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RG 1.2: YIVO - Yidisher Visnshaftlekher Institut (Vilna). Subgroup: Ethnographic Committee. Records.

Materials on folklore, ethnography, and linguistics collected by YIVO in Vilna before WWII

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FINDING AID Guide to the Records of the YIVO Ethnographic Committee, 1885-1941, RG 1.2 (RG 1.2 FA)
Folksong: "Vu iz dos gesele, vu iz dos shtib?" (Where is the street? Where is the house?") (1.2.16.1.1)
"Hob ikh a por tsign" I have a pair of goats (1.2.20.5.1)
Patsh Patsch Kikhelekh -- Clap Clap (your hands)! Daddy will buy shoes! (RG1.2.20.4)

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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"Bar Kochba." Operetta in 4 Acts. Composed by Abraham Goldfaden. (yarg7f331barkochbap)

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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Krakow. An evening of folksongs, featuring Mordechai Gebirtig, the great Yiddish folk poet, in the Krakow Jewish Theater, October 14th, 1936. (rg8_p177819c-4825b)
Krakow. "Palestine sings, dances and plays." Program with Naomi Leaf and Jozef Goland. No date. (rg8_p177809a-4822a)
Vilna. "The Big Prize," by Sholem Aleichem, with Rudolf Zaslawski, in the People's Theater, November 18th. (rg8_p178110a-4852)
Vilna. "The Gold-Diggers," a musical comedy in four acts, by Sholem Aleichem, in The Vilna New Theater. October 5th. (rg8_p179643)
Vilna. A grandiose Purim ball, with buffet, in the Pasaz Hall. March 18th. (rg8_p180042b-5125)
Warsaw. Abram Brajsblat in concert. An evening of literary recitals, and Yiddish worker and Palestinian folksongs. June 16th. (rg8_p180084b-5127)
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)

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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Czestochowa. A commemorative program of music for I. L. Peretz. (RG 28/P/424)
Czestochowa. Announcement of a "People's Celebration" with various attractions. (RG 28/P/978)
Grodno. A children's costume ball, with prizes for the best costumes, singing, dancing, and declamation. (RG 28/P/156)
Grodno. A lecture/concert : "An Oriental Twilight" [on India]. (RG 28/P/407)
Grodno. A literary/musical evening program in memory of poet Leib Najdus. (RG 28/P/406)
Grodno. Announcement of the 5-year anniversary celebration of the establishment of "TOZ" in Grodno. (RG 28/P/157)
Izbica. Purim evening with dancing. (RG 28/P/453)
Kalisz. New Year's masked ball with performances and contests. (RG 28/P/349)
Kalisz. A Hanukah Ball, with a literary and musical program. (RG 28/P/362)
Kalisz. A grand ball with dancing 'til dawn. (RG 28/P/356)
Kalisz. Announcement of a summer ball, Jewish Gymnastics and Sports Club of Kalisz. (rg28_p351)
Kalisz. Announcement of a Winter Ball. (RG 28/P/67)
Kalisz. Announcement of an evening program of entertainment for members. (RG 28/P/379)
Kalisz. Autumn Ball featuring a symphony orchestra and games. (RG 28/P/355)
Kalisz. Autumn Ball, with music and dancing, 9/25/[1926]. (RG 28/P/922)
Kalisz. First concert by the Sports Club's Brass Orchestra, conducted by B. Witkowski. (RG 28/P/895)
Kalisz. Notice: Ceremony for lighting of the first Hanukah candle. (RG 28/P/824)
Kolomyja. A Borochov commemorative program. (RG 28/P/59)
Kolomyja. A performance of an operetta, "di dray matones." (RG 28/P/438)
Kolomyja. Announcement of a Hanukah program. (RG 28/P/804)
Krakow. A celebration marking the 35th anniversary of the founding of the Bund. (RG 28/P/244)
Kutno. Announcement of a program of gymnastics, with musical accompaniment, sponsored by "Morgnshtern." (RG 28/P/942)
Kutno. Literary evening with humorist/satirist Jozef Tunkel ("Der Tunkeler") and soprano Anna Wysok, 11/27/[1926]. (RG 28/P/793)
Lodz. A commemorative ceremony in honor of the 100th birthday of Yiddish writer Mendele Moykher Sforim. (RG 28/P/493)
Lodz. Celebration: "Five Years of the Folks Party in Lodz" . (RG 28/P/761)
Lodz. Fourth anniversary commemoration of the death of Bundist leader Vladimir Medem. (RG 28/P/1069)
Lowicz. "Sports Day," featuring athletics and gymnastic events. (RG 28/P/833)
Lublin. Last masquerade ball of the season on Purim. (RG 28/P/949)
Lwow. An "Evening of the Five Muses," including talks on literature, painting, drama, and music. (RG 28/P/418)
Miedzyrzec. May Day general strike, demonstration, meetings, march, and ceremony, with speeches, and music. (RG 28/P/4)
Piotrkow. Gymnastics show, with orchestra, dancing, and buffet. (RG 28/P/975)
Radom. Tenth anniversary memorial program in honor of Y. L. Peretz. (RG 28/P/945)
Rohatyn. Maariv [evening] service, along with Hebrew and Yiddish religious songs. (RG 28/P/786)
Sanok. A lecture: "On the Yiddish Folk Song." (RG 28/P/482)
Vilna. A literary and musical evening. (RG 28/P/742)
Vilna. A charity concert for emigrants to Palestine. (RG 28/P/1010)
Vilna. A memorial gathering for Zionist writer/philosopher Dr. Nachman Syrkin. (RG 28/P/89)
Vilna. An evening program in memory of early Bundist leader Bronislaw Grosser ["Zelcer"]. (RG 28/P/510)
Vilna. An outing and fair in the Bernardiner Garden, in honor of the founding of Rishon le-tsion. (RG 28/P/81)
Vilna. Announcement of "Pupils' Day" performances. (RG 28/P/630)
Vilna. Announcement of a gala "Palestine evening" to coincide with Hanukah, 1918. (RG 28/P/93)
Vilna. Announcement of a Hanukah evening program. (RG 28/P/509)
Vilna. Announcement of gymnastic performances with orchestra, 4/2/1923. (RG 28/P/987)
Vilna. Memorial for fallen Zionist hero Joseph Trumpeldor and comrades. (RG 28/p/992)
Warsaw. An illustrated lecture/concert "The Jewish Folk and Labor Song." (RG 28/P/429)
Warsaw. Informational program/celebration, in conjunction with the information drive of the trade union movement. (RG 28/P/947)
Warsaw. Performances in honor of the first congress of the Jewish Autonomous Region, Birobidzan. (RG 28/P/1101)
Warsaw. Program commemorating the 10th anniversary of the youth division of the Garment Industry Workers' Union. (RG 28/P/954)
Wlocklawek. A masked ball with the Makabi Orchestra. (RG 28/P/986)

RG 36: Bernstein, Abraham Moshe (1878-1933). Papers

Printed musical works and music manuscripts of Abraham Bernstein, a cantor, choir master, composer of Jewish liturgical and popular music, music teacher, musicologist, and writer

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COLLECTION Abraham Moshe Bernstein (036)
"Atah Zocher" (RG 36.Supplement 3)
"Herzl's yahrzeit" (RG 36.15.494)
"Tsum Hemerl" (To the Hammer) (yarg36f05.724d001)
Synagogue pieces for cantor and choir (RG 36.10.952.3)

RG 51: Sofia M. Gurevitch Gymnasium (Vilna). Records.

Records related to the activities of a secular Jewish high school (est.1906), which began as a Russian-language school but shifted to Yiddish after WWI