This record group includes cemetery maps, membership information, incorporation Papers, and liquidation Papers.

Collection contains: Correspondence, 1974-1978. Agreement forms, 1941-1982. Burial permits. Burial receipts, 1936-1982. Financial Records, 1973-1983.

1 2.5" box of family history material, personal correspondence, and photos of the Roth, Barsky, Friedman, and other families, including the following:

Photo of men at a factory Photo of Simon Barsky by a car, 1930s Passport in Russian and Yiddish, with list of different cities in Yiddish, 1910 Small residency-permit book with other official documents, including an army discharge, for Simon Barsky, Vinnytsia [in which Zhmerynka is located], Russian Empire [now Ukraine], 1896-1903 Train ticket, Kyiv, 1904 Soviet postcard with a Yiddish message sent to Simon Barsky, 1932, from Yalta in the Crimea Short book by Phyllis, My Family and Yours: The Past and The Future, with family history, autobiographical recollections, and recipes Oversized photo, probably of Rose Roth, at a writing desk, 1956 Album of members of the Roth family in Ryglice and elsewhere, 1920s-1930s; includes separate page with photos of the same kind

1 banker’s box of photos, mainly in envelopes, including copies, photo albums, and copies of newspaper clippings relating to the Barsky, Roth, Sokolow, Schnecks, Kaplan, Volkman, and other families, 1915-1964

2 flat boxes, one containing a photo of Hyman and Minnie Roth from ca. 1900 and a 1957-58 photo album celebrating the birth and babyhood of Howard Shainmark; the other containing a photo album of members of the Barsky, Volkman, and other families from 1951 and two separate pages, one with a photo from 1916 and one with photos from the 1930s

1 2.5’’ box with genealogical information for members of the Roth family and others and a box of photos of the wedding of Phyllis Shainmark and Henry Freedman, 1961

This record group contains liquidation Papers and financial Records (1946-2013) and original deeds to graves at Cedar Park Cemetery (1923, 1938) and Mount Zion (1886, 1912). It also contains deeds and correspondence with members, and liquidiation correspondence dated 1991. Additional records at available at the Leo Baeck Institute.

Hand-embroidered challah bread cover, 1923 address book of the Polskii Corporation - Society of the Sons of Poland - City of Galitzkich, nine antique hand embroideries, decorative wall hanging, 11 brass objects from Israel, 63 recordings, 15 books (including an 1862 Mahzor from Vilnius), 18 pamphlets, four greeting cards, nine issues of serial publications, two calendars, a map.

Contains dues ledgers (1994-2007), financial ledgers (1964-1991), cemetery receipts, constitution, correspondence, and meeting minutes.

This record group contains liquidation Papers and financial Records (1992-2014), a map to graves at Mount Hebrew Cemetery, Israeli bonds (1990s), membership lists (2000s), and the society's constitution and bylaws (updated 1991).

The collection consists of family papers pertaining to a number of Jewish families from the Russian Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Germany, and France. Included here are vital documents, personal, professional and financial correspondence, family trees, and financial documents

Photographs, correspondence, copy of Lithuanian phone book.

The German-Jewish Children's Aid, later known as the European-Jewish Children's Aid, was involved in bringing Jewish children to the United States from Europe before, during, and after World War II. The records in this collection are comprised of correspondence, reports and case files, which may contain biographical information as well as questionnaries and correspondence concerning the case.

The Germany (Vilna Archives) collection contains materials of diverse provenances pertaining to Jewish life in Germany and, to a much lesser extent, other German-speaking areas of central Europe (Austria, Bohemia, Moravia), from the 16th century until the beginning of the Second World War. It includes correspondence, financial records, official documents, business records, writings, minutes, reports, book catalogs, printed ephemera, occasional clippings, and a handful of photographs. A little more than 60% of the collection comprises personal and family papers, or individual items of correspondence (approximately 140 different name headings); and a little over 20%, portions of the records of the Jewish communities of Darmstadt, Frankfurt am Main, Filehne (Wieleń), Raschkow (Raszków), and Rybnik. The remainder of the collection consists of various printed ephemera and scattered records related to Jewish communities, organizations, or firms, including publishers and booksellers. Also included are some 15 individual older items dating from the mid 16th to the early decades of the 19th century, including Schutzbriefe (residence permits), petitions, and attestations, as well as a mohel book (registry of circumcisions). Especially noteworthy among the personal papers are those of art dealer Josef Sandel, comparative law scholar Ernst Rabel, the Henschel brothers (artists), writer and social activist Lina Morgenstern, engineer Erich Kempinski, and writer and editor Julius Rodenberg. The several rabbis represented include Josef Jona Horovitz, of Hunsdorf (Huncovce) and Frankfurt am Main; Salomon Breuer and Isidor Friedmann, both of Frankfurt am Main; and Wolf Landau, of Dresden.

Pictures provided by Linda Zipperstein of her parents and other unknown people, and a 1947 displaced person certificate from Germany.

Collection contains: Constitution and by-laws, 1974. Anniversary banquet journals, 1940-1950. Cemetery map. Correspondence, 1929-2002. Newspaper clippings (copies and originals), 1986-2000. Financial Records, 1926-2002. Meeting minutes, 1940-2000. Meeting and event invitations, 1944-2000. Cemetery deeds, 1981-1992. Burial permits. Contracts, 1955-1998. Death certificates, 1978-1995. Membership lists, 1963-2002. Lists of deed holders. Photographs, 1982-1999. Restaurant menus. Listing of Glinianer Young Men's Benevolent Association archival files. Inventory, 2002.

The family Records of the Goodman (formerly Guttmann) family, including Records from siblings James and Steffi's youth in Berlin, the family's emigration to the United States in 1941, James's service in the United States Army, and the lives of both siblings in the United States.

Collection contains: Cemetery map. Cemetery deeds, 1937-1946. Certificate of incorporation, 1936. Contracts, 1944-1998. Correspondence, 1975-1998. Financial Records, 1957-1998. Forms, 1989-1998. Dissolution Papers, 1975-1998.

Correspondence with the New York Liquidation Bureau regarding the dissolution of the society and liquidation of its assets (1980-2008), deeds to plots at Mount Hebron Cemetery (2006), map to plot reservations at Mount Zion Cemetery and Mount Hebron Cemetery.

Collection contains: Records, mostly pertaining to the organization's burial society. Constitution and bylaws of the Greater City Benevolent Association, 1944. Minute books, 1952-1991, 1957-1985. Financial Records, 1960s-1980s. Correspondence, 1970s-1980s. Dues ledgers, 1970s-1980s. Cemetery maps. Cancelled checks.

The collection consists of the Papers of Rabbi René Hirschler, generated by Rabbi Hirschler in his capacity as head of the General Chaplaincy of internment and labor camps and centers in unoccupied France during World War II. This position was known in French as the Aumônerie Générale des Camps et Centres d’Internement. The collection is fragmentary and covers only the last nine months of Rabbi Hirschler’s administrative records, covering the period March 31, 1943 to December 20, 1943.

Four persons worked for the Aumônerie Générale. Rabbi Hirschler, his wife Simone Hirschler, his assistant/accountant A. Babsky and his secretary Mme Lipschitz who later on was replaced by M. Jean Zasslowsky. When Rabbi Hirschler visited internment camps and detainee centerse and GTE’s, Simone Hirschler and M. Babsky were in charge of the daily work.

The papers of René Hirschler consist of carbon copies of outgoing correspondence of the chief chaplain. Included are letters to the network of regional chaplains and auxiliary chaplains, individuals interned in internment camps, hospitals, in Groupements de Travailleurs Etrangers (foreign labor battalions). Also included are letters to individuals involved in the effort to provide assistance to foreign Jews in France during World War II; to Vichy government officials and to Jewish and non-Jewish organizations.

Correspondence with Jewish organizations, such as the General Consistory (Consistoire Général), the UGIF, Grand Rabbi of France Isaie Schwartz, JOINT, ORT and OSE.

Correspondence with non-Jewish organizations, including the French Red Cross, the International Committee of the French Cross, Geneva; YMCA; Quaker relief organizations.

Correspondence with the Vichy government administration and officials, including correspondence with the Prefet, General Inspector to the Camps, Andre Jean-Faure, attached to the national police office within the Ministry of the Interior.

Correspondence with camp administrations, regional prefets and Vichy Government officials regarding request for transfers, or for improvement of living conditions, or for the provision of kosher food particularly for the Holidays. Among the camps included in the correspondence, are Camp de Brens (Tarn); Camp de Gurs (Basses Pyrenees); Camp de Noe (Haute Garonne); Camp de Masseubes (Gers); Camp de Malaval, Marseille (Bouches du Rhone); Camp de Nexon (Haute Vienne); Camp du Vernet (Ariege) GTE’s; nursing homes (Lons le Saunier; Mirande); hospitals and sanatoriums; WHERE IS RIVESALTES?

Correspondence with chaplains. The Southern region was divided into 6 regional chaplaincies (aumoneries regionales). This division corresponds to the 6 administrative regions officially determined by the Interior Ministry which had to agree on the nomination of every regional chaplain. The same ministry provided authorizations for visits to internment camps. Chaplains included Rabbi Appeloig, Limoge region; Rabbi Leon Berman, Alpes region; Rabbi Deutsch, Limoges region; Rabbi Eichiski check Folder 62, 4876); Rabbi Feuwerker, same fodler as Eichiski; Rabbi Hosanski, Toulouse Region; Rabbi Kahlenberg, folder 62, 4876; Grand Rabbi Salzer, Marseille region; Rabbi Henri Schilli, Valence and Montpellier region; Rabbi Schonberg, Lyon region; Rabbi Soil, Nimes region and Grenoble; Rabbi Sommer, Toulouse region;

Correspondence with auxiliaries of the Chaplaincy. The auxiliaries helped the chaplains by coordinating the numerous requests for assistance received from the camps and other places and by reporting the requests to the General Chaplaincy. Many of the auxiliaries were detainees themselves and were reimbursed by the General Chaplaincy. Only auxiliaries who were French citizens had to work gratis without reimbursement. There were a total of about 80 auxiliaries to the chaplaincy over the course of the war period.

Correspondence with individuals. These included individuals needing help who were detained in internment camps, GTE’s, hospitals, prisons and detainee centers and who requested help either directly from one of the chaplains or directly from Rabbi Hirschler.

These records detail the history of the displaced person camps in the American zone in Austria. They include the records of the individual camps as well as political and cultural groups that operated within the camps. The collection primarily consists of administrative records such as reports, correspondence, and lists as well as cultural materials from political, vocational, and cultural groups, as well as personal papers. There are also records of the U.S. Army, UNRRA, and IRO’s actions in the camps.

These records detail the history of the displaced person camps in Germany, primarily in the American zone. They include the records of the individual camps as well as political and cultural groups that operated within the camps. The collection primarily consists of administrative records such as reports, correspondence, and lists as well as cultural materials from political, theatrical, and literary groups. There are also a large number of records of court proceedings, centering on accounting for actions taken during the Holocaust as well as the formation of new families in the DP camps.

These records detail the history of the Displaced Person camps in Italy. They include the records of the individual camps as well as political and cultural groups that operated within the camps. The collection primarily consists of administrative records such as reports, correspondence, and lists as well as cultural materials from political, theatrical, and literary groups. There are also a large number of records of court proceedings, centering on accounting for actions taken during the Holocaust as well as the formation of new families in the DP camps.

The Yidisher Artistn Fareyn, or Yiddish Actors' Union, advocated for actors' economic interests while striving to create a professionally run, artistically ambitious, Yiddish theatrical scene in Warsaw. From 1919-1938, its influence gradually increased until it included the majority of actors working in Poland, and collaborated with the most significant Polish Yiddish cultural figures and institutions, including E. R. Kaminska, YIVO, Literarishe Bleter, and the Landrat, or National Council of Class Trade Unions (Krajowa Rada Klasowych Związków Zawodowych). This collection contains records of annual conventions, Executive Committee meetings, correspondence with actors and theaters from Poland and around the world, and membership files on almost 600 actors.

2,500 photographs from the archives of Hadassah magazine.

This record group includes letters and autographs from notable British personalities (James Balfour, Lloyd George, and more), Jewish sheet music, antique photographs, travel literature for the Middle East, and documents relating to events in Palestine during World War I.

Collection of 2,460 slides of ~500 synagogues located in the Bronx, Manhattan, Poland, and Lithuania. Also addresses of synagogues and literary writing by Mr. Kamel.

The records consist of individual files on German academic personalities, scientists and academic institutions. They include reports, newspaper clippings, summaries of lectures, petitions, applications and correspondence of various Nazi institutions. The records are incomplete.

Contains correspondence with New York Liquidation Bureau regarding dissolution of the society and liquidation of assets (1996), photocopies of constitution and bylaws printed in Hebrew, a legal pad with contact information for Morris Rubin, account statements from Bank Leumi (1991-1993) and Banco Popular (1993-1997), certificate of incorporation (1940), miscellaneous memoranda and personal correspondence among members (1898-1997), deeds to plots at Cedar Grove Cemetery (1915), and a membership list (1997).

The records of the Hebrew Technical Institute include the following:

Series 1: Annual Reports and Catalogs

Nine volumes of annual reports and catalogs. The period covered 1889-1939. Each volume is bound in 3/4 leather.

Series 2: Student Career Records

Thirteen volumes entailing the career records of the Hebrew Technical Institute alumni, arranged in chronological sequence. A page is devoted to each graduate and follows his career (where information was supplied) year by year through 1938. Necrology are included. Also included are cross references of other students who are related to another alumnus.

Series 3: Class Standings

Thirty-four volumes (1905-1906 to 1938-1939) giving the class standings of the students of the Institute on a yearly basis.

Series 4: Roll Books

Twenty-seven volumes (1896-1897 to 1937-1939) listing the monthly averages of student body in the several subjects studied.