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RG 3: Yiddish Literature and Language. Records.

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

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"An Umglik" (RG 3.2092.1)
"Mark Arnstein's Farewell Dinner" (RG 3.1764.1)
"Moses Broderson Evening a Great Success" (RG 3.1903.1)
"Peretz as great friend of children" (RG 3.2631.1)
A child's compositions in honor of Isaac Leib Peretz (RG 3.2631.2)
Announcement of YIVO radio program about Isaac Leib Peretz (RG 3.2628.1)
Birthday wishes to Isaac Leib Peretz (RG 3.2616.2)
Caricature of Moses Broderson (RG 3.1903.3)
Chaim Grade's fifth grade report card (RG 3.2000.1)
Children's compositions in honor of Isaac Leib Peretz (RG 3.2631.3)
Invitation to attend talk by Itsik Manger about Chaim Grade (RG 3.2000.3)
Invitation to join committee to plan a mock trial of the modern Jewish woman (RG 3.2695.1)
Invitation to the unveiling of the tombstone on the grave of A. Waiter (RG 3.2093.2)
Letter from Esther Kreitman to Zalman Reisen (RG 3.2787.1)
Letter from Joseph Opatoshu to Max Weinreich, Zalman Reisen, and Zelig Kalmanovitch (RG 3.1749.1)
Letter from Mark Arnstein to Zalman Reisen (RG 3.1764.2)
Letter from Moses Broderson to YIVO (RG 3.1903.5)
Letter from Puah Rakovsky to Zalman Reisen (RG 3.2845.1)
Letters about the transfer of printing plates for Shalom Asch's Stories from the Bible and Dramas to Boris Kletskin (RG 3.1770.3)
Permit to operate a Yiddish theater company (RG 3.1903.2)
Playbill for "Der Shtumer" (RG 3.2093.1)
Poster welcoming Sholem Aleichem (RG 3.3150.1)
Program for a 50th Jubilee celebration for Shalom Asch (RG 3.1770.5)
Program for a celebration in honor of the 25th anniversary of the first publication of Bialik's poetry (RG 3.1814.1)
Prospectus for Der tilim yid (Reciter of Psalms) (RG 3.1770.4)
Scene from "Stempenyu" (RG 3.3159.1)
Scene from "Stempenyu" (RG 3.3159.2)
Scene from "The Big Prize" (RG 3.3159.3)
Scene from "The Big Prize" (RG 3.3159.4)
Scene from "The Hunchback" (RG 3.1903.4)
Telegrams sent on the day of the death of Isaac Leib Peretz (RG 3.2616.1)

RG 10: Vilna Jewish Community Council. Records.

Records of the administration of the Jewish community in Vilna from 1800 to 1940

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Agreement to establish a foundation to support the work of Jewish writers (RG 10.47.1)

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

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

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Biala-Podlaska. Peretz's 14th anniversary. (RG 28/P/394)
Chelm. A lecture: "Two Literary Epochs" by Yiddish poet Peretz Markish. (RG 28/P/475)
Chelm. A memorial ceremony for Yiddish literary critic Baal Makshoves [Israel Isidor Elyashev]. (RG 28/P/470)
Chelm. Announcement of a program to honor Leib Malach [Leibl Salzman]. (RG 28/P/471)
Chrzanow. Announcement of a lecture on the writer, J. Ch. Brenner. (RG 28/P/338)
Czestochowa. Announcement of an evening of humor. (RG 28/P/423)
Kalisz. A "tunkeler ovnt," a "dark" evening, of humor and satire. (RG 28/P/459)
Lodz. A lecture by writer, Urke Nachalnik (J. Farboricza). (RG 28/P/1024)
Lodz. A commemorative ceremony in honor of the 100th birthday of Yiddish writer Mendele Moykher Sforim. (RG 28/P/493)
Radom. Tenth anniversary memorial program in honor of Y. L. Peretz. (RG 28/P/945)
Vilna. A memorial gathering marking the death of Yiddish writer Mendele Moykher Sforim. (RG 28/P/512)
Vilna. A program honoring 20 years of literary achievement by writer Joel Mastbaum. (RG 28/P/515)
Vilna. Lecture on: "The Phases of Peretz' Creativity." (RG 28/P/538)
Vilna. Memorial gathering in memory of writer Yosef Hayim Brenner. (RG 28/P/773)
Warsaw. A public literary debate, on the anniversary of Y. L. Peretz's 12th yortsayt. (RG 28/P/432)

RG 101: Art and Artifacts. Collection.

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

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Micrographic portrait of David Frischman (RG 101/2D/A/Box142.4)
Portrait of Jacob Dinesohn (RG 101/2D/A51.137)

RG 120: Territorial Photographic Collection. Poland.

Thousands of photographs of Jewish life in Poland before WWII

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Ejszyszki, 1936. Photomontage of the jubilee committee for the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mendele Moykher Sforim, at the I. L. Peretz Jewish Library. (yarg120po801)
Karwia, 1928. Men, including I. J. Singer, play chess, while a crowd looks on, at the Kultur-Lige Summer Colony. (yarg120po1363.01)
Lodz, ca. 1920s. Yiddish Writers: Broderson, Markish, and Kacyzne. (yarg120po1808.01)
Lwów, 1924. Jozef Wittlin, a well-known Polish writer, and his wife Halina, pose on a balcony during their honeymoon. (yarg120po2198.02)
Pinsk, 1936. Girls read Polish and Yiddish newspapers, in the reading room of the Jewish Trade School for Girls. (yarg120po2965)
Sochaczew, 1911. Collectors of Jewish folklore, on the occasion of a literary evening. (yarg120po3571)
Unknown location, ca. 1910. Yiddish writers Shalom Asch, I. L. Peretz, Peretz's son Lucjan, and Hersh David Nomberg, a Hebrew writer. (yarg120po6847)
Unknown location,1912. Yiddish writer I. L. Peretz, with his wife Helena, and three young women friends. (yarg120po6846.01)
Vilna, 1913. Boris Kletzkin, and Jacob Dinesohn. (yarg120po5975.01)
Vilna, 1919. Staff of the Der Tog newspaper, at the time of its establishment. (yarg120po5796)
Vilna, 1920s. Moyshe Kulbak, H. Leyvik, and Yakov Gershteyn, with students of the Jewish Real-Gymnasium. (yarg120po5611)
Vilna, 1925. Portrait of poets H. Leivick (right), and Moshe Kulbak. (yarg120po5981.01)
Vilna, 1928. Portrait of Kulbak, Opatoshu, Maks Eryk and Zalman Reisen, board members of the Yiddish PEN Club. (yarg120po5981c002)
Vilna, 1928. Portrait of Yiddish writers. (yarg120po5984.02)
Vilna, 1929. Founders of the YIVO: Wirgili-Kahan, Zeleznikov, Kalmanovitch, Unidentified, Weinreich, Steinberg, Zhitlowsky, Szapiro, Z. Reisen, Czernichow, and Keltzkin. (yarg120po5810)
Vilna, 1930. Photomontage of portraits of the staff and the 8th graduating class, of the Jewish Real-Gymnasium. (yarg120po5612)
Vilna, 1934. Aleksander Granach, Zalman Reisen with his wife, and Dr. M. Albauer, in front of Reisen's home. (yarg120po5980.01)
Vilna, 1935. A TOZ summer camp for frail children in need of fresh air and good food, with visiting dignitaries. (yarg120po5361c002)
Vilna, 1936. Lord Marley taking notes, during a visit to YIVO. (yarg120po5963)
Vilna, 1939. Historian Simon Dubnow, posing with a group of Jewish refugee writers, during his visit to the refugee shelter. (yarg120po6036.01)
Vilna, Aug 14-19, 1935. Historians at the YIVO Conference. (yarg120po5846)
Vilna, Aug 14-19,1935. Portrait of historians who attended the YIVO conference. (yarg120po5845)
Vilna, ca. 1930s. Zelig Kalmanovitch (right), and F. Halpern, in conversation over a book at YIVO. (yarg120po6862)
Vilna, ca. 1939. Poet A. Sutzkever and actor Noach Nachbush, walking down the street. (yarg120po5984.01)
Vilna, June 29 1933. Newsmen from the Jewish press, being welcomed by the TOZ staff and children, at the summer camp. (yarg120po5349)
Vilna, May, 1922. The 2nd graduating class of the Mefitse Haskalah Boys' School (the I. L. Peretz class), and the staff. (yarg120po5591)
Warszawa, 1880-1890. Portrait of Nahum Sokolow, an early Zionist, senior editor and co-owner of Hatzefira, with his wife and child. (yarg120po4340)
Warszawa, 1918. Visiting writer Jacob Dinesohn, with a teacher and students, in a classroom at the Folkshul at 29 Krochmalna St. (yarg120po4591)
Warszawa, 1921-22. Portrait of four writers: Uri Zvi Greenberg, Markish, Elkin, and Leybl. (yarg120po4701.11c001)
Warszawa, 1922. Members of the young Yiddish literary crowd: Esther Shumiatcher, Khane Kacyzne, Peretz Hirschbein, Mendl Elkin, Esther Elkin, Alter Kacyzne, and Uri Zvi Greenberg. (yarg120po4701.15)
Warszawa, 1922. The Khalyastre (Gang): Mendl Elkin, Peretz Hirschbein, Uri Zvi Greenburg, Peretz Markish, Melech Ravitch, and Israel Joshua Singer. (yarg120po4701.10)
Warszawa, 1928. Janina and Hanna Mortkowicz, stand on a balcony. (RG 120 PO 4754.08)
Warszawa, 1930s. The staff of Der Moment. (yarg120po6789.01)
Warszawa, 1936. Professors Mojzesz Schorr (on the left), and Majer Balaban, walk down the street together. (yarg120po4756.10)
Warszawa, ca. 1919. Jacob Dinesohn, the writer, visits with the children and staff of the I. L. Peretz Orphanage and Elementary School. (yarg120po4446.01c001)
Warszawa. A scene from the end of Motke Ganev, a play by Sholem Asch. (yarg120po4721)
Zamosc, 1927. The interior of the beit midrash, in which Yiddish writer I. L. Peretz used to study. (yarg120po6286.02)
Zdzieciol, 1927. At the Sholem Aleichem High School, on a day honoring I. L. Peretz. (yarg120po6342)

RG 121: Photographs of Personalities. Collection.

Photographs of individuals noted for their contributions to Jewish life: writers, scholars, historians, scientists, philosophers, community leaders, rabbinical figures, political figures, musicians, and cantors