Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Zosa Szajkowski Collection
Szajkowski, Zosa, 1911-1978
4078134
BA#0442
Russian
, Yiddish
, Hebrew
, French
, Ukrainian
, Polish
, Lithuanian
, German
, Arabic
.
/repositories/2/resources/1969
6 linear feet
4 document boxes; 3 tall document boxes; 2 flat boxes; 7 oversize folders (mapcase)
1900s-1947
This collection contains an eclectic variety of materials collected by Jewish historian, archivist, and bibliographer Zosa Szajkowski (1911-1978). Materials include organizational records, documents, correspondence, periodicals, printed ephemera related mainly to Eastern European Jewish life in France in 1920s and 1930s and on the territories of modern Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland and Russia in the first quarter of the 20th century. There are also materials of the Russkii Obshchekolonial'nyi Komitet v Parizhe, Comité des Delegations Juives, Kharbinskoe Evreiskoe Dukhovnoe Obshchestvo, and papers of A. (Aleksei) Lozovskii.
Restrictions on Access
This collection is located on-site.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1950.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1958.
Biographical / Historical
Zosa Szajkowski, born Yehoshua or Szajko (Shaike or Shayke) Frydman, (10 January 1911, Zareby, Poland – 26 September 1978, New York), Jewish historian, archivist, bibliographer.
Biographical / Historical
In 1927, Szajkowski moved to France, where he enrolled as a student at the Sorbonne. First he became involved in the French Communist movement but in the late 1930s, influenced by a group "of Jewish intellectuals from Poland, some of whom were previously connected to the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in Vilna, and from Germany" he left the Communist movement (Source: https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/14512281.pdf).
Biographical / Historical
With the outbreak of World War Two, Szajkowski became a member of the Foreign Legion, was wounded, and evacuated to Bordeaux and then to Carpentras. In 1941 (or late 1940), he moved to the United States, joined the United States Army, and served in Europe in the Normandy, Rhineland and Ardennes Campaigns as a combat paratrooper, interpreter, and interrogator.
Biographical / Historical
From 1945 to 1978 Szajkowski was a research associate at the YIVO Institute. He authored works on a various topics in Jewish history, including the history of French Jewry and Jews in Eastern Europe.
Biographical / Historical
During his life time, Szajkowski stole numerous documents related to Jewish history from French archives and sold them to libraries in the United States as detailed by Dr. Lisa Leff in "The Archive Thief: The Man Who Salvaged French Jewish History in the Wake of the Holocaust" (2015, OUP).
Custodial History
In January 1982 Stephen D. Corrsin, then curator of the Bakhmeteff Archive add the Parti Communiste Français, Section Juive materials to the Szajkowski collection. He wrote in his note: "Even though we bought the French materials from a dealer named Frydman in 1958, all the items are stamped 'Z. Szajkowski' (in Yiddish), fell into his subject area, so it seems reasonable to do this." What Corrsin didn't know at the time was that Frydman and Szajkowski were the same person.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Zosa Szajkowski Collection; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Processing Information
Collection Accessioned 1950.
Processing Information
Collection Accessioned 1958.
Processing Information
Collection Processed 07/--/81.
Processing Information
Collection Processed 01/--/82.
Processing Information
This collection was processed in 2022 by Katia Davidenko, with assistance of Sandra Chiritescu, GSAS '21 and Daniela Goodman Rabner, Barnard College '22. The processing of this collection was made possible by the Norman E. Alexander Fund for Jewish Studies. Finding aid written by Katia Davidenko.
Scope and Contents
Collection arranged in five series.
Scope and Contents
Series I contains material related to the political and cultural activities of Eastern European Jews in France, mainly in Paris, in the interwar period. At that time, Paris served as home to numerous grassroots organizations including aid and relief, cultural, workers, educational, political, medical, sport, anti-fascist, press, trade-unionist, women and other organizations, groups, and clubs. There are organizational records, correspondence, manuscripts, printed and handmade posters, flyers, event tickets, invitations and programs, calls for actions, appeals, photographs, drawings, etc. Notably this series contains an archive of the Kultur-Lige in Frankraych.
Scope and Contents
Series II comprises materials, mostly printed, related to social and political life of Jews on the territory of Ukraine, Lithuania, Russia, and Poland in the first quarter of the 20th century. There are posters, flyers, clippings, leaflets, open letters, periodicals, publications, propaganda ephemera in Hebrew, Russian, Ukrainian and Yiddish covering such subjects as revolutionary events of the 1910s, pogroms, anti-semitism, the 1917 revolution and the civil war. There are also materials of various Jewish organizations and groups including the Bund, Poalei Zion, Zionists, etc., and a group of material related to the Ukrainian People's Republic, including notable legislative acts on the statute of Jewish communities and Jewish autonomy, and other documents.
Scope and Contents
Series III includes materials of two Jewish organization. First, the Comité des Delegations Juives (Committee of Jewish Delegations), international body established in 1919 to alert the Paris Peace Conference to the grave situation of the Jews in various European countries and to obtain international guarantees for safeguarding their rights. Second, Jewish organization in China - Kharbinskoe Evreiskoe Dukhovnoe Obshchestvo, established in 1902 in Kharbin.
Scope and Contents
Series IV comprises correspondence relating to the creation of the Russkii Obshchekolonial'nyi komitet v Parizhe to protect the interests of Russian citizens.
Series V consists of notes, documents, and letters of Solomon Abramovich Lozovskii (1878-1952, born Dridzo, pseudonym - A. (Aleksei) Lozovksii), prominent bolshevik, participant in the revolutionary and trade union movement in Russia and France. There are mostly his notes on the professional labor movement abroad, mainly in France. His materials are of interest to researchers of unions and labor movement of the early 20th century, as well as for a biographer of Lozovskii.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
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Series I: Jewish Organizations and Groups in France/repositories/2/archival_objects/14543541922-1947Scope and ContentsCorrespondence, manuscripts, organizational records, and printed materials relating to Jewish communist, socialist, workers', aid and relief organizations, groups and clubs in France in 1920s-1930s. There are appeals, event announcements and invitations, subscription lists, membership cards, regulations, declarations, leterheads, anti-pogrom, anti-war, anti-fascist, anti-imperialism propaganda flyers and posters both printed and handmade. In 1920s-1930s France, and Paris particularly, also served as home of several Yiddish cultural and scholarly organizations, most notably the Kulture-Lige of France (Kultur-Lige in Frankraych / Ligue Juive D'enseignement en France), which archive is a part of this Series.
Aid and Relief Groups and Organizations/repositories/2/archival_objects/14543551931-1939, undatedFolks-hilf (Secours Populaire de Paris)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454356undatedScope and Contents(event announcement, invitations to balls, tickets, membership information)
Regular size/repositories/2/archival_objects/145435711Oversize handmade poster/repositories/2/archival_objects/145435881Polish Aid & Relief Groups/repositories/2/archival_objects/14543591934-1935, undatedScope and Contents(meeting invitations, blank sign up list)
Czerwona Pomoc Miedzynarodowa/repositories/2/archival_objects/14543601931-1935, undated15Comite ouvrier d'aide aux victimes des inondations en Pologne (Arbeter Hilf-komitet far di Gelitene fun der Farfleytsung in Poyln)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454361undated12Scope and Contents(subscription list, event invitations to concerts and meetings, announcements)
Originaires de Pologne Union des Patronages (Farband fun Yidishe Landslayt Patronatn in Frankraych), Patronat fun lodzh un Umgegent in Frankraych/repositories/2/archival_objects/14543621934, undated13Scope and Contents(membership cards, pocket calendar, meeting agendas, membership list)
Patronat Committees/repositories/2/archival_objects/14543631935Scope and Contents(invitations to meetings, lectures, concerts, banquets; pamphlet; blank sign up list)
Regular size/repositories/2/archival_objects/145436414Oversize poster: Komisye Kinder Fun Lublin Localiner-Patronat/repositories/2/archival_objects/145436582Secours Rouge International (International Red Aid)/repositories/2/archival_objects/14543661931-1935, undated15General(aka MOPR - Mezhdunarodnaia organizatsiia pomoshchi bortsam revoliutsii, Mezhdunarodnaia organizatsiia pomoshchi revoliutsioneram, Mezhdunarodnaia Krasnaia pomoshch'. The organization was founded in 1922 to function as an "international political Red Cross")
French section: Jewish and Arab subsection/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454367undated15Scope and Contents(subscription list)
French section/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454368193115Scope and Contents(manifesto, invitation to a ball)
Jewish section (Der Internatzionaler Royter Hilf), Di Folks Front Comitet, Yidishe Propagande Komitet Baym Komitet fun der Internatzionaler Royter Hilf/repositories/2/archival_objects/14543691932, 1935, undated15Scope and Contents(postcards, concert invitation, Congress notes and resolutions, meeting invitations, general assemblies, open letter)
Ukrainian, Polish, and Jewish subsections/repositories/2/archival_objects/14543701933-193415Scope and Contents(invitations to balls, concerts, protest meetings, meetings)
Spanish Civil War aid and relief/repositories/2/archival_objects/14543711935-1939, undatedScope and Contents(materials of the sections listed below and others. More items related to the Spanish Civil War see: Box 1, Folder 9)
Comité d'Aide au Peuple Espagnol Section Juive (Tzentraler Yidish-Spanisher Hilfs-Komitet)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454372193916Scope and Contents(magazine)
Comité Juif-Espagnol (Yidish Spanisher Komitet), Comission Juive du S. PP., Yidishe Komisye Bay der Folks-Hilf/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454373undated16Scope and Contents(blank subscription list)
Folksbavegung (People's Movement); Folks Front, Front Populaire Juif de Paris (Popular Front); Komitet Tsu Farteydikn di Yidishe Arbeter un Folks-Masn (Committee to Defend the Jewish Worker and the Popular Masses)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454374193517Scope and Contents(delegate card; invitation to meetings, lectures; open letter)
Folks-Hilf Yidish-Spanisher Komitet, Solidaritet Komitet Bay der Fareynikter Froiyen Gezelshaft, Kampanye fun Naftali Batvin, Yidisher Froiyen Bavegung, Hilfs-Komitet far di Froiyen un Kinder fun di Yidisher Militsionern in Shpanye, Jeunes aux secours de l'Espagne Republicaine, Yidisher Froiyen Bavegung/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454375193718Scope and Contents(invitations to concerts, balls, meetings; open letters; music festivals)
Jeunes aux secours de l'Espagne Republicaine/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454376undated18Scope and Contents(subscription list)
Yidishen Hilfs-Komitet far Bilbao; Comite Juif de secours pour le Peuple Basque/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454377193718Scope and Contents(cards; concert and meeting invitations; subscription list)
Oversize handmade and printed posters/repositories/2/archival_objects/145437883-5Oversize handmade poster/repositories/2/archival_objects/145437914-K-71Anarchists: Anarchistishe un Anarcho-Syndikalist Grupe in Paris, Anarcho-Komunistishe Grupe, Anarcho-Syndikalistishe Grupe, Farband fun Yidishe Anarcho-Syndikalistn un Anarcho-Komunistn; Yid[ishe] Anarchistishe Grupe, Yid[ishe] Anarch[istishe] Yugnt Gustav Landoyer (Jewish Anarchist group, Jewish Anarchist Youth Gustav Landauer); Grupe Revolutsionere Anarchistn-Syndikalistn/repositories/2/archival_objects/14543801926-1938, undatedScope and Contents(flyers, calls fo actions, propaganda, newsletters; some materials relate to the Spanish Civil War)
Regular size/repositories/2/archival_objects/145438119Oversize/repositories/2/archival_objects/145438286Anti-War, Anti-Fascism, and Anti-Antisemitism Organizations/repositories/2/archival_objects/14543831932-1947, undatedAnti-war/repositories/2/archival_objects/14543841932, undatedAmsterdam Movement/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454385[1932]110Scope and Contents(multilingual pamphlet and subscription list)
Yugnt-Komitet tsum Kampf Kegn der Imperialistisher Milchome; Initsiativ-Komitet Kegn Imperialistishen Krig (yidishe sektsye); Anti Imperialistishe Lige/repositories/2/archival_objects/14543861932110Scope and Contents(manifesto, meeting invitation, open letter)
Anti-fascist and anti-antisemitism organizations and events/repositories/2/archival_objects/14543871934-1947, undatedScope and Contents(handwritten conference notes, anti-fascist youth flyers, event invitations, open letters)
Internatsionale Lige Kegn Razism un Antisemitism (Ligue Internationale contre le racisme et l'antisemitisme); Antifashistisher Komitet (yidishe sektsye); Komitet Kegn Fashizm un Milchome (amsterdamer fliel); Anti-fascist conference 1934/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454388111Scope and Contents(declaration, sport match invitation, letter from Max Weinreich, meeting invitations, open letters to the community)
Anti-fascist youth organizations/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454389111Scope and Contents(invitations to meetings, soirees, lectures; membership card)
Birobidzhan Related Materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/14543901932-[1936], undatedScope and Contents(flyers for films, lectures, meetings; declarations)
Gezerd/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454391[1934-1936], undatedGeneral(OZET - Obshchestvo po zemleustroistvu trudiashchikhsia evreev v SSSR / Society for Settling Toiling Jews on the Land)
Invitatations to fundraisings, lecture, celebration, mass meetings; declarations for donations/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454392112Photograph/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454393112Gezelshaft Fraynt fun Ratn-Farband Yidishe Sektsye/repositories/2/archival_objects/14543941932, [1936], undatedRegular size/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454395113Scope and Contents(declaration for support)
Oversize poster/repositories/2/archival_objects/145439687Fraynt fun Yidisher Kolonizatsye in Birobidzhan; Komitet fun der Eershter Ibervanderungs Grupe nohr Biro-bidzhan; unidentified speech in support of rural Jewish colonization of Birobizhan/repositories/2/archival_objects/14543971932, [1936], undated114Scope and Contents(meeting invitation; declaration for donations; flyer invitation for a lecture; speech/lecture)
Communists/repositories/2/archival_objects/14543981930-1937, undatedCommunist League of France: Jewish group (Yidishe Grupe bay der Komlige in Frankraych)/repositories/2/archival_objects/14543991933, undated115Scope and Contents(flyers, event announcements, newsletters, calls for actions)
Communist party/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544001930-1937, undatedScope and Contents(Communist party in alliance with Poalei Zion and Medem Association; periodicals, documents, newsletters, calls for actions, meeting announcements, flyers, election materials)
Metz/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454401undated116Scope and Contents(flyers, anti-antisemitism lecture invitation)
Paris/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454402Printed ephemera of various groups/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544031930-1937, undated117-18Scope and Contents(invitations to meetings, lectures, banquets, assemblies, protests; election materials; Arab, Jewish, French Worker's solidarity handwritten open letter; pamphlets; handwritten invitations; appeals to the community)
Printed ephemera of Communist Party in alliance with Poalei Zion and Medem Association/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454404undated119Scope and Contents(event invitations)
Documents: resolutions/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544051937120Presse Nouvelle (Nouvelle Presse; Fuzelshaft Fraynt fun der Nayer Prese); Gezelshaft Fraynt fun der Nayer Prese; Gezerd Paris; L'association Les Amis de la Presse Nouvelle/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544061934-1938, undatedScope and Contents(invitation to meetings, film screenings, concerts, celebrations, balls, banquet, fundraisings; raffle tickets; post cards; reader's survey; membership card; posters; blank sign up sheet)
Regular Size/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454407121-22Oversize: pendant/repositories/2/archival_objects/145440888Oversize: posters/repositories/2/archival_objects/145440989-10Oversize: extra large poster/repositories/2/archival_objects/145441014-K-72Newsletters/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544111932-1935, undated123Scope and Contents(election pamphlets, handwritten and typed open letters)
Communist youth groups and organizations/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544121934-1935, undated124Scope and Contents(meeting and event announcements)
Educational Organizations/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544131929-1937, undatedChildren's education organizations and schools/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544141929-1935Scope and Contents(attendance and membership cards, meeting agendas, hand written notes, handwritten journal and meeting notes, open letters, concert and meeting invitations, concert programs, pamphlets, panel invitation, community announcements, member declarations, concert and ball announcments, children's drawings, stamps, photos, children's drawing book, children's journals, homeworks, meeting minutes)
Belleviller Shul/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544151932-193421-2Scope and ContentsNotebook of meeting minutes, teacher's lesson planner for Yiddish class, children's drawings, child's journal, children's reflections on summer holiday
Gezelshaft Fraynt Fun Arbeter Kinder (Les Amis des Enfants d'Ouvriers)/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544161934-1935, undated23Scope and ContentsMembership card, blank letterhead paper, invitations to events including parent meetings, open letters to parents
Gezelshaft Fraynt Fun di Yidishe Arbeter Tsugov Shuln in Frankraych Bay der Kultur Lige (Association Juive d'Education Laique; Tsugov Shuln)/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544171928-1933, undatedScope and Contents(event invitations, handwritten materials regarding Tsugov Shuln, newsletter from Communist Party regarding Tsugov Shuln, 1929 pamphlet, membership cards, meeting agendas, invitations to parent conferences, open letter leaflet to parents, children's drawings, stamps; photos and book of children's drawings from tzumer-koloniye [summer camp])
Regular size/repositories/2/archival_objects/145441836-7Oversize/repositories/2/archival_objects/145441992Kinder-Bavegung/repositories/2/archival_objects/145442024Yidisher Folks-Universitet/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544211936-1937, undatedRegular size/repositories/2/archival_objects/145442225Oversize: printed ephemera/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454423811Oversize: handmade poster/repositories/2/archival_objects/145442414-K-73Kultur-Lige in Frankraych (Ligue Juive D'enseignement en France)/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544251922-1936, undatedCorrespondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544261923-1934, undatedScope and ContentsIncoming letters fom various French and international institutions, Bergelson's letters to Kultur Lige, Kalmanovitch's letter from YIVO to Kultur Lige
Bergelson, Dovid/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544271927, undated26Kalmanovich, Zelig/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454428193027Internal and outgoing correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544291925-1928, undated28Incoming letters from various institutions/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544301923-1934, undated29Scope and Contents(including a complaint letter from the French Ministere de L'Instruction Publique et des Beaux Artes and letters from the the Direction Administrative des Travaux de Paris, Comite d'Aide aux Victimes du Fascisme Hitlerien, Secours Rouge Internationale)
Documents and printed materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544311922-1933, undatedFounding documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544321922-1923Founding charter, founding mission and organizational procedures, 1922 pamphlet from Poland/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454433210 Founding meeting agenda and notes/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454613812Administrative matter/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544341922-1933, undatedStamp/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454435undated211Letterheads and forms/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454436undated212Enrollment applications/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454437213Membership cards/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544381922214Agendas, donation name lists, ledger of documents, membership dues stamps, handwrittten notes/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544391927, 1934, undated215Financial documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544401928-1931, undated216-17Scope and Contents(financial ledgers, receipts, lists)
Bibliotek (Library)/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544411926-1934, undatedScope and Contents(reader cards, questionnaire, logo painting, event invitations, handmade posters, printed ephemera)
Regular size/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454442218Oversize handmade posters/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454443813Choir: Yidisher Arbeter Chor, Chor Bay der Kultur-Lige Pariz/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544441925-1936Scope and Contents(tickets, performance programs and song books, concert invitations, photographs, letter to the organization from the International Music Bureau, correspondence, handwritten notes, song lyrics, subscription cards, membership cards and disciplinary rules, song sheets, posters, ticket sale banner)
Regular size/repositories/2/archival_objects/145444531-3Oversize poster and ticket sale banner/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454446814Oversize handmade and printed posters/repositories/2/archival_objects/145444714-K-74Education/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544481927-1936, undatedArbeter universitet/repositories/2/archival_objects/14569181927-1936, undatedScope and Contents(course descriptions and enrollments)
Regular size/repositories/2/archival_objects/145691934-5Oversize poster/repositories/2/archival_objects/145692091Oversize handmade poster/repositories/2/archival_objects/145692114-K-75Gezelshaft Fraynt Fun di Yidishe Arbeter Tsugov Shuln in Frankraych Bay der Kultur Lige (Association Juive d'Education Laique; Tsugov Shuln)/repositories/2/archival_objects/14569221928-1933, undatedScope and Contents(event invitations, handwritten materials regarding Tsugov Shuln, newsletter from Communist Party regarding Tsugov Shuln, 1929 pamphlet, membership cards, meetings agendas, invitations to parent conferences, open letter leaflet to parents, children's drawings, stamps; photos and book of children's drawings from tzumer-koloniye [summer camp])
Regular size/repositories/2/archival_objects/145692336-7Oversize/repositories/2/archival_objects/145692492Events/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544521922-1937, undatedScope and Contents(enrollment and attendance cards; course offerings pamphlet; ticket stubs; invitations to concerts, performances, balls, lectures and cultural events (featuring Sholom Asch, Marc Chagall, Isaac Babel, Moishe Nadir, Ozer Warszawski, and Dovid Bergelson, I. L. Peretz readings), literary trials, meetings; open letters; community announcements; concert programs; Purim ball program; Anti-Yom Kippur event invitation; Red-Seder invitation)
Regular size/repositories/2/archival_objects/145445338-13Oversize handmade and printed posters, printed ephemera, red seder invitation/repositories/2/archival_objects/145445493-6Oversize poster/repositories/2/archival_objects/145445514-K-76Outreach: community appeals, open letters, newsletters/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544561924-1937, undated314Scope and Contents(open community letters responding to political climate)
10 Year Anniversary materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544571932Scope and Contents(event invitation posters, 10-Year Anniversary anthology book, 10-Year Anniversary announcements, photographs)
Regular size/repositories/2/archival_objects/145445841-5Oversize/repositories/2/archival_objects/145445997Photograph/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454460undated46Medical Organizations/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544611932-1938, undatedScope and Contents(concert programs and invitations, song lyrics, postcards, correspondence; invitations to meetings, banquets, concerts; open letter to community)
Arbeter Orden/repositories/2/archival_objects/145446247Yidishe Folks-Klinik (L'aide medicale)/repositories/2/archival_objects/145446348Neighborhood Workers Organizations and Groups/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544641935-1936, undatedParis/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544653rd + 4th arrondissement; 10th arrondissement; 11th arrondissement; 18th arrondissement; 19th arrondissement; 20th arrondissement/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544661935-1936, undatedScope and Contents(invitations to meetings, elections materials, flyers, handwritten open letter. 20th arrondissement see also Box 4 Folder 10)
Regular size/repositories/2/archival_objects/145446749Oversize: 3rd + 4th arrondissements, 19th arrondissement, 20th arrondissement/repositories/2/archival_objects/145446898Bellviller Arbeter Klub, "B.A.K" (Association d'entre'aide Israélite)/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544691935, undatedScope and Contents(membership card; admission tickets; invitation to meetings, lectures, concerts, and balls; handwritten notes; membership declarations)
Regular size/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454470410Oversize/repositories/2/archival_objects/145447199Montmarter Arbeter-Klub (Montmartre workers's club)/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544721933, undated411Scope and Contents(lecture and meeting invitations)
Montreaux: Arbeter Klub Montroi; Amikal; Yidisher Folks-Frant Komitet in Montroi; Komitet tsu Farteydikn di Yidishe Masn in Montroi/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454473undated412Scope and ContentsLecture and meeting invitations
Press Organizations/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544741927-1934, undatedArbeter Shtime (La Voix Ouvrier)/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544751927-1931413Scope and ContentsLetterbook, correspondence, invitation to lecture featuring Dovid Bergelson
Emes Zhurnal (Redacion Emes)/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544761930-1934, undated414Scope and ContentsCorrespondence, meeting minutes
Founk Zhurnal (Redacion Founk)/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544771930415Scope and ContentsCorrespondence including letters from Zelig Kalmanovich at YIVO, Secours Rouge Internationale
Morgen/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544781933, undated910Scope and ContentsAdvertisement, letter
Vant Tsaytung/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544791930, undated416Scope and ContentsVarious handwritten notes
Yidish Revolutionary Press/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544801933, undated417Scope and ContentsPamphlet, stamps, song sheet, political cartoons
Various publishing organizations/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454481undated417Scope and ContentsCards, correspondence
Sport Organizations: Yidish Arbeter Sports-Klub (Y.A.S.K.) [Klub Sportif Ouvrier Juif]/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544821932 - 1937Scope and Contents(invitations to soirees, balls, concerts, foose-ball matches, soccer matches, swimming competitions, children's recitals, open letters, sign up sheet, anti-fascist meetings invitations and declarations, correspondence, handwritten open letter, game location notification flyer, bulletin, booklets)
Regular size/repositories/2/archival_objects/145448351Oversize/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454484911Trade-Unionist Organizations and Groups/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544851938, undatedScope and Contents(flyers, calls to actions, propaganda, newsletters)
Cercle Syndicaliste Lutte de Classe; Grupe Syndikirte Yidishe Arbeter/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454486193852Scope and ContentsManifestos; invitations to meetings
Grupe Syndikirte Yidishe Arbeter (Group of trade-unionist Jewish workers)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454487undated52Women's Groups/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544881932-1937Scope and Contents(invitatitons to concerts, banquets, meetings and lectures; invitation drafts; tickets, concert programes; antifascism pamphlets; membership declarations; membership questionnaires; handwritten open letter)
Yidishe Froyen Bavegung, Froyen Bavegung Kegn Krig un Fashizm Fareynikte Froyen Gezelshaft Tsu Hilfn der Muter un Kind, Froyen Komitet, Lige fun Arbeter Froyen Kegn Milchome un Noyt, Froyen Sektsiye Baym Belviler Arbeter Klub (B.A.K.)/repositories/2/archival_objects/145448953Various Jewish Organizations in France/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544901930-1938, undatedScope and Contents(materials of various groups and organizations: concert and meeting invitations, programs, tickets, stamps, subscription list, open letters, membership cards, handwritten notes, photograph cards, youth organization subscription list, theatre and concert flyers, handwritten open letter, invitations to meetings, open letters, manifesto, election flier, a magic show invitation)
Bafrue Arbeter Klub/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454491undated54Folks-Komitet far a Protest Kampanye Kegn di Pogromen in Daytshland (Peoples Committee for a protest campaign against the pogroms in Germany)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454492undated55Scope and ContentsInvitations to protest-meeting and rally
Gezelshaft "Fraynt fun Kinder" - Metz/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454493undated56Scope and ContentsFundraising leaflet
Gezelshaft Fraynt fun Ratn-Farband (Society of Friends of the USSR)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454494193257Scope and ContentsInvitations to concerts, meetings, balls, literary events, Birobidzhan farewell parties, debates, panels, and discussions; membership questionnaire; membership tax card
Initsyativ-Komitet far Fareynikn di Yidishe Demokratishe Gezelshaftn (Comite d'initiative pour l'union des societes juives)/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544951938, undated58Scope and ContentsLetter to members; event announcement
Jewish immigration to France [Yuridishen Statut]/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454496undatedScope and Contents(protest against French antisemitic immigraion policy)
Regular size/repositories/2/archival_objects/145449759Oversize handmade poster/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454498912Landsmanshaftn associations: Arbeter Yugnt Klub (AYK), Gezelshaft "Fraynt Fun Arbeter-Kind", Der Kroshniker Komitet fun der Actsiye/repositories/2/archival_objects/14544991932-1937, undated510Scope and Contents(invitations to concerts, balls, meetings; fundraising postcards; membership card, membership due calendar cards; bulletins, organizational memorandum; fundraising flyers; programs; song lyrics)
Parizer Sotsyalistisher Teritoryalistishe Arbeter Organizatzion/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545001917513Yidisher Arbeter Kultur Farayn (Societe de culture des ouvriers juif)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454501undatedRegular size/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454502511Oversize handmade placard/repositories/2/archival_objects/145450314-K-77Unidentified organizations/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545041931-1936, undated512Scope and ContentsHandwritten Marxist antireligious pamphlet, printed ephemera including postcards, programs, membership cards, etc.
Series II: Jews and Jewish Life in Imperial Russia and Eastern Europe/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545051905-1939Scope and ContentsCollection of materials, mostly printed, related to social and political life of Jews on the territory of Ukraine, Lithuania, Russia, and Poland in the first quarter of the 20th century. Thematically they cover such subjects as revolutionary events of the 1910s, pogroms, anti-semitism, the 1917 revolution and the civil war. Most of the items concern Jews and Jewish life, and others deal with the revolutionary movement and the civil war. Also included are materials of various Jewish organizations and groups among which are the Bund, Poalei Zion, Zionists, etc. There is a group of material related to the Ukrainian People's Republic, including notable legislative acts on the statute of Jewish communities and Jewish autonomy, and other documents.
Political Parties and Groups/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545061903-1912, undatedScope and Contents(handwritten and printed appeals, leaflets, brochures and other publications of various political parties and groups)
Anarkhisty-kommunisty/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545071905-1912, undated513-14Scope and ContentsHandwritten and printed materials of various groups including Belostok, Grodno, Gruppa anarkhistov "Internatsional," Kovno, Lodz, Minsk, Paris group "Zherminal," Smortons, Vilna, Zurich group. There are leaflets, appeals, calls, newspaper in Russian and Yiddish.
Black Hundreds (Chernosotentsy), monarchists, patriots/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545081903-1907, undated515Scope and ContentsHandwritten and printed materials of such groups as Belyi Dvuglavyi Orel, Soiuz Mikhaila Arkhangela, Soiuz russkikh liudei, Soiuz Russkogo Naroda, Tainaia partiia "Spasenie Rossii", and others.
Jewish Organizations/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545091902-1919, undatedBund/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545101902-1917Letters and appeals from and to Bund foreign committees/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545111916-1917516Periodicals/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454512Arbeter Shtime/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545131902, 1917517Profesyonele Leben/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545141917518Varshever Arbeter/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545151902, 1903519Postcards/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545161902-1905520Poalei Zion/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545171917-1919, undatedPoalei Zion's letter to the Interallied Socialist Conference/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454518191861Note from the secretary related to the Russkii Obshchekolonial'nyi Komitet v Parizhe/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545191917717Periodicals and Printed Materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454520Jüdische Arbeiter-Korrespondenz
(Bulletin des Büros des Jüdischen Sozialistischen Arbeiterverbandes Poalei Zion), no. 9, 10/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454521191862Kommunistischer Gedank, no. 1, 2 (Kyiv)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454522191963Leaflet: Appeal from Poalei Zion Central Committee/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454523undated64Booklet: Resolution of Poalei Zion conference/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454524191764Invitations and events/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454525undated119Various Jewish and Zionist organizations and groups/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545261915-1922, undatedScope and Contents(appeals, flyers, leaflets, publications, brochures, news bulletins of Jewish organizations in Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine, Soviet Union, Switzerland)
Anarchistische Federatzion/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454527undated65Scope and Contents"Der Heil'iger Dreyfus" (leaflet, London)
"Barba" (publication of the international group)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454528undated65Evreiskii natsional'nyi fond (Keren Kayemeth Le Israel)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454529191765Scope and Contents"Nalog vozrozhdeniia" (brochure)
Gezelshaft royter Magen-Dovid (Committee of Red Magen-David)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454530undated65Scope and ContentsExcerpts from the Statut
Gezelshaft Tsu Farshpreytn Nekheve Bildung Tsvishn Yidn in Lite (Kovno)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454531192265Histadruth HaNashim LeMaan Mis'adot Bli Mashkaot Harifim Be-Zurich/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454532undated65Jewish Kehiles Council (Presidium fun der tzentraler fervaltung Hanesiot shel Shalton vad Kehilot)/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545331918, undated66Scope and ContentsRegulation book (Kyiv); Newsletters (Moscow)
Jewish section of Communist Party (Kharkiv)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454534undated67Scope and ContentsLeaflet about March 8
Jewish section of Communist Party (Vilna)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454535192067Scope and ContentsCommunist Manifesto
Jüdischer Handverker Arbayst Grupe (Jewish Trade and Worker Group)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454536191767Komisiye Ha Eretz Israelit (Moscow)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454537191768Scope and ContentsFundraising appeal
Makkabi/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454538191768Scope and ContentsFlyer
Sionistskaia organizatsiia (Odessa, Petrograd)/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545391918, undated69Scope and ContentsAppeal of the Central Kommittee regarding the Balfour Declaration; Jewish community elections printed materials
Tseire-Tsiyon (Zeirei Zion)/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545401915-1918610Scope and ContentsPrinted materials (Kharkiv, Kyiv, Moscow, Petrograd): appeals, leaflets, application, guest card
Tsentral Komitet fun der Tzionistisher Organizatziye in Rusland/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545411917913Vserossiiskaia Voennaia Sionistskaia Organizatsiia (leaflets, appeals)/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545421917611Zydu Tautos Tarybos Lietuvoje (Yedies fun Yidishn Natsional-rat in Lite)/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545431922612Scope and ContentsNews bulletin (Kovno)
Jewish Periodicals and Publications/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545441902-1929, undatedNewspapers and Magazines/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545451902-1929, undatedArbeiter (publication of Polish Socialist Party)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454546[1898-1901]613Arbeiter Shtime/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545471902, 1917517Hamn-Tasch (handwritten)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454548undated614Jüdische Arbeiter-Korrespondenz
(Bulletin des Büros des Jüdischen Sozialistischen Arbeiterverbandes Poalei Zion), no. 9, 10/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454549191862Komunistishe Velt (Jewish section of the Communist party, Moscow)/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545501919-1920615-16Kommunistischer Gedank, (Kyiv), no. 1, 2 /repositories/2/archival_objects/1454551191963Partey-Yides (Jewish Section of the Communist party in Ukraine)/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545521920617Pioner/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545531929618Profesyonele Leben/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545541917518Rabochii mir (newspaper of Zurich group of anarchists-communists), no. 2/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545551912514Shlang/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454556[between 1880 and 1910]619Scope and Contents2nd issue of the satirical Yiddish journal Der Shlang published in Berdichev
Telegraf (daily newspaper, Kyiv)/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545571918620Tsayt (Odessa)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454558[1919]621Ufboy/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545591922622Varshever Arbeiter/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545601902, 1903519Yidishe Folks-Shtime (Warsaw)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454561[1911]623Yidishe Velt, no. 1/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545621912624Publisher Flyers/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545631917-1918Erets-Izrael' (Russia)/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545641918625Ha Am/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545651918625Safrut Publishing (Moscow)/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545661918625Togblat/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545671917625Pogroms and Antisemitic Writings and Publications/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545681905-1919, undatedPogroms/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545691905-1909, undatedKyiv aid committees for pogrom victims; Statut of the Tsentral'nyi Evreiskii Komitet pomoshchi postradavshim ot pogromov/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454570undated, 191971Odesa events/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454571190572Scope and ContentsAppeal to the Christians of the city of Odessa to save Jews
Scope and ContentsOdesskie dni. "Razskaz ochevidtsa" (article describes the uprising on the battleship Potemkin and a riot in the city of Odesa in 1905, for which the author blames the Jews)
ORT appeal to the victims of pogroms/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454572undated73Tsentral'nyi Evreiskii Komitet pomoshchi zhertvam voiny (Petrograd)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454573undated73Scope and ContentsAppeal
Uman' and Volyn'/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454574190574Scope and ContentsAppeals to the Christians to save Jews and appeal of the Volyn's governor (in Russian, Ukrainian, Yiddish)
Antisemitic writings and publications/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545751906, undatedAnonymous handwritten appeals and letters/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454576undated75Brochures, publications/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454577undated76Pochaevskii listok/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454578190677Pochaevskiia izvestiia/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454579190677Revolution and Civil War/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454580Scope and ContentsAppeals to soldiers, workers; orders; propaganda
Bolsheviks and anti-bolsheviks propaganda/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454581Scope and Contents(flyers, posters, appeals, rolling paper with anti-bolshevik propaganda texts)
Regular size/repositories/2/archival_objects/145458278Oversize/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454583914Orders/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545841917-1920Bulak-Balakhovych/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454585[1920]79Workers Militsiia/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454586[1917-1918]79Trotsky to Red Army which is entering Ukraine/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454587[1919]79Shetkevych and Porokhivs'kyi (Berdychiv)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454588192079Ukrains'ka Narodna Respublika (Ukrainian People's Republic)/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545891917-1926Scope and ContentsPrinted materials related to the time of the UNR
Proekt zakonu pro Ievreis'ki Natsional'ni Ustanovchi Zbory i Tymchasovi Ievreis'ki Natsional'ni Zbory/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545901918710General(Ukrainian and Yiddish)
Zakon pro utvorennia Evreis'kykh Hromads'kykh Rad i perevedennia vyboriv chleniv sykh Rad (published in Vistnyk Heneral'noho Sekretariiatu Ukrains'koi Narodnoi Respubliky)/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545911917710Appeal of Jewish National Labor Committee of Ukraine in regard to Jewish autonomy and Natsional'ni Zbory/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454592[1918]710General(Hebrew)
Margoline, Arnold. "Les Juifs en Ukraine" ("Jews in Ukraine")/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545931919711Scope and Contents(interview of Dr. Arnold Margolin, representative of Ukraine at the Peace Conference)
Flyers/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454594undated712Scope and ContentsInformatsiine Biuro Armii UNR
Scope and Contents6 Sichova Strilkova Dyviziia
Petliura/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454595Petliura's anti-pogrom appeal to the people of Ukraine/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545961921713On Petliura's murder/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545971926713Scope and Contents(appeals and other materials of Ukrainian People's Republic and Ukrainian Social Democratic Workers' party)
Series III: International and Chinese Jewish Organizations/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545981919-1930Comité des Delegations Juives/repositories/2/archival_objects/14545991919, 1924Scope and Contents(the World Jewish Congress' precursor organizations were the American Jewish Congress and the Comité des Délégations Juives (Committee of Jewish Delegations). The latter was established in March 1919 to represent Jewish communities at the Paris Peace Conference, and advocated for Jewish minority rights in various countries, including the negotiation of rights for Jews in Turkey in the Treaty of Sèvres (1920) and special agreements with smaller eastern European states. Headed by Russian Zionist Leo Motzkin, the Comité des Délégations Juives was composed of delegations from Palestine, the United States, Canada, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, East Galicia, Romania, Transylvania, Bukovyna, Czechoslovakia, Italy, Yugoslavia, and Greece, and funded mainly by the World Zionist Organization)
Proposals to the Peace Conference and Memorandum of Reasons for Proposals/repositories/2/archival_objects/14546001919714General(printed brochure)
Report on the Plenary Session of the Comité Des Delegations Juives of September 4-6, 1924 in Karlsbad/repositories/2/archival_objects/14546011924715Kharbinskoe Evreiskoe Dukhovnoe Obshchestvo/repositories/2/archival_objects/14546021930Election printed materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454603716Series IV: Russkii Obshchekolonial'nyi Komitet v Parizhe/repositories/2/archival_objects/14546041917Scope and ContentsCorrespondence relating to the creation of the Russkii Obshchekolonial'nyi komitet v Parizhe to protect the interests of Russian citizens
Letters of various social democratic and other organizations, including Chambre Syndicale des Ouvries Casquettiers, Comité general de la colonie russe a Paris (secrétaire Leo Glaeser), Cooperative de Consommation "Solidarite," Klub Rossiiskikh Emigrantov Monmartra (Cercle des Ressortissants Russes de Montmartre), Komitet Gruppy Inzhenerov, Tekhnikov i Mekhanikov, Komitet "Oborona," Latvian library in Paris, Obshchestvo Russkikh Inzhenerov v Parizhe, Parizhskaia Gruppa Latyshskoi Sotsial-Demokraticheskoi Partii (Groupe de Paris Social Democratte Letonne), Parizhskaia Gruppa Sodeistviia Bundu (Groupe du Bounde a Paris), Parizhskaia Gruppa Sodeistviia R.S.D.R.P. v Parizhe, Poalei Zion, Sotsyalistish-Teritorialistishe Arbeter Organizatsye (Organisation des Ouvriers Socialistes Territrorialistes de Paris; sekretar Mandelbaum)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454605717Series V: A. (Aleksei) Lozovskii Materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/14546061909-1913, 1917, undatedScope and ContentsLetters, notes and documents of Solomon Abramovich Lozovskii (nom de plume - A. (Aleksei) Lozovskii; born - Dridzo), a prominent figure among high-ranking Bolsheviks,
participant in the revolutionary and trade union movement in Russia and France, secretary of the Chambre Syndicale des Ouvriers Casquettiers. He was interested in workers' unions, workers insurance issues, establishment of fixed wage rates, organization of strikes to meet the demands of workers. He monitored and kept notes on the development of these matters mainly in France but also in other countries (Germany, Austria, Italy, etc).
Notes on his material/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454607718Correspondence: letters from Lozovskii to Davidson and unidentified/repositories/2/archival_objects/14546081913, undated719Notes and drafts (in Russian)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454609720Materials related to the Chambre Syndicale des Ouvriers Casquettiers/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454610Meeting notes; related notes; contract of manufacturer M. Tarder with the Syndicat des Casquettiers; Statuts de la Section des Bichonneurs, etc. (French)/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454611721-22Letter to Russkii Obshchekolonial'nyi Komitet v Parizhe/repositories/2/archival_objects/1454612717