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Guide to the Papers of Jacob Shatzky, 1910-1963, RG 356

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Collection Overview

Title: Guide to the Papers of Jacob Shatzky, 1910-1963, RG 356

ID: RG 356 FA

Creator: Shatzky, Jacob (1893-1956)

Extent: 13.83 Linear Feet

Arrangement:

In 1956, upon receipt of the bulk of the collection, about 80% of it was sorted and placed in folders with folder descriptions. There were no series titles, however, and no arrangement within the folders. In 1981 most of the work consisted of establishment of series titles, arrangement within each folder and sorting and classifying about 20% of the material which was not in any order.

Series are divided mainly by type, except for the Series IV: Personal Documents, the only series which contains a mixture of types.

Languages: Yiddish, English, Polish, German, Hebrew, Spanish

Abstract

Jacob Shatzky (1893-1956) was an historian, literary and theater critic, editor, bibliographer, lexicographer, lecturer, teacher and librarian. The Papers of Jacob Shatzky cover the period of 1910-1960's and reflect to different degrees all aspects of his activities. Some papers of Jacob Shatzky's wife, Ida, consist for the most part of materials relating to his death. Manuscript and other materials relating to memorial books published posthumously in commemoration of Jacob Shatzky, such as the Shatzky Book , (Buenos Aires, 1957) and Yakov Shatzki in Ondenk , (New York, 1957) constitute another significant part of the collection.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Papers of Jacob Shatzky, which cover the period 1910-1960s relate to all aspects of Shatzky's career as well as to his personal life. The papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, notes, bibliographies, diplomas, certificates, financial and legal documents, i.d. cards, photos, printed invitations and announcements, raffle tickets, clippings, and personal memorabilia.

Despite the wide range of topics, the collection is a fragmentary one. The most significant material in the Papers of Jacob Shatzky consists of notes and manuscript fragments relating to the History of the Jews in Warsaw, Volume IV as well as notes to Volumes I-III. In 1943, YIVO commissioned Dr. Shatzky to write the history of the community of Warsaw. Volume I (beginning 1831) was published in 1947, Volume II (1831-1863) in 1948, Volume III (1863-1896) in 1953. At the time of his death in 1956, Shatzky was working on Volume IV, which is unpublished at the time of the compilation of this inventory.

These materials consist of notes, organized by topic. Notes consist of bibliographical references, as well as excerpts or citations. The topics are classified either by historical event, such as World War I, or by subject, such as hospitals, education, culture. Among the topics prepared by Shatzky are, the rabbinate, community council, Yiddish literature, art, theater, press, printing, school systems, political movements, local organizations, charities, industry, trade, banks. Although almost all of the bibliographical references are from published sources, these notes and references contain original research work. No social history of Warsaw (1896-1918) has been undertaken to date, comparable both in time period and scope to Dr. Shatzky's projected book.

The other manuscript materials in Series II are far less significant and are very fragmentary. Shatzky must have published about 1000 works in his lifetime. The single box of manuscripts is therefore a meager representation of his writings.

The Correspondence Series, spans the period 1910-1956. The 1930s, 1940s and 1950s contain the greatest numbers of letters. The 1910s contain only a handful of letters; the 1920s are fragmentary as well. The reasons for these gaps are unknown. Secondly, despite the wide range of scholars, publishers, writers, most of the correspondence consists of single items or a handful of letters. Only a minority of the correspondents have more than about 5 to 10 letters. Among the more prolific correspondents: A. A. Roback, Raphael Mahler, Kalman Marmor, Joseph Opatoshu, Shmuel Niger, Melekh Ravitch, Zalman Zylbercweig. Among the significant but less prolific: Emanuel Ringelblum, Menashe Boraisho, Solomon Grayzel, Abraham Duker, Salo Baron, Philip Friedman, Max Weinreich, Aaron Zeitlin, I. Bashevis Singer, Mendl Elkin, Aaron Glanz-Leyelez, Rudolf Glanz, A. Golomb, Alexander Harkavy, Abraham Heschel, Peretz Hirshbein, M. Handelsman, H. Leivik, Itsik Manger, Zalman Reizin, Mark Wischnitzer.

Some of the organizations Shatzky corresponded with: American Jewish Committee, (showing Shatzky's involvement with the AJC Yearbook on Latin American Jewry. The AJC material contains reports and statistical information on Jewish communities in Latin America, as well as correspondence with communities in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Venezuela); Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, N.Y.; Congress for Jewish Culture, N.Y., Buenos Aires; Dubnow Fund for Yiddish Encyclopedia, Berlin, Paris; Enciclopedia Della Spettacolo, Rome; Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora, Jerusalem; Farayn fun yidishe literatn un zhurnalistn (Association of Jewish Writers and Journalists), Warsaw; Hebrew Union College Library, Cincinnati; Jewish Book Council, N.Y., Jewish Daily Eagle, Montreal; Jewish Theological Seminary, N.Y.; Jewish Public Library, Montreal; New York Public Library; I. L. Peretz Farayn, Czortkow; Portugeesch Isrealitisch Seminarium Ets Haim, Amsterdam; New York State Psychiatric Institute and Hospital, N.Y.; Yiddish Pen Club, N.Y., Sigmund Freud Archives, N.Y.; Sociedad Habraica Argentina, Buenos Aires; Central Committee of Jews in Poland, Warsaw; Soncino Gesselschaft, Berlin; Yiddish Culture Society, N.Y.; YIVO, N.Y., Vilna, Buenos Aires; Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw.

The bibliographical series contains a bibliography of Old Yiddish Literature in print. To our knowledge this bibliography has never been published. It was commissioned by the YIVO Institute circa 1930 and was apparently never completed.

The Series IV: Personal Documents contains mainly personal letters of recommendation, diplomas, memorabilia, identification cards, but few photos.

The clippings cover the time period 1910s-1960s and contain a representative sampling of reviews and articles about Shatzky including biographical material. They are however, in very poor condition, and very fragile, especially early clippings of the 1910s-1920s which were not even handled because of their condition. The printed materials cover the years 1920s-1950s but occupy only 1 folder and account for only a portion of Shatzky's lecturing activities.

Research possibilities include: studies on the history of the Jews in Warsaw, from its beginnings to 1918, especially 1896-1918; studies in Old Yiddish Literature; Jews and psychiatry; Jews and medical questions; career and life of Jacob Shatzky; Jewish life in Latin America.

Historical Note

Jacob Shatzky was born in Warsaw in 1893 and received a traditional kheder education. After working temporarily as an office clerk, he studied history and philosophy at universities in Lemberg, Vienna, Berlin and Warsaw. In 1922 he received his Ph.D from the University of Warsaw. His dissertation title was "The Jewish Question in the Kingdom of Poland During the Paskiewicz Era."

Shatzky's career in Poland began in 1913 with the publication of a historical study in Izraelita . This was followed by other contributions to Polish-Jewish periodicals, including Evreiskaia Starina , Nasz Kurier , Bikher velt . During World War I, Shatzky enlisted and fought in Pilsudski's Legion, where he received several military decorations and was appointed lieutenant. In 1918 he was asked by the Polish Foreign Ministry to report on Jewish affairs in Poland, particularly the April pogroms in Vilna. When the Ministry did not react to his report he resigned from his post and taught history in Jewish high schools in Warsaw.

In 1923 Shatzky emigrated to the United States where he lived until his death. During this latter period of his life, he established himself as a prominent Jewish historian. Although his deepest interest was the history of the Jews in Poland, he published numerous studies on all aspects of Jewish history. In addition, he wrote extensively on Jewish literature, literary history, folklore and biography.

Shatzky's talents and interests found expression in the enthusiastic movement to found the YIVO Institute in Vilna as well as the American branch in New York, called Amopteyl (Amerikaner opteyl). He was one of the founders of the Amopteyl, and travelled and lectured extensively, campaigning for support.

During Shatzky's long association with the YIVO he assumed many positions. He was the secretary of the Amopteyl, a member of the YIVO Board of Directors, chairman of the YIVO Historian's Circle. He served on the Executive Committee, became research secretary of the Historical Section, and was a member of the Commission on Research. He was a co-editor of the YIVO bleter and the YIVO Annual of Jewish Social Science . YIVO was also directly involved in Shatzky's development as a historian, as most of his historical works were commissioned and published by the Institute.

Among the better known works published by the YIVO are ' The Chmielnicki Massacres of 1648 ' (1938), Jewish Educational Policy in Poland from 1806-1866 , (1943), and, The History of the Jews in Warsaw , (3 volumes, 1947-53).

From 1930 to 1956 Shatzky was affiliated with the New York State Psychiatric Institute where he was chief librarian. In this capacity, he built up the research library, creating one of the best psychiatric libraries in the world. An example of his ability as a collector, was his acquisition of the private library of Sigmund Freud for the Institute. In 1940 he co-authored the standard Psychiatric Dictionary with Leland E. Hinsie.

Throughout his lifetime, Shatzky was affiliated with numerous Jewish organizations. These included the World Congress for Jewish Culture, where he was co-editor of the Lexicon of Modern Yiddish Literature , and the Yiddish P.E.N. Club where he was president. He was also associated with organizations around the world, such as the YIVO in Argentina. In addition to his literary work, Shatzky enjoyed popularity as a lecturer. He frequently lectured in New York, at conferences, lecture series, events organized by Jewish groups. These included branches of the Workmen's Circle, and community centers. He travelled often to South America, as well, conducting highly successful speaking tours and campaigning at the same time for the YIVO Institute.

Two bibliographies have been published of Shatzky's works. The first was prepared by Mordecai Kosover and Menashe Unger, and published by the Amopteyl branch of YIVO in 1939. It lists 580 items. The second published in the Shatzky Book after his death, lists works written from 1939 to 1956.

At the time of his death, in June 1956, Shatzky was working on the fourth volume of the Geshikhte fun yidn in varshe ( History of the Jews in Warsaw ), which, at the time of the compilation of this inventory, is still unpublished.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions: Permission to use the collection must be obtained from the YIVO Archivist.

Use Restrictions:

Open to researchers.

For more information, contact: Chief Archivist, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011

email: archives@yivo.cjh.org

Acquisition Method: Only part of the papers are deposited in the YIVO Archives. The materials were donated in installments. Some papers were given to the YIVO by Jacob Shatzky himself in the 1950s. The bulk of the collection was received in 1956 from Moshe Starkman, executor of Jacob Shatzky's literary estate. Other portions were possibly donated by Ida Shatzky in the late 1950s, by Ezekiel Lifschutz, editor of the Shatzky Book , and the final segment, by Eugene Willenberg Shatzky, Jacob Shatzky's adopted son, upon his mother Ida Shatzky's death, in 1964.

Separated Materials: Correspondence with Jacob Shatzky in the 1920s as a member of the board of the Amopteyl branch of YIVO was removed to the Records of the Amopteyl in the YIVO Archives, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research - Yidisher Visnshaftlekher Institut (New York) , 1192 , as it was a natural and organic part of the latter record group.

Related Materials: Only a portion of Jacob Shatzky's papers were deposited in the YIVO Archives, as in accordance with his will, part of them were given to the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People, Jerusalem, Israel.

Preferred Citation: Published citations should read as follows: Identification of item, date (if known); YIVO Archives; Jacob Shatzky Papers; RG 356; folder number.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

Series I: Correspondence, 1910-1963,
Series II: Manuscripts and Notes, undated, 1936,
Series III: Bibliographies and Catalogs, undated,
Series IV: Personal Documents, undated,
Series V: Printed Materials and Clippings, undated, 1910s-1956,
Series VI: Miscellaneous Materials, undated,
All

Series I: Correspondence, 1910-1963

Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by last name.

Subseries 1: Individuals, 1910-1956

Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by last name.

Folder 1: Correspondence - A, 1939-1956: Adalberg, Samuel, undated Aisenberg, Rachel, 1943 Anilowicz, J. 1931 Apenszlak, Jacob, 1939-1940 Aronosn, Gregory, 1956 Asef, S., 1945-1946 Ayala, Francisco, 1947
Folder 2: Correspondence Babinksy, V. - Bernstein, S., 1925-1954: Babinsky, V., 1940 Balaban, Meir, 1932, 1939 Bamberger, Bernard, undated, 1944, 1947 Barag, G., undated, 1955 Baron, Joseph, undated, 1930-1945, 1951 Baron, Salo, 1930-1954 Bashevis (Singer), Isaac, undated, 1953 Bat-Chaim, 1954 Beilin, S., undated, 1939 Beimel, J., 1935 Benardete, M. J. Ben-Zvi, Meir, undated, 1950 Berger, M., 1937-1938 Bergner, Herz, 1951 Berkowitz, J.D., and Ernestine, 1925-1932 Berlinski, S., 1952 Bernstein, Mordecai, 1954 Bernstein, S., 1928, 1943, 1950
Folder 3: Correspondence B - Berul, Z.-Bychowski, Gustav, 1923-1954: Berul, Z., 1933 Besso, H.V., 1938 Bialostotzky, B., undated Bickel, S., 1939, 1952 Bimko, B., undated, 1926 Blumenfeld, L., 1927 Boim, Mendel, 1953-1954 Boraisho, Menachem, 1926-1944 Bornheim, Werner, 1955 Borodianski, Chaim, 1929-1934 Borvitch, Michal, 1949-1954 Botoshansky, Jacob, 1953 Brainin, Reuben, 1923 Brann, Henry W. 1953 Braunstein, Baruch, 1936 Brilling, B., 1936, 1951 Broches, Z., undated, 1938-1955 Bromberg, undated, 1936 Bruck, Alfred, J., 1945 Brusilow, Nathan M., 1953 Bychowski, Gustav, 1955
Folder 4: Correspondence - C, 1932-1956: Cahman, Werner, J., 1956 Cardozo, I. J., 1950 Charney, Daniel, 1954, see: Baron, Salo Chmielnitsky, Melekh, undated, 1945 Cohn, Zvi, or Cohen, 1953 Convisser, Jacob, 1933 Corona, M., 1938, 1955 Czernichow, Jozef, 1932
Folder 5: Correspondence D, 1929-1953: Davidson, H., 1953 Davidson, I., 1938 Davis, C. C., 1952 Diamond, M., 1929 Dinowitz, J., 1932 Djament, S., 1950 Dorin, E., 1953 Drake, William, 1929 Dresner, S., undated Drimer, undated Dubinsky, H., 1940 Dujovne, Leon, 1953 Dukhovne, E. and D., 1947 Duker, Alexander, 1933-1953
Folder 6: Correspondence - E, 1928-1951: Efron, J., 1947-1949 Eichorn, L., 1947 Eiger, Marjan, see Stefan Napierski Eisenbud, Jule, 1951 Ejges, S., 1931 Elkin, Mendel, 1930-1932 Engelman, U.Z., 1938-1939 Erik, Max, 1928 Ernst, S., 1928-1930
Folder 8: Correspondence - F Correspondence - G, 1926-1956, , 1923-1956: Garma, Angle, 1949 Gelber, N. 1923-1927 Gelerter, M., 1952 Genss, N., 1938 Gershoy, E., undated Ginsberg, S., 1931-1938 Gisser, M.D., 1947 Gittler, J.B., 1937 Glanz, J., 1937-1939 Glanz, Rudolf, 1938 Glanz-Leyeles, A.G., undated, 1954 Glicenstein, Beatrice, undated Goldman, Paul L., 1956 Goldstein, R., 1951 Goldstick, Isidore, 1946 Golomb, A., undated, 1944-1946 Gordin, Aba, 1943 Gordin, Michael J., 1934 Gordon, Hirsch, L., 1926 Gordon, Jacob, 1930 Gore, N., 1951 Gottlieb, R., 1923 Grayzel, Solomon, 1933-1954 Greenwald, L., undated, 1934 Grinberg, Ch. 1927 Grossman, Henryk, 1934 Grossman, Vladimir, undated, 1938-1940 Gruenbaum, Icchok, 1952 Gurstein, A., 1926-1927
Folder 9: Correspondence - H, 1921-1956: Halevy, M., undated Halpern, I., 1934-1954 Halpern, O., undated Handelsman, M., undated, 1921 Harkavy, Alexander, 1926 Hass, Jacob de, 1933 Helfgot, Rosa, 1956 Hersch, Ben, Z., 1955 Herzer, B., 1935 Heschl, A., 1944 Hessing, S., 1933 Hinsie, Leland, 1951-1956 Hirschbein, Peretz, undated Hirschel, L., 1936-1937 Hirszfeld, Dr. Ludwik, 1946 Holzman, Max, 1956 Horowitz, Isac, 1953 Hurwitz, Meir, 1935 Hurwitz, Moshe, undated
Folder 10: Correspondence - I-J, 1925-1955: Ignatov, David, 1925 Iceland, Reuven, 1955 Jacobson, I., 1931 Jaczkowski, J., 1927-1929 Jaffe, Sol, S., 1954 Jakubowitz, M., 1953 Janowsky, Oscar, 1933-1935 Javetz, V., 1932 Joffe, Judah, 1930
Folder 11: Correspondence - Kagan, Jonas to Kon, Pinchas, 1926-1951: Kagan, Jonas, 1928 Kagan, S. R., 1934 Kahan, S., 1938-1939 Kahn, Maximo, Jose, 1949 Kalish, M. E., 1931 Kalmanovitch, Zelig, undated, 1933-1938 Kaminski, D., 1935 Kaminski, P., 1927 Kaplan, Mordecai M., 1934 Karp, M., 1933 Karpes, I., undated Karpof, Maurice, 1931-1951 Katz, Ruby, 1931 Katzenelenbogen, N., 1931 Kaufman, M., 1925 Kayfetz, B. G., undated, 1939 Kayser, Stephen, S., 1956 Kazdan, Khaim, 1938-1956 Khayes, Kh., 1935 Khayes, S., 1934 Kisch, Guido, 1938-1943 Kish, H., 1948 Kisin, Kh., undated Kletchevski, I., 1947 Kliger, K., 1950-1951 Kloss, Heine, 1931 Kogan, S., 1947 Kohanski, A.S., 1932 Kohler, Max, 1933 Kon, Pinchas, 1926-1937
Folder 12: Correspondence - Konopnicka-Pytlinska, Laura to Kutchinski, Shlomo, 1921-1955: Konopnicka-Pytlinska, Laura, 1921-1925 Konstantinovsky, Menashe, 1934 Kopeloff, I. and Mrs., 1924-1933 Korman, Ezra, undated,1927-1933 Korn, Rachel, 1950 Korngold, Lucjan, 1948 Kosover, Mordechai, 1936-1955 Kovenski, I., 1949 Kramer, Moshe, 1925 Krepliak, Jacob, undated Kursky, Ph., 1933, 1943 Kutchinski, Shlomo, 1953
Folder 13: Correspondence - L, 1928-1955: Lamed, Louis, 1947 Lamer, Wanda, 1940 Lasker, Helmuth, 1936 Leftvitch, Joseph, 1953 Lehman, Szmul, 1933 Lehrer, Leibush, 1931-1944 Leiserowitz, Heinrich, 1925 Leivik, H., 1933 Lerner, Shmuel, 1947 Lestchinsky, Jacob, 1928-1946 Levin, B., 1947-1949 Levin, Shmuel, undated Levine, I., 1934 Levinski, Khaykel, 1939 Levitats, Itshak, A., 1933-1953 Liber, B., 1949-1951 Liberman, Chaim, 1940, 1949 Liberman, Kopel, 1934-1935 Lifshitz, I., 1938 Lipshutz, E., 1928-1955 Lipiner, Elias, 1947, 1949 Litwin, A., undated Loewenstamm, Kurt, 1947
Folder 14: Correspondence - Maarsen, I. to Matenko, Pesakh, 1924-1954: Maarsen, I., 1938 Maggid, David, 1937 Mahler, Raphael, 1936-1953 Maisler, Mlle, undated, 1950 Maitlis, Jacob I., 1939-1953 Malakhi, A.R., 1945 Malamud, Samuel, 1953 Malkin, D.R., 1932 Manger, Itsik, 1951-1954 Mann, Jacob, 1936-1937 Manteuffel, Tadeusz, 1929, 1932 Marcus, Jacob Rader, 1944, 1946 Marcus, Joseph, undated Margoshes, Joseph, 1937 Mark, Berl, 1954-1956 Mark, Yudl, 1953 Marmor, Kalman, 1926-1954 Marx, Alexander, 1927-1938 Maryson, J.A., 1929, 1934 Matenko, Pesakh, 1931-1940
Folder 15: Correspondence - Meisel, Nathan to Mukdoni, Alexander, 1921-1955: Meisel, Nathan, 1926-1944 Meltser, Shimshon, 1952 Mendelsohn, Shlomo, 1944, 1946 Mendelsohn, S. Felix, 1931, 1943 Menes, A., 1932-1939 Mestel, Jacob, 1947, 1955 Mibashan, A., 1953-1954 Milch, Jacob, undated, 1932-1940 Miller, L., undated Miller, Sholem, 1938, 1940 Minc, P., 1955 Minde, M., undated Minkin, Jacob, 1936 Minkoff, N.B., 1953 Minkowska, Anna, 1921 Mishkin, Leonard C., 1950 Mishkowski, Noah, Sara, 1934 Moses, L., 1933 Moskowitz, Moses, 1940 Mostovski, Meir, 1941 Mukdoni, Alexander, undated, 1929-1934
Folder 16: Correspondence - N, 1912-1954: Napierski, Stefan (Marjan Eiger), 1921 Nathan, N.M., 1912 Nathanson, W., 1930-1931 Nemm, Jacob, 1952 Niger, Shmuel, 1923-1954
Folder 18: Correspondence - O Correspondence - P, 1922-1956, , 1928-1952: 18. Pat, Jacob, 1947 Pat, Chaim, 1949 Perlmutter, R., undated Perlow, Boruch D., 1952 Peters, M., 1939 Petrushka, S., 1941, 1947 Pinedo, Edgard, 1937 Pinson, Koppel S., 1940, 1949 Pollack, Leonard, 1937 Pollack, Shmuel, undated Poloticki, Jacob and Clara, 1947 Pomaranski, Stefan, 1928 Pomerantz, Alexander, 1952 Pomerantz, I.C., 1938 Pomrenze, Sholem, 1938 Posner, S., 1933-1938 Probst, Mendl, undated Ptasnik, Jan, undated
Folder 19: Correspondence - Rabina, Menashe to Rivkind, Yitchak, 1928-1956: Rabina, Menashe, 1938 Rabinowicz, Sz., undated Raddock, Charles Adam, 1931 Raizman, Icchak, 1953, 1954 Raskin, Sylvia, 1954 Ratner, Z., 1931 Ravitch, Melekh, 1942-1952 Rawidowica, Simon, 1930-1956 Reisin, Abraham, 1934 Reizin, Zalman, 1928-1932 Resnick, Salomon, 1933-1937, 1947 Ringelblum, Emanuel, 1932-1941 Rivkin, Mrs. B., 1951 Rivkin, Ellis, undated, 1950 Rivkin, Israel, 1936 Rivkind, Yitchak, 1950
Folder 22: Correspondence - Shulvass, M.A. to Szur, Moshe, 1932-1955: Shulvass, M.A., 1948-1954 Shunami, S., 1937-1945 Shur, M., 1938 Shuster, Zechariah, 1953 Siegel, Ada, 1943 Siegel, I. I., 1950 Silberbusch, David Y., 1929 Silver, L., 1936 Singer, Elias, 1947-1948 Siskin, Edgar, 1947 Sklarsky, Moshe Shmuel, 1943 Smith, I. R., 1937 Soltes, Mordecai, 1934 Sorsky, John, 1934 Starkman, Moshe (contains enclosures re plays of Jacob Gordin), 1955 Steinberg, I. N., 1944 Steinberg, J., 1932 Steinbruck, H., 1935 Stern, Harry J., 1939 Stillschwig, N. C., 1937-1938 Stoliar, Gitl, 1952 Stonehill, Ben, undated Streit, Leon, 1937 Suhl, A., 1933 Suskovitch, Shlomo, 1954-1955 Sutskever, Abraham, 1952-1953 Syngalowski, A., 1934-1955 Szacki, Antoni, 1955 Szajkowski, Zosa, 1936-1938 Szereny, Bela, undated Szereszewska, Helena, 1954 Szereszewski, Gregorio, 1949 Szmuszkowicz, Shlomo, 1955 Szur, Moshe, 1932
Folder 23: Correspondence - T, 1926-1955: Taubler, S., 1946 Teitelbaum, Abraham, 1927-1934 Tenenbaum, Joseph, 1926-1954 Tenenbaum, Rachela, 1932 Tierkel, David B., 1933-1934 Trachtenberg, Joshua, undated, 1940, 1954 Trammer, Marie, 1934-1938 Trus, Alter, 1955 Tsinberg, I., 1937 Turin, A., 1926 Turkow, Jonas, 1953 Turkow, Mark, 1947-1954 Twersky, Jochanan, 1934 Tygel, Z., 1932
Folder 24: Correspondence - U to V, 1932-1953: Ulrych, Baruch, 1953 Unger, Menashe, undated, 1935 Uris, A. S., undated Urynski, Gershon, undated Vaxer, M., 1932-1939 Veinig, N., 1933-1938
Folder 25: Correspondence - Wachstein, B. to Weinreich, Max Correspondence - Weinryb, Bernard to Wolfson, H., 1919-1953, , 1923-1956: Weinryb, Bernard D., 1929-1946 Wiener, Leo, 1925-1928 Wilczynski, H., 1933 Wilenberg, Rosalia, 1924 Winiecki, Joseph, 1951-1956 Wininger, S., 1933 Winter, Szmul, 1934-1935 Wischnitzer, Mark, 1923-1947 Wittlin, Josef and Anna, 1949, 1952 Wogler, A., undated Wolfson, H., 1934
Folder 27: Correspondence - Y to Z, 1910-1954: Yagubski, M., 1950 Yarmolinski, 1925 Yerushalmi, S., 1952 Yosekowitch, Y. T., 1954 Young, Karl, 1937 Yovely, S. Z., 1933 Zack, B.G., 1934, 1939 Zagelman, Dr., 1910 Zeidman, Hilel, 1947 Zeitlin, Aaron, 1933-1952 Zilberberg, Y., 1955 Zineman, Y. or J., 1953-1954 Zisle, Joseph, 1933 Zlotnick, J. L., 1937-1938 Zuhl, A., 1932-1937 Zulawska, K. and R., 1923, 1924, 1925 Zulawsky, Zygmunt, 1924 Zunser, Charles, 1947-1952 Zwick, M.T., 1934 Zylberzweig, Zalman, 1927-1953
Folder 28: Miscellaneous: Includes letters collected by Shatzky, written by others, among them:
Folder 29: Unidentified

Subseries 2: Organizations, 1926-1956

Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically.

Folder 30: Correspondence - A, 1927-1954: American Friends of Hebrew University (New York, N.Y.), 1954 American Guild for German Cultural Freedom (New York, N.Y.), 1939 American Historical Association (Philadelphia, Pa.), 1938 American Jewish Historical Society (New York, N.Y.), 1927, 1937 American Jewish Committee (New York, N.Y.), 1941-1953 American Jewish Yearbook (New York, N.Y.), 1940-1942 American Jewish Tercentenary Committee, (New York, N.Y.), 1953 Amsterdam University Library (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), 1932 Anti-Defamation League of B'nai Brith, (New York, N.Y.), 1952 Archive and Museum of the Jewish Labour Movement, 1937 Army Medical Library (U.S.). War Department (Washington, D.C.), 1936 Artef Theatre (New York, , N.Y.), 1931 Associacion Mutual Israelita Argentina (Buenos Aires, Argentina), 1953 Associacion Psicoanalitica Argentina (Buenos Aires, Argentina), 1947 Association of Friends of Our Tribune (New York, N.Y.), 1953 Aufgang (monthly, theater) Sighet, Maramures, (Sighetu Marmatiei, Romania), 1933
Folder 31: Correspondence - B - C, 1930-1956: Bayt Akhad Ha-Am, Tel Aviv, 1937 Bibliothek der Israelitische Kulturgemeinde (Vienna, Austria), 1936 Bibliothek der Lehranstalt fur die Wissenschaft des Judentums, Berlin, 1938 Bibliothek des Judischetheologischen Seminars, Breslau, 1934 B'nai Brith, Cincinnati, 1930 B'nai Brith Hillel Foundation, N. Y., 1948-1953 Bodleian Library, Oxford, 1936, 1938 British Museum, London, 1938 Canadian Jewish Year Book, Montreal, 1940 Centro Israelita de Cuba, Havana, 1939, 1951 Columbia University in the City of New York, N.Y., 1952 Columbia University Press, N.Y., 1937 Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Inc., N.Y., 1955, 1956 The Conference on Jewish Relations, N. Y., 1936-1950 Congres International des sciences historiques, Warsaw, 1932 Congress for Jewish Culture, N.Y., Buenos Aires, 1949, 1953, 1956 Congress Weekly , N. Y., 1952 Council of Fraternal Benevolent and Landsmanshaften Organizations, NY, 1940 Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, NY, 1939 Cultural Association of Polish Jews, NY, 1939 Culture League of Roumanian Jews, NY, 1933 Cyclopedia Judaica, NY, 1930
Folder 32: Correspondence - D - E, 1930-1955: Davke , Buenos Aires, 1951-1953 Delegacion de Asociaciones Israelitas Argentinas, Buenos Aires, 1953 Dom Ksiazki, Warsaw, 1952 Dos Poilishe Yidntum, Buenos Aires, 1950s Dropsie College, Philadlephia, 1930 Dubnow-Fund for Yiddish Encyclopedia, Berlin, Paris, NY, 1932-1939 Ediciones Estrellas, Buenos Aires, 1951 Dr. Israel Elfenbein Jubille Committee, NY, 1951 Congregation Emanue-El, 1932 Enciclopedia Della Spettacolo, with attached list of entries for Yiddish theater, Rome, 1953-1955 Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora, Jerusalem, 1951-1953 Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, NY, 1930-1931 Eugene Field Society, 1944 Ezrah, Jewish Hospital, Buenos Aires, 1949
Folder 33: Correspondence - F - G, 1926-1939: Farayn fun yidishe literatn un zhurnalistn in varshe, 1926-1927 Buchhandlung Gustav Fock, NY, 1934 The Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, 1936 Freie arbeter stimme , NY, 1933 Friends of the Yiddish Art Theatre, 1937 Friends of the YIVO, NY, 1939 Gesellschaft zur Erforschung judischer Kunstdenkmaler, Frankfurt, 1928, undated Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaft des Judentums, Berlin, 1934-1936 Dr. H. Glanz, Publisher, 1940 Gles Gminy Zydowskiej , Warsaw, 1938 Di Goldene Keit , Tel Aviv, 1938 Redaktion der Grossen Yudische National-Biographie, Cernauti, undated John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, NY, 1926
Folder 34: Correspondence - H - I, 1925-1955: Hadoar , NY, undated Hasifriah Hareishit l'madaey hayehadut, Warsaw, 1936 Heavar , Tel Aviv, 1952 Hebrew Union College Library, Cincinnati, 1925-1955 Hanhalat Hahistadrut Hatsionit, Jerusalem, 1953 Hitakhdut Tsionit B'kuba, Havana, 1953 Ikor, NY, 1936 Illustrowany Kuryer Codzienny , Warsaw, 1933 Immigrants' Conference, NY 1939 The Institute for Advanced Study, NY, 1931
Folder 35: Correspondence - J, 1929-1954: Jewish Academy of Arts and Sciences, NY, 1937-1938 Jewish Book Council, NY, 1942-1954 Jewish Club, NY, 1950-1953, 1954 Jewish Daily Eagle , Montreal, 1932-1940 Jewish Forum, NY, 1944 Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw, 1950-1954 Jewish Institute of Religion, NY, 1936 Jewish Museum Forum, NY 1951 Jewish National and University Library, Jerusalem, 1930-1938 Jewish People's Institute, Chicago, 1938 Jewish Public Library, Montreal, 1934-1956 Jewish Quarterly Review , Philadelphia, 1956 Jewish Social Studies , NY, 1946, 1954 Jewish Theological Seminary of America, NY, 1938, 1946-1952 Jewish Welfare Board, NY, 1924-1955 Joachimstal's Boekhandel, Amsterdam 1948 Jolowicz, Joseph, Buchhandlung und antiquariat, Berlin, 1930 Judischer Verlag, Berlin, 1929
Folder 36: Correspondence - K-O, 1925-1955: Keren Kayemet L'Yisrael, Buenos Aires, 1949 Kinderland, Buenos Aires, 1952 Knof, Alfred A., NY, 1943 A. Kokoteck, and Co., 1928 Waissman Koogan, Rio de Janeiro, 1950-1953 Geselshaft Kultur Lige, Warsaw, 1931 Farlag David Lerman, Buenos Aires, 1949 Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1953-1955 Literarishe Bleter, Warsaw, 1925 Kultur Komisye Baym Landslayt Farayn Fun Lomze, Zembrowe, Buenos Aires, 1949 Farayn fun Marbuschover landslayt in yisroel, Tel Aviv, 1953 Meksikaner yidishe shtim , Mexico, 1934 Mendele Moikher Seforim Museum, Odessa, 1928 Merriam Company, Springfield, Mass., 1952 National Committee for Labor Israel, NY, 1954 New York Academy of Medicine, NY, 1956 New York Public Library, NY, 1927-1953 Libreria Antiquaria Editrice, Leo S. Olschki, 1947 Omanut , Zagreb, 1936 Ort, Geneva, undated Oxford University Press, NY, 1955
Folder 37: Correspondence - P, 1926-1953: A. Packter Hebreeuwsche Boekhandel, Amsterdam, 1936 I.L. Peretz, yiddisher kultureler yugnt tsenter, Mexico, 1939 I.L. Peretz farayn, Czertkow, Poland, 1933 I.L. Peretz School, Winnipeg, 1937 I.L. Peretz Writers Union, 1926, 1928 Komiter tsu baehrn dem 700 yerign egzistents der yidisher kehilo in Plotsk (Plock, Poland) 1937 Dos Poilishe Yidntum, B.A., 1947-1953 Polish Roman Catholic Union of America, Chicago, 1942 Portugeesch Isrealitisch Seminarium Ets Haim, Amsterdam, 1933, 1937 Di presse , Buenos Aires, 1929 The Psychoanalytic Quarterly , 1946-1947
Folder 38: Correspondence - R - S, 1936-1955: Ruhama, (Union of Women in Behalf of Polish Jewry), NY, 1938 Sifriya Ironit, Sha-ar-Tsion, Tel Aviv, 1936 Sholem-Aleikhem Kultur Vinkl, Bronx, undated Sholem Aleikhem Folks Institut (L.M. Stein Jubilee Committee), Chicago, 1937 Sholem-Aleikhem Shul, Buenos Aires, 1951, 1955 Sigmund Freund Archives, Inc., NY, 1952 Sifritat-Poalim Workers Book Guild, Hashomer Hatsair, Tel Aviv, 1952 Simon and Shuster, Inc., NY, 1947 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 1931 Sociedad de Estudios Historicos de los Israelitas en Mexico, Mexico, 1941 Sociedad Hebraica Argentina (Hebraica ) Buenos Aires, 1953 Societas Spinozana Polonica, Warsaw, 1936 Soncino-Gesellschaft, Berlin, 1926-1932 South African Jewish Sociological and Historical Society, Johannesburg, 1948 Special Libraries Association, NY, 1942 Spinoza Institute of America, NY, 1932 Het Spinosahuis, The Hague, 1936 Irgun Oley Szczebrzeszyn, 1947
Folder 39: Correspondence - T-W, 1926-1956: Taylor's Foreign Press, London, 1937 Tsentral farband fun poylishe yidn in argentine, Buenos Aires, 1947-1955 Tsentral komitet fun yidn in poyln (Central Committee of Jews in Poland), Warsaw, 1949 Tsentrale yidishe shulorganizatsie in letland, Riga, 1926 Tsentraler Bildungs Komitet, Vilna, 1931 Tsentraler Kultur Rat, Paris, 1946 Ujkelet , Oradea, Roumania, 1938 The Ukranian Academy of Arts and Sciences, NY, 1953 Ukranian Congress Committee of America, Inc., NY, 1952 Union Sionista de Cuba, 1953 United Hospital Fund of New York, NY, 1943 United Jewish Appeal, NY, 1942, 1952 United Restitution Organizations, NY, 1956 Unzer Vort , Buenos Aires, 1954 Landslayt-farayn fun varshe un umgegnt, Buenos Aires, 1952 V'ad l'hotsa'at sefer zikaron l'kdoshey Vengruv (Wegrow), Tel Aviv, 1953 Editorial 'La Verdad', Mexico, 1939 Veterans Administration Hospital, NY, 1956 Di Vokh , Paris, 1939 Walka , Cracow, 1926 Wecker , NY, 1952 Wegrow: See Vengruv Who's Who in Library Service, Columbia University, NY, 1954 Who's Who in World Jewry, NY, 1953-1954 Hieronim Wilder-Polski Antykwarjat Naukowy Warsaw, 1931 Workmen's Circle, 1932 Works Progress Administration for Connecticut, Conn., n.d. Works Progress Administration for Massachusetts, Mass., 1938
Folder 40: Correspondence - Y, 1929-1955: Yeshiva University, NY, 1955 Yiddish Culture Society, NY, 1930, 1934 Yiddish Dictionary Committee, 1953 Yidishe gezelshaft far kunst un kultur in Havana, Havana, 1937 Yidishe literatn un zhurnalistn farayn, H.D. Nomberg, Buenos Aires, 1953 Yidishe shul organizatsiye hoyptfarvaltung, Warsaw, 1929 Yidishe presse , Rio de Janeiro, 1954 Yidishe shul in meksike, Mexico, 1952-1954 Yidishe sport tsenter in meksike, Mexico, 1954 Di yidishe tsaytung , Buenos Aires, 1954 Yidisher druker komiter, Lodz, 1947 Yidisher folks-institut far kultur un dertsiung, Rio de Janeiro, 1954 Yiddish Theater Club, NY, undated YIVO (Buenos Aires, New York, Uruguay, Vilna), 1947-1956 Young Mens and Young Womens Hebrew Association, NY, 1951
Folder 41: Yiddish Pen Club, NY, 1951-1954
Folder 42: Correspondence - Z, 1931-1954: Union of Zamosch Emigrants in Israel, 1946-1954 Zeitschrift für die Geschichte der Juden der Tschechoslowakei , Brunn, 1931 Zionist Organization of America, NY, 1952 Zhelenover Bulletin , Chicago, undated Zhitlowsky Folks-Komitet, NY, 1944 Zwiazek Narodowy Polski, Chicago, 1942
Folder 43: Unidentified and Miscellaneous

Subseries 3: Family, 1924-1953

Arrangement: Arranged chronologically.

Folder 44: Jacob Shatzky to Ida Shatzky, 1924 June 25-1929 July 15
Folder 45: Jacob Shatzky to Ida Shatzky, 1929 August 10-1932 August 21
Folder 46: Jacob Shatzky to Ida Shatzky, 1932 September 2-1947 April 25
Folder 47: Jacob Shatzky to Ida Shatzky, 1947 April 27-1948 July 26
Folder 48: Jacob Shatzky to Ida Shatzky, undated, 1950 June 22-1953 August 6
Folder 49: Willenberg Shatzky, Eugene, 1931-1948

Subseries 4: Shatzky, Ida, 1912-1963

Letters to Ida Shatzky.

Arrangement: [information on the filing sequence of the described materials, e.g., chronological]

Folder 50: Condolences, 1956
Folder 51: Correspondence, 1912, circa 1956, circa 1960
Folder 52: Rapoport, O., 1960-1963
Folder 53: Singer, Elias, 1956-1959