Note to researchers: This collection is currently closed in preparation for the Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Collections Project.

Records of the Rabbinical School, 1847-1873. Administrative records.  Correspondents include:  Ministry of Education for the Province of Byelorussia; Curator of the Vilna School District; Governor General of Vilna. Correspondence relates to the following topics:  courses; appointment of teachers; school finances; teachers' affairs. Financial reports.  Minutes of the Pedagogical Council. Lists of students, teachers, officials.  Lists of textbooks. Diplomas of teachers and students.  Examination lists. Materials relating to payment of salaries to school officials.  Lists of towns and firms paying taxes for the support of the school, 1854-1855.  Materials relating to the closing of the Rabbinical School.      Records of the Teachers' Seminary.  Correspondence from the Ministry of Education.  Correspondence and circulars from the Vilna School District. Materials relating to the candle taxes, 1874.  Financial records.  Hiring of teachers and officials.  Teachers' record books.  Student affairs. Graduation certificates.  Curricula, reports. List of students.  Book of student grades. Reports on school work. Lists of permitted and prohibited books.  Examination lists.