Yidisher ṿisnshafṭlekher insṭiṭuṭ YiVO Institute in Wilno (Fond 287)
Extent and Medium
6,025 digital images, JPEG
Creator(s)
- Fruma Mohrer
Archival History
Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas
Acquisition
Ed Zucker Fund for Archival Acquisitions in Lithuania
Source of acquisition is the Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas (Lithuanian Central State Archives), Fond 287. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in March 2015.
Scope and Content
Various records related to the activities of the Yivo Institute for Jewish Research (YiVO) in Wilno (Vilnius), including correspondence with Jewish organizations and private individuals in Poland, Germany, United States, Austria, Latvia and other countries; records related to the activities of various Jewish organizations and political parties (Zukunft, Bund, Po'alei Zion, Keren Kayemet, Keren Hayesod, etc.); copies of Jewish newspapers published in Poland; financial records, and registry for incoming and outgoing correspondence etc.
System of Arrangement
The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the digital files. Arranged in three series: 1. Correspondence with Jewish organizations; 2. Jewish newspapers; 3.Miscellaneous records.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas
Corporate Bodies
- Jewish National Fund
- Keren Hayesod
- Yivo
- World Socialist Union of Jewish Workers--Po'alei Zion
- International Jewish Labor Bund
- International Jewish Labor Bund
Subjects
- Poland
- Vilnius (Lithuania)
- Lithuania--Social conditions--1918-1945.
- Jewish organizations--Lithuania--History--20th century--Registers.
- Lithuania--Politics and government--1918-1945.
- Jews--Lithuania--Societies, etc.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Lithuania--History--20th century.
Genre
- Document
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Reports.
- Financial records.
- Registers.
- Correspondence.