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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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"Peretz as great friend of children" (RG 3.2631.1)

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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COLLECTION Vilna Jewish Community Council (010)
Request for permission to create an organized Jewish community (RG 10.96.2)

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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Announcement of the opening of a school for girls (RG 28. Grodno 6.1)
Bilingual Polish/Yiddish official document (RG 28. Grodno 8)
Invitation to celebrate dedication of Great Synagogue, Bialystok (RG 28. Bialystok 1.1)
Leaflet from Grodno City Council dispelling rumor about armed Jewish uprising (RG 28. Grodno 3)
Matzoh ration coupon (RG 28. Grodno 6.3)

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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COLLECTION Poland (Vilna Archives). Subgroup: Posters (RG 28)
Bialystok. Appeal for votes for the Jewish Labor Bund slate no. 5. (RG 28/P/111)
Bialystok. Official notice detailing the collection and processing of fruit-pits and nuts. (RG 28/P/884)
Kutno. Speakers on "The Folksgrupe and the City Council." (RG 28/P/419)
Vilna. All telephone owners must bring their telephones to the Military Telephone/Telegraph office within 3 days. (RG 28/P/531)
Vilna. An order requisitioning all rubber tires, and requiring registration of all automobiles, motorcycles, and bicycles. (RG 28/P/534)
Vilna. Announcement of the "Day of the Wounded and Sick Red Army Soldiers," [1919]. (RG 28/P/726)
Vilna. Announcement of the establishment of a temporary city government. (RG 28/P/1279)
Vilna. Mass meeting of all prisoners-of-war and forced laborers living in Vilna, 12/13/1918. (RG 28/P/779)
Vilna. Mass meeting on: "Revolution and Education." (RG 28/P/781)
Vilna. Notice of Red army occupation. 1/5/1919. (RG 28/P/725)
Vilna. Public notice of the appointment of Jan Pilsudski as Commissar of the City of Vilna. (RG 28/P/535)

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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COLLECTION Vilna Collection (029)
"Arbayter" bakery stamp (RG 29.33.2)
"The fight against inflation is in your own hands" (RG 29.94.2)
"What is the significance of the shekel today?" (RG 29.102.1)
Advertisement for new steam laundry (RG 29.34.1)
Announcement of sale of bread "at cost" at a bakery (RG 29.21.3)
Announcement of the establishment of TSYSHO and of new activities by the Kultur Lige, Vilna (RG 29.150.3)
Appeal from the the Kooperativ "Arbeter" after a theft (RG 29.33.4)
Certificate of completion of a course on cooperatives (RG 29.86.2)
Joint resolution of the Bund and the S.D. Party in Vilna (RG 29.111.3)
Notice that food will be distributed only through the cooperatives (RG 29.33.1)
Report on the reconstruction work of YEKOPO, Vilna (1919-1924) (RG 29.72.2)
Warning of prosecution for not accepting damaged bills (RG 29.31.1)

RG 53: OSE-TOZ. Records.

Records of an organization dedicated to providing health care and health education to Jews in Poland

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COLLECTION Records of the OSE-TOZ (Obshchestvo Zdravookhraneniia Evreev/ Society for the Protection of the Health of the Jews), RG 53 (RG 53)

RG 116 POLAND 1: Territorial Collection. Poland 1. (Pre WWII)

Printed materials, posters, correspondence, and fragmentary personal papers and records of institutions related to Polish Jewish life before WWII

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"Important announcement" (RG 116 Poland 1.4.5.5)
Invitation to dedication of the reconstructed Kneset Yisroel Synagogue (RG 116 Poland 1.4.5.3)

RG 120: Territorial Photographic Collection. Poland.

Thousands of photographs of Jewish life in Poland before WWII

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Bialystok, April 16, 1919. A man poses in uniform with his bicycle, in front of a painted backdrop. (yarg120bialystokboxd005)
Gabin, 1914-1918. The busy market square. (yarg120po816)
Lodz, 1914-15. Emblems of various relief organizations, active during World War I. (yarg120po1753.07)
Lomza, WWI, ca. 1915. On the pavement near a shop, Jewish boys shine the shoes of German officers. (yarg120po1950.01)
Lubcza, 1920s. Ruveyn Kivelewicz's home, under reconstruction, with the help of a loan from the AJDC. (yarg120po1984.01)
Lubcza, after WWI. Children with a horse-drawn sleigh, outside Borukh Mordkhe Jankelewicz's house, under reconstruction, with the aid of a loan from the AJDC (yarg120po1970)
Lubcza, after WWI. Tuvye Szimszelewicz's house, under reconstruction, with the aid of a loan from the AJDC. (yarg120po1976)
Lwów, 1918. After the pogrom, children who have received food from a soup kitchen, pose on a sidewalk, with pitchers and soup pails. (yarg120po2169.29)
Lwów, 1918. After the pogrom: victims in a field and along a road, carrying bundles, and driving horse-drawn wagons laden with belongings. (yarg120po2169.04)
Lwów, 1918. Taking refuge in a cellar: these four children whose parents were murdered in the pogrom in Lwów, were taken in by refugees. (yarg120po2169.08)
Lwów, 1918. Two months after the pogrom: the damaged gate of a ladies' and children's clothing store. (yarg120po2169.06)
Mlawa, ca. 1914-17. Picture postcard of the town during World War I. Russian prisoners of war, are led away by German soldiers. (yarg120po2535)
Pinsk, ca. WWI. Dr. Simon Wedkos, director of the AJDC in Pinsk. (yarg120po2940)
Smargonie, ca. 1918. Children and adults, pose among the ruins of Minsk Street. (yarg120po3539.04)
Tarnow, WWI. A Jewish bread peddler, wearing traditional dress, and pushing a cart. (yarg120po3895.01)
Unknown location, ca. WWI. A kheyder class in session. (yarg120po6725)
Unknown location. Ca. WWI. Men and women, carting food to town. (yarg120po6652)
Vilna, 1914-1918. Outdoor portrait of Dr. Elias Sedlis. (yarg120po5997)
Vilna, 1915. Picture postcard of a 100-year-old Jewish man, exiled from the Suwalki district by the Russian authorities, lying on a cot, surrounded by onlookers. (yarg120po5148)
Warszawa, ca. 1917. A melamed in a kheyder, reads to his pupils. (yarg120po6722)
Warszawa, WWI. Portrait of a kheyder class in session. (yarg120po6723)
Zyrardow, ca. 1915. Photomontage of portraits of Jewish men from the Radom and Kielce areas. (yarg120po6656)
Zyrardow, WWI. German soldiers, seek lodging in a Jewish home. (yarg120po6639)
Zyrardow, WWI. An elderly Jewish man in traditional dress, with German soldiers. (yarg120po6689.03)

RG 126: Genealogy and Family History. Collection.

Papers of individuals and families; genealogical charts; family histories; birth, marriage, and death certificates; military service passes; diplomas; passports; memoirs; diaries; oral history interviews; and photographs

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German/Yiddish identity card (RG 126.1.1.3)

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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Letter to the leadership committee of the Hevrah Mefitsei Haskala Society (Vilna), c1914. (RG 223.2.27.2)

RG 335.2: American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Subgroup: American Joint Reconstruction Foundation. Records.

Records of American Joint Reconstruction Foundation, which helped rebuild the economy in Eastern Europe after WWI through the establishment of cooperative credit institutions and savings banks.

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COLLECTION Records of American Joint Reconstruction Foundation (335.2)
Maps of Congress Poland and Wolyn/East and West Galicia (yarg335.2f005d001)

RG 348: Wolf, Lucien (1857-1930) and Mowshowitch, David (1887-1957). Papers.

Papers of an Anglo-Jewish diplomat who was a delegate to the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 and who was involved in the drafting of the minorities treaties