Records of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Science
Scope and Content Note
Included here are YIVO materials discovered at the Wroblewski Library in Lithuania. Materials cover a wide range of topics that include Jewish education, Jewish communities, Jewish religious life, immigration, commerce, persecution, and other topics. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports, decrees, proclamations, educational materials, certificates, vital documents including birth and death certificates, travel documents, and other.
Dates
- 1834-1943
Language of Materials
The collection is in Russian, Polish, Lithuanian, Yiddish, Hebrew, German, French, English, Swedish, Greek, Romanian, and Czech.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection has been digitized and is available online without restrictions. The physical collection is closed.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish part or parts of the collection must be obtained from the YIVO Archives. For more information, contact:
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: archives@yivo.cjh.org
Extent
204 Folders
Abstract
Included here are YIVO materials discovered at the Wroblewski Library in Lithuania. Materials cover a wide range of topics that include Jewish education, Jewish communities, Jewish religious life, immigration, commerce, persecution, and other topics. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports, decrees, proclamations, educational materials, certificates, vital documents including birth and death certificates, travel documents, and other.
- Certificates
- Clippings (information artifacts)
- Correspondence
- Jewish communal and public affairs
- Jewish literature
- Jews -- Education
- Jews -- Russia -- Politics and government
- Minutes (administrative records)
- Official documents
- Official reports
- Petitions
- Poland
- Resolutions (administrative records)
- Russia -- History
- Vilnius (Lithuania)
- Title
- Guide to the Wroblewski Library Materials 1834-1943 RG 8001
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Processed by Yakov Il'ich Sklar
- Date
- © 2020
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Repository Details
Part of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Repository