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Guide to the Records of the YIVO Ethnographic Committee, 1885-1941, RG 1.2

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Collection Overview

Title: Guide to the Records of the YIVO Ethnographic Committee, 1885-1941, RG 1.2

ID: RG 1.2 FA

Extent: 7.5 Linear Feet

Arrangement: The series are arranged by provenance, and the subseries by provenance or subject.

Languages: Yiddish, Russian, Polish, German, Hebrew, Lithuanian

Abstract

The Records of the YIVO Ethnographic Committee is a sub-group of the Record Group 1, Records of YIVO - Vilna. The activities of the Ethnographic Committee consisted of collecting folklore materials, preparing and analyzing folklore questionnaires, corresponding with folklore collectors throughout the world, and maintaining a museum. This collection also includes surviving fragments of the collections of the S.Ansky Jewish Historical and Ethnographic Society which was active in Vilna from 1920 until 1940, and of Invayskult, also known as the Jewish Bureau of the Byelorussian Academy of Science in Minsk (founded in 1925 and dissolved in the 1930s). Record Group 1.2 includes both administrative files of the aforementioned institutions and folklore and historical materials, which were gathered in these institutions' archives.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection comprises the records of several organizations in Vilna that engaged in ethnographic study from the turn of the century through WWII. Of particular note are the administrative records of Ansky’s ethnographic expedition of 1912-1914, such as budgets and planning documents, as well as postcards and letters from the public in response to an article about the expedition in Der Moment, the Warsaw daily Yiddish newspaper in Series II . Series II also contains the records of the Society of Friends of Jewish Antiquity, covering the years 1885-1919, as well as its successor the S. Ansky Jewish Historical Ethnographic Society, which covers 1913-1940. Series I contains the YIVO Ethnographic Commission, which started later, but operated simultaneously with the S. Ansky Jewish Historical Ethnographic Society, from 1923-1940. The collection contains both administrative records from these societies and the written contents of their collections, such as folk songs, folk tales, descriptions of customs and ethnographic reports. There are inventories of the museums that several of these organizations operated, giving a sense of what physical objects these societies collected and displayed, as well. Series I also contains a number of folders containing pornographic materials (nos. 34-39), although these have not been catalogued on an item level, and so could not be included in the container list. Series III contains ethnographic materials originating from Invayskult, in Minsk, such as folk songs, stories, and proverbs, but unfortunately lacks the institutional context of administrative records found in the other two Series. Series IV consists of unsorted materials, which largely originate from YIVO, and resemble the materials found in Series I .

The addenda contain additional materials created by the YIVO Ethnographic Commission. Addendum I , which consists of five boxes, includes songs with musical notations as well as the song lyrics, ethnographies, riddles and rhymes typically of the rest of the collection. It also contains correspondence from YIVO and the Ethnographic collection with ethnographers, and articles on ethnographic topics by YIVO scholars. Addendum II contains ethnographic materials likely collected by the S. Ansky Jewish Historical Ethnographic Society, including many types of songs as well as ethnographic descriptions of towns.

Please note that the dates for folklore materials are ambiguous; they may refer to the date the information was recorded, or the date of creation of the song or folktale, according to the zamler's research. Those dates are noted with the term "circa." Unmarked dates definitely represent the date of a document's creation.

Historical Note

Ethnography played a central role in the development of Jewish studies in the early twentieth century, and the resources in this collection reflect the importance of the subject in the eyes of YIVO scholars and the many zamlers, or collectors, who assembled these materials on a voluntary basis. In 1891, Shimon Dubnow called for increased efforts in understanding and preserving the history of Eastern European Jewry, and S. Ansky demonstrated the practice of ethnography in his famous Expedition of 1912-1914 and incorporation of folkloric ideas in his immensely popular play, The Dybbuk. Ethnography had long been a preoccupation in Yiddish culture, playing a major role in maskilic literature, but during this period it became institutionalized and incorporated contemporary scientific practices.

YIVO Ethnographic Committee

YIVO – the Yiddish Scientific Institute – was founded in Vilna in 1925. It was organized in four permanent sections: Philology, History, Economics and Statistics, and Psychology and Education; the Ethnographic Committee was a sub-section of the Philological Section. At its inception in 1925, the Ethnographic Committee was established in cooperation with the S. Ansky Jewish Historical Ethnographic Society, with both organizations sharing in its financial support. The work of the Ethnographic Committee consisted of preparing and analyzing folklore questionnaires, correspondence with a network of hundreds of voluntary collectors throughout Europe, the United States, Canada, South America and other parts of the world, issuing instructions to collectors, acknowledging receipt of materials, organizing special circles of collectors in various towns and cities, arranging contests for the best folklore collections. It was a popular success, attracting hundreds of people to participate in its mission of documenting their communities. The Committee also maintained a museum and presented special exhibits. Members of the Ethnographic Committee included Shloyme Bastomski, folklorist and teacher, Dr. Max Weinreich, philologist, member of the Executive Committee of YIVO, N. Weinig, folklorist, Nekhama Epstein, folklorist, and Zalman Reisen, lexicographer, member of the Executive Committee of YIVO. N. Khayes, folklorist, served as secretary of the Committee. In 1930, the name of the Ethnographic Committee was changed to Folklore Committee. Throughout the history of its existence, the Ethnographic Committee was a flashpoint for tensions between YIVO and the S. Ansky Jewish Historical Ethnographic Society, which competed for influence and increasingly scarce resources for ethnographic work. The two organizations eventually parted ways, with the Ethnographic Society focusing more on material culture and the maintenance of a museum, while YIVO focused on written documents and scholarly materials.

Ansky Jewish Historical Ethnographic Society

The S. Ansky Jewish Historical Ethnographic Society was the successor of the Society of Friends of Jewish Antiquity founded in 1913 by L.V. Frenkel and the Historic Commission, founded by the Hevrah Mefitsei Haskalah to document the effects of the first World War on Jewish communities. It is a separate entity from the Historic-Ethnographic Commission, which was founded by the Hevrah Mefitsei Haskalah in 1892. After 1908 it became known as the Jewish Historic-Ethnographic Society of St. Petersburg. This society published Evreiskaia starina (The Jewish Past) from 1909-1918 and sponsored Ansky’s expeditions in 1912-1914. It was shut down by the Bolshevik government in 1917. In 1919, following World War I, S. Ansky renewed the work of the Society of Friends of Jewish Antiquity, now called the Jewish Historical Ethnographic Society of Lithuania and White Russia. After Ansky’s death, in 1920, the Society and its Museum were named after him, and drew partial support from Ansky’s bequest of one sixth of his estate. The society found itself at odds with YIVO from time to time, but also involved some of the same people, notably Max Weinreich, Zalmen Reyzin, and Tsemakh Shabad. After 1939 the ethnographic materials of the S. Ansky Society were merged with YIVO. The society comprised an Executive Committee and the following sections: Music, Folklore, History, Art and Museum, Ansky, Catalogue, Literary, and Pinkes (Town Chronicles). The Society also maintained a museum, library and archive.

Invayskult

Invayskult was the department of what would now be known as Jewish Studies at the Belorussian Academy of Sciences, located in Minsk. It was founded at the same time as the Academy of Sciences itself, in 1924. Invayskult was also known as the Jewish Division, or Yidopteil. They published the scholarly journal Tsaytshrift, which attracted contributions from notable Yiddish scholars such as Max Weinreich. In the early years, Invayskult frequently corresponded with YIVO, and oriented their research toward Eastern European, and especially Lithuanian Jews, who were considered "Lithuanian-Belorussian." Invayskult was dissolved in the 1930s.

Reference

Cecile E. Kuznitz, “An-sky’s Legacy: The Vilna Historic-Ethnographic Society and the Shaping of Modern Jewish Culture” in The Worlds of S. Ansky (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2006), 320-345.

Subject/Index Terms

An-Ski, S., 1863-1920, Documents - Correspondence, Documents - Field Notes, Documents - Manuscripts, Documents - Research Notes, Ethnology, Ethnomusicology, Folk literature, Yiddish, Folklore, Folk songs, Yiddish, Minsk, Music, Rejzen, Zalman, 1887-1941, Schabad, Z., 1864-1935, Vilna, Weinreich, Max, 1894-1969, Yidisher visnshaftlekher institut Filologishe sektsye, YIVO Archives, Yivo Institute for Jewish Research

Administrative Information

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

Use Restrictions:

Permission to publish part or parts of the collection must be obtained from the YIVO Archives. For more information, contact:

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011

email: archives@yivo.cjh.org

Acquisition Method: These records were among the Jewish collection looted by the Einsatzstab Rosenberg in Vilna under the Nazis and brought to Germany in 1942. Placed after the war in the U.S. military Offenbach Archival Depot, these documents were returned to the YIVO in New York in 1947.

Related Materials: This collection constitutes one part of RG 1, the Records of YIVO in Vilna. The other parts contain administrative materials and materials on other sections of YIVO. In addition, folklore materials collected by the Anski Expedition can be found in other institutions, notably the Russian Museum of Ethnography and the Vernadskii National Library of Ukraine, but also archives, libraries, and museums in St. Petersburg, Kiev, Minsk, and Moscow.

Preferred Citation: Published citations should take the following form:Identification of item, date (if known); Records of the YIVO Ethnographic Committee; RG 1.2; box number; folder number; YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

Series I: Ethnographic Committee of YIVO, undated, 1909-1940,
Series II: S. Ansky Jewish Historical Ethnographic Society, undated, 1885-1940,
Series III: Invayskult, undated, 1907-1941,
Series4:]] Addendum I, undated, 1926-1933,
Series5:]] Addendum II, undated, 1928-1930,
All

Series II: S. Ansky Jewish Historical Ethnographic Society, undated, 1885-1940

The records of the Ethnographic Expedition led by S. Ansky, including meeting minutes, budgets, plans, and public responses, comprise the bulk of the first subseries, which is small in size but great in significance. This subseries also contains the minutes of the museum committee for the Jewish Historical Ethnographic Society, and the correspondence of the society, including correspondence from S. Dubnow. The second subseries contains the records of the Society of Friends of Jewish Antiquity, one of the predecessors of the Ansky expedition. It includes meeting minutes, correspondence, publications and other administrative records. However, the bulk of this series consists of the records of the S. Ansky Jewish Historical Ethnographic Society in Vilna, including organizational plans, meeting minutes, correspondence with Polish authorities, appeals for ethnographic materials, financial accounts, records of the museum and its holdings, dealings with the Ansky estate, and correspondence with many Jewish cultural organizations in Vilna, as well as 8 folders of ethnographic materials that it collected.

Language of Material: In Yiddish , Russian , Polish , and German .

Arrangement: The subseries are arranged by provenance. Materials within each subsereies are arranged by subject.

Subseries 1: Jewish Historical Ethnographic Society, St. Petersburg, 1890-1925

Language of Material: In Russian and Yiddish .

Box 6

Folder 74: Minutes of the Museum Committee of the Jewish Historical Ethnographic Society, 1918-1925
Folder 75: Correspondance of the Society, including letters from S. Dubnow; the Crimean Khan Massud Giray; from Engineer Kaletski, 1890-1925
Folder 76: Minutes of the Jewish Ethnographic Expedition in the name of Baron Horace Guinzburg (Ansky Expedition), March 24-25, 1912; March 2, March 5, 1913; April 30, 1916, 1912-1916
Folder 77: Reports, budgets, financial reports and plans of the Ansky Expedition; letter to Lev Vladimirovitsh name to be corrected of the Ansky Expedition, concerning the “Cold synagogue” in Mohilev, 1913
Folder 77a: Postcards and letters from individuals in response to a notice in “Moment” about the Ethnographic Expedition, requesting the Society to send them the instructions for collecting ethnographic materials, 1913

Subseries 2: Society of Friends of Jewish Antiquity, undated, 1885-1919

Language of Material: In Russian , Yiddish , and German .

Box 6

Folder 78: Minutes and notarized acknowledgment of the meeting of the Board of the Society, January 24, April 28, 1914 and list of signatures of members of the Society (n.d.); Minutes of March 12 (no year) and list of members of the Society; Agenda of meeting of the Art and Handicraft Committee, May 20, 1917, 1914-1917
Folder 78a: Ustav Obyshestva Liubitelei Evreiskoi Starini, Vilno; Printed appeal of the Society; letter concerning the goals of the Society, 1913
Folder 78b: Application to the Governor of Vilno from a group of Jewish elite, merchants, a lawyer and doctor about including the Society of Friends of Jewish Antiquity in the registry of licensed societies, with its statute, December, 1912, 1912

Box oversized

Folder 79: Correspondence, 1913-1919: Correspondence, 1914-1919, including a letter to the Society (no name given), Moscow, January 6, 1914, concerning the establishment of the Jewish Museum by the Soceity; carbon copy of a letter from the Society to the Mitteilungen des Gesechaft fur Judisches Folkskunde, Hamburg, regarding the initiation of an exchange; ledger of materials received by the Society; bound copies of letters between the Society and individuals and organizations in Russia and beyond, 1913-1917; listing of members of the Administrative and Review Committees

Box 7

Folder 80: Receipt by the Society for 22 museum items (artifacts) from the Taharas Hakoydesh Synagogue; list of items/artifact; carbon copy of a letter to G.M. Antokolsky about dedicating a room in the museum in honor (in the name of) M.M. Antokolsky, 1914
Folder 81: Missing, 1885: Materials (official and Jewish item) related to the meat and candle excise-tax; as well as the legal (juridical) expertise regarding the right of Jews to own real property
Folder 82: Correspondence from L. Epel, referring to early Zionist activities, 1894-1901
Folder 83: Letters from the Petersburg Committee of the Jewish Literary Society to the J.L.S in Riga, 1910: Describing a program of lectures by Noyekh Shtif about Mendele Moykher-Sforim (S.Y. Abramovitsh) and Sholem-Aleichem (S. Rabinovitsh) in order to obtain an official permit, May 9, 1910
Folder 84: Publications: Geselschaft zur Erforosching Judisches Kunstdenknellen, Frankfurt – am – Main, August 1900; October 1901 “Kodu” – Museum issue 1912, 1900-1912
Folder 85: Various papers: accounts, invitations, letters, notes, undated

Subseries 3: S. Ansky Jewish Historical Ethnographic Society, Vilna, undated, 1890-1940

Language of Material: In Yiddish , Polish , and Russian .

Records

Box 7

Folder 86: Statute of the S. Ansky Jewish Historical Society (n.d.); Plan of the organization of the Archive, undated
Folder 87: Minutes of meetings: October 20, 1925; December 12, 1925; March 28, 1929; February 8, 1932; February 22, 23, 1933; June 12, 1933; November 18, 1934; January 19, 1935; December 2, 1936; March 16 (no year); undated minutes; Minutes of the Jewish Historical Ethnographic Society in Kaunas, October 23, 1937; February 23, June 9, September 8, 1938, 1925-1938
Folder 88: "Reports and memoranda to the Polish authorities; correspondence with the Vilno municipal authorities concerning the work of the Society", 1925-1927
Folder 89: Correspondence with individuals and organizations; invitations to meetings; printed appeals for materials, 1914-1929; list of photographs of S. Ansky’s collection presented to the Museum by Alter Kacyzne and English Frenkel, 1925; circular letter May 13, 1925 concerning a planned exhibit of all forms of Jewish art, 1914-1929
Folder 90: Correspondence of the Society and its Akademisher Seminar far yidishe geshikhte (Academic Seminary for Jewish History), 1932-1939
Folder 91: Appeal to all communal leaders in the cities and towns of Poland about collecting material, 1927; newspaper clippings of the Vilno Tog, December 1926 containing appeal by the Historical Ethnographic Society, April 19, 1927, 1926-1927

Box 8

Folder 92: Notes, register of letters, draft of desiderata sought on Jewish life during World War I and under the German occupation after the war; invitations to meetings of the Society., undated
Folder 93: Agreement between the Society and the Printer Benyomen Matz concerning publication of the songs collected by the composer Abraham M. Bernstein; statement on the important collections, the publications Pinkes and Muzikalisher Pinkes, undated
Folder 94: List of correspondence, December 1932, March 1933, 1939-1940, 1932-1940
Folder 95: Membership notebook, 1932
Folder 96: Financial accounts: January 1, February 10, February 11, 1928, 1928
Folder 97: List of donors and objects received by the Museum, Archives and Library, together with minutes of April 15, 1939, 1939
Folder 98: Ansky Museum in the building of the Jewish Kehillah, Vilno, 1913-1941. Administrative correspondence; statement about the Museum and about the artist Mark Antokolski (n.d.); cards listing photographs of the Society, 1913-1941
Folder 99: Financial report of the Ansky Fund for a commemorative evening for S. Ansky, Vilno, December 8, 1920, 1920
Folder 100: Inventory of objects in the Ansky Museum, undated
Folder 101: Ansky estate materials, 1925-1936: Correspondence between the executors of Ansky’s will with the Ansky Historical Ethnographic Society, Vilno, concerning transferring the Ansky Museum to the Society and establishing it in rooms of YIVO (also containing a list of the subject headings of the Ansky folklore collection), 1930-1933; correspondence between the S. Ansky Historical Ethnographic Society, Vilna, and the Jewish Historical Ethnographic Society, Museum Committee, Leningrad, 1925, concerning Ansky’s works (with mention of Ansky’s remaining archive in St. Petersburg and Kiev); copy of a legal document authorizing Icchok Greenbaum to be the sole executor of Ansky’s will (n.d.); letter from the Association of the Jewish People’s Bank in Lithuania, informing the Society that the Ansky Archives were placed in a locked room of the Bank, 1927; list of folklore and ethnographic materials of the Ansky Archive received from Kaunas, 1929; list of Ansky’s collection of ritual objects received from Alter Kacyzne for the Society’s Museum, 1936; list of 56 objects received by the Museum from the Society, 1933.
Folder 102: Lists of tale types of the 24 folders received by the Society stories, undated: Legends about the Polish insurrection; legends about Chmelnitski and Gonter; legends about Christian kings and magnates and their attitude to Jews; legends about conversion; about Blood libel accusations; historical legends legends of recruitment and khapers (snatchers of young boys for impressments into the Czarist army); legends about Elijah the Prophet, hidden saints; legends about the attitude of saints to Russia; rabbinic stories; songs, rhymes, customs, tales of the badkhn (professional wedding entertainer) and the custom if kale bazetsn (enthronement of the bride); Purim plays
Folder 103: List of publications received by the Society, 1920-1939
Folder 103a: Register of incoming printed matter, undated
Folder 104: Posters of lectures, 1932
Folder 105: Newspaper clippings of reviews and news releases concerning the publication Yor ayn yor oys (From year to year), edited by N. Yanosevits of the Jewish Historical Ethnographic Society of Lithuania., 1939
Folder 106: Receipts, membership registrations; orders for the Pinkes; notes, stationery of the Society, undated

Correspondence

Box 9

Folder 107: Letter from the Historical Ethnographic Society, Vilno, to the Ansky Committee, Warsaw, 1927, one of the heirs of the Ansky estate, inquiring about the Committee’s income, resources and relationship with the Society, 1927
Folder 108: Correspondence with Gezelshaft fun yiddisher muzik (Society of Jewish Music), Moscow, concerning the publication Muzikalisher pinkes compiled by A.M. Bernstein, 1929
Folder 109: Correspondence with Society “Central,” Warsaw, concerning the publication Muzikalisher pinkes, 1929-1931
Folder 110: Correspondence with Vilbig (Jewish Education Society) and CBK (Jewish Central Educational Committee), Vilno, concerning a loan of materials; aid for the library in Radom burned by vandals; a tour of the Historical Ethnographic Museum., 1921-1926
Folder 111: Correspondence with Yidisher kongres in poyln (Jewish Congress in Poland), Vilna: circular letter concerning the forthcoming congress for Jewish self-aid in Poland, 1938
Folder 112: Correspondence with The Kehillah (Jewish Community), 1919-1940: Concerning shelves for the Ansky Library in the Kehillah; report of the Ansky Historical Ethnographic Society and request for a subsidy for the Society and Museum; budgets of the Ansky Museum; report on the support rendered by the Kehillah, August 1919; acknowledgment of payment for work by the Kehillah; inquiry by the Voyevode (Administrative District), of the Vilna Kehillah, February 17, 1928; correspondence and minutes on transferring the Museum to rooms of the Kehillah, November 1934
Folder 113: Correspondence with YIVO, 1925-1938: Minutes of joint meetings about coordinating the work of both institutions; agreement between both institutions May 5, 1928, October 7, 1930; YIVO minutes February 11, March 21, April 21, 1926; minutes of the Ethnographic Committee May 16, 1926; agreement between the Society and YIVO December 3, 1930; abrogation of subsidy by the Society to the Ethnographic Committee of YIVO October 7, 1938; bibliography of articles about YIVO 1929-1930
Folder 114: Correspondence with the Museum of the Jewish Kehillah, Lwow; report and budget, 1925-1934
Folder 115: Correspondence with the Khevre Mefitsey Haskole (Society for the Propagation of the Enlightenment). Vilno., 1918-1919
Folder 116: Correspondence with Keren Kayemet Leisrael (Jewish National Fund), Vilno., 1928-1939
Folder 117: Correspondence with Biblioteka Narodowa (National Library), Warsaw, 1931
Folder 118: Correspondence with Jewish Emigration Bureau, Hicem, Chisinau, Rumania, 1928
Folder 119: Correspondence with German military authorities in Vilno, 1916-1918
Folder 120: Correspondence with Gesamtarchiv der Deutschen Juden, Berlin, 1930
Folder 121: Correspondence with Instytut Propagandy Sztuki (Institute for Propagation of the Arts), Warsaw, 1937
Folder 122: Correspondence with Bureau of Jewish Social Research, N.Y., 1922-1927
Folder 123: Correspondence with Kasa im. Mianowskiego-Instytut Popierania Nauki (Mianowski Foundation), Warsaw, 1929
Folder 124: Correspondence with Komisarz Rzadu (Government Deputy), Vilno, 1921-1928
Folder 125: Correspondence with Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1937-1938
Folder 126: Correspondence with Starostwo Grodzkie (Municipal Authority for Vilno), 1928-1935
Folder 127: Correspondence with Zaklad Narodowy im. Ossolinskich, Lwow, 1928
Folder 128: Correspondence with Zwiazek Propagandy Turstycznej Ziemi Wilenskiej, 1938
Folder 128a: Draft of statute for Zwiazek Zydowski Stowarzyszen Szerzenia Popierania Kulutry I Sztuki w Wilnie:, undated
Folder 129: Correspondence with Miscellaneous Organizations, 1920-1938: American Relief Administration in Russia, Ekaterinoslav, 1922; Bibljoteka Judaistyczna Wielkiej Synagogi w Warszawie, 1933; Ernst Dannappel Buch und Kunstantiquariat, Dresden, 1935; Ksiegarnia Ksiaznica Atlas we Lwowie; Ershte yidishe koedukatsye-shul a.n. fun Dovid Pinski by der gezelshaft; “Shul kult,” Vilno; General Federation of Jewish Labour in Erez Israel Archive and Museum of the Jewish Labor Movement, Tel Aviv, 1937; Gezelshaft “Fraynd fun yidishn teater,” Vilno; Gimnazyum, Liceum “Tuszyja,” Vilno; Glowny Urzad Statystyczny, Warsaw; Histadrut Tsionit Bavilna, 1938; Haaretz, Tel Aviv, 1936; Hebrajska Szkola Powszechna un G-ra Epszteina; Der Heine-Bund, Eine Judische Buchgemeinde, Berlin, 1932; Izba Przemyslowa-Handlowa w Warszawie, 1936; Jewish Daily Forward, N.Y.; Jewish People’s Relief Committee, N.Y.; Jewish Printers; Joint Distribution Committee, Paris, 1937; Kanseliarii Vilenskago Komiteta po dlami petshati, Vilno, 1920; Kasa Chorych m. Vilna, 1933; Khevrot durshi Hauniversita haivrit berushelayim, Vilno; Khevre Havad Haironi; Kolnoa, Tel Aviv, 1934; Komiter Miejski Organizacji Sjonistycznej w Wilnie, 1932; Kvutsa Tsfira, Vilno, 1928; Linguaphone Institute w Polsce, Warsaw, 1934; Morning Freiheit, N.Y., 1933; Munz, Marek, Lwow, 1935; Nasza Prasa, Warsaw; Dos Naye vort, Warsaw, 1933; Parovoi Drotshego-Vinokyrennii zavod “Vilna,” 1938; Tarbut Teachers’ Seminary, Vilno, 1938; Rzeczpospolita Polska/Delegacja Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Specjalnej; Komisji Mieszanej, Moscow, 1925; Topelmann, Alfred, 1932; Di tsayt, Vilno, 1924; Tsentrale yidishe shul-organizatsye, poyln, lite un vaysrusland, Vilno 1920; Tsionistisher akademisher farband far arbetndn erets-yisroel, Erets Vedror; Urzad Wojewodzki Wilenski, 1933; Di velt, Warsaw, 1934; Wilenski Zwiazek Kupcow Zydowskich, 1933; Zwiazek Wlascicieli Mieszkan m. Wilna; Yidisher shul-un kultur-farband “Shul Kult,” Vilno; Zaklad Ubezpieczen Pracownikow Umysl. W Warszawie, 1934; Zwiazek Nauczycieli Hebrajskich, Vilno, 1935; Zydowski Komiter Pomocy Bezrobotnym w Wilnie, 1926; Zydowskie Towarzystwo Krajoznawcze w Polsce, Vilno 1935; Zyd. Towarzystwo Naukowe, Wilno; Zyd. Towarzystwo pop. Sztuki, Stow.; Zyd. Art. Plastykow w Wilnie, 1935

Folklore Materials

Box 9

Folder 130: Wall sign announcing a lecture by Prof. S. Dubnow, sponsored by the Historical Ethnographic Committee of the Jewish National Council of Lithuania, Kaunas, undated
Folder 131: Legal contract for seats in the large synagogue in Vilno for Moshe Zismor and his wife, 1895
Folder 132: Parody of a kale-bazetsn (enthronement of the bride) heard in Janowa in the 90’s, circa 1890
Folder 133: Fragments of Jewish folklore, circa 1931: 3 stories sent in by Rabbi Ch. Kacni Pumpinai, Panevezys; songs “Faryomert, farklogt;” “Oygn fun a mentshn iz vi fentster fun a shtub;” “Atsvihem kesef bezohav mayse yoday odem”
Folder 134: Two songs (missing), undated: “Zits ikh mir oyfn benkele;” “Vyo vyo, fedele”
Folder 135: Postcard announcing recital of the badkhn D. Wortsman, Warsaw (with photograph), undated
Folder 136: Stories about the lives and influence of eminent Lithuanian rabbis, circa 1931
Folder 137: Folklore Materials, circa 1940: Treatise of the Historical Ethnogrpahic Museum on the Jews in Georgia (Gruziya), Vol. I, Tiflis, 1940; copy of article “Historical Documents on the Jews in Georgia” by Prof. N. Berzenishvili; resume of article on the terms “Ebrael,” “yisraeli” and “uria;” comments on a book about Jews in Georgia; lecture held by M. Mamistvalishvili at a public meeting of the Stalin Government University in Tiflis
Folder 137a: Notes of lecture by Hirsh Abramovitsh on the “Era of the Pogrom in Kishineff,” March 31, 1928, circa 1928
Folder 138: Letters without signatures, undated