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RG 1.1: YIVO - Yidisher Visnshaftlekher Institut (Vilna). Subgroup: Administration. Records.

Administrative records of the YIVO Institute in Vilna from 1925 to 1941, including records of the Psychological-Pedagogical and Philological Sections, materials on exhibitions, and correspondence with well-known scholars and Jewish cultural figures.

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Letter from the YIVO Institute in Vilna about the YIVO Conference of 1929 (yarg1.1fii4d001)
Letter from the YIVO Institute in Vilna to the American section of YIVO in New York (yarg1.1f700d001)

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)
Invitation to opening of the Kehillah Museum (RG 1.2.114.2)

RG 1.3: YIVO - Yidisher Visnshaftlekher Institut (Vilna). Subgroup: Aspirantur. Records.

Research papers written by students in YIVO's graduate studies program in Vilna before WWII

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FINDING AID Guide to the Records of the YIVO Aspirantur, 1934-1940, RG 1.3 (RG 1.3)
COLLECTION YIVO - Vilna: Records of the Aspirantur (1.3)
Handwritten list of aspirantn (RG 1.3.4053.2)
List of aspirantn (RG 1.3.4053.1)

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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FINDING AID Guide to the Collection of Yiddish Literature and Language, 1829-1941, 1955, RG 3 (RG 3 FA)

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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Vilna. "The Chains," by H. Levick, with Aleksander Granach, in The Vilna Jewish Theater. No date. (rg8_p177846a-4829)
Vilna. "The Matriculation." a comedy by W. Fodor, in the Vilna New Jewish Theater, April 9th. (rg8_p178261k)
Vilna. A grandiose Purim ball, with buffet, in the Pasaz Hall. March 18th. (rg8_p180042b-5125)

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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FINDING AID Guide to the Records of the Vilna Jewish Community Council, 1800-1940, RG 10 (RG 10 FA)
COLLECTION Vilna Jewish Community Council (010)
A kherem on thieves (RG 10.430.1)
Account of antisemitic incident (RG 10.313.1)
Affadavit submitted to the Vilna Kehillah confirming the identity of Yankev-Tsvi Hiller (RG 10.310. 2)
Letter from the Hilf durkh arbet (Help Through Work) School demanding wood for heating (RG 10.246.1)
Postcard from Khaykel Lunski and his father to a brother/son in the tsarist army (RG 10.82.1)
Testimony of a Jew beaten by Polish legionnaires (RG 10.349.1)

RG 11: VILBIG (Vilner yiddisher bildungs gezelshaft), Vilna. Records.

Records of an organization in Vilna that promoted secular Yiddish education

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COLLECTION VILBIG (Vilner Yidishe Bildungs Gezelshaft) (RG 11)
Announcement of the 20th anniversary celebration of Yidisher Lerer Fareyn (RG 11.21.2)
Appeal letter on behalf of VILBIG, Vilna seeking scholarly lecturers (RG 11.19.2)
Bylaws of the VILBIG society in Vilna, Poland. (RG 11.1.1)
Bylaws of the Vilna Yidishe Bildungs Gezelshaft [VILBIG]. (RG 11.1.2)
Invitation on behalf of the Hebrew University (RG 11.12)
Invitation to anniversary of the Central Yiddish School Organization in Latvia (RG 11.2)
Letter requesting lectures and speakers for VILBIG events (RG 11.19.1)
Letter about the Jacob Dinesohn School in Vilna (RG 11.25)
Letter from VILBIG's administrative committee about the establishment of a children's choir (RG 11.20)
Minutes of the finance and administrative committee of VILBIG (RG 11.2.4)
Protest resolution about the suppression of Yiddish in Palestine (RG 11.21.1)
Report from VILBIG's administration, 1933. (RG 11.2.3)
Three year VILBIG account book. (RG 11.2.1)
VILBIG promotional stamps (RG 11.10)
Work report for VILBIG. (RG 11.2.2)

RG 17: Goldberg, Isaac Leib (1860-1935). Papers.

Papers of an early and prominent Zionist leader in Vilna, including reports and correspondence from 1901-1919 related to both local and international Zionist organizations

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Letter from the Anglo-Palestine Company in London to Isaac Leib Goldberg in Vilna (yarg17fangl-palbox001d001)
Letter from the Zionist Organization in London sent to Isaac Leib Goldberg in Vilna (yarg17fgeulahweekbox001d001)

RG 22: Hevrah Mefitsei Haskalah Society (Vilna). Records.

Records of the Vilna branch of the Society for the Promotion of Culture Among the Jews of Russia, founded in St. Petersburg in 1863 to disseminate Russian language and culture among the Jews

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Letter from Hevrah Mefitsei Haskalah to the Chess Lovers Society, Vilna (yarg22f035d001)

RG 24: Rabbinical School and Teachers' Seminary, Vilna. Records.

Records of the Rabbinical School and Teachers' Institute, one of several Jewish state schools established in the Russian Empire in 1847 in order to undermine and replace the traditional heder system of education

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Announcement by the Vilna School District about barring students from educational institutions (yarg24f170d001)
Graduate diploma of Chaim Efron, son of Aaron (yarg24f143d001)
Graduation certificate granted to Zishe Koppel Volodsky, a student of the Jewish Teachers Institute in Vilna (yarg24f215d001)

RG 25: Vaad Hayeshivot, Vilna (Vilna). Records.

Records of an organization that provided financial and spiritual assistance to a network of 70 yeshivot in the five Eastern provinces of Poland

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Minutes of a Meeting of the Vaad Hayeshivot, Vilna (yarg25f1100d001)

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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Cantor Gershon Sirota's contract and terms of employment for the Great Synagogue of Vilna. (RG 26.775)

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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"Exciting news!" (RG 28.Warsaw 48.2)
Article about Glebokie (RG 28. Glebokie 3)
Article about Zagorowo (RG 28.Zagorowo)
Call for a conference of Jewish community councils of the eastern Polish borderlands (RG 28. Grodno 2.1)

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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Vilna. A literary and musical evening. (RG 28/P/742)
Vilna. Announcement of a memorial ceremony. (RG 28/P/642)
Vilna. Vote for the United Jewish Socialist Party! Vote for slate #8." (RG 28/P/711)
Vilna. "Buy the Shekel," fundraising appeal. (RG 28/P/605)
Vilna. "Buy The Shekel!" (RG 28/P/607)
Vilna. "Buy The Shekel!" (RG 28/P/613)
Vilna. "Do You Want Eretz Israel? Buy Shekels, " fundraising appeal. (RG 28/P/591)
Vilna. "Eretz Israel for the Jewish People: If You Want It, It Won't Be Just a Folk-Tale." (RG 28/P/612)
Vilna. "Everybody Votes for Jewish National List," slate #8. (RG 28/P/1197)
Vilna. "Express Your Happiness at the Opening of the University in Jerusalem." (RG 28/P/601)
Vilna. "Long Live the Legislative Parliament! Long Live International Democracy!" (RG 28/P/735)
Vilna. "Revenge Match," two soccer matches between Makabi and Lauda. (RG 28/P/982)
Vilna. "Support Keren Ha'aliyah," fundraising appeal, [1919]. (RG 28/P/638)
Vilna. "Support the Jewish Gymnastics and Sports Movement." Undated. (RG 28/P/983)
Vilna. "Support the University in Jerusalem." (RG 28/P/494)
Vilna. "The Worker in Eretz Israel Calls the Khalutz"; support Keren He-Khalutz, [1919]. (RG 28/P/643)
Vilna. "To All Citizens From Vilna and Environs," an appeal for support for slate #3. (RG 28/P/996)
Vilna. A celebration in honor of the 70th birthday of Dr. Max Nordau. (RG 28/P/19)
Vilna. A celebration to honor the arrival of a delegation from Palestine. (RG 28/P/88)
Vilna. A charity concert for emigrants to Palestine. (RG 28/P/1010)
Vilna. A day of fund-raising for Keren Hakhalutz, and an appeal for public support. (RG 28/P/583)
Vilna. A day of street fundraising for the Central Education Committee's endeavors. (RG 28/P/1114)
Vilna. A fundraising event for OZE. (RG 28/P/561)
Vilna. A gathering to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the death of Dr. Theodore Herzl. (RG 28/P/90)
Vilna. A lecture by Z. Kleinszteyn reporting on his visit to Palestine, 6/7/. (RG 28/P/1245)
Vilna. A lecture entitled "The Duty of a Son of Israel in Rebuilding the land of his Future." (RG 28/P/1247)
Vilna. A lecture on: "The Tragedy of Judaism." (RG 28/P/511)
Vilna. A meeting to create a Yiddish art theater in Vilna. (RG 28/P/1196)
Vilna. A memorial evening in observance of the 30-day anniversary of death of Sh. Ansky. (RG 28/P/636)
Vilna. A memorial gathering for Zionist writer/philosopher Dr. Nachman Syrkin. (RG 28/P/89)
Vilna. A memorial gathering marking the death of Yiddish writer Mendele Moykher Sforim. (RG 28/P/512)
Vilna. A pre-election meeting of the Jewish National Bloc, slate #3. (RG 28/P/1270)
Vilna. A pre-election meeting organized by the Jewish Democratic Party, slate #5. (RG 28/P/1258)
Vilna. A program honoring 20 years of literary achievement by writer Joel Mastbaum. (RG 28/P/515)
Vilna. A public debate on the Fund for the Sick, with Dr. Cemach Szabad. (RG 28/P/524)
Vilna. A speech, entitled, "What I heard and saw in Eretz Israel." (RG 28/P/95)
Vilna. A welcoming ceremony for the president of the Jewish National Fund, M. M. Ussishkin. (RG 28/P/633)
Vilna. Agudath Israel call for unity, signed/issued by R. Yisroel Meir Hacohen of Radun. (RG 28/P/678)
Vilna. All telephone owners must bring their telephones to the Military Telephone/Telegraph office within 3 days. (RG 28/P/531)
Vilna. An appeal in support of the Jewish committee to help the unemployed. (RG 28/P/1257)
Vilna. An election meeting under the banner of Workers' and Peasants' Unity. (RG 28/P/1201)
Vilna. An evening of readings by the Hebrew poetess Elisheva. (RG 28/P/901)
Vilna. An evening program in memory of early Bundist leader Bronislaw Grosser ["Zelcer"]. (RG 28/P/510)
Vilna. An order requisitioning all rubber tires, and requiring registration of all automobiles, motorcycles, and bicycles. (RG 28/P/534)
Vilna. An outing and fair in the Bernardiner Garden, in honor of the founding of Rishon le-tsion. (RG 28/P/81)
Vilna. Anniversary of a debate about the game of soccer, with representatives of OZE. (RG 28/P/1000)
Vilna. Announcement of "Pupils' Day" performances. (RG 28/P/630)
Vilna. Announcement of "School Week," with concerts, lectures and other presentations. (RG 28/P/627)
Vilna. Announcement of a 20th anniversary jubilee exhibition and bazaar. (RG 28/P/995)
Vilna. Announcement of a fundraising day for Keren Hakhalutz under the slogan, "Our Liberator is the Khalutz." (RG 28/P/589)
Vilna. Announcement of a gala "Palestine evening" to coincide with Hanukah, 1918. (RG 28/P/93)
Vilna. Announcement of a gathering of the people, called by the Zionist Organization. (RG 28/P/85)
Vilna. Announcement of a Hanukah evening program. (RG 28/P/509)
Vilna. Announcement of a lecture "Where Can Jews Emigrate?" by M. Krymski. (RG 28/P/517)
Vilna. Announcement of a lecture by Nahum Sokolow. (RG 28/P/5)
Vilna. Announcement of fundraising for the cultural and educational institutions, [1920]. (RG 28/P/632)
Vilna. Announcement of gymnastic performances with orchestra, 4/2/1923. (RG 28/P/987)
Vilna. Announcement of soccer games, Makabi vs. "Ognisko", 8/24 and 8/25/[ no year given]. (RG 28/P/988)
Vilna. Announcement of the "Day of the Wounded and Sick Red Army Soldiers," [1919]. (RG 28/P/726)
Vilna. Announcement of the beginning of a fundraising drive for the Mizrachi in the Vilna region. (RG 28/P/685)
Vilna. Announcement of the election meeting, and speakers. (RG 28/P/1061)
Vilna. Announcement of the establishment of a temporary city government. (RG 28/P/1279)
Vilna. Announcement of the political platform of slate #2, [1934]. (RG 28/P/1255)
Vilna. Announcement of the publication of the monthly "Hamizrach." (RG 28/P/684)
Vilna. Announcement of the resumption of publication of 'Unzer Shtime', organ of the Vilna Committee of the Jewish Labor Bund, 8/13. (RG 28/P/719)
Vilna. Announcement of three soccer matches. (RG 28/P/985)
Vilna. Announcement: "A concert and meeting dedicated to the "Labor-Shekel." (RG 28/P/602)
Vilna. Announcement: day of fundraising for Keren Hechalutz, 5/5/[1920]. (RG 28/P/1113)
Vilna. Annual chemists' and agronomists' dance, 2/18/1938. (RG 28/P/537)
Vilna. Appeal by the Jewish merchants to vote for slate #3 for the election to the City Council. (RG 28/P/1274)
Vilna. Appeal for financial support for the Mizrachi and its efforts in Palestine. (RG 28/P/686)
Vilna. Appeal to Jewish voters to vote for ballot #33. (RG 28/P/1092)
Vilna. Appeal to Jewish women to vote for ballot #3. (RG 28/P/1176)
Vilna. Appeal to Jewish women to vote for ballot #30 [Jewish Women's List]. (RG 28/P/1064)
Vilna. Appeal to the population of the Vilna region to register and vote. (RG 28/P/635)
Vilna. Appeal to vote for ballot #4, which fights for the right to work. (RG 28/P/1191)
Vilna. Appeal to vote for Dr. Wygodzki on slate #17, [1930]. (RG 28/P/1199)
Vilna. Appeal: everybody is voting for Ballot #8 (The Jewish National Slate). (RG 28/P/1117)
Vilna. Athletic event/celebration on the 150th anniversary of U. S. independence. (RG 28/P/984)
Vilna. Bazaar to benefit the school, 1/12/1918. (RG 28/P/879)
Vilna. Bloc of National Minorities mass meeting for slate #18. (RG 28/P/1260)
Vilna. Buy the Committee's labels, in support of their agenda. (RG 28/P/1007)
Vilna. Celebration of 20th anniversary of the Socialist-Zionist youth movement. (RG 28/P/908)
Vilna. Collections to benefit cultural and educational institutions. (RG 28/P/629)
Vilna. Courses offered by Tarbut, the People's University. (RG 28/P/558)
Vilna. Election poster for slate #23. (RG 28/P/1203)
Vilna. Election poster for slate no. 1. (RG 28/P/598)
Vilna. Election poster for the list of the Socialist Left, #34. (RG 28/P/1205)
Vilna. Election poster of the "Bund" and trade unions. (RG 28/P/1198)
Vilna. Evening courses in proper public Torah reading and cantillation. (RG 28/P/1018)
Vilna. Exhortation to parents to take an active role in their children's education. (RG 28/P/1161)
Vilna. Five pre-election mass meetings for the election of National Jewish Bloc, slate #24, to the Senate. (RG 28/P/1204)
Vilna. Lecture on: "Scarlet Fever and How to Fight It." (RG 28/P/998)
Vilna. Lecture on: "A Month in Palestine, [Impressions of a Journey]." (RG 28/P/526)
Vilna. Lecture on: "British Colonial Policy in the Near East." (RG 28/P/706)
Vilna. Lecture on: "Bundism, Folkism, and Zionism." (RG 28/P/921)
Vilna. Lecture on: "Crisis or Renewal (Current Pressing Questions in Jewish Culture)." (RG 28/P/557)
Vilna. Lecture on: "Love and Marriage from a Social and Medical Standpoint." (RG 28/P/521)
Vilna. Lecture on: "The Domestic and Foreign Policy of Russia, During the Entire Period of the Revolution." (RG 28/P/776)
Vilna. Lecture on: "The Meaning and Significance of Dreams (according to modern psychology)." (RG 28/P/556)
Vilna. Lecture on: "The Phases of Peretz' Creativity." (RG 28/P/538)
Vilna. Lecture on: "Towards a New Epoch in Poland." (RG 28/P/529)
Vilna. Lecture on: Where and How the Jewish Style is Being Created. (RG 28/P/555)
Vilna. Lecture series on the Talmud. (RG 28/P/523)
Vilna. Lecture: "Anatole France", by A. Litwak [Khayim Yankl Helfand], 10/24/[1924]. (RG 28/P/1012)
Vilna. Lecture: "Our New Literature in Eretz Israel." (RG 28/P/771)
Vilna. Lecture: "The Peace Conference in Riga" by B. Zinger, Secretary of the Folkist Party in Poland, 12/7. (RG 28/P/710)
Vilna. Lecture: "The Struggle for Blue-White Zionism" by Wlodzimierz (Ze'ev) Zabotynski (Jabotinsky). (RG 28/P/909)
Vilna. Lecture: "The Two Languages of Our People" by Sh. Rozenboym, 8/19. (RG 28/P/707)
Vilna. Lectures on "Remarque and his work 'All Quiet On the Western Front' ." (RG 28/P/516)
Vilna. Lectures on: "Experimental Psychology, " and: "The National Movement Among Jews." (RG 28/P/551)
Vilna. List of contributors [synagogues and individuals, by location] to the Keren Kayemet in the Vilna region, 1924. (RG 28/p/702)
Vilna. List of lectures or classes offered, probably at an adult education program. (RG 28/P/552)
Vilna. List of the party's candidates in an election, [1919]. (RG 28/P/728)
Vilna. Manifesto and call to workers for participation in a mass meeting against war and militarism. (RG 28/P/21)
Vilna. Mass meeting of all prisoners-of-war and forced laborers living in Vilna, 12/13/1918. (RG 28/P/779)
Vilna. Mass Meeting of Youth on: "Jewish Youth and the National Revival Ideal." (RG 28/P/599)
Vilna. Mass meeting on: "Revolution and Education." (RG 28/P/781)
Vilna. Mass meeting on: "Social Revolution and the Workers' Cooperative." (RG 28/P/732)
Vilna. Mass Meeting: "The Social Revolution and the Jewish Worker," with Yerakhmiel Vaynshteyn. (RG 28/P/717)
Vilna. Mass meeting: "The Tasks of the Jewish People in the Present Moment and Their Responsibilities to the khalutz." (RG 28/P/581)
Vilna. May Day mass meeting, program, and march. (RG 28/P/17)
Vilna. Meeting of health professionals to discuss: "Who Should Be Chosen For the Workers' Council?" (RG 28/P/713)
Vilna. Meeting in connection with city council elections. (RG 28/P/878)
Vilna. Memorial evening for Bundist leader Vladimir Medem. (RG 28/P/745)
Vilna. Memorial for fallen Zionist hero Joseph Trumpeldor and comrades. (RG 28/p/992)
Vilna. Memorial gathering in memory of writer Yosef Hayim Brenner. (RG 28/P/773)
Vilna. Memorial service on the 30th yortsayt of Dr. [Theodore] Herzl. (RG 28/P/687)
Vilna. Notice of Red army occupation. 1/5/1919. (RG 28/P/725)
Vilna. Obituary notice for Boruch Kahan [Virgili], member of the Central Committee of Bund in Vilna, 1936. (RG 28/P/720)
Vilna. Obituary notice for Boruch Kahan, member of the Central Committee of Vilna Bund; issued by his family, 1936. (RG 28/P/721)
Vilna. Observance of the second yortsayt of Zionist leader Dr. Yekhiel Czlenow. (RG 28/P/616)
Vilna. Opening ceremony for a new building at TOZ children's summer colony (camp). (RG 28/P/997)
Vilna. Opening ceremony of new building at TOZ Children's Colony (summer camp). (RG 28/P/999)
Vilna. Opening ceremony of the Folks-Univerzitet (People's University). (RG 28/P/1014)
Vilna. Poster announcing the establishment of a National Jewish List . (RG 28/P/1276)
Vilna. Pre-election meetings. Candidates for the City Council of Vilna will speak. (RG 28/P/1253)
Vilna. Protest meeting against pogroms in the Ukraine 10/14/[1919]. (RG 28/P/913)
Vilna. Protest meeting against the pogroms in Poland. (RG 28/P/744)
Vilna. Protest meeting on the decision of the British government to curtail Jewish immigration to Palestine. (RG 28/P/971)
Vilna. Public discussion on: "Is There A Crisis in Zionism?" (RG 28/P/520)
Vilna. Public meeting devoted to the World Congress for Labor Israel. (RG 28/P/705)
Vilna. Public meeting featuring speeches and reports on ORT activities. (RG 28/P/563)
Vilna. Public meeting on "The Tasks of the Jewish People at the Present Moment, and Their Duty to the He-Khalutz." (RG 28/P/650)
Vilna. Public meeting on: "The Jewish People and Eretz Israel." (RG 28/P/772)
Vilna. Public meeting on: "The Tasks of the Jewish Masses in Lithuania." (RG 28/P/580)
Vilna. Public Meeting: "The Jewish Workers' Movement." (RG 28/P/718)
Vilna. Public meetings on the anniversary of the Paris Commune. (RG 28/P/571)
Vilna. Public notice of the appointment of Jan Pilsudski as Commissar of the City of Vilna. (RG 28/P/535)
Vilna. Public notices about registration required to obtain rations, as well as travel and residency permits, et al. (RG 28/P/533)
Vilna. Support the new Jewish school by buying buttons. (RG 28/P/1123)
Vilna. The demands of the United Zionist List #6, and a list of candidates, [1921]. (RG 28/P/1254)
Vilna. The opening of the Bnojs Agudas Israel conference for the Eastern Polish territories. (RG 28/P/917)
Vilna. Vote for the Jewish National List in the Municipal elections, in order to ensure larger Jewish representation. (RG 28/P/1200)
Vilna.The election of delegates to the Board of the Vilna Sick Fund, and an explanation of regulations. (RG 28/P/1275)
Vilna.The execution of Betar member Shlomo Ben-Yosef, by the British in the Akko citadel, [Palestine]. (RG 28/P/907)

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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FINDING AID Guide to the Vilna Collection, 1872, 1884, 1900-1940, (bulk 1917-1940), RG 29, Series 2 (RG 29, Series 2 FA)
"Against national and chauvinist hatred!" (RG 29.111.1)
"Arbayter" bakery stamp (RG 29.33.2)
"Call from Vilna Mishmeres Khoylim to the Jewish population of the entire province" (RG 29.43.4)
"Can Jews Go on Living Like This?" (RG 29.167.4)
"How long will you remain unconcerned?" (RG 29.113.1)
"Is Otto Weininger right about the war between the sexes?" (RG 29.167.7)
"Jew! What have you done for your people?" (RG 29.149.1)
"Jews! Shun anything that has any sort of connection to Hitlerite barbarism!" (RG 29.16.1)
"Man and woman before the tribunal of society" (RG 29.167.1A)
"Mishmeres Khoylim - 36 years" (RG 29.43.3)
"The fight against inflation is in your own hands" (RG 29.94.2)
"The situation of Jews in the Land of Israel and the Diaspora" (RG 29.167.3)
"Two Years Since the Revolution" (RG 29.114.1)
A literary trial of Max Nordau's Doktor Kohn (RG 29.167.6)
Advertisement for a celebration in honor of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the 1908 Czernowitz Conference on Yiddish (RG 29.168.1)
Advertisement for a lecture by H. D. Nomberg about Palestine (RG 29.167.2)
Advertisement for a lecture on South Africa (RG 29.167.1)
Advertisement for an appearance by Cantor Gershon Sirota at the Great Synagogue, Vilna (RG 29.162.2)
Advertisement for an appearance by Cantor (Josef) Yosele Rosenblatt in Vilna (RG 29.215.1)
Advertisement for new steam laundry (RG 29.34.1)
Advertisement for performance of the Maydim puppet theater (RG 29.166.1)
Advertisement for Talmud Torah ha-Me’uhad (RG 29.193.1)
Advertisement for the Ezra School (RG 29.193.3)
Advertisement for the Tushiyah Hebrew Gymnasium and announcement of the opening of a Hebrew gymnasium for girls (RG 29.195.1)
Advertisement for the Tushiyah Hebrew Gymnasium and announcement of the opening of a Hebrew gymnasium for girls (RG 29.195.2)
Advertisements for the Moriah School and the Wiedza Gymnasium (RG 29.193.4)
Announcement of a public meeting about Jewish secular schools (RG 29.111.2)
Announcement of adult education courses in Yiddish (RG 29.193.5)
Announcement of registration for German and English classes (RG 29.193.2)
Announcement of sale of bread "at cost" at a bakery (RG 29.21.3)
Announcement of the annual meeting of the Jewish Retail Merchants Cooperative Bank (RG 29.21.2)
Announcement of the establishment of TSYSHO and of new activities by the Kultur Lige, Vilna (RG 29.150.3)
Announcement of the opening of a Hebrew elementary school for girls (RG 29.194.1)
Announcement of the opening of a women's shelter (RG 29.45.2)
Appeal from the board of the Garment Workers Union in Vilna for another term (RG 29.131)
Appeal from the the Kooperativ "Arbeter" after a theft (RG 29.33.4)
Appeal to Jewish women in Vilna to boycott German goods (RG 29.13.1)
Appeal to Jews in Vilna to boycott German goods (RG 29.16.2)
Bylaws of Nichum Avelim (RG 29.48.3)
Call for replacing the board of the Professional Classes Union (RG 29.136.2)
Call for strike to protest antisemitism (RG 29.124)
Catalog for an exhibition of works by Ben-Tsiyon Zuckerman (RG 29.164.2)
Catalog for an exhibition of works by Jakub Rotbaum (RG 29.164.2.1)
Catalog for an exhibition of works by Regina Mundlak (RG 29.164.1)
Check from a Jewish cooperative bank (RG 29.20.1)
Documents related to municipal elections in Vilna (RG 29.5.2)
Fundraising appeal for Beys Lekhem (Dom Chleba) (RG 29.57.1)
Fundraising appeal for Old Age Home (RG 29.53.3)
General report of the Folks Banks affiliated with the Central Jewish Cooperative Folks Bank, Vilna for April 1-June 30, 1932 (RG 29.24.1)
Greeting card signed by parents of students at David Pinsky School (RG 29.186.1)
Handwritten schedule of lectures at the People's University, Vilna (RG 29.149.2)
Hevrah Mefitsei Haskalah library card (RG 29.187.2)
Identity card of a student in an adult education evening Hebrew course (RG 29.198.1)
Invitation to the annual meeting of Nichum Avelim (RG 29.48.2)
Invitation to the First Jewish Merchants Convention of the Four Northwestern Provinces (RG 29.23.2)
Invitation to wedding reception (RG 29.226.2)
Jewish General Craftsmen's Union in Vilna, membership card (RG 29.28.1)
Jewish handicraft exhibition (RG 29.190.1)
Joint resolution of the Bund and the S.D. Party in Vilna (RG 29.111.3)
Leaflet advertising lectures at the People's University, Vilna (RG 29.149.4)
Letter about organizing a memorial ceremony for Nahum Lipovski, director of the Yiddish folks-teater (RG 29.166.2)
Letter soliciting books and materials about Jews in Lithuania (RG 29.187.1)
List of children at Golda Markhs Orphanage (RG 29.49.2)
List of Jewish immigrants submitted to the Vilna Kehillah (RG 29.119.5)
Minute book of the nature and Landkentenish division of First Children’s Club in Vilna (RG 29.157.1)
Mishmeres Khoylim stamps (RG 29.45.1)
Notice that food will be distributed only through the cooperatives (RG 29.33.1)
Program for a Purim ball (RG 29.183.3)
Program for an event in honor of the 25th anniversary of the first Zionist Congress (RG 29.108.1)
Program for celebration in honor of Abraham Reisen (RG 29.183.4)
Program for Hashomer Hatzair scouting event (RG 29.118.1)
Program for Hehaluz "literary-musical ball" (RG 29.119.2)
Program for Hehaluz event in Vilna (RG 29.119.3)
Program of the first convention of Jewish doctors in the Vilna and Nowogrudek districts (RG 29.143.1)
Request to Vilna kehillah for travel expenses for Jewish emigrants to Palestine (RG 29.119.4)
Request to Vilna kehillah for travel expenses for Jewish emigrants to Palestine (RG 29.119.6)
Sign advertising sermon by Rabbi Isaac Rubinstein (RG 29.214.4)
Sign advertising tickets for benefit performance of Yiddish play (RG 29.47.1)
Sign: "Donations to the municipal gmilas khesed (free loan society)" (RG 29.214.3)
Table of exchange rates for Polish marks and zlotys (RG 29.20.2)
Ticket to a concert by Cantor Moshe Koussevitzky and Durmashkin's choir (RG 29.162.1)
Vilna Technical Courses diploma (RG 29.192.2)
Wedding invitation (RG 29.226.1)
Yahrzeit reminder from Nichum Avelim (RG 29.48.1)
Zionist Organization donation coupon booklet (RG 29.107.2)

RG 47: ORT Society, Vilna. Records.

Records of the Vilna branch of an organization that promoted vocational and agricultural training and established schools, agricultural colonies, and factories

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Report about ORT's activities in Vilna (yarg47f037d001)

RG 48: TSYSHO (Tsentrale Yidishe Shul Organizatsye), Vilna. Records.

Records of the Tsentrale Yidishe Shul Organizatsye (Central Yiddish School Organization), a secular Yiddish school system active in Poland from 1921 to ca. 1940

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FINDING AID Guide to the Records of the TSYSHO (Tsentrale Yidishe Shul Organizatsye), 1919-1940, RG 48 (RG 48 FA)
"Autumn Notebook" (RG 48.45.1)
"How I See Myself A Year From Now" (RG 48.53.3)
"How I See Myself A Year From Now" (RG 48.53.1)
"How I See Myself A Year From Now" (RG 48.53.2)
"The best school holiday I can remember…" (RG 48.36.4)
"To Which School Should We Send Our Children?" (RG 48.30.3)
Advertisement for the eight-grade Jewish Humanistic Gymnasium (RG 48.55.1)
Natural science notebook of a student in the D. Kupersztejn School (RG 48.45.3)
Polish history notebook of a student in the D. Kupersztejn School, Vilna (RG 48.45.4)
Rosh Hashanah greetings to Zemach Shabad from a student (RG 48.47.2)
Students registered in the D. Kupersztejn School (RG 48.44.2)
TSYSHO/VILBIG brochure (RG 48.30.1)

RG 49: CHOJREW (Vilna). Records.

Records of the Central Committee for Religious Education, an educational organization that maintained a network of Orthodox Jewish schools for boys of all ages

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Letter from administrative office of Chojrew in Warsaw, Poland to Chojrew in Vilna (RG 49.17.1)
Letter from the Yavneh School in Lithuania (RG 49.18.2)

RG 50: Yidisher Lerer Fareyn (Vilna). Records.

Records of the Yiddish Teachers' Union, a professional association in Vilna which promoted the interests of its member teachers and was ideologically associated with the Yiddish secular school network known as TSYSHO

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COLLECTION Yidisher Lerer Fareyn, Vilna (050)
"Resolution of the striking teachers" (RG 50.28.1)
A defense by TSBK against charges by the Yiddish Teachers Union (RG 50.10.2)
Announcement of a strike rally for Yiddish and Hebrew teachers (RG 50.28.4)
Hebrew Teachers Union membership cards (RG 50.57.1)
Invoice for books bought from the B. A. Kleckin publishing house (RG 50.56.1)
Letter about summer camps for poor children (RG 50.10.1)

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

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Sofa Gurevitch School Evening program (yarg51finvitationsd001)
Sofa Gurevitch School Evening program (yarg51finvitationsd002)

RG 52: Jewish State Schools in the Vilna School District. Records.

Records of Jewish state schools established in the Russian Empire in 1847 in order to undermine and replace the traditional heder system of education

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Expulsion of Matvey Schreiber from the Vilna State School (yarg52f057d001)
Letter about providing heating wood for the Vilna State School (yarg52f050d001)

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 55: Yiddish Writers and Journalists Union, Vilna. Records.

Correspondence, leaflets, contracts, and other materials related to the work of a union for Jewish writers and journalists in Vilna

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COLLECTION Union of Yiddish Writers and Journalists Union, Vilna. (RG 55)

RG 57: Shtif, Nahum (1879-1933). Papers.

Papers of a Yiddish linguist, co-founder of the YIVO Institute in Vilna, and chairman of the linguistics section of the Institute for Jewish Proletarian Culture in Kiev, including manuscripts of his linguistic, literary, and political works

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FINDING AID Guide to the Papers of Nokhem Shtif (1879-1933), 1910-1933, RG 57 (RG 57 FA)
Letter from Max Weinreich to Nakhum Shtif (yarg57f036d001)

RG 58: Lunski, Khaykel. Papers.

Papers of the librarian of the Strashun Library, including copies of rare manuscripts, research materials for scholarship, and correspondence

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Vilna. Letter from "Agudat Marbitsei Torah" to Khaykel Lunski, asking him to be in charge of donated funds. Undated. (RG 58.2414.2)

RG 101: Art and Artifacts. Collection.

Original art works, reproductions, and historical artifacts, including costume and stage designs; political cartoons; and Jewish ceremonial art

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Folk print portrait of Rabbi Mordechai Rozenblat Veitzel of Oszmiana and Slonim (RG 101/2D/A/Box142.1)
Folk print portrait of Rabbi Mordechai Rozenblat Veitzel of Oszmiana and Slonim (1836-1916) (RG 101/2D/A/Box142.2)
Folk print portrait of Rabbi Mordechai Rozenblat Vietzel of Oszmiana and Slonim (RG 101/2D/A/Box142.3)
Hilf Durkh Arbet (Aid Through Work) album of student art works (RG 101/2D/A/Box118.1)
Catalog of the Works of Artist Maurycy Minkowski(1881-1930) (RG 101 Minkowski.1)
Micrographic portrait of David Frischman (RG 101/2D/A/Box142.4)
Viiew of Jatkower Street in Vilna. (RG 101/2D/A/Box143.1)

RG 115: Max and Frieda Weinstein Archives of Recorded Sound. Collection.

Rare recordings of Jewish music and oral history interviews with Jews from Poland

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Popular Yiddish Songs. Vilne Vilne (yarg11533vilne)

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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Advertisement for Yiddish children's publications (RG 116 Poland 1.3.11.1)
Brochure and price list of a wine wholesaler (RG 116 Poland 1.10.4.1)
Certificate attesting to the purchase of a seat in the women’s section of the Great Synagogue of Vilna (RG 116 Poland 1.10.5.1)
Letter acknowledging a donation from America to the Ramayles Yeshiva (RG 116 Poland 1.5.28.2)
Report card of a student at the David Pinsky Yiddish coeducational school (RG 116 Poland 1.3.19.1)

RG 120: Territorial Photographic Collection. Poland.

Thousands of photographs of Jewish life in Poland before WWII

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Vilna 1936-1937. The first class in women's tailoring, at the trade school of the Jewish Women's Union. (yarg120po8214)
Vilna, 1930s. A decorated hall in the David Pinsky School, on its fifth anniversary. (yarg120po5606)
Vilna, 1913. Boris Kletzkin, and Jacob Dinesohn. (yarg120po5975.01)
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)
Vilna, 1918-1919. A group of young teachers from the Kinder Farzorgnt (Child Care) Orphanage and School at 39 Ostrabrama Street, posing near a tree. (yarg120po5248)
Vilna, 1918. Outdoor portrait of several Yiddish and Hebrew Teachers, members of the Maccabi Sports Club. (yarg120po5704)
Vilna, 1919. Staff of the Der Tog newspaper, at the time of its establishment. (yarg120po5796)
Vilna, 1920-1921. Photomontage of the students and faculty, of the second yearly cycle of Jewish pedagogical courses. (yarg120po5568)
Vilna, 1920's. Staff members, pose at the entrance to the TOZ sanatorium. (yarg120po5282)
Vilna, 1920s-1930s. Studio portrait of shirtless weight lifters, from the Maccabi Sports Club. (yarg120po5701)
Vilna, 1920s-1930s.The dispensary in the Mishmeret Cholim Hospital. (yarg120po5271)
Vilna, 1920s. Children at the TOZ summer camp in the Pospieska suburb, sitting in formation to spell TOZ. (yarg120po5327)
Vilna, 1920s. Children posing in the courtyard of an orphanage. (yarg120po5366)
Vilna, 1920s. Moyshe Kulbak, H. Leyvik, and Yakov Gershteyn, with students of the Jewish Real-Gymnasium. (yarg120po5611)
Vilna, 1923. At the shul-hoyf, the poor beg for alms. (yarg120po_forward42123)
Vilna, 1925. Portrait of poets H. Leivick (right), and Moshe Kulbak. (yarg120po5981.01)
Vilna, 1926. A group of Jewish men in the Vilna Old Age Home, get in a few pages of Talmud study. (yarg120po_forward42898)
Vilna, 1927. Tu Be-Shevat, at a CEBEKA school. (yarg120po5672)
Vilna, 1927. Photomontage of the faculty and students of the Gymnasia S. Gurevitsh. (yarg120po5567)
Vilna, 1928. Portrait of Kulbak, Opatoshu, Maks Eryk and Zalman Reisen, board members of the Yiddish PEN Club. (yarg120po5981c002)
Vilna, 1928. Portrait of Yiddish writers. (yarg120po5984.02)
Vilna, 1929. Founders of the YIVO: Wirgili-Kahan, Zeleznikov, Kalmanovitch, Unidentified, Weinreich, Steinberg, Zhitlowsky, Szapiro, Z. Reisen, Czernichow, and Keltzkin. (yarg120po5810)
Vilna, 1929. Hand-drawn album cover, of photographs of the "Summer Colony," the TOZ summer camp. (yarg120poalbum31_p001)
Vilna, 1930. Photomontage of portraits of the staff and the 8th graduating class, of the Jewish Real-Gymnasium. (yarg120po5612)
Vilna, 1930s. A group portrait of students of the Vocational Courses and Trade School, of the Jewish Women's Union in Vilna. (yarg120poalbum42_8213)
Vilna, 1930s. A man diving into the new swimming pool, at the Maccabi Sports Club. (yarg120po5717)
Vilna, 1930s. A man diving into the new swimming pool at the Maccabi Sports Club. (yarg120po5718)
Vilna, 1930s. A peddler woman, conversing with two young boys in the durkhhoyf (through-yard), between Jatkowa and Zydowska streets. (yarg120po5053)
Vilna, 1930s. A rabbi at the Slonimer Yeshiva, delivering a talmudic lecture to his students. (yarg120po5456)
Vilna, 1930s. A young Talmudic scholar, in the Ramayles Yeshiva. (yarg120po5442)
Vilna, 1930s. Album of girls attending the Nursing School, page five. (yarg120poalbum3_p005)
Vilna, 1930s. Album of girls attending the Nursing School, page four. (yarg120poalbum3_p004)
Vilna, 1930s. Album of girls attending the Nursing School, page seven. (yarg120poalbum3_p007)
Vilna, 1930s. Album of girls attending the Nursing School, page six. (yarg120poalbum3_p006)
Vilna, 1930s. Album of girls attending the Nursing School, page three. (yarg120poalbum3_p003)
Vilna, 1930s. Boys and their teacher, studying Talmud in the Ramayles Yeshiva. (yarg120po5437)
Vilna, 1930s. Boys and young men, posing with their Talmud texts in the Ramayles Yeshiva. (yarg120po5445)
Vilna, 1930s. Children playing with clay, seated around a table, supervised by their teachers, in the P. Anman Day Care Center run by YAF. (yarg120po5377)
Vilna, 1930s. Children's division of the Maccabi Sports Club, performing calisthenics on a sports field. (yarg120po5723)
Vilna, 1930s. Men at prayer, at the Jewish Home for the Aged at 17 Portowa Street. (yarg120poalbum45_5235)
Vilna, 1930s. Men walking on a path in the shulhoyf. A Yiddish poster advertises the services of shipping agent L. Kopelovitsh, to emigrants to Palestine. (yarg120po5064)
Vilna, 1930s. Portrait of a committee, taken at the David Pinsky School's fifth anniversary. (yarg120po5603)
Vilna, 1930s. Portrait of a committee, taken at the David Pinsky School's fifth anniversary. (yarg120po5604)
Vilna, 1930s. Portrait of a committee, taken at the David Pinsky School's fifth anniversary. (yarg120po5605)
Vilna, 1930s. The Maccabi Sports Club cycling team, posing on a road with their bicycles. (yarg120po5726)
Vilna, 1930s. The Maccabi Sports Club skiing team, at summer training. (yarg120po5729)
Vilna, 1930s. Three young men, studying Talmud in the Ramayles Yeshiva. (yarg120po5443)
Vilna, 1930s. Young men, engaged in a lively Talmudic discussion, in the Ramayles Yeshiva. (yarg120po5446)
Vilna, 1931. Dr. Zemach Shabad, reading to his grandsons Uriel and Gabriel Weinreich. (yarg120po5993.07)
Vilna, 1933. Photomontage of the 1933 graduating class and faculty, of the Vilner Yiddisher Tekhnikum. (yarg120po5425)
Vilna, 1934-1935. Photomontage of the students and staff, of the Hilf Durkh Arbet Trade School. (yarg120po5485)
Vilna, 1934. Aleksander Granach, Zalman Reisen with his wife, and Dr. M. Albauer, in front of Reisen's home. (yarg120po5980.01)
Vilna, 1934. Naptime at the A. Litvak Day Care Center, which was run by YAF. (yarg120po5373)
Vilna, 1934. The library of the ORT Technical School. (yarg120po6501)
Vilna, 1935. Informal portrait at the Jewish Orphans' Home, with Simon Dubnow, Marc Chagall, Charney, and others. (yarg120po5972.01)
Vilna, 1935. A TOZ summer camp for frail children in need of fresh air and good food, with visiting dignitaries. (yarg120po5361c002)
Vilna, 1935. Portrait of M. Schreiber, director of the ORT Technical School, at his desk in his wood-paneled office. (yarg120po5492)
Vilna, 1936-1937. Classroom at the Children's Home of the Jewish Women's Union in Vilna. (yarg120poalbum42_8250)
Vilna, 1936-1937. Home Economics lessons, at the Trade School of the Jewish Women's Union in Vilna. (yarg120poalbum42_8221-8222)
Vilna, 1936-37. Alumnae of the Trade School of the Jewish Women's Union in Vilna, sewing at the Madame Annétte corset shop. (yarg120poalbum42_8238-8239)
Vilna, 1936-37. Photomontage featuring the graduating class and the faculty, of the David Pinsky School. (yarg120po5607)
Vilna, 1936-37. A display of clothing and hat designs, part of an exhibition at the Trade School of the Jewish Women's Union. (yarg120poalbum42_8225)
Vilna, 1936-37. A display of women's undergarments and sleepware, produced at the Trade School of the Jewish Women's Union in Vilna. (yarg120poalbum42_8227)
Vilna, 1936-37. Girls from the Trade School of the Jewish Women's Union in Vilna, at the beach. (yarg120poalbum42_8233-8234)
Vilna, 1936-37. Girls from the Trade School of the Jewish Women's Union in Vilna, posing together. (yarg120poalbum42_8228-8229)
Vilna, 1936-37. Girls ironing in the pressing room, at the Trade School of the Jewish Women's Union in Vilna. (yarg120poalbum42_8219)
Vilna, 1936-37. Seamstress Class 1A, at the Trade School of the Jewish Women's Union in Vilna. (yarg120poalbum42_8215)
Vilna, 1936-37. Student seamstresses fitting a dress on a woman, at the Trade School of the Jewish Women's Union in Vilna. (yarg120poalbum42_8220)
Vilna, 1936-37. Students of the undergarment sewing division, at the Trade School of the Jewish Women's Union in Vilna. (yarg120poalbum42_8218)
Vilna, 1936-37. The Madame Annétte corset shop, which employed alumnae of the Trade School of the Jewish Womens Union in Vilna. (yarg120poalbum42_8237)
Vilna, 1936. Boys washing up, at the city Talmud Torah. (yarg120poalbum44_8266)
Vilna, 1936. Children's health clinic. (yarg120poalbum44_8265)
Vilna, 1936. The Maccabi Sports Club soccer team, posing on the playing field. (yarg120po5730)
Vilna, 1936. The Maccabi Sports Club soccer team. (yarg120po5731)
Vilna, 1937. Portrait of Dr. Jacob Wygodski (seated, center), and other members of the Kehillah. (yarg120po6117)
Vilna, 1938. Students and teachers in a kitchen, during a housekeeping class, sponsored by the Women's Aid Organization. (yarg120po5527)
Vilna, 1938. Women searching for missing husbands, children, and other relatives, at the office of the Women's Aid Organization. (yarg120po5529)
Vilna, 1939. An aspirant at work, in the ethnography section of the YIVO Aspirantur. (yarg120po5862)
Vilna, 1939. Historian Lucy Schildkret Dawidowicz from New York, posing with Riva Kalmanovitch. (yarg120po5864)
Vilna, 1939. Historian Simon Dubnow, posing with a group of Jewish refugee writers, during his visit to the refugee shelter. (yarg120po6036.01)
Vilna, 1939. Men giving their shoes in for repair. (yarg120po7136)
Vilna, 1939. Refugee boys, studying Talmud at the Lubavitcher Yeshiva. (yarg120po5429.08)
Vilna, 1939. Two boys conversing at their study benches, at the Lubavitcher Yeshiva. (yarg120po5429.07)
Vilna, Aug 14-19, 1935. Historians at the YIVO Conference. (yarg120po5846)
Vilna, before 1907. Portrait of Dvora Esther Gelfer (1817-1907), philanthropist, and founder of a gemilat chesed. (yarg120po5180)
Vilna, ca. 1900. Photomontage of portraits of prominent members of Hovevei Zion. (yarg120po5175)
Vilna, ca. 1900. Portrait of Dvoyre Romm, a member of the well-known family of printers and publishers. (yarg120po5794.06)
Vilna, ca. 1900. Portrait of Shevel Kinkulkin, the last Jewish bookseller of non-Jewish books, on the streets of Vilna. (yarg120po6772)
Vilna, ca. 1910. Looking down Georgy Prospekt Street, at the Cathedral Church and Tower. (yarg120po4891)
Vilna, ca. 1918. A portrait of a gymnastics class, at the Orphanage at 39 Ostrabrama Street. (yarg120po5247)
Vilna, ca. 1930s. Peddlers with produce, in the durkhhoyf (through-yard), located between Jatkowa and Zydowska Streets. (yarg120po5052)
Vilna, ca. 1930s. Pedestrians on Wielka Street. On the left, a store belonging to R. Bersztel. (yarg120po4924.04)
Vilna, ca. 1930s. Three men at work, in the YIVO Archives. (yarg120po6857)
Vilna, ca. 1930s. Zelig Kalmanovitch (right), and F. Halpern, in conversation over a book at YIVO. (yarg120po6862)
Vilna, ca. 1939. Poet A. Sutzkever and actor Noach Nachbush, walking down the street. (yarg120po5984.01)
Vilna, Jan. 23, 1933. Students of the Real-Gymnasium, posing at a YIVO exhibition on Jewish social movements. (yarg120po5899)
Vilna, June 29 1933. Newsmen from the Jewish press, being welcomed by the TOZ staff and children, at the summer camp. (yarg120po5349)
Vilna, May, 1922. The 2nd graduating class of the Mefitse Haskalah Boys' School (the I. L. Peretz class), and the staff. (yarg120po5591)
Vilna, May, 1937. Adults, including Dr. Jabwabnik, pose with children, during a visit to the TOZ summer camp. (yarg120po5335)
Vilna, Nov 16, 1935. Elye Tejtelbaum, directing a performance by the Maccabi Sports Club Brass Band. (yarg120po5725)
Vilna, Spring 1939. A group of YIVO aspirantn, and instructors. (yarg120po5859)
Vilna. Boys pose shirtless, in a gymnastic formation. (yarg120po5680)
Vilna. An arch across the cobblestone street, along Jatkowa Street, in the Jewish Quarter. (yarg120po4926)
Vilna. Khaykl Lunski, the librarian of the Strashun Library. (yarg120polunski)
Vilna. Schoolboys doing acrobatics with their instructor. (yarg120po5681)

RG 121: Photographs of Personalities. Collection.

Photographs of individuals noted for their contributions to Jewish life: writers, scholars, historians, scientists, philosophers, community leaders, rabbinical figures, political figures, musicians, and cantors

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Rabbi Elijah ben Shlomo Zalman (1720-1797), known as the Vilna Gaon (rg121_vilna-gaon)

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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Marriage certificate from Sokal, Galicia (now Ukraine), 1897. (RG 126.1.7.1)
Passport of Israel Safier of Rzeszow, Galicia, 1872. (RG 126.1.21.1)

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