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Independent Zydaczower K.U.V. Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 2227
Scope and Contents

This record group contains liquidation Papers (2005-2012) and a map to plots at Beth David Cemetery.

Dates: 2005 - 2012

Institut Der NSDAP Zur Erforschung Der Judenfrage

 Collection
Identifier: RG 222
Dates: 1930-1945

International Social Benefit Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 1880
Scope and Contents

Collection contains: Certificates of incorporation, 1889. Constitution and by-laws, English, 1962. Cemetery deeds, 1901. Burial permits, 1983-2000. Grave reservation lists, 1976. Certificates of reservation, 1943-2000. Membership request forms, 2003. Membership directory. Correspondence, 1889-1977. Stampers. Financial Records, 1972-2002.

Dates: 1889 - 2003

International Workers' Order Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 2195
Dates: 1950 - 2000

Isaac Imber Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 2022
Dates: Dates unknown before processing.

Isaac Leib Goldberg Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG 17
Abstract

Isaac Leib Goldberg Collection documents Isaac Goldberg’s active participation in the international Zionist movement. It also sheds light on his professional activities as a lawyer in the Russian Empire. The collection consists of circular letters, official documents, correspondence, court documents and Power of Attorney, leaflets, announcements, reports, minutes of meetings, financial reports and tables, balance sheets and Annual Reports, lists, and memoranda.

Dates: 1885-1922

Isabella Rayz Collection of Soviet Theater Programs

 Collection
Identifier: RG 1994
Scope and Contents

Playbills of performances of opera, ballet, and theater in the Soviet Union, and a collection of Jewish recipes.

Dates: 1940 - 1981

Israel Cohen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 448
Abstract

This collection contains documents pertaining to Israel Cohen's role as author, reporter, Zionist leader, as well as his profound interest in documenting and reporting on the changes in European Jewish life between the wars. The collection is comprised primarily of notes, correspondence, clippings, and manuscripts of books about Zionism and topics in Jewish history, articles and reports on Jewish life in Austria, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Russia, Spain, the Balkans, and North Africa, circa 1910-1930s. The manuscripts of works on Jewish history include biographies of Jewish personalities and a report on the Czernowitz Yiddish Language Conference of 1908.

Dates: 1906-1961

Itky Arrinton Keshinower Ladies Sick & Benevolent Society Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 2191
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence with the New York Liquidation Bureau regarding dissolution of the soceity and liquidation of its assets (2002-2013), burial permit cards from Mount Hebron Cemetery, interment directories and deeds and maps to plots at Mount Hebron Cemetery.

Dates: 1970 - 2013

Iwo (Ivo) Wesby Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 2129
Scope and Contents

Documents, sheet music and music manuscripts, letters, photographs, clippings.

Dates: Dates unknown before processing.

Jack Goldfarb Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 2138
Scope and Contents

Documents, files, photographs, historical records, and other materials related to the Jewish Community of Staszów, Poland.

Dates: Dates unknown before processing.

Jacob Lipshutz Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 2008
Scope and content

Original Ydish manuscripts of English translations, as well as a digitized copy of these materials.

Dates: Dates unknown before processing.

Jacob Mestel Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 280
Abstract

The collection of Jacob Mestel consists of the general, professional and personal correspondence of Jacob Mestel, manuscripts of plays by other authors, manuscripts of poetry, essays and plays by Jacob Mestel, translations of plays into Yiddish, production material, clippings, theater programs, personal documents, and theater photographs.

Dates: 1910-1958

Jacob Ross Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 1418
Dates: Dates unknown before processing.

Jacob Shatzky Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 356
Abstract

Jacob Shatzky (1893-1956) was an historian, literary and theater critic, editor, bibliographer, lexicographer, lecturer, teacher and librarian. The Papers of Jacob Shatzky cover the period of 1910-1960's and reflect to different degrees all aspects of his activities. Some papers of Jacob Shatzky's wife, Ida, consist for the most part of materials relating to his death. Manuscript and other materials relating to memorial books published posthumously in commemoration of Jacob Shatzky, such as the Shatzky Book, (Buenos Aires, 1957) and Yakov Shatzki in Ondenk, (New York, 1957) constitute another significant part of the collection.

Dates: 1910-1963

Jagulnicer Benevolent & Aid Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 2226
Scope and Contents

Also known as Jagielnicer Benevolent and Aid Association. Dissolved in 2001. This record group contains liquidation Papers (2006-2013) and maps to plots at New Montefiore and Mount Hebron cemeteries.

Dates: 2002 - 2013

Janice Sandler Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG 2198
Scope and Contents

Paintings, sketches, art supplies, exhibition catalogs, and books from Lower East Side artist Janice Sandler.

Dates: 1923 - 2005

Jewish Community Hour (Chicago, Illinois) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG 2122
Scope and Contents

The collection contains scripts for the broadcasts, ranging from 1976 to 2004. The scripts are mostly handwritten with some typewritten excerpts. There is a small amount of correspondence related to the program, some with advertisers and members of the Jewish community, and a small amount of correspondence related to Mr. Finkel’s professional career in public relations.

Dates: 1958 - 2005; Majority of material found in 1980s-1990s

Jewish Family and Children's Service (Detroit)

 Collection
Identifier: RG 364
Abstract

An affiliate agency of the Jewish Welfare Federation in Detroit formerly called the Jewish Social Service Bureau (JSSB).

This collection consists predominantly of records of the Jewish Social Service Bureau and, to a much lesser extent, of records of the Jewish Family and Children's Service (JFCS). The bulk of the collection consists of records of individual cases which were processed by the JSSB. Additionally, there are administrative records which include the following: general correspondence, 1926-1963; minutes of staff and committee meetings, 1924-1958. Records of various institutions which at some point merged or were affiliated with the JSSB, such as the Resettlement Service, Jewish House of Shelter, Jewish Child Placement Bureau, Hebrew Orphan Home.

Dates: 1903 - 1972

Jewish Folklore Materials

 Collection
Identifier: RG 125
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of miscellaneous materials pertaining to Jewish folklore and includes the following: Materials relating to YIVO Projects: samples of Yiddish dialects recorded on sound discs by Beatrice Silverman-Weinreich in 1948 and 1949 during her conversations with informants from Eastern Europe; materials from the Passover Survey, conducted by Beatrice Silverman-Weinreich in 1949. Entries for the contest about the symbolic meaning of the number '7' according to Jewish tradition, 1953. Collections of proverbs and sayings. Replies to a questionnaire from the *Jewish Daily Forward* about Jewish customs, 1945. Folk poetry, mainly in the style of *badkhones* (rhymes performed by a *badkhan* - wedding entertainer). Samples of *ketubot* (marriage contracts), *t'noyim* (engagement contracts), divorce letters, amulets, etc.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1840-1985

Jewish Music Societies Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG 37
Dates: 1898-1940

Jody Rosen Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG 2254
Scope and content

Jody Rosen (b. 1969) is an American journalist and author.



Scope and Contents

This record group contains humorous antisemitica from ca. 1891-ca. 1920.

Dates: 1891 - 1920

Joel Zack Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 1950
Scope and Contents

The collection is photographic in nature, and consists of over 3,000 color slides of approximately 50 Romanian synagogues as they appeared in c. 1995. Among the several localities represented are Arad, Botosani, Bucharest, Caransebes, Cluj, Craiova, Dorohoi, Iasi, Oradea, Satu Mare, Sighet, and Timosoara. Also included are blueprints, floor plans, and general comments relating to these synagogues, as well as Romanian-language newspaper clippings and printouts pertaining to the synagogues and local Jewish communities, 1994-1995.

Dates: 1994 - 1995

Joseph A. Rosen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 358
Abstract

Joseph A. Rosen was an agronomist and official of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. In the 1920s and 1930s he organized and coordinated relief activities for impoverished Jews in the Soviet Union. Joseph A. Rosen was a director of the American Jewish Joint Agricultural Corporation (Agro-Joint) that tried to develop Jewish settlements and assisted with organization of Jewish factories, cooperatives, schools, and health care facilities. All these subjects are covered in this collection. These are the papers of Joseph A. Rosen in his official capacity as a Director of the Agro-Joint. The collection contains agreements between Agro-Joint and the Soviet government, reports, and field observations of the agronomists and officials of the relief organizations, particularly of the Agro-Joint, technical reports and documentation necessary for development and financial sustainability of the Jewish settlements. Maps and landscape plans are also part of this collection.

Dates: 1911-1943; Majority of material found within 1922-1938

Joseph Nobel Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG 2196
Dates: 1955 - 1983

Joseph Perkins Chamberlain Papers

 Collection
Identifier: RG 278
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Joseph Perkins Chamberlain, a professor of law who worked with many refugee aid organizations during the 1930s and 1940s. The papers reflect the work of Chamberlain and the organizations in rescuing and assisting refugees from Europe during this time. Although the bulk of the documents consists of correspondence, the collection also includes minutes of meetings, reports, statistical information, clippings, booklets and transcripts of speeches.

Dates: 1934-1951

Joseph Soski Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG 2114
Scope and Contents

DVDs of Shoah interviews of Joseph and Helen Soski. Papers about Jewish life in Los Angeles and Krakow. Materials on Yiddish culture, the Jewish Labor Bund, and the Workmen's Circle.

Dates: Dates unknown before processing.

Joyce Ellen Weinstein Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RG 2048
Scope and Contents

Three paintings by Joyce Ellen Weinstein.

Dates: Dates unknown before processing.

Judea Protective Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 2175
Scope and Contents

Contains plot maps for reserved graves at Mount Lebanon Cemetery and at Wellwood Cemetery, deeds to plots at both cemeteries, worksheets for cost of graves, liquidation inventories, membership lists, and correspondence with the New York Liquidation Bureau regarding liquidation proceedings for the Association (2001-2004).

Dates: 1976 - 2016

Judea Protective Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: RG 1838
Scope and Contents

Collection contains: Constitution and by-laws, English, 1935. Cemetery maps, 1956. Cemetery deeds, 1989-1993. Burial permits, 1932-1993. Correspondence, 1960-2001. Meeting notices, 1987-1992. Agreement forms, 1931-1986. Membership lists. Grave reservation lists, 1988. Financial Records, 1955-2002. Dissolution Papers, 1990-2002. Miscellaneous.

Dates: 1931 - 2002

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