בס״ד
Inventory of Landsmanshaft Material Held at the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP)
Avrohom A. Krauss
February 2017
About the Project
REBECCA GERTRUDE AFFACHINER COLLECTION – P 85
Rumanian Jews
21 “Hitachdut Olei Rumania” (Society for Rumanian Immigrants) – papers, correspondence, finances, notes and photos Incl.: – letters from Stephen Wise, Jan. 1938 – letter from Abba Hillel Silver, 24.March 1938 – letter from Louis Lipsky, 28. March 1938 – letter to Senator Alben Barkely, 7. March 1938 Engl., Hebr., Rumanian 1937 – 1943
24 “Hitachdut Olei Rumania” (Society for Rumanian Immigrants) – minutes of committee meetings Rumanian 1949
25 “Hitachdut Olei Rumania” (Society for Rumanian Immigrants), Jerusalem – papers and correspondence Incl.: Renasterea Noastra (newspaper), 2.3.1950, 31.8.1950 Engl., Hebr., Rumanian 1950 – 1951
26 “Hitachdut Olei Rumania” (Society for Rumanian Immigrants) – individual cases Engl., Hebr. no date
27 “Hitachdut Olei Rumania” (Society for Rumanian Immigrants) – varia Incl.: – “Ziele und Grundsätze der Organisation OWDEI JISRAEL” (socialistic colonist labour organization), no date – Propaganda of Hitachdut Olei Germania “המזרח 14, ” לאוגוסט 1941 (שבועון ) -ניו” יארקער וואכנבלאט 22, ” ליוני 1938 – Rumanian anti-Semitic circular [1937] – Letterhead and pamphlet of the “Altneuland Group” sponsor of “The Haifa Zebulun Seafaring Society” Engl., Hebr., Yiddish, Rumanian, German 1937 – 1941
22 The Rumanian Jewish War Effort Fund – correspondence 1939 – 1942
23 The Council of Rumanian Jews of America – papers and correspondence Incl.: – Journal of United Rumanian Jews of America – Letterheads of Central Rumanian Committee of America 1938 – 1946
PRINTED MATTER – UNITED STATES
Brochures and pamphlets
86 “Association of Americans and Canadians in Israel” – Bulletin Feb. 1955 Dec. 1957 “אוצר התישבות היהודים בערבון מוגבל – ” – דין וחשבון, מאזן
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITIES
JEWISH CONGREGATIONS
(Note the following order: Rec. no./ Place Name of Institution/ Content/ Lang./Date/ Remarks)
Individual Communities
US/311 New York Chevra Beth (Bais) David – People of Rakov Minutes Book Y. 1924-1934
US/312 New York Chevra Beth (Bais) David – People of Rakov Accounting Book, according to members’ name Y. 1911-1933
US/313 New York Chevra Beth (Bais) David – People of Rakov Accounting Book – income & outcome, including list of donors in shul Y. 1928-1936
US/314 New York Chevra Beth (Bais) David – People of Rakov Accounting Book –
income & outcome, including list of Dinner participants E. 1936-1946
US/15 New York First Hungarian Congregation Ohab Zedek Special memorial prayer E., Heb. 1916
EDUCATION – GENERAL AND INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS
US/39 New York Mir Yeshiva Activities remembering the late Rosh Hayeshiva, Rabbi Abraham Kalmonowitz E., Y. 1964
US/43 New York Yeshiva Ohel Jacob, [Baranowicer Committee for Yeshivas Ohel Jacob] 1 circular Y. 1962 יעקב אראנאוויטשער†קאמיטעט†פאר†ישיבת†”אהל
WELFARE
General
US/166 New York United Czenstochover Relief and Ladies Auxiliary & Czenstochover Club
1 pamphlet for a Memorial day E., Y. 1953
US/304 New York Jewish People’s Relief Committee Correspondence with the Joint Distribution
Committee especially regarding transmissions branches, remittances, war
orphans, schools and “Landsmannschaften”Y., E. 1920 – 1921 Paper falling apart
“LANDSMANNSCHAFTEN”
(Note: Yiddish titles in Hebrew letters are translated [and appear in brakets] by author).
US/200 New York United Jewish Organizations. Affiliated independent Jewish Landsmannschaften and Benevolent Societies Circulars Y. 1935, no dates
US/201 New York American Federation for Polish Jews News-letter, pamphlet re settlement in Israel E. 1948
US/202 New York Burstyner Chevra Linas Ha(z)edek Anshei Galizia 1 circular E., Y. no date
US/203 New York Club of Polish Jews Invitations for various events E., Y. 1945 – 2955
US/204 New York Committee of Roumanian Jews 1 pamphlet E. 1917
US/205 New York Federation of Polish Jews in America Publications E., Y. 1935, no date
US/206 New York Ruhamah – Union of Women on Behalf of Polish Jewry empty letter paper
US/207 New York
לאנדסמאנשאפטן אידישע פארבאנד פון ווילנער יידן אין די פארייניקטע שטאטן פאראייניגטע גאליציאנער אידען אין אמעריקע [Yiddishe Landsmanshaftn Farband of Jews from Vilna in the United States /United Galitzianer Jews in America] Memorandum, pamphlet Y. 1934, 1947, no date
US/208 New York ארגאניזאציעס אידישע פאראייניגטע [United Jewish Organizations] Report of Annual Meeting Y. 1936
ZIONIST ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE JEWS IN ERETZ ISRAEL
US/253 New York Collel America for Palestine / The American Congregation of Jerusalem כולל אמעריקא תפארת ירושלים Letter from the members of the New York community to the Jewish community in Jerusalem re collection of funds Heb. 1913
COLLECTION S. BROCHES – P 4
(Note the follow order: Rec. no. Category Description Date Lang. Remarks)
P4/241 Archival sources Bessarabian Society of Boston: Minute books (Photostats of microfilms) 1927-1935 Yid.
P4/242 Archival sources Bessarabian Society of Boston: Minute books (Photostats of microfilms) 1928, 1931- 1935 Yid. P4/243a-b
Archival sources Bessarabian Society of Boston: Minute books (Photostats of microfilms) 1936-1944 Yid.
P4/244 Archival sources Bessarabian Society of Boston: Minute books (Photostats of microfilms) 1944-1948 Yid.
P4/245 Archival sources Bessarabian Society of Boston: Minute books (Photostats of microfilms) 1948-1952 Yid.
P4/78 Bessarabian Jewry (Boston) – Articles, notes etc. 1945-1947 Eng., Yid.
P4/83 Grodno Relief Society of Greater Boston: – Letters, – Financial matters – Ephemera of relief projects – Second Annual Banquet and Ball – program (1940) – Third Annual musicale – souvenir program (1947) – 10th Anniversary Banquet – program (1949) 1940-1949 Eng., Yid.
P4/84 Archival sources Grodno Relief Society of Greater Boston: Minute books 1941, 1946 Yid.
P4/85 Archival sources Grodno Relief Society of Greater Boston: Minutes, minute books 1946-1949 Eng., Yid.
P4/92 =HM/364 Archival sources New England Association for the Relief of Ukrainian Jews – פאַרבאַנד אוקראינער “Ukranian Farband” (Boston, Mass.): Minutes 1919-1921 Yid., Eng.
P4/92 =HM/364 Boston – Communities & Organizations: Archival sources New England Association for the Relief of Ukrainian Jews – פאַרבאַנד אוקראינער (Boston, Mass.): Minutes 1919-1921 Yid., Eng.
NEWSPAPERS AND PRINTED MATERIAL
Periodicals in English & Yiddish
P4/214 The Bessarabian Jew – איד בעסאַראַבער דער (2 issues) 1946, 1948 Yid., Eng.
P4/217 Polish Jews 9th Year Book – יארבוך ניינטער אידן פּוילישע (Published by American Federation for Polish Jews) June 1941 Yid., Eng.
P4/218 Polish Jews 10th Year Book – יארבוך צענאער אידן פּוילישע (Published by American Federation for Polish Jews) June 1942 Yid., Eng.
COLLECTION PINCHAS KELLER – P 334
(Note the following order): Rec. no. Location Title Description Date Language Format Remarks
P334/1 New York Record book of the Society “Aid to Orphans Sochotzow – Sochotzowborn Philanthropists Residing in New York” (‘עזרת יתומים, סאכאטשאב, מנדיבי תושבי נוי-יארק ילידי סאכאטשאב’) Handwritten notebook comprising 56 entries of families with orphaned children supported by the Society, giving the names of the children their age, parent’s name, the details of the support tendered by the Society and its costs No date Yiddish Manuscript
P334/2 New York 1934 Meeting calendar of the “Independent Sochotzower Young Men’s Sick Support Society” Printed calendar, comprising dates of meetings and payment of loans, names of officers of the Society and their addresses, regulations of the Society, and an alphabetical list of the members and their addresses. 1934 English Print
P334/3 New York Mount Zion Cemetery (‘מאנט זיון זעמעטערי’) Handwritten record book, comprising a map of the Mount Zion Cemetery in New York, indicating the plots allocated to the “Landsmanschafts” and various other societies No date Yiddish Manuscript
P334/4 New York Sochotzower Y[oung] M[en]’s Relief Fund book Handwritten record book comprising various eulogies and list of the income and expenditures of the Society 1918 Yiddish Manuscript
P334/5 New York Tombstone formulas (‘נוסח מצבה’) Handwritten notebook comprising various eulogy formulas, and the order of burial proceedings Also includes a mapping of the cemetery indicating plot allocations to “Landsmanschafts” and various other groups, and names of the deceased and dates of their demise Undated Death dated between 1908-1919 Yiddish Manuscript
P334/6 New York Erecting a tombstone (‘הקמת מצבה’) Handwritten notebook comprising formulas for eulogies and burial proceedings Also includes shortened formula for specific cases, names of the deceased and date of death Undated Deaths dated from 1920s Yiddish, Hebrew Manuscript
P334/7 New York Record book pertaining to deaths and burials Handwritten notebook comprising eulogies, names of the decease and various accounts 1933-1934 Yiddish Manuscript
P334/8 New York Record book pertaining to deaths and burials Handwritten notebook includes eulogies, a mapping of the cemetery indicating plots allocated to the “Landsmanschafts” and various other societies, names of decease and dates of death 1917-1920 Yiddish Manuscript
P334/9 New York Record book pertaining to deaths and burials Handwritten notebook comprising names of deceased (including ‘war victims’), tombstone inscriptions (including guidelines), a mapping of the cemetery indicating plots allocated to the “Landsmanschafts” and various other societies, a list of those invited to “Chaike’s wedding (?), accounts connected with the wedding, a list of invited guest and their addresses, and other matters No date Yiddish, English, Hebrew Manuscript
P334/10 New York American citizenship tests Questions and answers of citizenship tests for immigrants, in English (printed) and in Yiddish (handwritten) English, [1929-1933] Yiddish Manuscript Administration period of President Herbert Hoover
P334/11 New York Receipts Receipts of payments by Pinchas Keller to the Independent Sochotzower Young Men’s Loan Fund and Sick Support Society, including an envelope Jan.-July 1935 English
P334/12 New York Weekly records of Pinchas Keller’s expenditures Weekly records of Pinchas Keller’s expenditures, including many charitable outlays [1933] Yiddish Written on the backs of advertisement for Loew’s State Theater, Broadway. Dating is based on notations on the backs of the advertisements
P334/13 New York Receipts for medical treatments Dozens of receipts for medical treatment received by Pinchas Keller at the Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn 1934 English
P334/14 Details of someone who came to the United States twice, in 1889 and 1890 Information about someone who came to the United State twice, in 1889 and in 1890 as well as the names of the ships No date Yiddish
P334/15 Family correspondence Letter written on the back of a receipt: addressed to “father”, apparently hospitalized, who needs to be taken home No date Yiddish
P334/16 Letter from Pinchas Keller to his son Yisrael Keller writing to his son Yisrael, about the unveiling of his mother’s tombstone, that he should remember her “yahrzeit” even if he will not be present at the ceremony. He is aware that this is an expensive undertaking. No date Yiddish Conclusion (of letter) is missing
P334/17 Letter from Pinchas Keller to his son Yisrael A letter to (his) son Yisrael, asking him to meet with Rubenstein and to ask him whether he had received the book about his sister’s tombstone. He fears that he did not write the complete address, so perhaps he did not receive the book. 1934 Yiddish, English Written on the backs of advertisement for Loew’s State Theater, Broadway
P334/18 Various accounts – Various Accounts – Dispatch of $10 to Lajzer Hajman in Warsaw 1933-1935 Yiddish, English
P334/19 Invitation to a meeting of the Ind. Sochotzover Young Men’s S.S.S. to choose a treasurer Invitation to a meeting of the Ind. Sochotzover Young Men’s S.S.S. to choose a Treasurer (the letter includes a list of the committee members of the society) 1936 English
P334/20 “Ketubah” form Ketuvah form, in Aramaic and English, for a wedding in “North “America” 20th century Aramaic, English P334/21 New York Envelopes Used envelopes recycled to hold documents 1935-1936 Yiddish
PRIVATE COLLECTION JUDAH L. MAGNES – P 3
Philanthropic work in Palestine
517 A report on the condition of “Kollel America”, listing members
intus: An endorsement by Chaim Nachman Bialik of a needy student 1912
523 Correspondence with Oscar Straus on the citizenship of “Kollel” members 1913
528 An appeal for funds by “Kollel America” 1914
Joint Distribution Committee of the American Fund for Jewish War Sufferers (JDC)
974 The Committee on Landsmannschaften: reports and minutes 1920
“KEHILLAH” (NEW YORK)
Conventions
1468 Lists of Convention delegates and of members of “Kehillah” bodies 1913
1469-1471 Correspondence on participation in the Convention with:
– Rabbi David Twersky, regarding “Chassidim”
– Sol. M. Stroock, regarding “Bnai Jeshurun” Synagogue, Jacob Wertheim 1914
1475-1476 Correspondence on Convention attendance with: The Federation of Galician and Bucovinian Jews of America, The Order “Bnei Zion” 1915
1518 Minutes, revised resolutions and a list of delegates who pledged to enlist new members to the “Kehillah” 1918
Press clippings and printed matter
1647 “The Jewish Communal Register” 1916
PUBLIC ACTIVITY (PALESTINE)
General Correspondence
1986-1988 Photographs 1930-1942
1989-1991 Varia 1933-1947
Aid to institutions and contributions to public funds
2276 Reports on the financial operations of the Weingarten and Blumenthal orphanages and of “Kollel America” 1923
A. FANO – IRGUN OLE’ ITALIA – P 192 (1939-1966)
1 Appunti per una storia dell’ Irgun Ole’ Italia
2 Statuto dell’ Irgun Ole’ Italia e proposta di statuto rettificato (1948 ?) 1939
3 Comunicazioni ai socie relazione del Consiglio (31.5.1939 – 31.5.1940) 1939 – 1941
4 Libro di cassa (1939-1942), e bilanci (1947 – 1967) 1939 – 1967
5 Verbali delle sedute di Consiglio (29.7.1942 – 2.5.1944) (retro: contabilità: 1950 – 1962)
1942 – 1944 (1950 – 1962)
6 Relazione del Consiglio fino al 31.3.1942 Commissione provvisoria dell’Irgun O.I., IV-VI/1942
Proposte per un programma di attività (lettere in arrivo) Assemblea (26.7.1942):
relazione e proposte della commissione provvisoria.-Verbale dell’assemblea
– Comunicazioni agli Ole’Italia
– Messaggio agli ebrei d’Italia sparsi per il mondo (I)
– Elenco ebrei d’Italia sparsi per il mondo 1942
7 Comunicazioni agli Ole’Italia:
i.a.: Relazione annuale del Consiglio per il 1943
– Sunto dei lavori e deliberazioni della Assemblea annuale
– Messaggio agli ebrei d’Italia sparsi per il mondo (II) 1943
8 Comunicazioni agli Ole’Italia:
i.a.: – Relazione annuale del Consiglio per il 1944
– Sunto dei lavori e deliberazioni della Assemblea annuale (1944)
– Messaggio agli ebrei d’Italia sparsi per il mondo (III)
– “Gli Ebrei d’Italia in Erez Israel ai loro fratelli”,
(Organizzazione Sionistica Mondiale, Gerusalemme, 1944) Bollettino della Società Mazzini di Quito, Equador,connotizie riguardanti l’andamento della guerra in Italia 1944
9 Comunicazioni agli Ole’Italia:
i.a.: – Relazione annuale del Consiglio per il 1945
– Sunto dei lavori e deliberazioni della Assemblea annuale.
– Messaggio agli ebrei d’Italia sparsi per il mondo (IV)
- La Fiamma, Bollettino della Società Mazzini di Quito, connotizie riguardanti l’andamento della guerra in Italia 1945
Listings not found in finding aids:
US/O/GLY Gliniany (Glinianer Young Men’s Benevolent Association) – (New York) 1900-1987
PL/489 Indura – (New York)
PL/479 Pinsk Records of Pinsk-Karlin, Yanova (Ivanava) and vicinity- (Israel)
PL/899 Pinsk Records of Pinsk-Karlin, Yanova (Ivanava) and vicinity- (Israel)
China: Inv. 7946 the archive of the Russian community in China
Avrohom A. Krauss, ordained by New Israel Rabbinical College, Baltimore, MD and M.S. Johns Hopkins University, is a veteran educator and genealogist specializing in uniquely Jewish resources. He has served as an instructor for JewishGen’s Online Education Course, is a frequent contributor to AVOTAYNU in print and is featured on Avotaynu Online. Krauss is a member of Gesher Galicia, Litvak SIG and Belaus SIG and belongs to JGS Inc, New York City and the Israel Genealogical Research Association (IGRA). Krauss has presented talks at IGRA in Jerusalem and at IAJGS conferences in L.A., Paris, Boston, Salt Lake City, Jerusalem and Seattle. A native of Elizabeth, NJ, Avrohom and family reside in Telz-Stone, Israel.