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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)
Caricature of Moses Broderson (RG 3.1903.3)
Invitation to the unveiling of the tombstone on the grave of A. Waiter (RG 3.2093.2)
Letter from Moses Broderson to YIVO (RG 3.1903.5)
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)
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)
When will the Messiah Arrive? (RG 3. 1764.3)

RG 7: Music (Vilna Archives). Collection.

Published music and manuscripts: Yiddish and Hebrew folk and art songs; theater music; Holocaust songs; liturgical and Hasidic music; choral music; classical compositions. Materials about Jewish music organizations, choruses, and cantors.

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COLLECTION Music (Vilna Archives) (007)

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

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

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COLLECTION Esther-Rachel Kaminska Theater Museum (008)
Krakow. Announcement of the upcoming appearance of the theatrical ensemble of Ida Kaminska and Zygmunt Turkow. No date. (rg8_p179590a)
Lodz. Announcement of the 1934 summer season of the cabaret theater "Ararat," founded and directed by the Yiddish poet and playwright Moyshe Broderzon. (rg8_p00369)
Lodz. Announcement of the upcoming performance at the "Ararat" Theater. Ca. 1930s. (rg8_p179678a-5065)
Vilna. "The Big Prize," by Sholem Aleichem, with Rudolf Zaslawski, in the People's Theater, November 18th. (rg8_p178110a-4852)
Vilna. "The Chains," by H. Levick, with Aleksander Granach, in The Vilna Jewish Theater. No date. (rg8_p177846a-4829)
Vilna. "The Gold-Diggers," a musical comedy in four acts, by Sholem Aleichem, in The Vilna New Theater. October 5th. (rg8_p179643)
Vilna. "The Matriculation." a comedy by W. Fodor, in the Vilna New Jewish Theater, April 9th. (rg8_p178261k)
Warsaw. "Blonzhende Shtern" (Wandering Stars). Play in 3 acts, written by Marek Razumny, based on Sholem Aleichem's novel. (rg8_p178210a-4863)
Warsaw. "Krasin," by Michal Brandt, an experimental Yiddish play, performed by the "Young Theater."1934. (rg8_p179650)
Warsaw. "Napoleon's treasure" by Sholem Aleichem. To be performed in the Warsaw Young Theater, on July 10th, 1934. (rg8_p179621)
Warsaw. "Brothers Karamazov" by F. Dostoyevski, performed by The Warsaw Jewish Art Theater (WIKT), March 11th, 1927. 70,2 x 50 cm. (RG 8/P/434)
Warsaw. Icchok Feld , in an American Yiddish musical comedy in two acts, "Kopel Kiva becomes a father." The Kaminski Warsaw Theater, July 26th. (rg8_p178597)
Warsaw. Paul Burstein and Lillian Lux, in their great hit: "His cherished dream," in the Warsaw "Scala" Theater. No date. (rg8_p177770)
Wloclawek. "The Jews." A play about pogroms and the Jewish self-defense, by Czyrykow, in the Wloclawek Theater, April 28th, 1907. (rg8_p179264a-4994)

RG 23: Tarbut Hebrew Teachers' Seminary (Vilna). Records.

Records of a seminary that trained teachers for the Hebrew elementary school system in Poland

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Letter inviting students to a recitation by visiting actor Kurt Katsch (Katch) (RG 23.22.1)

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

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

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COLLECTION Yidisher Artistn Fareyn (Warsaw) (026)
Announcement of a tax on Jewish theater tickets to benefit unemployed actors (rg26.399)
Circular about a lost pen (RG 26.34.2)
Circular about summer camp for children of members of the Yidisher Artistn Fareyn (Jewish Actors Union) (RG 26.34.1)
Contract between guest artist Alexander Granach and the Avrom Shtokfish Troupe (RG 26.340.1)
Correspondence between an impressario in China with the Naye folkstsaytung and the Yidisher Artistn Fareyn (RG 26.94a.1)
Letter from Hebrew Actors Union to Yidisher Artistn Fareyn (Jewish Actors Union) (RG 26.110.0.2)
Letter from Maks Brin to Isaac Nożyk (RG 26.107.1)
Letter from Yidisher Artistn Fareyn (Jewish Actors Union) to Hebrew Actors Union (RG 26.110.0.3)
Notice of a fine from the Yidisher Artistn Fareyn (Jewish Actors Union) (RG 26.40.1)
Telegram from Yidisher Artistn Fareyn (Jewish Actors Union) to Hebrew Actors Union (RG 26.110.0.1)
Yidisher Artistn Fareyn (Jewish Actors Union) membership exam and application of Shimen Dzigan (RG 26.551.2)

RG 28: Poland (Vilna Archives) Collection.

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

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Excerpts from the bylaws of the Yudishn folks-hoyz, Lowicz (RG 28.Lowicz 6)
Kultur-lige (Culture league) stamps (RG 28.Bialystok 7.2)

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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Bielsk-Podlaski. Notice of the imminent opening of David Pinski's comedy "The Treasure" ["der oytser"]. (RG 28/P/422)
Czestochowa. Lecture on "The Humor of Jewish Tragedy.." (RG 28/P/399)
Krakow. A commemoration marking the 50th anniversary of the death of Karl Marx. (RG 28/P/245)
Lodz. A commemorative ceremony in honor of the 100th birthday of Yiddish writer Mendele Moykher Sforim. (RG 28/P/493)
Lublin. A lecture on: "The Yiddish [Jewish] Theater." (RG 28/P/502)
Lwow. An "Evening of the Five Muses," including talks on literature, painting, drama, and music. (RG 28/P/418)
Plock. Celebratory program in honor of the Bund's 30th anniversary. (RG 28/P/200)
Vilna. A meeting to create a Yiddish art theater in Vilna. (RG 28/P/1196)
Wloclawek. A Sholem Aleichem program. (RG 28/P/902)
Wlodzimierz. A Hanukah evening with declamation, drama and dance. (RG 28/P/963)
Zgierz. Performance of K. Guckow's 5-act tragedy "Uriel Akosta." (RG 28/P/981)

RG 29: Vilna. Collection.

Records of Jewish organizations and institutions; official government, municipal, and legal documents; memoirs of the German occupation, and other documents chronicling the life of the Jewish community in Vilna

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"The situation of Jews in the Land of Israel and the Diaspora" (RG 29.167.3)
A literary trial of Max Nordau's Doktor Kohn (RG 29.167.6)
Advertisement for performance of the Maydim puppet theater (RG 29.166.1)
Invitation to memorial ceremony for Nahum Lipovski, director of the Yiddish folks-teater. (RG 29.166.3)
Letter about organizing a memorial ceremony for Nahum Lipovski, director of the Yiddish folks-teater (RG 29.166.2)
Program for a Purim ball (RG 29.183.3)

RG 120: Territorial Photographic Collection. Poland.

Thousands of photographs of Jewish life in Poland before WWII

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Bialystok, 1919. Children from the Yugnt Fareyn Folkshul, in costume for a play. (yarg120po188)
Bialystok. Children in costumes. (yarg120po190)
Leczyca, 1890. Men in costume for a Purim shpil. Among them is Jacob Lassman, who later emigrated to the USA. (yarg120po1712)
Oszmiana, April 1933. Children posing in costume, for a play entitled "Queen of the Fairytale," at the Folkshul. (yarg120po2815)
Pinsk, 1930s. Girls from the M. Glouberman Folkshul, pose in costume for a production. (yarg120po2999)
Podbrodzie, March 3, 1939. Tarbut school children, in costume for a Purim-Shpil. (yarg120po3123)
Przemysl, 1919-21. A traveling theater troupe from Galicia. (yarg120po3182)
Suwalki, 1933. Girls in white costumes, for a scene from "The Snow Girl," staged at the Folkshul. (yarg120po3743)
Suwalki, 1935. A scene from D. Einhorn's play "Hands," staged at the Folkshul. (yarg120po3744)
Swislocz, 1927-1928. Children in costume, for a scene from a summer play. (yarg120po3815)
Warszawa, 1903. David Herman, director and actor, stands next to a carriage, with his troupe's actresses. (yarg120po4719)
Warszawa, 1920s. At a folkshul, children dress in costume, for a play directed by Zofia Rotblat. (yarg120po4591.03)
Warszawa, 1920s. At a folkshul, children are in costume, for a play directed by Zofia Rotblat. (yarg120po4591.01)
Warszawa, 1920s. At a folkshul, two children are in costume, one with a mandolin, for a play directed by Zofia Rotblat. (yarg120po4591.02)
Warszawa, 1930s. Malke Hamerow poses for a portrait with Chaim Sznejer, a member of the Vilna Troupe, and others. (yarg120po4759.52b)
Warszawa, ca. 1910s-1920s. Young people climb a fence, to get into the Yiddish Muranow Theater for free. (yarg120po_forward42537)
Warszawa, early 1900s. The horse-drawn wagon of the Kompanyeyts Troupe, covered with theater posters. (yarg120po_forward41644)
Warszawa. A scene from the end of Motke Ganev, a play by Sholem Asch. (yarg120po4721)

RG 223: Sutzkever, Abraham -Kaczerginski, Szmerke. Collection. Part II. Historical and Literary Manuscripts.

Historical and literary manuscripts belonging to YIVO that were rescued and hidden from the Nazis, including manuscripts by S. An-Ski, Theodor Herzl, Mendele Moykher Sforim, and Sholem Aleichem

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COLLECTION Abraham Sutzkever and Szmerke Kaczerginski (223)

RG 356: Shatzky, Jacob (1893-1956). Papers.

Papers of the historian, writer, lecturer, lexicographer, bibliographer, and editor, including correspondence, materials and notes for articles, and bibliographies

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COLLECTION Jacob Shatzky (356)

RG 1100: Kadison, Leib (1880-1947). Papers.

Costume and set designs, photographs, and playbills related to the career of the Yiddish theater director and actor who was a founder of the Vilna Troupe

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