Five Years of the Folks Party in Lodz" . (RG 28/P/761)
Lodz. Election poster in support of Marshal Jozef Pilsudski's "Sanacja" [slate #1]. (RG 28/P/1026)
Lodz. Fourth anniversary commemoration of the death of Bundist leader Vladimir Medem. (RG 28/P/1069)
Lodz. Lecture entitled: "How Should We Dress? (On the Hygiene of Dressing)." (RG 28/P/1066)
Lodz. Lecture on: "How to Eat in Order to Protect Yourself from Stomach and Intestinal Diseases." (RG 28/P/1068)
Lodz. Lecture on: "Hygiene and Women." (RG 28/P/1046)
Lodz. Lecture on: "Sexual Impotence (Part II)" (for men only). (RG 28/P/1065)
Lodz. Lecture on: "The Art of Eternal Youth and Beauty." (RG 28/P/1071)
Lodz. Lecture on: "The Effects of Jewish Cuisine on the Health of the Jewish Population." (RG 28/P/1044)
Lodz. Lecture on: "The Hygienics of Pregnacy and Societal Protection of Pregnant Women." (RG 28/P/1043)
Lodz. Lecture on: "What Is The Flu And How Can You Fight It?" (RG 28/P/1042)
Lodz. Lectures: "On Cancer and Society's Battle With It;" "The Self-Regulation of the Human Organism." (RG 28/P/1047)
Lodz. Obituary notice on the death of Yoysef Pipikov in Nervi. (RG 28/P/664)
Lodz. Several pre-election meetings in support of the Bloc and its slate (no. 12). (RG 28/P/1039)
Lodz. Support Poalei Zion's slate (no. 6) in Sejm elections, [1930]! (RG 28/P/1040)
Lodz. Two workers' meetings on "The Sejm [Parliamentary] Elections, and the Jewish Working Class." (RG 28/P/1025)

RG 48: TSYSHO (Tsentrale Yidishe Shul Organizatsye), Vilna. Records.

Records of the Tsentrale Yidishe Shul Organizatsye (Central Yiddish School Organization), a secular Yiddish school system active in Poland from 1921 to ca. 1940

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Nature composition notebook of a student in a TSYSHO (Central Yiddish School Organization) school (RG 48.93b)

RG 101: Art and Artifacts. Collection.

Original art works, reproductions, and historical artifacts, including costume and stage designs; political cartoons; and Jewish ceremonial art

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Portrait of Maurycy Trebacz's daughter, by the artist. 1913. (rg101_marek.painting)

RG 105: Films. Collection.

Amateur film footage of Jewish communities in Poland from the YIVO Film Archive, digitized with the generous support of the Righteous Persons Foundation and the Steven Spielberg Foundation.

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Lodz, Helsinki, Leningrad (RG 105 F024)
Rome and Florence, Venice, Alps, Vienna, Lodz (RG 105 F20A/20B)

RG 116 POLAND 1: Territorial Collection. Poland 1. (Pre WWII)

Printed materials, posters, correspondence, and fragmentary personal papers and records of institutions related to Polish Jewish life before WWII

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"Traditional Hannukah holiday" (RG 116 Poland 1.5.29.1)

RG 120: Territorial Photographic Collection. Poland.

Thousands of photographs of Jewish life in Poland before WWII

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Lodz, 1890s. Studio portrait of four generations of a family, posing with a framed portrait of a man on a bicycle. (yarg120po1833)
Lodz, 1902. Striking weavers, pose for a group portrait, in front of the Wislicki factory. (yarg120po1849)
Lodz, 1909. Yiddish writer Mendele Moykher Sforim, with Jacob Dinesohn, Dovid Frischmann, and the teachers of the Jaroczinski Trade School. (yarg120po1807)
Lodz, 1912. Crowds fill the streets, at the funeral procession of Rabbi Eliyahu Chaim Meisel (1821-1912), the rabbi of Lodz. (yarg120po1803)
Lodz, 1914-15. Emblems of various relief organizations, active during World War I. (yarg120po1753.07)
Lodz, 1924.The founders and current board of directors, of the Linat Ha-Tsedek emergency medical service. (yarg120po1916)
Lodz, 1928. Young men, pose near seamless sock-making machines, in an ORT vocational class. (yarg120po1859.01)
Lodz, 1928. Young women, at work in an ORT embroidery class, where they learned to make linen undergarments and shirts. (yarg120po1861)
Lodz, 1930s. A street scene, in the Baluty neighborhood. (RG 120 PO 1772)
Lodz, 1933. In the Baluty neighborhood marketplace, a street merchant, with geese for sale, hung around his neck. (yarg120po1784.03)
Lodz, 1939. Scenes from a TOZ summer camp. (yarg120po6746)
Lodz, August 1928. Students and faculty, pose in a classroom, on the day of the final examination. (yarg120po1859.02)
Lodz, ca. 1920s. Portrait of the faculty and students of the first graduating class of the school for tinsmiths, run by the trade union. (yarg120po1892)
Lodz, ca. 1920s. Yiddish Writers: Broderson, Markish, and Kacyzne. (yarg120po1808.01)
Lodz, ca. 1930s. Factories and smokestacks. (RG 120 PO 1746)
Lodz, January 20, 1926. Boys pose in the snow, with adults outside their kheyder, the traditional elementary school. (yarg120po1882.01)
Lodz, WWI. Outside J. Koprovsky's pharmacy, dish washers kasher (ritually cleanse) dishes, for Passover use. (yarg120po1753.24)
Lodz. A picture postcard, of the the Great German Synagogue. (RG 120 PO 1788)

RG 740: Gebirtig, Mordechai (1877-1942). Papers.

Manuscripts of a Yiddish folk poet and carpenter whose songs are among the best known in Yiddish folk literature

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Excerpt from a notebook with music by Mordecai Gebirtig (RG 740.1.1)
Excerpt from a notebook with music by Mordecai Gebirtig: Undzer shtetl brent (Our shtetl is burning) (RG 740.4.1)

RG 1160: Reiss, Lionel S. (1894-1987). Papers.

Drawings, sketches, charcoals, and watercolors depicting scenes of Jewish life in Eastern Europe

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Polish Jew-Lodz, 1922 (ya-rg1160-057)
Study-Mother and Child-Lodz, 1921 (ya-rg1160-025)

RG 1270: Kacyzne, Alter (1885-1941). Papers.

Photographs of Jewish life in Poland in the 1920s-1930s

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Lodz. 'Portrait of Yitzhak Katzenelson; Hebrew-Yiddish Center.' (RG 1270_436)
Lodz. Portrait of a Jewish hand-weaver at his loom in the Baluty neighborhood. (RG 1270_091)
Lodz. View of Petrikower Street near the intersection of Zavadska Street: passersby and vehicles on a commercial street. (RG 1270_090)

RG 1401: Bund Foreign Committee. Records.

Records of the Bund Foreign Committee in Geneva including letters and other documents related to Bund support groups in the Russian Empire and worldwide.

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Letter to August Bebel on his 70th birthday (yarg1401f003d021)