Territorial Collection, Poland 1

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Sub-Series1:]] Territorial Collection. Poland 1, 1919-1939

Sub-Series 1: Territorial Collection. Poland 1, 1919-1939

Arrangement: Topical

Box 1

Folder 1: News bulletins by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on the Jewish situation, 1925; among others: the Polish-Jewish agreement (Ugoda), 1925

Folder 2: Newspaper clippings on the Polish-Jewish agreement (Ugoda), 1925, 1925

Folder 3: The Jewish Telegraphic Agency bulletin on the situation of Jews in Poland, 1922, 1925, 1926, among others: schools and emigration, 1922, 1925-1926

Folder 4: Newspaper clippings on Jewish representatives in the Polish Sejm, 1925

Folder 5: Newspaper clippings on Jewish education and the Sejm’s response, 1925

Folder 6: Bereza Kartuska: Memoir (typewritten): “My experiences in Bereza Kartuska,” (author unknown), 1936

Folder 7: Newspaper clippings on Jewish taxes, 1930

Folder 8 a: Newspaper clippings on Jewish education, antisemitic attacks, Sejm activity, 1925

Folder 8 b: Warsaw: Newspaper clippings on Warsaw, 1925

Folder 9: Łódz: Newspaper clippings, Łódz, 1925-1926

Folder 10: Vilna: Newspaper clippings, Vilna, 1925-1926

Folder 11: Białystok: Newspaper clippings, Białystok, 1925-1926

Folder 12: Newspaper clippings on the economic situation of Jews in Poland, 1925, 1926; among others: protests against state monopolies, 1925-1926

Folder 13: Jews in the Polish army: the Legions, undated

Folder 14: Newspaper clippings on miscellaneous problems dealing with Jews in the 1930s; some antisemitic occurrences, 1930s

Folder 15: Newspaper clippings on economic antisemitism, early-1930s

Folder 16: Newspaper clippings on Jewish suicides in 1925, 1925

Box 2

Folder 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

Folder 2: Speech by I. Grünbaum of the Kolo Zydowskie (Jewish representation in the Sejm), 1924, re: Jews who were refused Polish citizenship, 1924

Folder 3: Ohio, New York: Letters from the society for helping Jewish students in Poland that were sent to Ohio and New York, undated

Folder 4: Warsaw: Leaflet about the summer camp of the Kultur-liga, Warsaw (אגיל רוטלוק), 1938

Folder 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

Folder 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

Folder 7: Samples from the Yiddish Press in Warsaw, primarily 1920s and 1930s, and relevant letters concerning the press, 1920s-1930s

Folder 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

Folder 9: Various documents on Jewish self-help, 1922-1939

Folder 10: The third issue of Unzer yugend, handwritten, Warsaw, 1917

Folder 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

Folder 12: Education: Letter from the JDC to Tarbut, 1929. Material on the Yehudiah schools. Miscellaneous, 1929

Folder 13: Jewish Writers and Journalists Union, undated, 1913-1938

Folder 14: Polish Socialist Party (PPS), 1908-1937

Folder 15: Various documents on Polish socialists (PPS), undated

Folder 17: Poznań, Kalisz: Antisemitic leaflets with pictures from Poznań and Kalisz, 1935-1939, in reference to the boycott against the Jews, 1935-1939

Folder 18: Articles on the Jewish situation in Poland, 1937. An article on the political situation, 1929, 1929, 1937

Folder 19: Jewish Telegraphic Agency articles on anti-Jewish excesses in 1938-1939 (microfilmed 1971), 1938-1939

Folder 20: Poland: Newspaper clippings and press releases on antisemitism in Poland, 1937-1939

Box 3

Folder 1: Vilna: Materials on the “Bin” (“The Bee”), a Yiddishist youth organization in the 1930s in Vilna, 1930s

Folder 2: Vilna: A register of teachers belonging to the Jewish Teachers’ Union in Vilna, 1919-1923

Folder 3: Materials about the Polytechnic in Vilna, 1919-1924 (Papers of Ber Abramson), 1919-1924

Folder 4: Vilna: Materials pertaining to the Mishmeres Hospital in Vilna - correspondence and reports, 1920s-1930s

Folder 5: Zionist activities in Vilna, 1900-1910. Copies from the Jerusalem archives, 1900-1910

Folder 6: Elections to the City Council, Vilna, 1927 (newspaper) Letter to the BBWR (non-party bloc) on elections, Vilna, 1931, 1927, 1931

Folder 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

Folder 8: Vilna: Title pages from books printed in Vilna from the 19th century, undated

Folder 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

Folder 10: Letter from the University of Vilna concerning the anti-Jewish boycott, 1937

Folder 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

Folder 12: Correspondence of the Vaad Ha-Yeshivot and a list of donations, Vilna, undated

Folder 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

Folder 14: Copies of the late 18th century petitions from the Jews of Vilna concerning the kehillah and taxes, late 18th century

Folder 15: Various materials on the history of Jews in Vilna, undated

Folder 16: Materials relating to the Yiddish Pen Club and the Association of Jewish Writers and Journalists in Vilna, 1922-1929, 1937

Folder 17: Materials from the Jewish Teachers’ Union and the Teachers’ Seminary in Vilna, undated

Folder 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

Folder 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

Folder 20: Copy of the Vilna Kehillah’s declaration against the Hasidim, 1781

Folder 21: Birth certificate of Szlomo Malacki from Vilna, 1902

Box 4

Folder 1: Olszany: Miscellaneous on shkhite, written by R. Isaac Elhanan of Olszany, undated

Folder 2: Oświęcim: Jewish community stamp from Oświęcim, 1859

Folder 3: DuniŁowicze: Materials on schools in DuniŁowicze, 1939

Folder 4: Dubno: Newspaper clipping on the history of Dubno, 1926

Folder 5: Grodno: Materials from Grodno, 1920s and 1930s, mostly from schools, some communal announcements, 1920s-1930s

Folder 6: Drohiczyn: A prayer thanking R. Bezalel Joshua Heshel Hirshenhaus for his work in the community of Drohiczyn, 1931

Folder 8: Augustów: (3) Letters from R. Kossowski of Augustów concerning a trip he made to Vienna and about schools, early-1930s.

Folder 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

Folder 10: Dubrowna: An article on the Bund in Dubrowna, undated

Folder 11: Danzig: Minute book of the Peretz farein in Danzig, 1925. Copy of a document from Danzig, 1842, 1842, 1925

Folder 12: Brody: A school report from Brody, 1901

Folder 13: Białystok: Personal documents from Białystok, various persons, 1870-1898

Folder 14: Grodno: T.O.Z. reports from Grodno, 1938

Folder 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

Folder 16: Iwaniska: Material on Iwaniska. Economic situation, 1930s. List of inhabitants. Budget of the kehillah, 1932, 1930s

Folder 17: Glina: Personal recollections of Glina in Galicia by H. Halpern, undated

Folder 18: Białystok: T.O.Z. reports, 1935. Graduation diplomas, 1918-1938, 1918-1938

Folder 19: Białystok: Statistics on labor in Białystok, 1926. Various newspaper clippings on Białystok, undated, 1926

Folder 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

Folder 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

Folder 22: Białystok: Folksongs from Białystok, undated

Folder 23: Białystok: Miscellaneous from Białystok, undated, 1938

Box 5

Folder 1: Będzin: “Hazomir” in Będzin. The Będzin Almanac, 1913, 1938

Folder 2: Brześć: Miscellaneous materials about the Jewish theater in Brześć. A repatriation document, 1920, Brześć, undated, 1920

Folder 3: Dołhinow: Letter from the gemiles khesed ofDołhinow (Free Loan Association), 1938

Folder 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

Folder 5: Góra Kalwaria: Document from Góra Kalwaria, Bezalel Alter, undated

Folder 6: Druskieniki: Article on a help center in Druskieniki, undated

Folder 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

Folder 8: Brzostowice: Personal letters to family members in Brzostowice 1892, 1888, from M. Rabinowicz (removed to the Genealogy and Family History Collection), 1888, 1892

Folder 9: Brańsk: Chapters from a memoir about Brańsk by Alter Trus on an engagement and a wedding, undated

Folder 10: Olszanica: Ketubah from Olszanica (removed to the Genealogy and Family History Collection), 1936

Folder 11: Baranowicze: Materials on the Beit Jacob School in Baranowicze, 1931

Folder 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

Folder 13: Warsaw Copy of a letter describing Halutz activities in Warsaw in 1933, 1933

Folder 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

Folder 15: Copy of a personal letter from Joel Ginzberg, undated

Folder 16: Biała Podlaska: Financial report of T.O.Z, 1927-1936

Folder 17: Ostrowiec: A history of the Rabbi of Ostrowiec, undated

Folder 18: Iwie: Miscellaneous material from Iwie, undated

Folder 19: Annopol: Materials from a loan society; minutes, and a financial report, 1938

Folder 20: Włocławek: A receipt from the bookseller Eisenstadt in Warsaw to Jacob Bianurski in Włocławek, undated

Folder 21: Lublin: Letters from the Y.L. Peretz House. Miscellaneous newspaper articles. School calendars from Yeshiva Khakhmei Lublin, undated, 1922, 1939

Folder 22: Częstochowa: Examples of the Jewish Press from Częstochowa, 1920s-1930s

Folder 23: Częstochowa: History of the pogrom of 1902 in Częstochowa, 11 p. History of Jews in Częstochowa, 4 p., undated

Folder 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

Folder 25: Tarnów: Poster from the “Kultur-lige,” Tarnów, 1934, Poster from the education committee “Yugend” (removed to the Poster Collection), undated, 1934

Folder 26: Vilna: Copy of the list of the departed of the khevra kadisha of the Vilna hide dealers, 1926. Miscellaneous letters, 1926, 1971

Folder 27: Czortków: Material from Czortków, 1930s. Y.L. Peretz farein.* Speech at a Zionist club in 1902 in Częstochowa. Miscellaneous letters, 1902, 1930s

Folder 28: Correspondences between yeshivas in Poland and their namesakes in the U.S., 1930s-1950s

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 6

Folder 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

Folder 2: Zabłudów: Relief material from the gemiles khesed, 1929

Folder 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

Folder 4: Zduńska Wola: Picture book from Zduńska Wola, 1925. Some materials on Jews, 1925

Folder 6: Zbąszyń: Deportees from Germany, 1938

Folder 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

Folder 8: Zagłębie: Article on Zagłębie. A kehillah strike, 1932.

Folder 9: Włodawa: Personal letter from Włodawa, 1937, Moshe Morgenstern (removed to the Genealogy and Family History Collection ), undated, 1937

Folder 10: Wołyn: Newspaper article on a literary magazine from Wołyn “Cwit.”, undated

Folder 11: Wołomin: List of those receiving aid in Wołomin, 1939

Folder 12: Zwoleń : Personal letters from Zwoleń from the early-1930s, M. Goldnadel (removed to the Genealogy and Family History Collection ), early-1930s

Folder 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

Folder 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

Folder 15: Łowicz, Wasiliszki: Correspondence from the Jewish library in Łowicz, 1919. Materials from Ze’irei Zion in Wasiliszki, 1917-1920s, 1917-1920s

Folder 16: Chełm, Chmielnik: Article about the death of the Chęciny rebbitzin. Miscellaneous from Chełm, 1928, 1932. Miscellaneous from Chmielnik, 1935, 1928, 1932, 1935

Folder 17: Tomaszów Lubelski: Relief material from Tomaszów Lubelski, late-1930s

Folder 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

Folder 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

Folder 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

Folder 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

Folder 22: Vilna: Description of the Straszun library, undated

Folder 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

Folder 24: Kutno: Description of life in Kutno, 11 p., circa 1914

Folder 25: Radunʹ: A description of Jewish economic life in Radunʹ in the 1930s (English), 1930s

Folder 26: Probozna: Economic conditions of Probozna Jews, 1920s-1930s

Folder 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.

Folder 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

Folder 29: Radomyśl Wielki: Materials from Radomyśl Wielki: Minutes of the kehillah, 1927. Miscellaneous forms from the community council. List of books, undated, 1927

Folder 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

Folder 31: Pinsk: Miscellaneous letters. Announcement of vaccinations against cholera, undated, 1916

Folder 32: Płock: Materials from Płock: Copy of a document from the Zionist socialist workers party, 1905. Antisemitic materials from the 1930s, 1905, 1930s

Folder 33: Siedlce, Szydłów, Pabianice: Announcement of a lecture in Siedlce. Letter from the gemiles khesed in Szydłów, 1935. Article on Pabianice, undated, 1935

Folder 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 7

Folder 1: Świsłocz: Materials from Świsłocz. Miscellaneous letters, 1920s. (2) Notebooks of poetry. Miscellaneous bills, undated

Folder 2: Mława: Handwritten newspaper from Mława, 1921

Folder 3: Myślenice: Copies of newspaper articles on the pogrom in Myślenice in 1936, 1936

Folder 4: Międzyrzec: Materials from Międzyrzec. Letter from a Poale Zionist, 1924. Miscellaneous school and cultural materials, undated, 1924

Folder 5: Motolʹ: Materials from Motolʹ. Miscellaneous letters, 1930s. Passport, 1896 (removed to the Genealogy and Family History Collection), 1896, 1930s

Folder 6: Galicia: Miscellaneous from Galicia, Letters, 1920s, Travel permit, 1843, Matrimonial documents (removed to the Genealogy and Family History Collection), undated, 1843, 1920s

Folder 7: Pinczów: Miscellaneous letters from Pinczów, early-1900s

Folder 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

Folder 9: Piaski: Material from Piaski. Gemiles khesed. Children’s signature album, undated, 1936

Folder 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

Folder 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

Folder 12: TSYSHO: Forms used in the TSYSHO schools, 1920s

Folder 13: TSYSHO: Various broadsides, flyers, and announcements relating to TSYSHO. Various materials relating to “Unzer Shul.” Various materials relating to “Medem Shul.”, undated

Folder 14: TSYSHO: Various reports from TSYSHO, 1925-1927, 1936, 1938, 1939

Folder 15: TSYSHO: Curriculum for the TSYSHO schools, undated

Folder 16: TSYSHO, Vilna: Histories of TSYSHO and its school movement in Vilna, undated

Folder 17: Calendar of the Medem School, 1938

Folder 18: TSYSHO: Correspondence and miscellaneous from TSYSHO, 1929-1939

Folder 19: Materials related to the Medem Sanatorium, 1933-1939, 1944

Folder 20: Correspondence concerning relief for schools, 1932-1939

Box 8

Folder 1: Vilna: Advertisements for and descriptions of the Jewish Technical School in Vilna (removed to the ORT Vocational School in Vilna Records), undated

Folder 2: Mława, Grójec: Leaflet from the Polish Socialist Party in Mława. Leaflet from a socialist group in Grójec, undated

Folder 3: Textbooks from the Vilna Jewish Technikum on electricity, 1927 (removed to the ORT Vocational School in Vilna Collection), 1927

Folder 4: Vilna: Textbooks from the Vilna Jewish Technikum on mechanics, 1927 (removed to the ORT Vocational School in Vilna Collection), 1927

Folder 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 9

Folder 1: Żychlin: A description of life inŻychlin written by Max Kleinot, 90 p., 1950, 1954

Folder 2: TSYSHO: Newspaper article on ten years of TSYSHO plus a poster, 1927

Folder 3: Mir: Article on schools. Correspondence from the Yeshiva of Mir, 1939

Folder 4: Business book and copies of letters of Eliezer (Lazarus) Perkes, 1905

Folder 5: Materials from the Folks Bank, 1920s

Folder 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

Folder 7: Newspaper articles on the “Maccabi” sports club

Folder 8: Minsk: Mazowiecki Documents of Yitzhak Wnuk from Minsk Mazowiecki, 1890s

Folder 9: Vilna: Copies of privileges given to the Jews of Vilna, 1749-1756

Box 10

Folder 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

Folder 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

Folder 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

Folder 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

Folder 5: Vilna: Document certifying the purchase of a seat in the women’s section of the Great Synagogue of Vilna for Basha Schlossberg, 1896

Folder 6: Zdzieciol: Materials that were used for the Yizkor bukh of Zdzieciol, 1940s-1950s

Folder 7: Sejm: Copies of materials pertaining to the Four-Year-Sejm and the Jews of Poland, 1788-1792

Box 11

Folder 1: Various materials on Passover relief for Polish Jewry, from the United British Appeal for Polish Jewry, 1935

Folder 2: Various reports on antisemitism and antisemitic cartoons. Also includes materials dealing with the boycott, 1920s and 1930s

Folder 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

Folder 4: Materials on the Morgenthau Commission that investigated the pogroms, 1918-1919

Folder 5: Miscellaneous newspaper clippings on Jews in Poland, 1920s-1930s

Folder 6: History of and report on Jewish agriculture. General history of the Jews, 1920-1937

Folder 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

Folder 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 12

Folder 1: Lwów: Architectural plans for a Jewish Students’ Sanatorium in Lwów, undated

Folder 2: Various announcements from different yeshivot in Poland, undated

Grodno: Series of articles about: A trip made from Grodno to the U.S. via Russia and China History of Grodno, undated

Folder 4: A thank-you certificate from the Central Council of Yeshivot in Vilna, 1929

Folder 5: A prayer from a group in Vilna honoring men who bought some land in Palestine, undated

Folder 6: Documents (photocopies) concerning Jews from the Włocławek city archives, 1919-1939

Folder 7: Łódz: Two pages from the minutes book of the Great Synagogue of Łódz, 1892

Box 13

Folder 1: Bielice: Report of a pogrom in Bielice, 1936

Folder 2: Przytyk: Album on pogroms in Przytyk, 1930s

Folder 3: Puławy: Copy of a handwritten newspaper from Puławy, “ןעגנוצארפש,” 1917 (approx. eight issues), 1917

Folder 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

Folder 5: Włocławek: Workers’ Front. Revisionists. Poale Zion. Poale Zion (Right). United National Jewish List, 1930s

Folder 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

Folder 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

Folder 8: Nowo Zurawice, Zelwa: Statutes of a Jewish agricultural colony in Nowo Zurawice, 1920. Personal letter from Zelwa, 1920s

Folder 9: Ligmiany: Newspaper article on Lingmiany, undated

Folder 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

Folder 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

Folder 13 a: Papers of Hersh Jakobson, a former teacher of the Jewish schools in Białystok. Correspondence, 1919-1925, 1931

Folder 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

Folder 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

Folder 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

Folder 14: Premysl: Ketubah from Premysl, 1891 (removed to the Genealogy and Family History Collection, 1891

Folder 15: Chart illustrating the activities of the International Red Cross in Poland, 1919-1921

Folder 16: Płock: Membership list of the Khevra Kadisha Musar Haskel (a besmedresh) in Płock, 1897 (on 2 pieces of parchment)

Box 14

Folder 1: Photographs of the Medem Sanatorium, songs sung by children of this sanatorium, 1927-1930

Folder 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

Folder 3: Drohobycz: An antisemitic leaflet issued by the Polish Academic Youth of Drohobycz, 1938 December 22

Folder 4: Ba’al Shem Tov: His disciples and Hasidic Dynasties, undated

Folder 5: Greenberg, Jacob: Personal papers (removed to the Genealogy and Family History Collection, undated

Folder 6: Raphael, Julius: Receipts (removed to the Genealogy and Family History Collection), undated

Folder 7: Pinkas of Posen Jewish Community, 1592 – 1667. Copy of a typed transcription, undated

Folder 8: David Dunkelman: Personal papers (removed to the Genealogy and Family History Collection), undated

Folder 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 15

Folder 1: Krynki: Notebook with notes in Yiddish of class lectures given at the TSYSHO School in Krynki. Handwritten by Sol Gordon, 1918-1923

Folder 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

Folder 3: Brochure from the Mendele School, Białystok, 1938

Folder 4: Stanisławów: Letter from a Yiddish activist in Stanisławów (signature illegible) to Aaron Karlin in NY; clippings from Polish Newspapers, 1937, undated, 1937

Folder 5: Israel Kravitz: Monograph about Siedlce (ישראל קראוויעץ" מאנאגראפיע איבער שעדלעץ", undated

Folder 6: Dąbrowa: Letter from Dąbrowa by “R.K.”, 1938

Folder 7: Slonim: Letter from Slonim, 1929

Folder 8: Brańsk: Research on the history of Jews in Brańsk, by Zbigniew Romaniuk, undated

Folder 9: Siedlce: Memoirs of the 1905 pogrom in Siedlce, by Joseph Bekker, undated

Box 16

Folder 1: Memoirs of A. Hartglas (typescript in Polish, 643 pp.) “Na pograniczu dwoch swiatow.”, undated

Box 17

Folder 1: Mateusz Mieses: Polacy-chrzescijanie pochodzenia zydowskiego, vol. II (German translation), 262 pp., undated

Box 18

Folder 1: Sejny: A history of Jews in Sejny, ms. By J. Adelson, et al. English translation, 6 pp., undated

Folder 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

Folder 3: Makow: Marriage certificate from Makow, 1932. Appeal for funds, for the Talmud Torah in Makow, undated, 1932

Folder 4: Slonim: Memoirs of events in Slonim during World War I. Written by Moishe Eisenstadt (Stone). Incomplete, with English translation, undated

Folder 5: Białystok: Notes written in a Białystok prison during the years 1924-1927, 1924-1927

Folder 6: Zolynia: Copy of a ten–page memoir (in Yiddish) of life in Zolynia (near Rzeszów), by Isak Neiss (handwritten), undated

Folder 7: Three Zionist socialist rubber stamps pertaining to Bytom and Otwock, undated

Box 19

Folder 1: Wysokie Litewskie: Memoir of Wysokie Litewskie, by Dorothy Kraus, undated

Folder 2: Tarnobrzeg: Secondary materials relating to an account of blood libel in Tarnobrzeg/Dzików, undated

Folder 3: Białystok: Copy of a list of electoral candidates for the Białystok Kehillah, 1918 December

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