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Guide to the Records of the Vaad Hayeshivot (Council of Yeshivot) Vilna, Poland, 1847, 1892,1920-1940, RG 25

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Collection Overview

Title: Guide to the Records of the Vaad Hayeshivot (Council of Yeshivot) Vilna, Poland, 1847, 1892,1920-1940, RG 25

ID: RG 25 FA

Creator: Vaad Hayeshivot (Council of Yeshivot), Vilna, Poland

Extent: 21.49 Linear Feet

Arrangement:

The collection is divided into the following 5 series:

Series I: Intra-Organizational Correspondence, 1847, 1892, 1924-1940

Series II: General Office Correspondence, 1924-1940

Series III: Special Programs and Activities, 1928, 1933-1935, 1940

Series IV: Administrative Records, 1924-1939

Series V: Printed Materials, 1923-1940

Languages: Yiddish

Abstract

The Vaad Hayeshivot (Council of Yeshivot) was an organization whose central office was in Vilna, Poland and which was active from 1924 to 1939. It was authorized by the Polish government to provide spiritual and financial support to Orthodox yeshivot in the 5 eastern provinces of Poland, namely, Bialystok, Nowo Gródek, Polesie, Vilna and Wohlynia. During its existence the Vaad Hayeshivot supported a network of about 70 yeshivot which had a total of about 6,000 students. Its supporting membership included the rabbinate and the local populations of over 350 Jewish communities. The records of the Vaad Hayeshivot span the period 1920-1940. They reflect, to different degrees, all activities of the organization.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The records of the Vaad Hayeshivot in Vilna reflect the entire range of activities of the Central Office from 1924 to 1940. Although incomplete, they are comprehensive enough to throw light on all aspects of the Vaad’s history. The records consist of correspondence, correspondence log books, circulars, minutes of meetings, reports, questionnaires, lists, printed materials and financial records such as receipts, budget reports, book-keeping entries.

Series I, the largest and richest in the collection is arranged in alphabetical order by Polish name of town or city. It includes almost no names from outside the Vaad Hayeshivot network. Three separate series were merged to form this one, because their contents, purpose and order were similar. Also, the original records were arranged according to Hebrew or Yiddish alphabetical order and the records were reshuffled according to the Roman alphabet. Each town can have two types of files: a. correspondence file, consisting of correspondence with either a yeshiva, rabbi, or local Vaad society;b. contribution lists file consisting of a list of names and contributions sent in to the Central Office by a certain town.

While most towns have two separate files, in some cases the two files were merged as there were only a few documents in each. In other cases they were left together in the same folder as some letters contain both correspondence and contributions. Certain towns, which were also administrative branches of the Vaad or which had larger populations such a Baranowicze, Bialystok, Brześc, Grodno, are represented by larger quantities of records which are arranged chronologically.

Series I is comprehensive but incomplete. Most of the yeshivot of the region are represented although correspondence with individual yeshivot is fragmentary with numerous gaps in years. Most of the network’s communities and local Vaad societies are also represented and contribution lists from towns provide a fair sampling of Orthodox Jewish participation in Vaad Hayeshivot activities. The series contains valuable correspondence with well-known yeshiva deans active in administrative matters, as well as rare documents such as manuscripts in Russian script dated 1847 and 1892 relating to the Wolozyn yeshiva.

The correspondence with yeshiva deans includes: Rabbi Finkel, Mir; Rabbi Gordon, Łomża; Rabi Aaron Kotler, Etz Chaim of Kleck; Rabbi S. Szkop, Shaar Hatora, Grodno; Rabbi Elchonon Wasserman, Ohel Tora, Baranowicze. Correspondents from the central office include: Rabbi C.O. Grodzienski, Rabbi Meir Karelitz, Rabbi Aaron Berek, Rabbi Joseph Shub.

Series II, General Office Correspondence, 1924-1940, contains correspondence with government authorities, commercial establishments, miscellaneous organizations in Poland, the AJDC in New York, Paris and Berlin and individuals. The series is fragmentary and small in quantity but contains enough materials from each correspondence type to provide the interested historian with a general understanding of the Central Office’s activities. Correspondence with the AJDC was arranged separately and is also fragmentary. The folder in this series are arranged chronologically.

Series III, Special Program and Activities, relates to four types of activities. a. Jewish Community Elections, 1928b. Food packages Program to the Soviet Union, 1933c. Refugee Committee, 1940d. Sefer Tora Project, 1933-1935

Election records are actually records of Dos Wort which was the office which organized the election committee. The archivist assumed however that as the staff and policies of the Vaad and Dos Wort overlapped, that the records should remain in the Vaad records where they were originally found. These records consist of questionnaires, correspondence, minutes, committee membership lists, generated by the Central Orthodox Election Committee for Municipal Elections in the Eastern Provinces. The questionnaires provide statistical information on populations of small Jewish communities.

Records of the Russian food package program consist of only 1 folder but include correspondence with the Diszkin Compnay in Warsaw which provides information on the Vaad’s formal role in the program as accepted by the Soviet embassy. The records of the Sefer Tora project are incomplete but contain lists of thousands of names of residents of towns in the eastern region as well as towns from other parts of Poland and abroad. Refugee Committee Records are fragmentary but provide some cumulative lists of beneficiaries, lists of yeshivot, and include financial reports and correspondence. Files on individual yeshivot are arranged geographically by name of town where yeshiva was originally located.

Series IV, Administrative Records are valuable, and rich, but fragmentary. There are by-laws but only for 1926. Convention materials include resolutions and agendas for 1928-1929 and 1939 but a portion of the convention materials are so illegible that they are practically useless. There are materials of historical value such as a resolution signed at the convention of 1928-1929 and bearing the signatures of the Chofetz Chaim and other rabbis. Questionnaires collected from all yeshivot provide useful statistical information on the financial situation of individual yeshivot, but only for 1926, 1929, and 1936.

There are lists of yeshivot, towns, communities, rabbis, which provide information on the structure of the organization, but dates are often unavailable. Bookkeeping records are very fragmentary and there are only two annual budget reports extant, for 1924-1925 and 1933.

Series V, Printed Materials, are comprehensive and not only indicate how well organized the publicity department was, but the circulars and printed materials are themselves a reflection of the organization’s entire range of activities and also of certain events in its history.

In addition to Dos Wort the Vaad Hayeshivot was also organizationally connected with the educational organization Chorev. In some cases, letters addressed to these two organizations were found to have been interfiled with the Vaad Hayeshivot records and were not removed.

The records are sources for the following subjects of research: yeshivot in Poland, 1847, 1892, 1924-1939; Jewish municipal elections, 1928; refugee aid in Poland; 1940; food package program to Soviet Union, 1940; Jewish organizations in inter-war Poland, 1924-40; the rabbinate in inter-war Poland, 1924-1940.

Historical Note

The Vaad Hayeshivot, (Council of Yeshivot) was founded at a rabbinical convention in Grodno, Poland, in 1924, under the sponsorship of Rabbi Israel Meir Kagan of Radunʹ and Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzienski of Vilna, both prominent spiritual leaders of Polish Orthodox Jewry. The main purpose of the Council was to provide financial support to yeshivot in eastern Poland, which had been uprooted or destroyed during World War I and were on the verge of financial bankruptcy. Active from 1924 to 1940 with its central office in Vilna, the Council was authorized by the Polish government to function in five eastern provinces of Poland, namely, Bialystok, Nowo Gródek, Polesie, Vilna and Wohlynia. For 15 years the Vaad supported a network of about 70 yeshivot with a total student body of about 6,000 students. It also used its spiritual influence and organizational strength to espouse political, religious and practical causes in support of Orthodox Judaism. Dos Wort, the Vaad’s official organ, was published weekly from 1924 to 1939.

The Vaad’s network consisted of a central administrative board and central office, the rabbinate of the eastern Polish countryside, local vaad societies from about 350 communities, as well as the Jewish orthodox residents of those communities, and finally the staffs and student bodies of about 70 yeshivot. The different elements of this network were related in the following manner. The administrative board and office planned and scheduled fund-raising campaigns, conducted simultaneously in the 5 provinces. Responsibility for the campaigns was delegated to rabbis who visited communities and formed local vaad hayeshivot societies. Money collected from the community by the local society was sent to the central office in Vilna which distributed it to the yeshivot according to established percentages.

The central administrative board was headed by Rabbi Kagan and Rabbi Grodzienski. Rabbi Kagan (who was known popularly as the “Chofetz Chaim” after his book which bore that title) was the executive director of the Council from 1924 until his death in 1933. He was succeeded by Rabbi Grodzienski who was president of the board until 1940. As an indisputed spiritual leader of Orthodox Jewry in Eastern Poland the Chofetz Chaim was in fact the inspirational force behind the Council and was successful in unifying the rabbinate, the yeshiva deans and the local population into a single organization which worked together for the survival of the entire yeshiva system, then on the verge of extinction. Rabbi Grodzienski, a renowned rabbi and dayan (religious judge) in Vilna, unaffiliated with any particular yeshiva, had worked since World War I for the reconstruction of yeshivot and by 1924 was recognized by U.S. relief institutions as a national spokesman for Polish Jewish institutions and individuals in need of financial aid. The personalities of these two men contributed more to the effectiveness of the Council than any other single factor.

As the Chofetz Chaim’s advanced years and poor health precluded practical day-to-day participation, Rabbi Grodzienski was the recognized administrative director although he too was involved in many other community and religious matters. Technical aspects of the administration were in the hands of Rabbi Joseph Shub, active from 1924-1939 and listed as Secretary and treasurer in a 1933 list of board members. Other members of the board included yeshiva deans, such as Rabbi A. Kotler of Kleck, Rabbi F. Hindes of Grodno and Rabbi L.J. Finkel of Mir. The administration also included members of the rabbinate, such as Rabbi Meir Karelitz of Lachowicze and Rabbi M. Rabinowicz of Szczuczyn.

The Central Office in Vilna consisted of a handful of office workers whose duties, conditions of work and salaries, were defined at an executive board meeting. The Central Office served as the central communication point for all units of the network. i.e., the yeshivot, rabbis, community residents, local vaad societies. It functioned as a clearing house of funds which it distributed to the yeshivot and all of its office duties were generated by this basic function. It corresponded with all yeshiva deans, collected statistical information on yeshivot, kept records of all funds distributed, and received all yeshiva requests relating to building repairs, staff salaries and student services. It issued instructions to rabbis, kept records of all their visits to communities. It kept records of all contributions, corresponded with over 350 communities, distributing notices of events, such as rabbinical sermons, lectures. Finally it corresponded with the Polish government, commercial establishments, and organizations and individuals around the world.

The rabbinate, considered by Rabbi Kagan as a vital group in the Vaad net work, consisted of rabbis of communities who voluntarily agreed to work for the Vaad in a joint proclamation signed by all attending the convention of 1924. Each rabbi was asked by the Central Office to visit 2 communities a year, to speak on behalf of the Council, explaining its purpose and delivering a general discourse on a Tora topic. They also were to form a local Vaad Hayeshivot society and launch the fund raising campaign. The rabbis were the key link between the central office and local population; they were the backbone of the entire fund raising campaign. Moreover, they fulfilled a spiritual and educational need, as many of the communities they visited had no rabbi and the sermons they delivered were considered educational lectures.

The local Vaad societies or sometimes ladies auxiliaries, were founded by the visiting rabbi and consisted of active lay members of the community, headed sometimes by the synagogue manager or treasurer. The local society collected money, sent lists of contributions to the main office, received and posted notices concerning Vaad Hayeshivot events such as special collections, lectures, held meetings and sent reports to Dos Wort for publication.

Over 350 communities were considered part of the Vaad’s campaigning network. In fact, the Chofetz Chaim’s proclamation of 1924 stated that all Jewish residents of the 5 provinces were obligated to give a minimum of 18 zlotes or $2.00 a year. They were to consider this amount a national obligation, in the same manner as the ‘half-shekel’ was collected annually as part of Jewish religious practice.

The yeshivot in the network were either yeshivot gedolot, or ‘higher’ schools, for students between about 15-20 or yeshivot ketanot or ‘preparatory’ schools, for students between 12-15. There were about 15 yeshivot gedolot, many of which were well known for their high academic standards in Talmudic studies. Students came not only from all over the 5 provinces but from other parts of Poland and often from the U.S. as well. The best known yeshivot were: Ohel Torah, Baranowicze; Toras Chesed, Baranowicze; Toras Chesed, Brześc; Beis Yosef, Bialystok; Beis Ulpana, Bialystok; Shaar Hatora, Grodno; Rameiles, Vilna; Etz Chaim, Wolozyn; Łomża Yeshiva, Łomża; Mirrer Yeshiva, Mir; Beis Yosef, Międzyrzec; Slonim Yeshiva, Slonim; Beis Yosef, Pinsk; Kobryn Yeshiva, Kobryn; Knesset Beis Yitzchak, Kamieniec Litewski; Etz-Chaim, Kleck; Chofetz-Chaim, Radunʹ.

The yeshivot ketanot, which accounted for the rest of the schools, received 12% of the total monies collected by the central office. The balance was distributed monthly to the yeshivot gedolot, according to fixed percentages based upon an established priority system. The money paid for food, new clothing, clothing alterations, shoe purchases and repairs, bedding, medical services, books, staff salaries and summer camps.

The Vaad Hayeshivot had four major sources of income. The first source was the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. This source, though considered indispensable in the 1920’s became unpredictable, however, especially in the late 1920’s and early 1930’s when practically all aid stopped because of the Depression. The JDC had branches in Paris in Berlin and the Vaad, through Rabbi Chaim O Grodzienski, corresponded with them, sending periodic budget reports. A second source, was based on the local collection campaign, held bi-annually in all Jewish communities in the eastern provinces. The campaign objective was 18 zlotes or $2.00 a year and campaigns were held during the Sabbath of Yisro, that is when the portion of Yisro is read from the Tora, some time in February.

The second campaign was held during the high holy day period. For those unable to donate $2.00 at one time, money boxes were distributed so that they could donate small sums daily. A letter to the JDC states that the income derived from the regional campaigns was $40,000 or a fifth of total yeshiva expenses, estimated at $200,000.

A third source of funds consisted of international ‘friends’ and supporters of the Vaad, former yeshiva students, rabbis and Jews interested in supporting Tora education. Countries included France, Holland, England, USA, Australia and South Africa. Finally, the Vaad had some special projects or activities, such as the Tora Project in memory of the Chofetz Chaim, 1933-1935.

Despite the Vaad’s success in penetrating local communities, and despite the high participation rate as demonstrated by the contribution lists, the yeshiva network continued to suffer serious financial problems. Cumulative budget figures for the entire yeshiva system for 1937-1938 are income: 1,211,908 z; expenses: 1,521,150 z; deficit: 709,242 z. The figures for 1938 and 1939 are similar with deficits of higher than 50% and as these figures represented the cumulative budgets of all the yeshivot combined it can be concluded that the financial situation of the average yeshiva was deteriorating.

To plan and control its activities the Vaad Hayeshivot held conferences. Major ones, held in Vilna and attended by rabbis and yeshiva deans from all over the 5 provinces, were held in 1924, 1928-1929 and in 1939. The 1924 conference was convened because of the yeshiva crisis and saw the establishment of the organization. The 1928-1929 conference, a rabbinical conference held in the Vaad Hayeshivot building, dealt with Jewish municipal elections and at the same time, the financial crisis occasioned by the impending cessation of aid from the AJDC. The rabbinical conference was at the same time a Vaad Hayeshivot conference, for the attending rabbis were members of the Vaad and the conference was chaired by Rabbi Grodzienski, so that the future of the yeshiva system was high on the agenda. In addition, committees were established to deal with general religious matters such as Sabbath observance and kashrut.

The next major Vaad Hayeshivot conference was held in the summer of 1939 in order to celebrate 15 years of existence. It dealt not only with Yeshiva matters but also with the question of assimilation among religious Jews. Committees were again appointed to deal with problems in kashrut and sabbath observance, as well as general religious practice. Thus, both major conferences, concerned themselves with general religious and spiritual questions as well as the general financial status of the yeshiva system.

The second kind of conference, called regional conferences, convened much more frequently and its purpose was to review past fund raising campaigns and plan future ones. Resolutions were passed relating to campaign matters and regional conferences were attended by the regional rabbinate, members of the Vaad Hayeshivot Central Office, deans of yeshivot. Reports were written after each conference and often described in Dos Wort. In addition to its main function, the Vaad Hayeshivot took part in political matters was active in relief work, and other projects. The Vaad Hayeshivot played an indirect role in the election campaign for the Jewish Kehilla elections of 1928, when community councils were to be elected for communities in the eastern provinces. Dos Wort, the Vaad’s official newspaper, wrote articles and campaigned actively on behalf of the Orthodox candidates. It called a conference of 100 community leaders, participated in the formation of the Tsentral byuro fun ortodoksishn val amt far di mizrakh kontn, or Central Orthodox Election Committee for Municipal Elections in the Eastern Province and sent out questionnaires to communities in the eastern region, in order to provide campaign advice and evaluate current propaganda methods in use.

In 1933, the Vaad Hayeshivot participated in a food package program to the Soviet Union, which was then suffering from a famine due to widespread crop failures. The Vaad acted as a representative of the Diszkin Company in Warsaw, a meat company which had been authorized by the Soviet embassy to be the sole sender of food packages in Poland. The Vaad Hayeshovot accepted food order and forwarded them to Warsaw and or to Latvia where another licensed company handled orders. The program seems to have lasted only a year.

Another project was the writing of a Sefer Tora in memory of the Chofetz Chaim, initiated after his death in 1933 and terminated about 1935. A scribe was commissioned by the Vaad Hayeshivot to write a Tora scroll. The entire Jewish community both in Poland and elsewhere was invited to share in the religious commandment of writing a Tora by ‘buying’ a letter, verse or more. Portions of the Tora were printed, word by word, or letter by letter, in notebooks and letters were checked off as they were ‘sold’. In this manner thousands of names were collected. It is possible that these lists of names which survive in the YIVO Archives in the Vaad Hayeshivot records, are the only surviving records of individuals who later died during World War II. The Sefer Tora project had two purposes. The first, was to achieve a symbolic feeling of unity among Jews by asking them to participate in a collective religious act. Secondly, the project was a source of income and funds raised from it were distributed to yeshivot as indicated by some extant financial records. At the completion of the Tora traditional celebrations were held.

The Council had an additional function in 1940 when Eastern Poland was occupied by the Soviet Union and Central Poland by German. The yeshivot in both areas closed down and staff and many students, teachers and administrators fled to Vilna. The Vaad worked with the Refugee Committee of Vilna to provide shelter, food and clothing to these refugees. Some of the yeshivot handled by the refugee committee were from outside Vaad Hayeshivot territory such as the Yeshiva of Lublin, or the Yeshiva of Lubavitch situated in Otwock near Warsaw. Many of the yeshivot used Vilna as a transit point in their flight through Poland across Russia to Shanghai where they stayed for part or all of the war.

Something must be said about the activities of Dos Wort which coexisted alongside the Vaad for 15 years. It’s editors were Rabbi Joseph Shub and Rabbi Meir Karelitz. The primary purpose of the papers was to publicize the financial objective of the organization and to report on its activities. Dos Wort provided complete coverage of all Vaad activities, including conferences and campaigns. It reported rabbinical visits to towns and described their sermons in detail. It published appeals and announcements relating to major campaigns as well as reports on their degrees of success. It also published open letters by the Chofetz Chaim and other rabbis. In addition, Dos Wort provided detailed coverage of the entire Jewish municipal election campaign of 1928, favoring the orthodox candidates and writing lengthy political analyses.

Articles were written as well on religious and spiritual matters, such as pieces on the religious festivals and Sabbath observance. Some foreign, political and diplomatic news was included. Anecdotes and stories of famous rabbinic personalities were featured as well. Social ads were a regular weekly item and yeshivot would print announcements about their student admission policy, and other student matters. In 1925 the price of an issue was 30 groshen. Copies were probably mailed to all local Vaad Hayeshivot societies as well as to private subscribers.

In conclusion, the Vaad Hayeshivot succeeded in creating and maintaining an organization which attempted to provide a regular financial base to the yeshiva system. Because of general economic difficulties in Poland and elsewhere the Vaad did not succeed in eliminating the deficits of individual yeshivot. Nevertheless, by building an organizational structure which reached out to the entire Jewish population in the eastern provinces, and by conducting enthusiastic and persistent campaigns, the Vaad Hayeshivot succeeded in keeping the yeshivot open, providing partially for the essential needs of students and staff.

Secondly, for the first time in modern yeshiva history a precedent was set for yeshivot to work together in order to solve their problems. Throughout the existence of the Vaad, the yeshivot were subject to the regulations laid down by the central office as far as regional collecting was concerned; individual yeshivot were not permitted to organize separate collections for themselves in Vaad Hayeshivot territory, although they could do so abroad.

And finally, the Vaad Hayeshivot through its traveling deans and rabbis, through the far reaching influence of its leaders, through its organizational machinery, its newspaper and publicity methods, was also effective in exerting an influence in spiritual and political matters.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions:

General Access Policy: Open to researchers with special permission of the Chief Archivist. At the present time, temporarily closed to the public pending completion of conservation and microfilming.

For more information, contact: Chief Archivist, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011 email: archives@yivo.cjh.org

Preferred Citation: Published citations should read as follows:Identification of item, date (if known); YIVO Archives; Records of the Vaad Hayeshivot (Vilna, Poland); RG 25; folder number.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

Series I: Intra-Organizational Correspondence, 1847, 1892, 1924-1940,
Series II: General Office Correspondence, 1924-1940,
Series III: Special Programs and Activities, 1928, 1933-1935, 1940,
Series IV: Administrative Records, 1924-1939,
Series V: Printed Materials, 1923-1940

Series I: Intra-Organizational Correspondence, 1847, 1892, 1924-1940

Series I includes correspondence with Yeshiva deans, administrators; local Vaad Hayeshivot societies and community fund raisers, rabbis; individuals.

Folder 1: Aleksandria
Folder 2: Aleksandria
Folder 3: Antonowka
Folder 4: Antopol
Folder 5: Augustów
Folder 6: Augustów
Folder 7: Bakalarzewo
Folder 8: Bakszty
Folder 9: Balika
Folder 10: Baranowicze
Folder 11: Baranowicze
Folder 12: Baranowicze
Folder 13: Baranowicze
Folder 14: Baranowicze
Folder 15: Baranowicze
Folder 16: Będzin
Folder 17: Beresteczko
Folder 18: Berewno
Folder 19: Bereza-Kartuska
Folder 20: Berezce
Folder 21: Bereznica
Folder 22: Berezno
Folder 23: Berezno
Folder 24: Białowieża
Folder 25: Bialozorka
Folder 26: Białystok
Folder 27: Białystok
Folder 28: Białystok
Folder 29: Białystok
Folder 30: Białystok
Folder 31: Białystok
Folder 32: Białystok
Folder 33: Białystok
Folder 34: Białystok
Folder 35: Bielica
Folder 36: Bielsk-Podlaski
Folder 37: Bielsk-Podlaski
Folder 38: Bieniakonie
Folder 39: Bluden
Folder 40: Bocki
Folder 41: Boremel
Folder 42: Boremel
Folder 43: Bransk
Folder 44: Braclaw
Folder 45: Braclaw
Folder 46: Brześć Litewski
Folder 47: Brześć Litewski
Folder 48: Brześć Litewski
Folder 49: Brześć Litewski
Folder 50: Brzeznica
Folder 51: Brzostowica
Folder 52: Brzostowica
Folder 53: Budslaw
Folder 54: Budziszki
Folder 55: Bydgoszcz
Folder 56: Bystrzyce
Folder 57: Bystrzyce
Folder 58: Bysten
Folder 59: Bysten
Folder 60: B- Miscellaneous
Folder 61: Chmielnik
Folder 62: Chomsk
Folder 63: Choroszcz
Folder 64: Choroszcz
Folder 65: Ciechanów, Ciechanówiec
Folder 66: Ciechanów, Ciechanówiec
Folder 67: Czartorysk
Folder 68: Czernawczyce
Folder 69: Czernian
Folder 70: Czerwin, Czerwony Bór
Folder 71: Czortków
Folder 72: Czuczewicze
Folder 73: Czuczewicze
Folder 74: Dąbrowa
Folder 75: Dąbrowa
Folder 76: Dąbrowica
Folder 77: Dąbrowica
Folder 78: Daugeliszki
Folder 79: Dawidgródek
Folder 80: Dawidgródek
Folder 81: Dekszna
Folder 82: Delatycze
Folder 83: Demidowka
Folder 84: Derazne
Folder 85: Dereczyn
Folder 86: Derewno
Folder 87: Derewno
Folder 88: Dokszyce
Folder 89: Dokszyce
Folder 90: Dołhinow
Folder 91: Dołhinow
Folder 92: Domaczewo
Folder 93: Domaczewo
Folder 94: Drohiczyn
Folder 95: Drohiczyn
Folder 96: Drohiczyn
Folder 97: Druja
Folder 98: Druja
Folder 99: Drujsk
Folder 100: Druskieniki
Folder 101: Druzkopol
Folder 102: Dubinowo
Folder 103: Dubinowo
Folder 104: Dubno
Folder 105: Dubno
Folder 106: Dukszty
Folder 107: Dukszty
Folder 108: Dunilowicze
Folder 109: Dunilowicze
Folder 110: Dworzec
Folder 111: Dworzec
Folder 112: Dywin
Folder 113: Dziewieniszki
Folder 114: Dziewieniszki
Folder 115: Dzisna
Folder 116: D-Misc
Folder 117: Ejszyszki
Folder 118: Ejszyszki
Folder 119: Filipow
Folder 120: Gac
Folder 121: Garwolin
Folder 122: Gdańsk
Folder 123: Gierwiaty
Folder 124: Glebokie
Folder 125: Glebokie
Folder 126: Glinki
Folder 127: Glusza
Folder 128: Goniądz
Folder 129: Goniądz
Folder 130: Gorlice
Folder 131: Goworowo
Folder 132: Grajewo
Folder 133: Grajewo
Folder 134: Grajewo
Folder 135: Gródek/Białystok
Folder 136: Gródek/Białystok
Folder 137: Gródek/Molʹodeczno
Folder 138: Gródek/Molʹodeczno
Folder 139: Gródek
Folder 140: Grodno
Folder 141: Grodno
Folder 142: Grodno
Folder 143: Grodno
Folder 144: Grodno
Folder 145: Grodno
Folder 146: Grodno
Folder 147: Hajnówka
Folder 148: Hancewicze
Folder 149: Hancewicze
Folder 150: Hermanowicze
Folder 151: Hoduciszki
Folder 152: Hoduciszki
Folder 153: Holoby
Folder 154: Holoby
Folder 155: Holszany
Folder 156: Holszany
Folder 157: Holubicze
Folder 158: Holynka
Folder 159: Holynka
Folder 160: Horochow
Folder 161: Horochow
Folder 162: Horodeć
Folder 163: Horodno
Folder 164: Horodyszcze
Folder 165: Horodyszcze
Folder 166: Horodziej
Folder 167: Horyngrod
Folder 168: Hoszcza
Folder 169: Hoszcza
Folder 170: Hudogaj
Folder 171: Ignalino
Folder 172: Ignalino
Folder 173: Ignatowka
Folder 174: Ilja
Folder 175: Indura
Folder 176: Indura
Folder 177: Iwacewicze
Folder 178: Iwie
Folder 179: Iwie
Folder 180: Iwie
Folder 181: Iwieniec
Folder 182: Iwkowa
Folder 183: Izabelin
Folder 184: Izabelin
Folder 185: Jablonka
Folder 186: Jadow
Folder 187: Jakowlewo
Folder 188: Jalowka
Folder 189: Jalowka
Folder 190: Janów
Folder 191: Janów
Folder 192: Jasinowka
Folder 193: Jasinowka
Folder 194: Jasle
Folder 195: Jaszuny
Folder 196: Jedrzejowa
Folder 197: Jedwabne
Folder 198: Jedwabne
Folder 199: Jeleniewo
Folder 200: Jeleniewo
Folder 201: Jeremicze
Folder 202: Jeremicze
Folder 203: Jeziorany
Folder 204: Jeziornica
Folder 205: Jeziory
Folder 206: Jeziory
Folder 207: Józefów
Folder 208: J-Misc.
Folder 209: Kalety
Folder 210: Kamień Koszyrski
Folder 211: Kamień Koszyrski
Folder 212: Kamieniec-Litewski
Folder 213: Kamieniec-Litewski
Folder 314: Kamieniec-Litewski Łomża
Folder 215: Kamionka
Folder 216: Kamionka
Folder 217: Katerburg
Folder 218: Katerburg
Folder 219: Kazimierz
Folder 220: Kielce
Folder 221: Kiemieliszki
Folder 222: Kiemieliszki
Folder 223: Kiena
Folder 224: Kiena
Folder 225: Kisielin
Folder 226: Kiwerce
Folder 227: Kleck
Folder 228: Kleck
Folder 229: Kleck
Folder 230: Kleck
Folder 231: Klesów
Folder 232: Kleszczele
Folder 233: Kleszczele
Folder 234: Klewan
Folder 235: Knyszyn
Folder 236: Knyszyn
Folder 237: Kobryn
Folder 238: Kobryn
Folder 239: Kobryn
Folder 240: Kobryn
Folder 241: Kobylʹnik
Folder 242: Kobylʹnik
Folder 243: Kodeń́́́́
Folder 244: Koidanowo
Folder 245: Kołki
Folder 246: Kolno
Folder 247: Kolno
Folder 248: Kolo
Folder 249: Kolomyja
Folder 250: Koltyniany
Folder 251: Koluszki
Folder 252: Konwaliszki
Folder 253: Korelicze
Folder 254: Korelicze
Folder 255: Kortelisy
Folder 256: Kortelisy
Folder 257: Korycin
Folder 258: Korzec
Folder 259: Korzec
Folder 260: Korzec
Folder 261: Kosów Poleski
Folder 262: Kosów Poleski
Folder 263: Kostopolʹ
Folder 264: Kostopolʹ
Folder 265: Kotelno
Folder 266: Kowel
Folder 267: Kowel
Folder 268: Kowel
Folder 269: Kozan-Gródek
Folder 270: Kozan-Gródek
Folder 271: Kozin
Folder 272: Kozin
Folder 273: Kozlowszczyzna
Folder 274: Krasne
Folder 275: Krasne
Folder 276: Krasnopol
Folder 277: Krewo
Folder 278: Krewo
Folder 279: Krynki
Folder 280: Krynki
Folder 281: Kryłów
Folder 282: Krzemieniec
Folder 283: Krzywicze
Folder 284: Kulesze
Folder 285: Kurzeniec
Folder 286: Kutno
Folder 287: Kuźnica
Folder 288: Kuźnica
Folder 289: K-Misc.
Folder 290: Lachowicze
Folder 291: Lachowicze
Folder 292: Lachwa
Folder 293: Lachwa
Folder 294: Lahiszyn
Folder 295: Lahiszyn
Folder 296: Landwarów
Folder 297: Landwarów
Folder 298: Łanowce
Folder 299: Łanowce
Folder 300: Lapunica
Folder 301: Łapy
Folder 302: Lebiedzew
Folder 303: Lebiedzew
Folder 304: Lenin
Folder 305: Lenin
Folder 306: Leonpol
Folder 307: Leśna
Folder 308: Lida
Folder 309: Linowo
Folder 310: Lipniszki
Folder 311: Lipniszki
Folder 312: Łódz
Folder 313: Łokacze
Folder 315: Łomża
Folder 316: Łomża
Folder 317: Lomzyca
Folder 318: Lozyszcze
Folder 319: Lubcza
Folder 320: Lubcza
Folder 321: Lubieszów
Folder 322: Lubieszów
Folder 323: Lublin
Folder 324: Luboml
Folder 325: Luboml
Folder 326: Luck
Folder 327: Luck
Folder 328: Ludwipol
Folder 329: Łuniniec
Folder 330: Łuniniec
Folder 331: Lunna
Folder 332: Luzki
Folder 333: Luzki
Folder 334: Lwów
Folder 335: Lyntupy
Folder 336: Lyse
Folder 337: Lyse
Folder 338: Lyskow
Folder 339: L-Misc.
Folder 340: Maciejow
Folder 341: Maciejow
Folder 342: Malecz
Folder 343: Malecz
Folder 344: Maloryta
Folder 345: Maloryta
Folder 346: Malow
Folder 347: Maniewicze
Folder 348: Maniewicze
Folder 349: Marcinkance
Folder 350: Mejszagola
Folder 351: Mejszagola
Folder 352: Miadziol
Folder 353: Miadziol
Folder 354: Michaliszki
Folder 355: Michaliszki
Folder 356: Michałowo
Folder 357: Michałowo
Folder 358: Mickun
Folder 359: Międzyrzec
Folder 360: Międzyrzec
Folder 361: Międzyrzec
Folder 362: Mielegiany
Folder 363: Mielnica
Folder 364: Mielnik
Folder 365: Mikaszewicze
Folder 366: Mikaszewicze
Folder 367: Milejczyce
Folder 368: Milejczyce
Folder 369: Miory
Folder 370: Miory
Folder 371: Mir
Folder 372: Mir
Folder 373: Mir
Folder 374: Mizocz
Folder 375: Mizocz
Folder 376: Mława
Folder 377: Mlynow
Folder 378: Młynów
Folder 379: Mokran
Folder 380: Molczadz
Folder 381: Molczadz
Folder 382: Molʹodeczno
Folder 383: Molʹodeczno
Folder 384: Moroczno
Folder 385: Mościska
Folder 386: Mosty
Folder 387: Mosty
Folder 388: Motolʹ
Folder 389: Motolʹ
Folder 390: Mscibow
Folder 391: Mscibow
Folder 392: Murawica
Folder 393: Musz
Folder 394: Myszyniec
Folder 395: M-Misc.
Folder 397: Naliboki
Folder 398: Narew
Folder 399: Narew
Folder 400: Narewka
Folder 401: Nasielsk
Folder 402: Niedzwiedzice
Folder 403: Niehniewicze
Folder 404: Niemenczyn
Folder 405: Niemenczyn
Folder 406: Niemirów
Folder 407: Niesuchoize
Folder 408: Niesuchoize
Folder 409: Nieśwież
Folder 410: Nieśwież
Folder 411: Nowa-Mysz
Folder 412: Nowogród
Folder 413: Nowogród
Folder 414: Nowo-Gródek
Folder 415: Nowo-Gródek
Folder 416: Nowo-Gródek
Folder 417: Nowo-Gródek
Folder 418: Nowojelno
Folder 419: Nowojelno
Folder 420: Nowo-Sweciany
Folder 421: Nowo-Sweciany
Folder 422: Nowo-Wilejsk
Folder 423: Nowy Dwʹo
Folder 424: Nowy-Pohost
Folder 425: Nowy-Pohost
Folder 426: Nujno
Folder 427: Nur
Folder 428: Odelsk
Folder 429: Odelsk
Folder 430: Odryzyn
Folder 431: Olkieniki
Folder 432: Olkieniki
Folder 433: Olkieniki
Folder 434: Olyka
Folder 435: Olyka
Folder 436: Opalin
Folder 437: Opsa
Folder 438: Orany
Folder 439: Orany
Folder 440: Orla
Folder 441: Orla
Folder 442: Orlan
Folder 443: Orlan
Folder 444: Osowa
Folder 445: Osowa
Folder 446: Ostrog
Folder 447: Ostrog
Folder 448: Ostrog
Folder 449: Ostrow
Folder 450: Ostrowiec
Folder 451: Ostrozec
Folder 452: Ostrozec
Folder 453: Ostryn
Folder 454: Ostryn
Folder 455: Oszmiana
Folder 456: Oszmiana
Folder 457: Oszmiana
Folder 458: Otwock
Folder 459: Ozorków
Folder 460: ParafJanów
Folder 461: ParafJanów
Folder 462: Pieski
Folder 463: Pieski
Folder 464: Pinsk
Folder 465: Pinsk
Folder 466: Pinsk
Folder 467: Pinsk
Folder 468: Plissa
Folder 469: Plissa
Folder 470: Płock
Folder 471: Plotnica
Folder 472: Plotnica
Folder 473: Pniewno
Folder 474: Pniewno
Folder 475: Poczajow
Folder 476: Poczajow
Folder 477: Podbrodzie
Folder 478: Podbrodzie
Folder 479: Pohost (Zarzecznie, Zohorodzki)
Folder 480: Pohost (Zarzecznie, Zohorodzki)
Folder 481: Pohost (Zarzecznie, Zohorodzki)
Folder 482: Polonka
Folder 483: Polonka
Folder 484: Popielewo
Folder 485: Porozow
Folder 486: Porozow
Folder 487: Poryck
Folder 488: Poryck
Folder 489: Porzecze
Folder 490: Porzecze
Folder 491: Postawy
Folder 492: Postawy
Folder 493: Prozoroki
Folder 494: Prużana
Folder 495: Prużana
Folder 496: Prużana
Folder 497: Przasnica
Folder 498: Przemyśl
Folder 499: Przerosl
Folder 500: Przerosl
Folder 501: Przerosl
Folder 502: Pułtusk
Folder 503: Punśk
Folder 504: P-Misc.
Folder 505: Raczki
Folder 506: Radom
Folder 507: Radoszkowice
Folder 508: Radoszkowice
Folder 509: Radunʹ
Folder 510: Radunʹ
Folder 511: Radunʹ
Folder 512: Radunʹ
Folder 513: Radziwillów
Folder 514: Radziwillów
Folder 515: Rafałówka
Folder 516: Rafałówka
Folder 517: Rajgrod
Folder 518: Raków
Folder 519: Raków
Folder 520: Ratno
Folder 521: Ratno
Folder 522: Rokitno
Folder 523: Rokitno
Folder 524: Ros
Folder 525: Ros
Folder 526: Rotnica
Folder 527: Rotnica
Folder 528: Rowne
Folder 529: Rowne
Folder 530: Rowne
Folder 531: Rowne
Folder 532: Rozana
Folder 533: Rozana
Folder 534: Rozana
Folder 535: Różanka
Folder 536: Różanka
Folder 537: Rożyszcze
Folder 538: Rożyszcze
Folder 539: Rubiezewicze
Folder 540: Rubiezewicze
Folder 541: Rudomin
Folder 542: Rudziszki
Folder 543: Rudziszki
Folder 544: Rukajny
Folder 545: Rutki-Kossaki
Folder 546: Rutki-Kossaki
Folder 547: Rymanów
Folder 548: Rymszany
Folder 549: Rymszany
Folder 550: R-Misc.
Folder 551: Sadow
Folder 552: Sadow
Folder 553: Sarny
Folder 554: Sarny
Folder 555: Sarny
Folder 556: Sejny
Folder 557: Sejny
Folder 558: Serniki
Folder 559: Serniki
Folder 560: Sidra
Folder 561: Sidra
Folder 562: Siedlce
Folder 563: Siedliszcze
Folder 564: Sielec
Folder 565: Sielec
Folder 566: Sieleczniki
Folder 567: Siemiatycze
Folder 568: Siemiatycze
Folder 569: Siemiatycze
Folder 570: Sienkewicze
Folder 571: Sienkiewiczowka
Folder 572: Sienkiewiczowka
Folder 574: Siniawka
Folder 575: Siniawka
Folder 576: Skidel
Folder 577: Skidel
Folder 578: Slobodka
Folder 579: Slonim
Folder 580: Slonim
Folder 581: Slonim
Folder 582: Smorgonie
Folder 583: Smorgonie
Folder 584: Smorgonie
Folder 585: Sniadowo
Folder 586: Sniadowo
Folder 587: Sni︠a︡tyn
Folder 588: Snow
Folder 589: Snow
Folder 590: Sobakince
Folder 591: Sochaczew
Folder 592: Sokółka
Folder 593: Sokoly
Folder 594: Sokoly
Folder 595: Soly
Folder 596: Soly
Folder 597: Sopockinie
Folder 598: Sopockinie
Folder 599: Stachow
Folder 600: Staniski
Folder 601: Staniski
Folder 602: Stawiski
Folder 603: Stawiski
Folder 604: Stepan
Folder 605: Stepan
Folder 606: Stojaciski
Folder 607: Stojaciski
Folder 608: Stolin
Folder 609: Stolin
Folder 610: Stolin
Folder 611: Stolowicze
Folder 612: Stolowicze
Folder 613: Stolpce
Folder 614: Stolpce
Folder 615: Stolpce
Folder 616: Suchowola
Folder 617: Suchowola
Folder 618: Supraśl
Folder 619: Supraśl
Folder 620: Suwalki
Folder 621: Suwalki
Folder 622: Suwalki
Folder 623: Suwalki
Folder 624: Sweciany
Folder 625: Sweciany
Folder 626: Świerżeń
Folder 627: Świerżeń
Folder 628: Swieta-Wola
Folder 629: Swieta-Wola
Folder 630: Swiniuchy
Folder 631: Świr
Folder 632: Świr
Folder 633: Świsłocz
Folder 634: Świsłocz
Folder 635: Świsłocz
Folder 636: Synajska
Folder 637: Szarkowszczyzna
Folder 638: Szarkowszczyzna
Folder 639: Szczawnica
Folder 640: Szczuczyn
Folder 641: Szczuczyn
Folder 642: Szczuczyn
Folder 643: Szczuczyn
Folder 644: Szereszów
Folder 645: Szereszów
Folder 646: Sztabin
Folder 647: Szumsk
Folder 648: Szumsk
Folder 649: Szumsk
Folder 650: Szydlowiec
Folder 651: S-Misc.
Folder 652: Targowica
Folder 653: Tarnopolʹ
Folder 654: Telechany
Folder 655: Telechany
Folder 656: Tomaszgrod
Folder 657: Tomaszgrod
Folder 658: Tomaszow
Folder 659: Tomaszowka
Folder 660: Torczyn
Folder 661: Torczyn
Folder 662: Traby
Folder 663: Traby
Folder 664: Troki
Folder 665: Troki
Folder 666: Troki
Folder 667: Trzcianne
Folder 668: Trzcianne
Folder 669: Tuczyn
Folder 670: Tuczyn
Folder 671: Turgiele
Folder 672: Turgiele
Folder 673: Turmont
Folder 674: Turzec
Folder 675: Turzec
Folder 676: Turzysk
Folder 677: Turzysk
Folder 678: Tykocin
Folder 679: Udranka
Folder 680: Uscilug
Folder 681: Uzdiatycz
Folder 682: Warkowicze
Folder 683: Warkowicze
Folder 684: Warszawa
Folder 685: Wasiliszki
Folder 686: Wasiliszki
Folder 687: Wasilkowa
Folder 688: Wasniany
Folder 689: Wąsosz
Folder 690: Węgrów
Folder 691: Węgrów
Folder 692: Werba
Folder 693: Wiazyn
Folder 694: Wiazyn
Folder 695: Widze
Folder 696: Widze
Folder 697: Wilejka
Folder 698: Wilejka
Folder 699: Vilna
Folder 700: Vilna
Folder 701: Vilna
Folder 702: Vilna
Folder 703: Vilna
Folder 704: Vilna
Folder 705: Wisniowiec
Folder 706: Wisniowiec
Folder 707: Wiszniew
Folder 708: Wiszniew
Folder 709: Wizajny
Folder 710: Wizna
Folder 711: Wizna
Folder 712: Włodawa
Folder 713: Włodzimierz
Folder 714: Włodzimierz
Folder 715: Włodzimierzec
Folder 716: Wołczyn
Folder 717: Wołczyn
Folder 718: Wolkolata
Folder 719: Wolkowysk
Folder 720: Wołomin
Folder 721: Wołożyn. Document, Russian, 1847
Folder 722: Wołożyn. Document, Russian, 1892
Folder 723: Wołożyn
Folder 724: Wołożyn
Folder 725: Wolpa
Folder 726: Wolpa
Folder 727: Worniany
Folder 728: Woronowo
Folder 729: Woronowo
Folder 730: Wsielub
Folder 731: Wsielub
Folder 732: Wysock
Folder 733: Wysock
Folder 734: Wysokie-Litewskie
Folder 735: Wysokie-Mazowieckie
Folder 736: Wyszo-Gródek
Folder 737: Wyszo-Gródek
Folder 738: W-Misc.
Folder 739: Zabinka
Folder 740: Zabłudów
Folder 741: Zabrzez
Folder 742: Zagorow
Folder 743: Zaleszczyki
Folder 744: Zaluck
Folder 746: Zambrow
Folder 747: Zamośc
Folder 748: Zaostrowiecze
Folder 749: Zaskiewicze
Folder 750: Zaskiewicze
Folder 751: Zawady
Folder 752: Zawady
Folder 753: Zdolbunowo
Folder 754: Zdolbunowo
Folder 755: Zdzięcioł
Folder 756: Zdzięcioł
Folder 757: Zelewian
Folder 758: Zelwa
Folder 759: Zelwa
Folder 760: Żmigród
Folder 761: Zofiowka
Folder 762: Zofiowka
Folder 763: Zoludek
Folder 764: Zuprany
Folder 765: Zuprany
Folder 766: Zydaczow
Folder 767: Zyrmuny
Folder 768: Z-Misc.
Folder 769: Unidentified locations
Folder 770: List of contributions, unidentified towns
Folder 771: List of contributions, unidentified towns
Folder 772: List of contributions, towns identified in Yiddish only

Series II: General Office Correspondence, 1924-1940

Series includes correspondence with organizations in Poland and abroad, commercial establishments, government authorities and individuals. AJDC files are separate.

Folder 773: General Office correspondence, 1925-1928
Folder 774: General Office correspondence, 1929
Folder 775: General Office correspondence, 1930
Folder 776: General Office correspondence, 1931
Folder 777: General Office correspondence, 1932
Folder 778: General Office correspondence, 1933
Folder 779: General Office correspondence, 1934
Folder 780: General Office correspondence, 1935
Folder 781: General Office correspondence, 1936-1937
Folder 782: General Office correspondence, 1938-1940
Folder 783: General Office correspondence, undated
Folder 784: General Office correspondence. AJDC, 1926-1936
Folder 785: General Office correspondence. AJDC, undated, 1937-1940
Folder 786: Correspondence Logs. 1 notebook and fragments, undated, 1927, 1933

Series III: Special Programs and Activities, 1928, 1933-1935, 1940

Subseries 1: Jewish Community Elections, 1928

Subseries 1 includes correspondence and questionnaires arranged alphabetically by town. Minutes of meetings, circulars.

Folder 787: Central Orthodox Election Committee for Municipal Elections in the eastern provinces; minutes of conventions and committee membership lists; election calendars, 1928
Folder 788: Election Committee questionnaires. 2 sets, 1928
Folder 789: Correspondence of election committee with individual communities in eastern provinces, undated
Folder 790: Election committee circulars; clippings re elections; blank stationery, 1928

Subseries 2: Food packages Program to the Soviet Union, 1933

Subseries 2 includes correspondence of Vaad Hayeshivot with authorized food packaging companies, food package orders

Folder 791: Correspondence of Vaad Hayeshivot with authorized food packaging companies, food package orders, 1933

Subseries 3: Refugee Committee, 1940

Subseries 3 includes files on individual yeshivot; correspondence; reports. Files arranged geographically by original yeshiva location.

Folder 792: Baranowicze, 1940
Folder 793: Baranowicze, 1940
Folder 794: Białystok, 1940
Folder 795: Brześc, 1940
Folder 796: Grodno, 1940
Folder 797: Kamieniec, 1940
Folder 798: Kamieniec, 1940
Folder 799: Kleck, 1940
Folder 800: Leidimas, 1940
Folder 801: Łomża, 1940
Folder 802: Lublin, 1940
Folder 803: Luck, 1940
Folder 804: Międzyrzec, 1940
Folder 805: Mir, 1940
Folder 806: Nowo Gródek, 1940
Folder 807: Ostrog, 1940
Folder 808: Otwock, 1940
Folder 809: Pinsk, 1940
Folder 810: Radunʹ, 1940
Folder 811: Slonim, 1940
Folder 812: Vilna, 1940
Folder 813: Wołożyn, 1940
Folder 814: General correspondence and reports relating to all yeshivot. Financial reports, 1940
Folder 815: Cumulative list of individual yeshiva students, from all yeshivot, 1940
Folder 816: Lists of individuals receiving aid, not yeshiva-affiliated, 1940
Folder 817: Temporary lodging forms. Fragmentary, 1940
Folder 818: Miscellaneous, 1940

Subseries 4: Sefer Tora Project, 1933-1935

Subseries 4 includes a list of contributions; correspondence. Contributions arranged geographically by town, correspondence unarranged.

Folder 819: Antonowka
Folder 820: Antwerp, Belgium
Folder 821: Augustów
Folder 822: Baranowicze
Folder 824: Bendin
Folder 825: Bereza-Kartuska
Folder 826: Berezno
Folder 827: Białystok
Folder 828: Bielsk
Folder 829: Bieniakonie
Folder 830: B’nei-B’rak, Palestine
Folder 831: Bodki
Folder 832: Brasław
Folder 833: Brussels, Belgium
Folder 834: Brześc
Folder 835: Brzostowica
Folder 836: Bydgoszcz
Folder 837: Bystrzyce
Folder 838: Capetown, South Africa
Folder 839: Ciechanów
Folder 840: Ciechanówiec
Folder 841: Dąbrowa
Folder 842: Dąbrowica
Folder 843: Dawid-Gródek
Folder 844: Demidowka
Folder 845: Derazne
Folder 846: Dołhinow
Folder 847: Drohiczyn
Folder 848: Domaczewo
Folder 849: Druja
Folder 850: Drujsk
Folder 851: Dublin, Ireland
Folder 852: Dukszty
Folder 853: Dunilowicze
Folder 854: Dworzec
Folder 855: Ejszyszki
Folder 856: Filipowa
Folder 857: Frankfurt, Germany
Folder 858: Gateshead, England
Folder 859: Gierwiaty
Folder 860: Glasgow, Scotland
Folder 861: Glebokie
Folder 862: Grajewo
Folder 863: Haifa, Palestine
Folder 864: Hancewicze
Folder 865: Hermanowicze
Folder 866: Hoduciszki
Folder 867: Holszany
Folder 868: Holynka
Folder 869: Horodeć
Folder 870: Horodyszcze
Folder 871: Ignalino
Folder 872: Iwie
Folder 873: Iwienec
Folder 874: Izabelin
Folder 875: Jalowka
Folder 876: Janów
Folder 877: Jasinowka
Folder 878: Jedwabne
Folder 879: Jerusalem, Palestine
Folder 880: Jeziornica
Folder 881: Jeziory
Folder 882: Johannesburg, South Africa
Folder 883: Kamień Koszyrski
Folder 884: Kamionka
Folder 885: Katowice
Folder 886: Kisielin
Folder 887: Kleck
Folder 888: Kleszczele
Folder 889: Kobryn
Folder 890: Kobylʹnik
Folder 891: Kosów
Folder 892: Kostopolʹ
Folder 893: Kowel
Folder 894: Kraków
Folder 895: Krasne
Folder 896: Krewo
Folder 897: Krynki
Folder 898: Krzywicze
Folder 899: Kunsk
Folder 900: Kurzeniec
Folder 901: Kuźnica
Folder 902: Lachowicze
Folder 903: Lachwa
Folder 904: Landwarów
Folder 905: Lebiedziew
Folder 906: Lenin
Folder 907: Lida
Folder 908: Linowo
Folder 909: Lipniszki
Folder 910: Liverpool, England
Folder 911: Łódz
Folder 912: Łokacze
Folder 913: Lubcza
Folder 914: Luboml
Folder 915: Luck
Folder 916: Ludwipol
Folder 917: Łuków
Folder 918: Łuniniec
Folder 919: Lunna
Folder 920: Luzki
Folder 921: Lwów
Folder 922: Maciejow
Folder 923: Maleniec
Folder 924: Malinow
Folder 925: Maniewicze
Folder 926: Marcinkance
Folder 927: Mejszagola
Folder 928: Miadziol
Folder 929: Michaliszki
Folder 930: Michałowo
Folder 931: Międzyrzec
Folder 932: Mielnica
Folder 933: Mielnik
Folder 934: Mikaszewicze
Folder 935: Milejczyce
Folder 936: Miory
Folder 937: Mir
Folder 938: Mizocz
Folder 939: Mława
Folder 940: Molczadz
Folder 941: Montevideo, Uruguay
Folder 942: Moroczno
Folder 943: Mosty
Folder 944: Motolʹ
Folder 945: Mscibow
Folder 946: Murawica
Folder 947: Musz
Folder 948: Naliboki
Folder 949: Narew
Folder 950: Narewka
Folder 951: Niehniewicze
Folder 952: Niemenczyn
Folder 953: Niemirów
Folder 954: Niezwiez
Folder 955: Nowogród
Folder 956: Nowo Gródek
Folder 957: Nowojelno
Folder 958: Nowo-Sweciany
Folder 959: Nowy Dwʹor
Folder 960: Odelsk
Folder 961: Olkieniki
Folder 962: Olyka
Folder 963: Opalin
Folder 964: Opsa
Folder 965: Orany
Folder 966: Orla
Folder 967: Osowa
Folder 968: Ostrów
Folder 969: Ostrozec
Folder 970: Ostryn
Folder 971: Oszmiana
Folder 972: Otwock
Folder 973: Petakh-Tikva, Palestine
Folder 974: Pieski
Folder 975: Pinsk
Folder 976: Plissa
Folder 977: Płock
Folder 978: Plotnica
Folder 979: Pniewno
Folder 980: Poczajow
Folder 981: Podbrodzie
Folder 982: Pohost
Folder 983: Polonka
Folder 984: Porozow
Folder 985: Poryck
Folder 986: Porzecze
Folder 987: Postawy
Folder 988: Prużana
Folder 989: Przemyśl
Folder 990: Punśk
Folder 991: Putelange, France
Folder 992: Pyzdry
Folder 993: Raczki
Folder 994: Radoszkowice
Folder 995: Radunʹ (includes contributions from Chicago, Washington,D.C.
Folder 996: Rafałówka
Folder 997: Rajgród
Folder 998: Raków
Folder 999: Riga, Latvia
Folder 1000: Rokitno
Folder 1001: Ros
Folder 1002: Rotterdam, Holland
Folder 1003: Rowne
Folder 1004: Różanka
Folder 1005: Rudziszki: Arrangement: By organizational unit.
Folder 1006: Rymszany: Arrangement: Alphabetical by format or organizational unit.
Folder 1007: Sarny
Folder 1008: Serniki
Folder 1009: Sejny
Folder 1010: Sidra
Folder 1011: Sielec
Folder 1012: Siemiatycze
Folder 1013: Siniawka
Folder 1014: Skidel
Folder 1015: Slonim
Folder 1016: Słupca
Folder 1017: Sniadowo
Folder 1018: Snow
Folder 1019: Sochaczewie
Folder 1020: Sokółka
Folder 1021: Sokoly
Folder 1022: Soly
Folder 1023: Sopockinie
Folder 1024: Stachow
Folder 1025: Stawiski
Folder 1026: Stepan
Folder 1027: Stojaciski
Folder 1028: Stolin
Folder 1029: Stolowicze
Folder 1030: Stolpce
Folder 1031: Supraśl
Folder 1032: Suwalki
Folder 1033: Sweciany
Folder 1034: Swiniuchy
Folder 1035: Świr
Folder 1036: Świsłocz
Folder 1037: Synajska
Folder 1038: Szarkowszczyzna
Folder 1039: Szczuczyn
Folder 1040: Szereszów
Folder 1041: Tarnopolʹ
Folder 1042: Tel Aviv
Folder 1043: Telechany
Folder 1044: Tomaszówka
Folder 1045: Traby
Folder 1046: Troki
Folder 1047: Trzcianne
Folder 1048: Tuczyn
Folder 1049: Turku, Finland
Folder 1050: Turzec
Folder 1051: Turzysk
Folder 1052: Tykocin
Folder 1053: United States, cities
Folder 1054: Uściług
Folder 1055: Warkowicze
Folder 1056: Warszawa
Folder 1057: Wasiliszki
Folder 1058: Węgrów
Folder 1059: Vilna
Folder 1060: Vilna
Folder 1061: Wiszniew
Folder 1062: Wizajny
Folder 1063: Włodawa
Folder 1064: WŁódziemierzec
Folder 1065: Wołczyn
Folder 1066: Wołkowysk
Folder 1067: Wołomin
Folder 1068: Wołożyn
Folder 1069: Wolpa
Folder 1070: Wsielub
Folder 1071: Wysock
Folder 1072: Wysokie
Folder 1073: Zabinka
Folder 1074: Zabłudów
Folder 1075: Zagorow
Folder 1076: Zaluck
Folder 1077: Zaludek
Folder 1078: Zambrów
Folder 1079: Zaostrówiecze
Folder 1080: Zdzięcioł
Folder 1081: Zelwa
Folder 1082: Zofjowka
Folder 1083: Zuprany
Folder 1084: Miscellaneous
Folder 1085: Miscellaneous
Folder 1086: Unidentified cities
Folder 1087: Unidentified cities
Folder 1088: Miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 1089: Miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 1090: Miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 1091: Miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 1092: Miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 1093: Miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 1094: Miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 1095: Miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 1096: Miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 1097: Lists of letters and verses from the Tora
Folder 1098: Notebooks containing letters and verses sold

Series IV: Administrative Records, 1924-1939

Series IV includes by-laws, 1926; convention materials, including resolutions, minutes, lists of participants, correspondence, 1924, 1928-1929; questionnaires on financial status of yeshivot, arranged alphabetically by town, 1926, 1929, 1936; statistical materials, including lists of yeshivot, rabbis, communities, employees; bookkeeping records.

Subseries 1: Administrative Records, General, 1924-1939

Folder 1099: By-laws. Polish, 1926
Folder 1100: Conventions and Meetings. Minutes, agendas, resolutions, reports. List of participants, signed appeals, 1924-1939
Folder 1101: Conventions and Meetings. Minutes, agendas, resolutions, reports. List of participants, signed appeals. Includes materials on Shabbos Committee, undated
Folder 1102: Conventions, Meetings: Fragments of proposals, speeches, lists, undated
Folder 1103: Conventions. Correspondence. Polish, 1926-1935. Hebrew, 1931-1933, 1926-1935
Folder 1104: Lists of Yeshivot, number of students, 1931-38
Folder 1105: Lists of Yeshivot and no. of students, undated
Folder 1106: Lists, distribution of funds to individual yeshivot, staff and sick students, undated, 1925-1939
Folder 1107: Statistical charts on Yeshivot, including their financial position, undated
Folder 1108: List of Yeshivot with renovation and building repair requests, 1938-1939
Folder 1109: List of communities in the VH network, includes population sizes of some towns, undated
Folder 1110: Lists of communities and contributions. Miscellaneous lists, undated
Folder 1111: Lists of rabbis, lay community workers, undated. Employees of the central office, and their salaries, 1934-1938
Folder 1112: Notebook logs containing lists of towns and rabbis appointed to visit each one. 2 notebooks, undated, 1929
Folder 1113: Lists of towns, names of active rabbis, visiting dates for each town, membership lists of local Vaad Hayeshivot societies, undated. 1 notebook, undated

Subseries 2: Questionnaires filled out by Yeshivot with statistical information, 1924-1929, 1936

Folder 1114: Baranowicze
Folder 1115: Białystok
Folder 1116: Bielsk
Folder 1117: Brańsk
Folder 1118: Brasław
Folder 1119: Brześc
Folder 1120: Ciechanówiec
Folder 1121: Dąbrowica
Folder 1122: Dubno
Folder 1123: Ejszyszki
Folder 1124: Glebokie
Folder 1225: Grajewo
Folder 1226: Grodno
Folder 1127: Iwie
Folder 1128: Janów
Folder 1129: Kamieniec
Folder 1130: Kleck
Folder 1131: Kobryn
Folder 1132: Korzec
Folder 1133: Kosów
Folder 1134: Lachowicze
Folder 1135: Lida
Folder 1136: Łomża
Folder 1137: Lubcza
Folder 1138: Luboml
Folder 1139: Luck
Folder 1140: Łuniniec
Folder 1141: Międzyrzec
Folder 1142: Mir
Folder 1143: Nowo Gródek
Folder 1144: Olkieniki
Folder 1145: Oszmiana
Folder 1146: Pinsk
Folder 1147: Prużana
Folder 1148: Radunʹ
Folder 1149: Raków: Arrangement: Alphabetical by name.
Folder 1150: Rowne
Folder 1151: Rozana
Folder 1152: Sarny
Folder 1153: Siemiatycze
Folder 1154: Skidel
Folder 1155: Slonim
Folder 1156: Sokółka
Folder 1157: Stolin
Folder 1158: Stołpce
Folder 1159: Sweciany
Folder 1160: Szczuczyn
Folder 1161: Tykocin
Folder 1162: Vilna
Folder 1163: Wisnowiec
Folder 1164: Włodzimierz
Folder 1165: Wołkowysk
Folder 1166: Wołożyn
Folder 1167: Wysock
Folder 1168: Zambrów
Folder 1169: Zdzięcioł

Subseries 3: Bookkeeping Records, 1926-1939

Folder 1170: Annual Budget Report, 1926-1939
Folder 1171: Accounts Payable: lists of expenses, 1928
Folder 1172: Accounts Payable: lists of expenses, 1928
Folder 1173: Invoices, 1928-1938; bookkeeping entries for some intervals, undated, 1925-1934,, 1928-1938
Folder 1174: Miscellaneous fragments, undated

Series V: Printed Materials, 1923-1940

Series includes circulars, posters, clippings. Circulars arranged chronologically. Posters arranged by subject in alphabetical order. Over-size posters separated and not arranged.

Subseries 1: Circulars, 1923-1940

Folder 1175: Circulars, 1923-1924
Folder 1176: Circulars, 1924-1925
Folder 1177: Circulars, 1925-1926
Folder 1178: Circulars, 1926-1927
Folder 1179: Circulars, 1926-1927
Folder 1180: Circulars, 1927-1928
Folder 1181: Circulars, 1927-1928
Folder 1182: Circulars, 1928-1929
Folder 1183: Circulars, 1929-1930
Folder 1184: Circulars, 1930-1931
Folder 1185: Circulars, 1930-1931
Folder 1186: Circulars, 1931-1932
Folder 1187: Circulars, 1932-1933
Folder 1188: Circulars, 1933-1934
Folder 1189: Circulars, 1934-1935
Folder 1190: Circulars, 1935-1936
Folder 1191: Circulars, 1938-1940
Folder 1192: Circulars, undated, 1920s
Folder 1193: Circulars, undated
Folder 1194: Circulars, handwritten drafts, undated

Subseries 2: Printed Announcements, Appeals, Forms and Clippings, 1920-1939

Folder 1195: Chanuka, 1920-1938
Folder 1196: Passover, undated, 1925-1937
Folder 1197: Purim, undated, 1925-1935
Folder 1198: Rosh Hashana greetings, 1923-1938
Folder 1199: Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Succot and Simchat Tora, undated, 1920-1933
Folder 1200: Shevuot, 1927-1928
Folder 1201: Tisha-B’av, undated, 1925-1930
Folder 1202: Special Collection for Sabbath Yisro, undated, 1933-1939
Folder 1203: Monthly Collections, 1934-1937
Folder 1204: Monthly Collections, 1938-1939
Folder 1205: Monthly Collections. Appeals to rabbis and community leaders, undated, 1935
Folder 1206: Lectures and Conferences, undated, 1928-1933
Folder 1207: Sefer Tora Project, undated
Folder 1208: Appeals: Women and Youth, undated
Folder 1209: Miscellaneous appeals and announcements relating to Vaad Hayeshivot activities, undated
Folder 1210: Financial and commercial forms, receipt books, undated
Folder 1211: Blank forms relating to collection campaigns, undated
Folder 1212: Blank forms: questionnaires, bland report forms, undated
Folder 1213: Forms. Refugee Committee, 1940
Folder 1214: Blank stationery, letterheads, envelopes, undated
Folder 1215: Newspaper clippings; Jewish Daily Bulletin, N.Y., clippings re Sefer Tora Project, 1933
Folder 1216: Miscellaneous community and religious affairs but not relating to Vaad Hayeshivot. Includes by-laws of the Keren Hatora; Agudath Israel News Bulletin, 1927; Shomrei Shabbos Tsentrale News Bulletin, 1929, 1927, 1929
Folder 1217: Oversize posters. Miscellaneous events, undated
Folder 1218: Oversize posters. Miscellaneous. Includes poster relating to founding of Vaad Hayeshivot, 1924; announcement of Chofetz-Chaim’s death and notice of eulogy, 1933, 1924, 1933