Records of the Sociedad Israelita de Paysandú
Extent and Medium
1,722 digital images, TIFF
Creator(s)
- Sociedad Israelita de Paysandu?
Biographical History
Historical background: Attempts at Jewish agricultural settlement in Uruguay proved abortive. The first was the "19 de Abril" settlement, founded in Paysandú by 38 families that had previously tried to settle in the ICA settlements in Brazil. They received 9,880 acres of land from the Institute de Colonización of the Uruguayan Republic. Overcoming a difficult beginning, the settlers met with success after a ten-year period, but the settlement gradually lost its Jewish members; during the 1930s, five Jewish families remained, and in 1950 there was only one. (Reference: Jewish Virtual Library Uruguay https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/uruguay)
Archival History
Sociedad Israelita de Paysandú
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Sociedad Israelita de Paysandu (Israelite Society of Paysandú), Uruguay. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in March 2021. Note: This is a cooperative project with the Arkhiyon ha-merkazi le-toldot ha-ʻam ha-Yehudi (Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP) Jerusalem)
Scope and Content
Records of the Sociedad Israelita de Paysandú (Israelite Society of Paysandú), Uruguay. Includes correspondence, minutes of sessions; reports and other office documents, 1945-1948.
System of Arrangement
Arranged in eleven groups: 1. Carpeta-01-Sociedad-Israelita-de-Paysandu-Correspondencia-Enviada; 2. Carpeta-02-Archivos-1945-1948; 3. Carpeta-03-Sociedad-Israelita-de-Paysandu-Correspondencia-Recibida; 4. Carpeta-04-Escritura-y-Acta-Fundacion; 5. Carpeta-05-Actas; 6. Libro-01-Actas-de-Sesiones; 7. Libro-02-Actas; 8. Libro-03-Actas-1945-a-1950; 9. Libro-04-Actas-1950-a-1955; 10. Libro-05-Actas-1977-a-1985; 11. Libro-06-Caja.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Sociedad Israelita de Paysandú
Subjects
- Uruguay
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Holocaust survivors--Uruguay.
- Emigration and immigration law--Uruguay--History.
- Uruguay--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Uruguay.
- Jewish committees (ushmm)
- Jews--Uruguay--History--20th century.
- Paysandú (Uruguay)
Genre
- Document
- Reports.
- Minutes.
- Correspondence.