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Territorial Photographic Collection

Title: Territorial Photographic Collection
Inclusive Dates: 1860's-1970's
ID: RG 120 
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(49'); 34 fd; 6 5"lgl; 1 2.5"lgl; 9 3"lgl; 23 3"ovr; 1 3"ltr
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The collection is arranged in alphabetical order by name of country and within each country primarily by name of town or city. Most countries have only inventories, but a few, indicated in the Finding Aids section below, also have subject indexes.
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Card Inventories to the following countries: Argentina; Australia;Austria;Abyssinia; Algeria;Antilles    (Netherlands);Belguim;Bolivia;Brazil; Bulgaria;Canada;Chile;China; Colombia;Cuba;Czechoslovakia; Denmark;Dominican Republic; Egypt; Estonia;Finland;France; Germany;Great Britian;Greece; Hungary;India;Iran;Iraq;Israel; Italy;Japan;Latvia;Libya;Lithuania;Luxemburg; Malaysia;Mexico;Mongolia;Morocco;the Netherlands;Norway;Pakistan;Panama;Paraquay;Peru;Poland;Portugal;Rhodesia;Rumania;Russia I & II;South Africa;Spain;Sweden;Switzerland;Tanganyika;Tunisia;Turkey;Uruguay; U.S.,inventory & index; Venezuela;Yemen;Yugoslavia.                                  All card inventories are in English and handwritten.                                                                     The Photo Collection on Poland is divided into 3 parts: Poland before World War II, Poland during World War II, and post-war Poland. Poland before World  War II: Inventory, in numerical order by catalog number, manuscript, English. Poland during World War II: card inventory. Poland after World War II: card inventory.                                                                 The bulk of the Polish collection and most of Russia I, part of the Lithuanian, Estonian, Latvian,  Czechoslovakian and Hungarian photographs are cataloged on YIVO'S videodisc database, titled, "People of a Thousand Towns". The videodisc photographs are also cataloged on DISCCTLG, a Q&A database. DISCCTLG provides access by photo catalog number while "People of a Thousand Towns" does not provide such access.                                                                                    Russia II has a card catalog by name of family. There is no access to Russia II by place name.                                                                     A large portion of holocaust photographs are cataloged on HPIXCAT, a computerized Q&A database. A hard copy printout of an Index to Holocaust Photographs was produced from HPIXCAT, 3 volumes, English, 274 pp.
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Access Notes: YIVO Archives collections are open to researchers only by appointment with an archivist. To inquire about papers and records, write to Chief Archivist, archives@yivo.cjh.org. To inquire about photographs and films, write to Photo and Film Archivist at Photofilm@yivo.cjh.org. To inquire about sound recordings, write to Sound Archivist, lsklamberg@yivo.cjh.org. For art works and artifacts, write to Chief Archivist at archives@yivo.cjh.org.
Restrictions: The photo collections are open by apointment with the photo archivist. For information write to Krysia Fisher, Photo and Film Curator at kfisher@yivo.cjh.org or write to Jesse Aaron Cohen, Photo Archivist and Reproduction Services Coordinator at jacohen@yivo.cjh.org
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