Guide to the Records of the I.L. Peretz Yiddish Writers' Union, 1903-1973, RG 701

Processed by YIVO Archivist Marek Web, 1970s. Additional processing by Rachel Harrison as part of the Leon Levy Archival Processing Initiative, made possible by the Leon Levy Foundation.

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
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New York, NY 10011
Email: archives@yivo.cjh.org
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Electronic finding aid was encoded in EAD 2002 by Rachel S. Harrison in June 2009.  EAD finding aid customized in ARCHON in 2014. Description is in English.

Collection Overview

Title: Guide to the Records of the I.L. Peretz Yiddish Writers' Union, 1903-1973, RG 701

ID: RG 701 FA

Extent: 20.0 Linear Feet

Arrangement: The collection was originally processed by Marek Web circa 1975. Additional processing was completed in June 2009.The collection is arranged in 8 series. In general, the collection was maintained as much as possible in its original order, in accordance with archival principles. Some reorganization of the early correspondence files appears to have taken place during the original processing and routine financial documents, such as paid bills and check stubs, were discarded. The minutes and financial files are arranged chronologically, while the correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent, topic or format. This order has been standardized in the finding aid, although the folders themselves have not been moved. The names of the miscellaneous correspondents in Series VIII have been transliterated and intellectually rearranged in Latin alphabetical order. Yiddish names have been transliterated according to YIVO standards except when the individual is known in English by another spelling. Additionally, if the name appeared in Latin letters anywhere within the folder, that spelling was used rather than a standard transliteration. Organizations and periodicals have been translated and, when not generally known by its English name, the Yiddish name follows in parentheses. The materials were originally divided into eight series and a four-part addendum, consisting of folders 721-748. The materials from that addendum have been intellectually integrated into the original series. The addendum materials integrated into Series I and Series II have been incorporated chronologically, while those in Series VIII have been incorporated alphabetically.

Languages: English, Yiddish, Russian, German, Hebrew, Polish, Spanish

Abstract

This collection contains the minutes, correspondence and financial records of the I.L. Peretz Yiddish Writers’ Union from its founding in 1915 until 1973. Among the correspondence is a fair amount concerning the Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers, unions and union grievances, requests for aid from Jewish writers and activists in New York and abroad, and labor disputes and strikes.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection contains meeting minutes, financial reports 1929-1972, dues ledgers and other bookkeeping books, correspondence with individuals, organizations and publishers, salary lists, financial statements, newspaper clippings, press releases, scrapbooks, photographs of members, account statements from companies, banks and brokers, and manuscripts and questionnaires from various countries for a YWU yearbook.

Some of the topics in this collection include the Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers, various Works Progress Administration projects, fundraising campaigns, requests for aid for individual refugees in Europe, Cuba, Japan, Shanghai, England, and Palestine, complaints and charges of members, contract and labor disputes, strikes, and Union reports.

Among the organizations represented are the National Refugee Service, Jewish Welfare Federations, Newspaper Guild, United Jewish Appeal, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, World Federation of Journalists, New York State Department of Labor, Conference of Jewish Journalists, Jewish Labor Bund, Central Yiddish Culture Organization, Tog, Jewish Daily Forward, Freie Arbeiter Stimme, HIAS, Keneder Odler, Jewish Labor Committee, Morgn Zhurnal, Jewish National Workers’ Alliance, Yidishe Velt (Philadelphia), Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers, Kinder Zhurnal, Morgn Freiheit, ORT, Workmen’s Circle, and YIVO. Correspondents include: Baal Makhshoves (Isidor Eliashev), Shlomo Bickel, Menahem Boraisha, Reuben Brainin, Abraham Cahan, Simon Dubnow, Ossip Dymow, Alexander Harkavy, David Ignatoff, H. Leivick, Kalman Marmor, Alexander Mukdoni, Shmuel Niger, David Pinski, Melech Ravitch, Abraham Reisen, Zalman Reisen, Zalman Shneur, Lamed Shapiro, Jacob Shatzky, Baruch Vladeck, Max Weinreich, and Chaim Zhitlowsky. These papers constitute the complete archive of the Yiddish Writers Union from its founding until 1973, including a 1903 minute book of the Jewish Press Club, a predecessor organization.

Historical Note

The I.L. Peretz Yiddish Writers’ Union (YWU), also sometimes called the Jewish Writers’ Union, was founded in New York in 1915 as a labor and mutual aid organization for Yiddish journalists. Its first president was Hillel Rogoff, of Forverts, and its first secretary was Joseph Margoshes, of Tog. The Union represented all Yiddish writers and journalists at the three major New York City Yiddish papers, Tog, Morgn Zhurnal and Forverts. The Yiddish Writers’ Union was a member of the United Hebrew Trades, an association of Jewish labor unions in New York City. The Union participated in strikes and labor disputes and fought for job security, severance pay benefits and a minimum wage for Yiddish journalists. In November 1939, together with the Jewish Labor Committee, the Union decided to found a Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers, a relief fund for Yiddish writers in Europe as well as for American members in financial need. The Fund was ultimately established in January 1940. This Fund conducted a one-time emergency appeal among Yiddish writers in America and their supporters and readers. Through the efforts of this Fund, the Union was able to sponsor the immigration of several thousand writers and political and cultural activists and also to send money to those writers whom they were unable to bring over. In 1929 the Union had 200 members. Although the Union continued to be active in labor disputes after World War II, its membership declined steadily. While still in existence in the 1980s, the Yiddish Writers’ Union had relinquished much of its role as a labor union and functioned primarily as a literary association.

Subject/Index Terms

Asch, Sholem, 1880-1957, Clippings - Newspaper clippings, Documents - Correspondence, Documents - Manuscripts, Forverts (New York, N.Y.), History, Israel, Margoshes, Joseph, 1866-1955, Morgn Zhurnal, Newspaper publishing, New York (N.Y.), Periodicals, Photographs, Rogoff, Harry, b. 1882, Scrapbooks - Scrapbook, Starkman, Moshe, 1906-1975, Talush, Iser, 1887-1962, Tog, Yiddish newspapers, Yiddish Writers’ Union, YIVO Archives

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions: The collection is open to researchers with the permission of the YIVO Archivist. Permission to access the collection can be obtained by writing to archives@yivo.cjh.org.  Permission to publish part or parts of the collection must be obtained from the YIVO Archives.

Use Restrictions: There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011 email: archives@yivo.cjh.org

Acquisition Method: Given to YIVO by the Yiddish Writer’s Union in a series of installments in 1974.

Separated Materials: Photographs have been removed to the YIVO Photo Archive.

Related Materials: The YIVO Archives has the collections of many of the members of the Yiddish Writers’ Union, including the Papers of Leon Feinberg, RG 601; the Papers of Shmuel Niger, RG 360; The Papers of Mendel Osherowitch, RG 725; and the Papers of Alexander Seldin, RG 433. The American Jewish Historical Society Archives has the Papers of Boris Smolar, P-588 (AJHS). The YIVO library also has several books published by the Yiddish Writers’ Union, including Jewish Families and Family Circles of New York, The Communist Conspiracy Against the Jewish Press: The Case of the Jewish Writers’ Union Against the New York Newspaper Guild, and Seventy-Five Years Yiddish Press in the United States of America, edited by Jacob Glatstein, Shmuel Niger and Hillel Rogoff.

Preferred Citation: Published citations should take the following form:Identification of item, date (if known); I.L. Peretz Yiddish Writers Union Records; RG 701; box number; folder number; YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.


Box and Folder Listing


Series I: Minutes
1903, 1919-1972
This series contains minutes of meetings of the general staff and of the executive committee and a 1903 minute book from the Jewish Press Club, a predecessor organization to the Yiddish Writers’ Union. Folders 721-727 consist of minutes and were originally found in addendum part A.
Arrangement: This series is arranged chronologically.
Box 1
Folder 1: Minute book of Jewish Press Club
1903
gift of Joshua Rotenberg of New York
Folder 2: Minute book
1919-1925
in addition to the minutes bound in the book there are a few sessions recorded on loose sheets, the loose sheets generally cover meetings of the executive committee
Folder 3: Minutes of executive committee
1924-1926
on loose sheets
Folder 4: Minutes and notes
1926-1927
detailed transcripts of meetings and some other notes
Folder 5: Minutes
1931-1934
both regular meetings and executive committee, pages are numbered 141-212, originally pasted into the same volume as newspaper clipping scrapbook, archivally removed and placed in folder
Folder 6: Minutes of executive committee
1934-1936
minutes from 1934-1936, on loose sheets, also includes a few letters (one dated 1936)
Folder 7: Minutes of executive committee
1936-1937
loose sheets, includes some other materials and notes
Folder 8: Minutes of executive committee
1936-1939
executive committee and "small" executive committee, also includes inter-staff meetings
Folder 9: Minutes
1939-1940
includes both general meetings and executive committee, loose pages
Folder 9A: Minutes
1970-1972
includes both general meetings and executive committee, loose sheets, some handwritten
Folder 9B: Minutes
undated
loose sheets, some handwritten
Box 36
Folder 721: Minutes
1941-1950
bound in volume, executive and general meetings
Folder 722: Minutes
1950-1954
bound in volume, executive and general meetings, etc.
Folder 723: Minutes
1954-1956
loose sheets, executive and general meetings
Folder 724: Minutes
1956-1958
also a few meetings from 1951, loose sheets, executive and general meetings
Folder 725: Minutes
1958-1961
loose handwritten sheets, executive and general meetings
Folder 726: Minutes
1962-1966
loose sheets, a few handwritten, general and executive board meetings
Folder 727: Minutes
1966-1969
November 1966 until December 1968, also September 30, 1969
Series II: Finances
1917-1972
This series is made up of financial reports 1929-1972, dues ledgers, expense and income cashbooks, and some membership information. Folders 728-736 and 746-748 contain ledgers and cashbooks originally found in addendum parts B and D.
Arrangement: This series is arranged chronologically.
Subseries 1: Financial Reports
1929-1972
Box 2
Folder 10: Financial reports
1929-1931
Folder 11: Financial reports
1932
three copies with supplementary materials
Folder 12: Financial reports
1932
Folder 13: Financial reports
1932-1933
Folder 14: Financial reports
1933
Folder 15: Financial reports
1933-1934
in Yiddish, two copies
Folder 16: Financial reports
1934-1935
in Yiddish, two copies
Folder 17: Financial reports
1935
Folder 18: Financial reports
1935-1936
Folder 19: Financial reports
1936
Folder 20A: Financial reports
1944-1945
Folder 20: Financial reports
1945-1946
two copies
Folder 21: Financial reports
1946-1947
two copies
Folder 22: Financial reports
1946-1947
two copies
Folder 23: Financial reports
1947-1948
Folder 24: Financial reports
1948-1949
also includes account of rescue fund
Folder 25: Financial reports
1949-1950
two copies
Folder 26: Financial reports
1950
two copies
Folder 27: Financial reports
1951-1952
two copies
Folder 28: Financial reports
1952-1953
two copies
Folder 29: Financial reports
1953-1954
two copies
Folder 30: Financial reports
1954-1955
Folder 31: Financial reports
1955-1956
two copies
Folder 32: Financial reports
1956-1957
two copies
Folder 33: Financial reports
1957-1958
Folder 34: Financial reports
1958-1959
two copies
Folder 35: Financial reports
1959-1960
also includes membership list
Folder 36: Financial reports
1960-1961
also includes expense list for aid to needy writers
Folder 37: Financial reports
1961-1962
Folder 38: Financial reports
1962-1963
Folder 39: Financial reports
1963-1964
two copies
Folder 40: Financial reports
1964-1965
with supplementary material
Folder 41: Financial reports
1965-1966
includes list of members deceased during the year
Folder 42: Financial reports
1966-1967
includes balance on membership gains and losses, two copies
Folder 43: Financial reports
1967-1968
two copies
Folder 44: Financial reports
1968-1969
two copies, includes supplementary material
Folder 45: Financial reports
1969-1970
two copies
Folder 46: Financial reports
1970-1971
two copies
Folder 47: Financial reports
1971-1972
Subseries 2: Ledgers
1917-1945
Box 39
Folder 746: Ledger
1917
Folder 747: Ledger
1918
Folder 748: Cashbook
1923-1926
Folder 734: Dues ledger
1949-1960
includes some attached and loose sheets
Box 3
Folder 48: Cashbook
1917-1923
Folder 49: Ledger
1917-1923
concerns dues
Folder 50: Cashbook
1920-1921
Folder 51: Cashbook
1920-1922
Folder 52: Cashbook and record of ticket sales
1922-1923
Box 4
Folder 53: Cashbook and record of ticket sales
1923-1925
Folder 54: Ledger
1923-1926
concerns dues
Folder 55: Cashbook
1925-1926
Folder 56: Ledger
1930-1936
contains notes on loose sheets in addition to entries in book itself
Folder 57: Ledger of receipts and expenses
1931-1937
Folder 58: Ledger
1936-1945
trial balances
Box 38A
Folder 728: Cashbook
1937-1943
expenses and income, oversize
Folder 729: Cashbook
1943-1949
expenses and income, oversize
Folder 730: Cashbook
1949-1954
expenses and income, includes list of new members 1947 etc., oversize
Box 5
Folder 59: Ledger
1937-1944
Folder 60: Cashbook for sales of book on Landsmanshaftn
1938
credit accounts
Folder 61: Cashbook for sales of book on Landsmanshaftn
1938
Folder 62: Ledger
1940-1941
concerns membership dues
Folder 63: Cash receipts book of Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers
1941-1944
Folder 64: Tax list of membership
undated
Folder 65: Cashbook
undated
contains notes on loose sheets as well as entries in book (1930s)
Box 37
Folder 735: Cashbook
1944-1950
special fund of some sort
Folder 736: Cashbook - Rescue Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers
1946-1949
some individual accounts in back
Box 38B
Folder 731: Cashbook
1954-1960
expenses and income, oversize
Folder 732: Cashbook
1960-1966
expenses and income, oversize
Folder 733: Cashbook
1966-1972
expenses and income, bill for dues, oversize
Series III: Correspondence
1911-1941
This series consists of correspondence with Jewish writers and organizations, including the Fund for Suffering Writers in Europe, the Works Progress Administration and the Workmen’s Circle.
Arrangement: This series is arranged alphabetically by correspondent, topic or document type.
Box 6
Folder 66: "A"
1922, 1936-1940
miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 67: Abramovitch, Nadiezda
1927
Mendele Mokher Seforim's daughter, Odessa
Folder 68: Abramowitz, B.
1938
paris
Folder 69: Ackerman, B.
undated
complaint against S. Erdman
Folder 70: Adler, J.
1927
Lakewood, NJ
Folder 71: Ajzenszlos, A.
1927-1930
Warsaw
Folder 72: Al Guriah
1939-1940
New York
Folder 74: Almi, A.
1921-1938
Montreal, New York
Folder 75: Arnstein, Mark
1921
New York
Folder 76: Arrangements with artists on their participation in Union's cultural affairs
1938-1939
Folder 73: Asch, Sholem
1940
letter of March 20, 1940 signed by Opatoshu, leivick and Niger condemning the anti-Asch campaign
Folder 78: Asen, Abraham
1938
New York
Folder 77: Association of Jewish Journalists and Authors in England
1929
Folder 79: Auerbach, Ephraim
undated
Folder 106: "B"
1920-1940
miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 80: Baal Makhshoves (Isidor Eliashev)
1921
Kovno
Folder 81: Bank, Joseph
1931
New York
Folder 82: Baranowski, K.
1928-1930
Paris
Folder 83: Barzilai, A.J.
undated
Folder 84: Basin, M.
undated
Folder 85: Bassein, L.
1920-1927
New York
Folder 86: Beller, Jacob
1935
New York
Folder 87: Ben-Ami, Chaim-Mordechai (Rabinovitch)
1921
Folder 88: Berkowitz, J.D.
1920-1927
New York
Folder 89: Berman, Harold
1927
Folder 90: Berman, Louis
1926-1939
Lodz, New York
Folder 91: Bialostotzky, B.J.
undated
Folder 92: Bickel, Shlomo
1940
New York
Folder 94: Birnbaum, Nathan
1921
New York
Folder 93: Biro-Bidjan, delegation to
1936
referendum ballot on joining the delegation together with the Yiddish PEN Club and the Proletpen
Folder 95: Birstein, Moshe
1940
Roxbury
Folder 96: Bloch, Joshua
1926-1927
New York, correspondence related to the NY Public Library, Jewish Division
Folder 97: Board of Education
1936-1940
New York
Folder 98: Bookstein, A.
1928-1930
New York
Folder 100: Boraisha, Menachem
1925-1938
New York
Folder 99: Borodulin, L.
1926-1927
New York
Folder 101: Brainin, Reuben
1919-1939
also correspondence with Joseph Brainin, R.B.'s son
Folder 102: Broderson, Moshe
1921
Warsaw, an appeal to support the literary group Young Yiddish, signed by M. Broderson, U.Z. Grinberg, I.Stern, I.I. Trunk and I. Katzenelson
Folder 103: Brzoza Publishing House
1926
Warsaw, request for support
Folder 104: Buchwald, Nathan
1928
complaint by A. Mukdoni against N.B.
Folder 105: Bund
1921, 1937
Folder 107: "C"
1926-1939
miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 108: Cahan, Abe
1930-1931
New York
Folder 109: Central Yiddish Culture Organization (CYCO)
1938-1940
New York
Folder 110: Club of Jewish Authors and Journalists in Palestine
1929
Folder 113: Cohen, Joel
1935
Folder 114: Cohn, Zvi
1921-1929
New York
Folder 111: Commercial Artists and Designers Union
1937
New York
Folder 112: Conference for Yiddish
1931
New York, organized by the YWU, the folder contains correspondence with participants and texts of speeches
Box 7
Folder 115: "D"
1929-1940
miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 116: Day (Tog)
1935-1940
Folder 117: Dolitzky, M.M.
1927-1928
Los Angeles
Folder 118: Dubnow, Simon
1931
Berlin
Folder 119: Dues
1926-1929
bills, correspondence, receipts
Folder 120: Dues
1935-1940
Folder 121: Dymow, Ossip
1929
Folder 129: "E"
1926-1937
miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 122: Edelheit, M.
1920
Binghamton, NY
Folder 123: Edlin, William
1920, 1935
Folder 124: Emergency Relief Bureau
1926, 1935-1937
New York, statements of support of relief cases of YWU members
Folder 125: Enteen, Joel
1926-1927
New York
Folder 126: Erdberg, S.
1934-1936
New York
Folder 127: Ernst, S.
1928
Tel Aviv
Folder 128: Expenses and income
1935-1936
miscellaneous statements
Folder 130: "F"
1920-1940
miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 131: Feinberg, L.
1939-1940
New York
Folder 133: Folk Getzeig campaign
1930
Folder 132: Forem, L.
1935
New York
Folder 134: Forward
1935-1939
job matters
Folder 135: Frank, Herman
1926-1929
New York
Folder 136: Freie Arbeiter Stimme (Free Voice of Labor)
1937-1940
Folder 137: Frishman, Lili
1927-1939
Folder 138: Shimon Frug Club
1928-1929
Toronto
Folder 141: Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers
1938-1939
Folder 139: Fund for Sick and Needy Writers
1928
correspondence on raising the funds
Folder 140: Fund for Unemployed Jewish Writers
1931
ball
Box 8
Folder 142: "G"
1920-1940
miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 143: General membership meetings
1937-1940
circulars and correspondence
Folder 144: Ginsburg, S.M.
1934-1937
New York
Folder 145: Glassman, Boruch
1926-1939
Folder 146: Goldberg, Noah
1936
New York
Folder 155: "H"
1921-1940
miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 148: Half-Moon Hotel
1939
Coney Island, an evening for unemployed writers
Folder 149: Harkavy, Alexander
1926-1927, 1938-1939
Folder 147: Haynt (Today)
1927
Warsaw, the statement on the newspaper's stand in the argument over Yiddish secular schools in Poland
Folder 150: Hebrew-American Typographical Union
1925-1928, 1939-1940
Folder 151: Heimish Vinkel Literary Award
1928
New York
Folder 152: HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society)
1926-1928
correspondence on YWU participation in the Advisory Council to HIAS
Folder 153: Hirshbein, Peretz
1926-1929
telegram protesting Haynt's campaign against Yiddish secular schools in Poland
Folder 154: Horowitz, Isaac
1935-1940
New York
Folder 157: "I"
1926-1939
miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 156: Ignatoff, David
1927
New York
Folder 163: "J"
1925-1940
miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 158: Jaffe, Joseph
1937
New York
Folder 159: Jewish Daily Eagle (Keneder Odler)
1927-1937
Montreal
Folder 160: Jewish Labor Committee
1937-1941
Folder 161: Jewish Landsmanshaftn in New York
1937-1940
book orders and correspondence
Folder 162: Jewish Landsmanshaftn in New York
undated
list of the landsmanshaftn
Box 9
Folder 164: Jewish Morning Journal (Morgn Zhurnal)
1933-1939
correspondence on the merger with the Day
Folder 165: Jewish National Workers Alliance (Yiddish Nationaler Arbeiter Farband)
1927-1937
Folder 166: Jewish Press Jubilee Banquet
1932
invitations and responses from recipients, letters from New York Times, New York Herald Tribune, New York Evening Sun, New York Evening Post, New York American, Henry Moskowitz, New York City Board of Education, David L. Podell, Nathan D. Perlman, World Telegram, Nathan Ratnoff, George Z. Medalie, Israel Matz, Louis Lipsky, Julian W. Mack, Metropolitan News, Adolph Lewisohn, Herbert Lehman, and others
Folder 167: Jewish Teachers Seminary
1935
Folder 169: Jewish Telegraphic Agency vs. I. Parsky
1934-1939
Folder 168: Jewish Telegraphic Agency vs. I. Parsky and Aleph Katz
1934-1935
Folder 170: Jewish World (Yiddishe Welt)
1926-1937
Philadelphia
Folder 171: Jewish Writers and Artists Ball
1924
invitations and responses from the recipients, correspondence on tickets sale
Folder 172: Jewish Writers Fund for Suffering Writers in Europe
1920-1921
correspondence on raising funds, letters from Boris Bogen of the JDC, European Bureau
Folder 173: Judische Sonderschau der Pressa (Jewish Special Review of the Press) exhibition
1928
Koln, letters from Ben Adir, who was in charge of the Jewish Section of the International Press Exhibition
Folder 184: "K"
1921-1940
miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 174: Kader, Boris
1937
Folder 175: Kaluschiner, J.L.
1935-1940
New York
Folder 176: Karpilov, Miriam
1928-1930
Folder 177: Katz, Moshe
1937
Philadelphia
Folder 178: Kinder Zhurnal (Children's Journal)
1935-1940
Folder 179: Klein, Alfred
1928
New York
Folder 180: Koigen, David
1928
Berlin
Folder 181: Krim, Abba
1927, 1939-1940
Folder 182: Krul, Chaim
1926, 1939
New York
Folder 183: Kval Verlag (Kval Publishing House)
1920-1921
Vienna
Box 10
Folder 189: "L"
1920-1937
miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 185: Labor Temple
1936-1938
correspondence on renting the LT auditorium for YWU meetings
Folder 186: League for Rights of Yiddish in Palestine
1935-1936
Folder 187: Leivick, H.
1937
Folder 188: Lewin, S.
1936-1937
New York
Folder 198: "M"
1921-1940
miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 190: Marmor, Kalman
1926-1929
Crotona, NY
Folder 191: Marx, Ernst
1938-1939
Berlin
Folder 192: Melamed, Moshe
1926-1929
Philadelphia
Folder 193: Membership applications
1926-1929
Folder 194: Membership applications
1936-1940
Folder 195: Membership lists
1935-1936
miscellaneous
Folder 196: Morning Freedom (Morgn Freiheit)
1927-1928
formerly Freiheit
Folder 197: Mukdoni, A.
1927, 1937
Folder 204: "N"
1926-1940
miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 199: Nadir, Moshe
1928, 1940
Folder 200: Najman, J.M.
1938
Warsaw
Folder 201: National Labor Committee for the Jewish Workers in Palestine
1927-1939
Folder 202: Newspaper Guild of N.Y.
1934-1939
Folder 203: Niger, Shmuel
1924-1937
Folder 207: "O"
1926-1939
miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 205: Office Workers Union
1935
strike at the Day and the Jewish American
Folder 206: ORT (The Society for Trades and Agricultural Labor)
1927-1939
Folder 214: "P"
1926-1940
miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 208: Peretz, Helena Nechama
1932-1937
Warsaw, Tel Aviv
Folder 209: Pinski, David
1927-1930
Folder 211: Publicity
1937-1938
releases on miscellaneous YWU cultural affairs
Folder 212: Publicity
1939-1940
releases on miscellaneous YWU cultural affairs
Folder 213: Publicity
1940-1941
releases on miscellaneous YWU cultural affairs
Folder 210: Publicity
undated
releases on miscellaneous YWU cultural affairs
Box 11
Folder 228: "R"
1917-1940
miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 215: Ravitch, Melech
1939-1941
Folder 216: Reisen, Abraham
1926-1938
Folder 217: Reisen, Sara
1927-1938
New York
Folder 218: Reisen, Zalman
1927-1930
Vilna 1927 - New York 1930
Folder 219: Relief Committee for the Jewish Schools in Poland
1936-1937
Folder 220: Requests for support
1926-1940
Folder 221: Revutzky, A.
1926, 1939
New York
Folder 222: Ribalov, Menachem
1927, 1941
New York
Folder 223: Riblin, M.
1935-1937
chairman of the staff committee of the Day
Folder 224: Rivkin, Boruch
1933-1940
New York
Folder 225: Roback, A.A.
1928-1935
Cambridge
Folder 226: Rubeni, A.
1927-1928
Jerusalem
Folder 227: Rudoy, Pincus
1927-1937
New York
Folder 243: "S"
1926-1941
miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 229: Sarasohn, Ezekiel
1927-1928
publisher of Tageblatt
Folder 230: Schauss, H.
1927-1939
Folder 231: Schlamowitz, Albert
1936-1937
New York
Folder 232: Schneider, S.
1927-1928
Los Angeles
Folder 233: Schneur, Zalman
1931-1932
Paris
Folder 234: Schwartz, Maurice
1927-1928, 1938-1939
New York
Folder 235: Serdatzky, Yente
1935-1940
New York
Folder 236: Setzer, Samuel
1931-1939
New York
Folder 237: Shapir, B. and Chaim Nachman Bialik
1927
Tel Aviv, also letters from Bialik
Folder 238: Shapiro, Lamed
1939-1941
Folder 239: Shatzky, Jacob
1921-1929
Folder 240: Sholem Aleichem Folk Institute
1937-1940
Folder 241: Sociedad de Escritores y Periodistas Israelitas (Society for Jewish Writers and Journalists)
1928
Buenos Aires
Folder 242: Stencl, A.N.
1937
London
Folder 246: "T"
1921-1940
miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 244: Tolush
1936-1938
Folder 245: Treasury Department
1935-1941
Washington, D.C.
Box 12
Folder 251: "U"
1937-1940
miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 247: United Hebrew Trades
1926, 1937
Folder 248: United Jewish Appeal
1939
Folder 249: United Palestine Appeal
1939-1940
Folder 250: Universal Jewish Encyclopedia
1936
Paris
Folder 254: "V"
1928-1929
miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 252: Viliatzer, Jonah
1937
New York, correspondence on proposal of a group insurance plan for the YWU members
Folder 253: Vladeck, Boruch
1932-1938
New York
Folder 263: "W"
1926-1940
miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 256: Weinper, Zishe
1939-1940
Folder 257: Weinreich, Dr. Max
1929, 1939
Folder 255: Weinstein, Berish
1937-1939
Folder 258: Workmans Circle
1924
Jewish Writers' ball, correspondence on tickets distribution among WC branches
Folder 259: Workmans Circle
1926-1936
Folder 261: Works Progress Administration
1935
Writers' Project applications
Folder 260: Works Progress Administration
1935-1939
correspondence on employing Jewish writers on various WPA projects, especially the Writers' Project
Folder 262: Works Progress Administration
1935-1940
Writers' Project materials
Box 13
Folder 279: Circulars
1920-1939
Folder 277: Miscellaneous
1916-1940
Folder 271: "Y"
1921-1939
miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 264: Yehoash (Solomon Blumgarten)
1926
Folder 265: Yiddish Buch Geselschaft (Yiddish Book Society)
1937-1938
Folder 266: Yiddish Culture Society
1929-1935
Folder 267: Yiddishe Literaten Club (Yiddish Literary Club)
1911-1912
early letters and circulars
Folder 268: YIVO
1927-1928
Vilna
Folder 269: YIVO
1930-1939
American branch
Folder 270: YIVO
1935-1939
American branch, Central Jewish Library and Press Archives
Folder 278: "Z"
1926-1940
miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 272: Zaar, Isaac
1926-1930
Folder 273: Zhitlowsky, Dr. Chaim
1932-1941
Folder 274: Zukerman, William
1930-1937
London
Folder 275: Zwiazek Literatow i Dziennikarzy Zydowskich (Association of Jewish Writers and Journalists)
1921-1939
Warsaw
Folder 276: Zwiazek Literatow i Dziennikarzy Zydowskich
1928, 1937-1938
Vilna
Series IV: Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers – Correspondence
1939-1946
This series includes materials about the Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers, particularly fundraising campaigns, individual contributors to the Fund, requests for aid for individual refugees in Europe, Cuba, Japan, Shanghai, England, and Palestine, correspondence with the National Refugee Service, and correspondence with Jewish Welfare Federations.
Arrangement: This series is arranged alphabetically by correspondent, topic or document type.
Box 14
Folder 280: Aid to Refugees
1940
letter about sending books
Folder 282: Assorted correspondence
1939-1941
letters to businessmen soliciting funds, letters concerning individual cases, letters arranging meetings, etc.
Folder 283: Bills for stationary
1941
Folder 284: Bills paid
1940-1942
mainly printing costs
Folder 287: Campaign correspondence
1942-1943
appeals to labor organizations, to individuals, welfare funds, etc., with some replies
Folder 285: Chagall case
1941
arrangements made for procuring visa for Marc Chagall
Folder 286: Chomsky case
1941
aid for transportation to the U.S. of Boruch Chomsky and family
Folder 288: Clippings
1939-1940
Folder 289A: Contributors "A"
1940
Folder 289B: Contributors "B"
1939-1940
Folder 289C: Contributors "C"
1940
Folder 289D: Contributors "D"
1940
Folder 289E: Contributors "E"
1940
Folder 289F: Contributors "F"
1940
Folder 289G: Contributors "G"
1940
Folder 289H: Contributors "H"
1940
Folder 289J: Contributors "J"
1940
Folder 289K: Contributors "K"
1939-1940
Folder 289L: Contributors "L"
1940
Folder 289M: Contributors "M"
1939-1940
Folder 289N: Contributors "N"
1940
Folder 289P: Contributors "P"
1940
Folder 289R: Contributors "R"
1940
Folder 289S: Contributors "S"
1940
Folder 289T: Contributors "T"
1940
Folder 289U: Contributors "U"
1940
Folder 289V-W: Contributors "V-W"
1940
Folder 289Y-Z: Contributors "Y-Z"
1940
Folder 289X: Contributors unidentified
1939-1940
Box 15
Folder 290: European correspondence
1940
correspondence with Daniel Charney, letter about Itzik Manger, correspondence with Jacob Vigodsky (head of the Jewish community of Vilna) concerning Revisionist Zionists in Lithuania
Folder 291: Form letters and press releases
1940-1941
Folder 298: Fund
1939-1941
miscellaneous, letter from Simkha Schwartz in Nice, France, list of funds distributed, letters to newspaper editors
Folder 295: Fund
1940
letter from American Express and forms for aid to Jews in French territories
Folder 297: Fund
1940-1941
donations promised, correspondence with Boston
Folder 292: Fund
1940-1942
general, temporary, correspondence concerning financial matters, letters accompanying contributions, appeals on behalf of individuals
Folder 293: Fund
1940-1943
donations refused, letters to and from organizations
Folder 296: Fund
1941
food packages, list of recipients, correspondence with Anglo-American Transfer Company, order blanks
Folder 294: Fund
1942-1943
immediate attention, letter from jews in Shanghai, letter by M. Ravitch on behalf of Jews in USSR
Folder 299: Fund
1942-1944
money coming in, letters accompanying contributions, promises of later contributions, letters of thanks, mostly contributions from organizations
Folder 300: HIAS
1941-1943
cases of Szmul Szwerdorf, Szloma Rosenberg, Moshe Dluznowski and Marc Chagall
Folder 302: Individual contributions to Fund
1939-1941
three letters accompanying contributions
Folder 301: Individuals contacted for Fund
1939-1941
correspondence with Edward warburg and Sholem Asch
Folder 303: Jewish Labor Committee
1939-1941
correspondence about financial transactions and arrangements for visas and transportation
Folder 304: Jewish National Workers' Alliance
1940-1941
letters accompanying contributions from branches, appeal letter
Folder 305: Mailing lists
1939-1941
lists of heads of organizations, names copied from letterheards, lists of rabbis, names of organizations, directories, etc.
Folder 306: Minutes
1939-1941
meetings of executive and administrative committee of Fund
Folder 309: Organizations
1939-1941
letters, contributions and arrangements for migration
Folder 307: Organizations
1940-1941
contributions to Fund, letters accompanying contributions and other correspondence
Folder 308: Organizations
1940-1943
foreign organizations contacted for Fund, mainly Canada, South Africa, Palestine and Argentina
Folder 310: Out of town
1939-1940
Canada, mainly correspondence with Federation of Polish Jews and with United Jewish Refugee and War Relief Agencies
Folder 311: Out of town
1939-1940
Chicago, collections by Chicago Forward, Chicago Peretz Union, Yidisher Kurier
Folder 313: Out of town
1940-1941
Los Angeles, correspondence with S. Miller, H. Rosenblatt and others about fundraising
Folder 312: Out of town
1940-1943
Detroit, correspondence with various collectors, including E. Korman, Bernstein of the Detroit Forward and S. Bercovitch of Jewish Schools
Folder 314: Philadelphia
1940
correspondence with Eliezer L. Sherman concerning fundraising
Folder 315: President's Advisory Committee on Political Refugees
1941
correspondence concerning visa applications in individual cases, bills, etc.
Folder 316: Press releases
1941
copies
Box 16
Folder 317: Rabbis
1940
answers to Sholem Asch, letters to rabbis by Sholem Asch. their replies, contributions by rabbis and by many other individuals and organizations
Folder 325: Requests for aid
1939-1940
England, correspondence with Association of Jewish Journalists and Authors in England about refugees from Poland, telegrams, pleas for aid
Folder 322: Requests for aid
1939-1940
Vilna, lists of names, letters from Vilna, telegrams, letters about individuals in Vilna, letters from Association of Polish and Jewish Refugee Writers in Vilna
Folder 326: Requests for aid
1939-1941
France, letters from and on behalf of Jews in France, especially souther France, including E. Tcherikower, etc.
Folder 320: Requests for aid
1940
Poland, letters on behalf of individuals from HIAS in Warsaw, lists of needy people in Watsaw sent by Warsaw HIAS, letters by Americans with relatives in Poland, etc., especially P. Gilbert
Folder 323: Requests for aid
1940-1941
Casablanca, letters on behalf of individuals in casablanca and elsewhere in Morocco, especially B. Chomski, M. Dluznowski, S. Rozenberg, lists of names, letters from Morocco, with answers, telegrams
Folder 319: Requests for aid
1940-1941
Palestine, mostly correspondence with Palestine Hebrew Culture Fund and with Association of Palestine Journalists as well as individual refugees who had arrived in Palestine
Folder 321: Requests for aid
1940-1941
Toulouse, letters from Toulouse with lists of names, letters on their behalf, telegrams, letters from S, Bickel on behalf of the Toulouse writers
Folder 324: Requests for aid
1940-1942
Cuba, Finland, Latvia, and others, letters on behalf of refugees in Lisbon, Belgium, latvia, Japan, Italy, Shanghai, Romania, etc., letters from refugees and telegrams, correspondence with HIAS and National Refugee Service, cases include Walter Schlieper, Kalman Karlinsky, Salomon Dembitzer, Emil Sznajderman, Joseph Tunkel, G. Moscovics, Herbert Packsher, Richard Engel, Wanda Haber, etc.
Folder 318: Requests for aid
1940-1942
New York City, requests from New York on behalf of individuals in New York and elsewhere
Folder 327: Statements on the Campaign
1940-1942
financial statements, memorandum on activities, etc.
Folder 328: Theater benefit
1940
correspondence with prominent individuals, including letters from Andre Maurois, Albert Einstein, a Leon Fuchtwanger telegram, letters to Mrs. Roosevelt, Franz Werfel and others, contract for theater, other invitations to the benefit, letters of invitation signed by Sholem Asch
Folder 329: Theater benefit
1940
letters, tickets, answers, returning tickets, letters accompanying contributions
Folder 330: Theater benefit
1940
lists of payments made, box office statements, latters accompanying contributions, refusals to pay, requests to individuals to pay amounts owed
Folder 331: Theater benefit
1940
publicity, press releases, newspaper clippings, correspondence about publicity, material for Internal Revenue, lists of people to contact
Folder 332: Trade unions
1940
correspondence with unions about contributions
Folder 333: Visas
undated
note about Moysey Kissl
Folder 334: Welfare funds
1940-1946
contributions, correspondence with Jewish welfare federations of various localities in the USA, including letters accompanying contributions
Box 17
Folder 336: Welfare funds
1940-1942
refusals, letters of refusal from Jewish welfare federations
Folder 335: Welfare funds
1940-1945
pending, correspondence with Jewish welfare federations of various localities in the USA, including some refusals, applications for contributions
Folder 339: Women's Committee
1941
contributions and raffles, letters to winners, publicity, etc.
Folder 340: Women's Committee
1941
letters sent, also lists of committee members
Folder 338: Women's Committee
1941-1942
correspondence, bills and receipts, list of executive committee members
Folder 337: Women's Committee
undated
membership list, printing costs, raffle list
Folder 341: Workmen's Circle
1940-1941
letters accompanying contributions, some copies of letters sent
Folder 342: World Jewish Congress
1941
correspondence about bills for services in specific visa cases
Folder 343: Yiddish
undated
rabbis, various Yiddish language press releases and appeals
Series V: Correspondence (yellow series)
1935-1946
The correspondence in this series consists mainly of complaints and charges of members, salary scale lists, contract and labor disputes, correspondence between the Union and the Newspaper Guild, and information about newspaper strikes. There is also information about social and cultural events sponsored by the Yiddish Writers’ Union and correspondence with YWU members.
Arrangement: This series is arranged alphabetically by correspondent, topic or document type.
Box 17
Folder 344: Alien bonds
1940-1942
correspondence with insurance companies and with individuals requiring alien bonds, including letters accompanying payments for bonds
Folder 345: American Jewish Conference
1943-1945
correspondence concerning applications by Yiddish Writers' Union for representation in American Jewish Conference, including letters on their behalf, list of delegates to conference, credentials for Yiddish Writers' Union delegate, text of resolutions, memorandums, elections ballots, notices of meetings of conference, financial statements, etc.
Folder 345A: American Jewish Congress
1941-1944
circulars, etc.
Folder 346: Answers to invitations
1941
invitations to speak at Union meetings with answers
Folder 347: Applications for membership
1941-1945
letters to applicants, lists of those approved with fees paid, letters of application, refusals
Folder 348: Asch, Sholem
1942
two letters from Asch
Folder 349: L. Berman case
1943-1944
correspondence concerning L. Berman's dismissal as an employee of the Common Council for American Unity and the Union's protest against it
Folder 350: British Labor Committee
1941
memorandum by the Jewish Labor Committee to British labor Party, requests for aid by American Labor Committee to Aid British Labor
Box 18
Folder 351: Chicago
1944
correspondence with I.L. Peretz Writers' Union, Chicago
Folder 352: Clippings of Cultural Evenings
1941-1943
Folder 354: Clippings
1944
Yiddish Writers' Union clippings
Folder 356: Committee of Jewish Writers and Artists
1944
letter and clippings concerning dispute between H. Leivick and I. Feffer
Folder 355: Committee of 150
1941
lists of Union and other members appointed to a committee to aid Union in struggle against the Newspaper Guild
Folder 357: Complaints and charges of members and against members
1941-1944
minutes of meetings on various disputes with newspapers and among membership, letters of complaint, letters informing members of complaints, answers to complaints, petition for special meeting, letters of protest
Folder 358: Conference in Defense of Yiddish Press
1941
correspondence concerning defense of Yiddish newspapers, especially the Day against strike by Newspaper Guild, invitations to conference, appeals for contributions, list of delegates, draft resolution, press releases, mailing list
Folder 359: Conference in Defense of Yiddish Press
1941
credentials of delegates
Folder 360: Conference in Defense of Yiddish Press
1941
credentials of delegates
Folder 361: Contributions in Defense of Yiddish Press
1941
letters accompanying contributions, letters of thanks
Folder 362: Copyrights
1940-1941
correspondence with Copyright Office about rights to the book Jewish Families and Family Circles in New York
Folder 363: CYCO
1941-1945
correspondence with Central Yiddish Culture Organization, mainly invitations and contributions
Folder 364: Day
1941-1945
salary scale lists, contracts, correspondence with Day publisher, copies of newspaper articles, circulars calling Day staff meetings, ballots for staff committee, memorandums by publisher, petition by staff, drafts of agreements, minutes of conferences, dues schedule, labor Department forms, all material concerns labor disputes
Folder 365: Department of State
1941
Visa Division, letters to Department of State in case of C. Penczyna, B. Chomski and B. Shaffner
Folder 366: Donations
1941-1945
letters from various organizations asking for donations, receipts, allocation decisions
Box 19
Folder 367: Dues
1941-1945
letters accompanying payments, letters asking for payment of dues, pleas for reducation of dues, dues schedule, lists of those on dues check-off list, notices of dues increase, etc.
Folder 368: Emergency Rescue Committee
1941
letters in case of Elie Eberlin, list of documents needed for visa application
Folder 370: Evenings
1941-1942
clippings about concerts, cultural evenings and other cultural activities
Folder 371: Evenings
1941-1943
invitations to artists, with some replies
Folder 373: Evenings
1941-1944
publicity, press releases, flyers
Folder 369: Evenings
1942-1943
answers to invitations
Folder 372: Evenings
1942-1944
miscellaneous correspondence about who should perform, list of those who appeared at Union evenings, correspondence about various other matters, program, press releases
Folder 374: Executive Committee
1941-1945
circulars calling executive meetings, press releases, correspondence, translation of constitution, petitions to executive committee, resolutions, telegram, etc.
Folder 375: Family Circle book
1940-1943
orders for book, letters accompanying the sending of the book
Folder 376: Finances
1940-1945
annual reports, financial statements, tax forms, bank books, budget, reports on various accounts, correspondence with banks, accountants, etc.
Folder 377: Forward
1942-1945
Forward circulation report, correspondence with Forward general manager, list of staff members, dues schedule, various matters
Folder 378: Frankle, Max H. - attorney
1943-1944
Frankle's corespondence, including telegrams, with government labor and wage boards in labor disputes, Union correspondence with him
Folder 379: (Newspaper) Guild
1935-1941
correspondence between Union and Newspaper Guild, constitution of Guild
Folder 380: Guild
1941
miscellaneous correspondence concerning the Day strike, written by various sources, leaflets, newspaper clippings
Folder 382: Guild strike
1941
press releases
Folder 381: Guild strike
1941
settlement, resolutions of YWU concerning settlement of strike, minutes of meeting, letters sent
Folder 383: Guild strike
1941
statement of Union, statements, memos, letters sent, press releases and appeals
Folder 384: HIAS
1941-1944
correspondence with HIAS on specific cases, letters about donations and financial arrangements, memos, reports, in the Ignatoff dispute with Asofsky, etc.
Folder 385: Information requests
1941-1943
miscellaneous letters with some answers
Folder 386: Invitations
1941-1944
invitations from various organizations
Box 20
Folder 387: Jewish Labor Committee
1941-1945
correspondence with JLC, reports of JLC, appeal by YWU, bill for dues, various matters
Folder 389: Jewish National Workers Alliance
1941-1943
three letters from the JNWA
Folder 388: (Committee for) Jewish Press Campaign
1944
list of names, plans for campaign written by public relations firm
Folder 390: Joint Distribution Committee
1941-1945
correspondence about individual cases of refugees, list of Jewish writers from Poland in USSR, France, etc., letters from individuals asking aid for others, receipt
Folder 391: Journal (Morgn Zhurnal)
1942-1945
correspondence with president of Jewish Morning Journal concerning labor matters, salary lists, minutes of executive meeting, correspondence about dues, etc.
Folder 392: Labor Temple
1941-1943
bills for use of facilities of Labor Temple, correspondence concerning use of facilities
Folder 393: Landsmanshaftn book
1940-1943
lists of those who requested the book, letters requesting copies of the book with answers, letters returning books sent on approval
Folder 394: Landynski case
1943
letters concerning investigation of reports about and complaint by S. Landynski, letters by Landynski, minutes of investigating commission, newspaper clipping
Folder 395: Letters from members
1940-1944
general
Folder 396: Lieberman, Elias
1941-1942
correspondence with the Union's attorney, E. Lieberman concerning dispute with Newspaper Guild, his bills
Folder 397: Lists
1941-1944
lists of people contacted for Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers, lists of contributors, lists of Jewish refugees in the USSR
Folder 398: Lists
undated
mailing lists, membership, unions, organizations, lists of refugees in USSR, etc.
Folder 399: Lutzky case
1942-1943
correspondence about setting up arbitration committee to judge C.I. Lutsky's attack on the YWU on WEVD, minutes and decision of arbitration committee
Folder 400: Margoshes Dinner Committee
1943
correspondence about testimonial dinner for Samuel Margoshes, mailing list, replies to invitations
Folder 401: Membership
1941-1946
miscellaneous correspondence with members, dues, protests, new membership, labor problems, officers, announcements to members, etc., membership list
Folder 402: Miscellaneous
1941-1944
miscellaneous correspondence, credentials of delegations, ballots, open appeal, telegrams
Folder 403: Montreal - Jewish Writers Association
1941-1942
correspondence, telegrams on death of I.J. Singer
Folder 404: ORT
1941-1944
reports, form letters by ORT, correspondence, receipt, ORT newsletter, invitation to meetinf
Folder 405: Oswego books
1944
books for refugees in Camp Ontario in Oswego, NY, lists of books sent, correspondence, appeal by YWU, letters accompanying contributions
Folder 406: President's Advisory Committee on Political Refugees
1941-1942
correspondence about the Graubert family and others
Folder 407: Press plans
1943-1945
plan of action for future of Yiddish press, letter to Alexander Kahn, plans for 75th anniversary of Yiddish press in the USA
Folder 408: Press releases
undated
concerning I. Feffer's attack on H. Leivick, newspaper article by Mordkhe Katz
Folder 409: Publicity section
1943-1944
list of members eligible for membership in section, leeters to publicity section, minutes and decisions, announcements of meetings, list of members, letters on labor matters concerning publicity writers, dues matters
Folder 410: Ravitch, Melech
1943-1944
correspondence
Folder 411: Recommendations
1941
general, two letters of introduction
Folder 412: Recommendations
1941-1945
jobs for members, correspondence
Box 21
Folder 413: Refugee requests abroad
1942-1943
correspondence, telegrams, bills, much of the file deals with letters from Palestine, also the case of Itzik Manger
Folder 414: Refugee Writers Group in New York
1941
correspondence
Folder 415: Relief requests
1941-1945
pleas for aid, answers, letters of thanks
Folder 416: Requests from organizations
1941-1945
requests for contributions and other requests
Folder 417: Sample letters
1940-1943
form letters
Folder 418: Settlements for individuals
1943
labor disputes involving the Day and United Jewish War Effort
Folder 419: Staff correspondence - Forward, Day and Morning Journal
1941-1944
letters to chairman of staff committees, letter from Day staff members
Folder 420: Suspended members
1940
form letters suspending members for joining the Newspaper Guild, letter registration form
Folder 421: Talent
1938-1941
advertising and letters, concerning concerts and other events sponsored by Yiddish Writers' Union, also lectures
Folder 422: Tax
1944-1945
lists concerning surtax on membership and correspondence
Folder 423: Telegrams
1941-1942
telegrams and letters sent on behalf of refugee writers, also telegrams received
Folder 424: (US) Treasury Department
1941-1944
tax forms
Folder 425: United Hebrew Trades
1941-1944
correspondence, bills and receipts for dues
Folder 426: We Invite
1941
invitations to individuals, three letters
Folder 427: World Jewish Congress
1941-1942
correspondence about individual refugees
Folder 428: Weinstein, Berish
1941-1944
correspondence concerning his salary and rights as an employee of HIAS
Folder 429: Workmen's Circle
1941-1944
correspondence
Folder 430: YIVO
1941-1945
correspondence, YIVO invitations, etc.
Folder 431: Zhitlowsky, Dr. Chaim
1941-1943
correspondence with him and his widow
Series VI: Correspondence (blue series)
1941-1958
This series contains mainly correspondence with Tog about salary schedules and labor conditions, with foreign countries concerning refugees, with various organizations such as the United Jewish Appeal and the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, and with Union members. There is also information about employees and labor conditions at Morgn Zhurnal and a letter entitled “European Writers in Distress” about refugees in Sweden.
Arrangement: This series is arranged alphabetically by correspondent, topic or document type.
Box 21
Folder 432: American Jewish Conference
1945-1946
assembly, correspondence and notices
Folder 433: Anniversaries - 300 years of Jews in America
1952
correspondence, biographic questionnaire, sample biography, letter to tercentenary committee
Folder 434: Applications for membership
1946-1955
letters of application, answers
Box 22
Folder 435: Australia
1948-1949
correspondence, especially with Jewish Writers' Union, Melbourne
Folder 436: Bergen Belsen camp
1946
appeal and correspondence for press and typewriters for DPs at Bergen Belsen, bills and receipts
Folder 437: Berman, L.
1951-1956
correspondence on L. Berman's behalf concerning his employment at Jewish Agricultural Society
Folder 438: Book Month
1952
correspondence, announcements, press releases
Folder 439: Clippings
1945-1950
concerning 75th anniversary of Yiddish press, election of officers of Yiddish Writers' Union
Folder 440: Contributions
1956
letter and receipt from Bund
Folder 441: Cultural evenings
1950-1951
invitations, letters of thanks, correspondence concerning meeting hall, schedule of events
Folder 442: Cultural evenings
1950-1955
fincancial calculations, announcements, financial statements, newspaper clippings, press releases, correspondence
Folder 443: CYCO and Congress for Jewish Culture
1946-1956
correspondence, appeals by CYCO, receipts, etc.
Folder 444: Day
1945-1956
correspondence, salary schedules, newspaper clippings, contract petitions by staff members, mainly concerning labor conditions and wages
Folder 445: Documents
1943-1952
lawyer's correspondence, photocopies of certificates of incorporation
Folder 446: Donations
1945-1946
one letter and one receipt
Folder 447: Dues
1945-1956
membership cards, rate schedule, warnings for delinquents, correspondence, registered letter stubs, bills
Folder 448: European Writers in Distress
1945
a letter about Swedish refugees
Folder 449: Executive committee
1946-1955
memorandum, correspondence, ballots, acceptances of invitations and nominations, proposed amendments to constitution, etc.
Folder 450: Finances
1954
cash statements
Box 23
Folder 451: Jacob Fishman Fund
1947-1950
bank account certificate, postcards approving appropriations from fund, court papers concerning Fishman's will, pleas for aid, letters of thanks
Folder 457: Foreign
1946-1948
France, correspondence, forms for food remittance
Folder 463: Foreign
1946-1950
Poland, correspondence, especially with association of Jewish Writers in Poland, including many letters accompanying checks for aid as well as many other subjects, lists of members of Association of Jewish Writers, answer to attck on Yiddish Writers' Union fun for Refugee Writers in Dos Naye Lebn, 1948, newspaper issue containing the article, etc.
Folder 461: Foreign
1946-1953
Mexico, correspondence
Folder 453: Foreign
1946-1955
Australia, correspondence, especially with A. Rappaport and Ber Rosen
Folder 456: Foreign
1946-1956
England, correspondence, forms for food remittance
Folder 452: Foreign
1947
Austria, computer cards for food remittances, correspondence
Folder 454: Foreign
1947-1948
Belgium, correspondence mainly concerning aid to Chava Rosenfarb
Folder 455: Foreign
1947-1948
China, correspondence with Shanghai, list of needy in Shanghai, correspondence on behalf of refugees in Shanghai
Folder 459: Foreign
1947-1948
Germany, correspondence, including a number of letters from the writers union of the Shaarith Haplatah, newspaper clippings, lists of those needing help
Folder 460: Foreign
1947-1950
Italy, correspondence, newspaper clippings, telegrams, mainly concerning aid to DPs
Folder 458: Foreign
1948-1956
France, correspondence, forms for food remittances, lists of aid recipients
Folder 462: Foreign
1951-1956
Palestine, correspondence, especially with Shimon Samet, photographs, post cards accompanying food packages, press releases, manuscript about Moshe Sharett, etc.
Box 24
Folder 464: Foreign
1946-1949
Romania, correspondence, statements accompanying remittances
Folder 466: Foreign
1946-1950
Sweden, correspondence, especially with Rokhl Korn and others, mainly concerned with aid for refugees
Folder 465: Foreign
1946-1955
South America, correspondence, especially with H.D. Nomberg Writers' Society in Buenos Aires, also correspondents in Uruguay
Folder 467: Foreign
1947-1948
Switzerland, correspondence mainly concerned with aid to refugees
Folder 468: Forward
1943-1956
correspondence with Alexander Kahn, manager, complaints, salary schedules and suggested raises, other correspondence, correspondence with staff chairman, telegram, staff resolution, mainly concerning labor matters
Folder 469: France
1945-1951
memorandum of association of Jewish Cultural societies, conrrespondence with them and others
Folder 470: (Newspaper) Guild
1951
letter concerning strike against Day and Morning Journal
Folder 471: Hebrew American Typographical Union
1942-1953
correspondence, financial calculations concerning Landsmanshaftn book
Folder 472: Hendin, Dr. L.
1943-1950
L. Hendin's correspondence with various people, newspaper clipping
Folder 473: HIAS
1944-1955
correspondence with HIAS concerning its employees, also concerning aid to refugees, memorandum, newspaper clipping
Folder 474: Insurance stubs
1950
requests by members for insurance giving their ages and the amount of insurance desired
Folder 475: Israeli Journalists
1956
correspondence
Folder 476: Jewish Labor Committee
1946-1953
correspondence, receipts for contributions
Folder 477: Jewish Telegraphic Agency
1943-1958
correspondence concerning rights of JTA employees, memo, correspondence on other matters, open letters, Union dues check off, etc.
Folder 478: Joint Distribution Committee
1945-1948
correspondence concerning aid to refugees in individual cases, list of Jewish writers in Shanghai, newspaper clipping, also correspondence about employees of the JDC, telegram
Folder 479: Membership
1945-1950
miscellaneous correspondence with various individuals and groups, invitations to YWU meetings, postcards accepting and rejecting nominations to executive committee, questionnaire on employment of members, magazine article
Box 25
Folder 480: Membership
1950-1957
miscellaneous correspondence, telegrams, invitations to meetings, press releases, newspaper clippings, lists of names, etc.
Folder 481: Morning Journal
1947-1953
lists of employees, correspondence with management about labor conditions, wage schedules, telegram, newspaper and magazine clippings, Union dues lists, petitions by staff members, press releases and resolutions, correspondence and other material concerning efforts to continue operation of the newspaper, promisory note, etc.
Folder 485: Morning Journal
1949-1952
financial statements, accountant's recommendations, correspondence, resolutions and declarations, financial statements issued by trustees in court
Folder 484: Morning Journal
1950-1955
final, financial calculations, correspondence, including correspondence with Morning Journal trustees and with the Union's lawyer, labor contracts, court decisions, affadavits, etc.
Folder 482: Morning Journal
1951
lists of amounts loaned to newspaper and amounts owed, bounced checks, letters
Folder 483: Morning Journal
1953
final, lists of sums due to Union members, agreeement, correspondence, salary check stubs, lawyer's correspondence, financial calculations, receipts, lists of names, correspondence about severance pay, etc., blanks transferring claims to the Union, various payment plans
Box 26
Folder 486: National Labor Committee for Palestine
1942-1948
appeal, correspondence, receipts for contributions, invitations, report
Folder 487: Negotiations
1946
correspondence with various employers asking for raises, etc., invitations to executive committee meeting, newspaper issues
Folder 488: Nomination Committee
1954
letters to nominees for office in the Union, their answers
Folder 489: Obituaries
1944-1954
texts of obituaries, correspondence
Folder 490: ORT
1943-1945
three letters
Folder 491: Oswego books
1946
correspondence with Committee of Polish Jews of Fort Ontario about sending the camp's books to Bergen Belsen
Folder 492: Palestine
1945-1955
correspondence, telegrams, press releases, Israeli regualtions
Folder 493: Palestine
1947-1953
cards accompanying food remittances, correspondence
Folder 494: Palestine
1949-1950
correspondence, telegrams, newspaper clippings, placard, list of writers in Israel
Folder 495: Palestine
1950-1952
correspondence, cards accompanying food remittances, telegrams, receipts, lists of names and addresses
Folder 496: PEN Club
1948-1951
letters from Yiddish PEN Club in New York, lists of names and addresses
Folder 497: Poland
1945-1946
correspondence on behalf of Jews in Poland with Melech Ravitch and with individuals and institutions in the U.S., letters from Jewish organizations in Poland, also one letter from the Jewish "cabinet" in Ukraine dated April 28, 1945, pleas for aid, including a plea from the Landsberg DP camp in Germany
Box 27
Folder 498: New York Post
1955
correspondence with the New York Post complaining about the Post's efforts to gain advertisers at the expense of the Yiddish press, correspondence with others about the matter, copy of the Post's letter to an advertiser, protest resolution, newspaper clippings
Folder 500: Publicity
1945
mimeographed letters in connection with 75th anniversary of Yiddish press in America
Folder 499: Publicity
1950-1951
press releases and newspaper clippings about YWU activities
Folder 501: Refugees in New York
1945-1954
correspondence, receipts, memos, letters of reference on behalf of refugees
Folder 502: Relief requests
1946-1956
with replies, book advertisements, letters of thanks, lists of names, invitations, from many countries
Folder 503: Requests from organizations
1946-1956
requests, answers
Folder 508: Rescue Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers
1946-1947
mailing lists, lists of contributors
Folder 506: Rescue Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers
1946-1949
cities, correspondence with individuals in various towns of the USA and Canada concerning fundraising, etc., lists of contributors, report on finances
Folder 504: Rescue Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers
1946-1949
correspondence of the Rescue Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers, Sponsored by YWU, about funds and other subjects, lists of names, newspaper clipping, financial calculations, lists of recipients
Folder 505: Rescue Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers
1947
executive, checks, letters
Folder 507: Rescue Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers
1947
foreign, lists of those to receive aid, receipts, etc.
Folder 509: Rescue Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers
1948-1949
publicity, newspaper clippings
Box 28
Folder 510: Serdatzky, Yente
1941-1956
letters from her, newspaper clippings
Folder 511: Seventy Years of Immigration
1953
at Hunter College, celebration of 70 years of Jewish mass immigration to America, Feb. 28, 1953, newspaper clippings, lists of ticket payments, etc., invitations and form letters, correspondence, contract for use of auditorium, press releases
Folder 512: 75th anniversary of Yiddish press in America
1945
general and correspondence, names of committee members, manuscript, press releases, schedule, newspaper clipping
Folder 513: 75th anniversary of Yiddish press in America
1945
concert, correspondence about procuring talent for the event, letters from leading Jewish entertainers, list of those slated to sit on platform, list of contributions
Folder 514: 75th anniversary of Yiddish press in America
1945
contracts for Morning Journal
Folder 515: 75th anniversary of Yiddish press in America
1945
contributors to Morning Journal, correspondence with writers, manuscripts
Folder 516: 75th anniversary of Yiddish press in America
1945
copy for ads
Folder 517: 75th anniversary of Yiddish press in America
1945
for other publications
Box 29
Folder 518: 75th anniversary of Yiddish press in America
1944-1945
letters about ads, also mailing lists, check lists of ad purchasers
Folder 519: 75th anniversary of Yiddish press in America
1945
letters about tickets, also receipts, financial calculations
Folder 520: 75th anniversary of Yiddish press in America
1945
other cities, correspondence with Newark, Philadelphia, Roxbury, MA, etc.
Folder 521: 75th anniversary of Yiddish press in America
1945
publicity, correspondence with magazines, etc., news releases
Folder 522: 75th anniversary of Yiddish press in America
1945
sale of Morning Journals, correspondence, newspaper clipping, list of libraries and reviewers, order blanks
Folder 525: Tax
1956
correspondence
Folder 523: Town Hall
1955
Jewish tercentenary celebration, program, newspaper clippings, invitations, correspondence, box office statements, contract for hall, publicity photograph, press releases, telegrams
Folder 524: Town Hall
1956
Musical-Literary Program, correspondence, press releases, contract, programs, box office statements, newspaper clippings
Folder 526: (US) Treasury Department
1945-1955
tax returns, etc., exemption affadavits
Folder 527: United Hebrew Trades
1945-1953
correspondence, bulletin
Folder 528: United Jewish Appeal
1949-1951
newspaper clippings and correspondence concerning YWU strike vs. UJA, press releases, other labor disputes with UJA, telephone numbers, correspondence about 1945-1950 contributions, invitations to meetings
Box 30
Folder 529: US war bonds
1942-1953
applications, receipts, etc.
Series VII: Correspondence
1946-1973
The correspondence in this series relates to labor questions, information about the Tog – Morgn Zhurnal merger, World Federation of Journalists, Congress for Jewish Culture, the fiftieth anniversary of the YWU, the one hundredth anniversary of the Yiddish press in America, union reports from the New York State Department of Labor, and materials from the Conference of Jewish Journalists.
Arrangement: This series is arranged alphabetically by correspondent, topic or document type.
Box 30
Folder 530: Ackerman, H.
1965
correspondence, newspaper article
Folder 531: (South) Africa
1966-1967
correspondence
Folder 532: Aid to members
1962-1967
correspondence
Folder 533: Aid to writers
1964-1965
correspondence
Folder 534: American Jewish Committee
1965
correspondence, mailing list, press release, newspaper clipping about a dispute with AJC
Folder 535: American Jewish Congress
1960
correspondence concerning rumored liquidation of the AJC's Yiddish section
Folder 536: Argentina
1961-1968
correspondence, copies of cables, newspaper clippings, program of inaugeration of Dubnow House
Folder 537: Auerbach, Ephraim
1972
correspondence, etc. in connection with his 80th birthday
Folder 538: Bagrisungen (greetings)
1966-1971
letters of congratulation to S.J. Agnon, Nelly sachs and Jacob Glatstein, news releases
Folder 539: Bank, Joseph
1962-1970
correspondence
Folder 540: Ben-Israel, Shlomo
undated
one letter
Folder 541: Bickel, Dr. Alexander
1969
correspondence
Folder 542: Broderson, Moshe
1969-1970
fund for his reburial in Israel, correspondence, memorandum, check receipts, etc.
Folder 543: Bund
1960-1968
correspondence, receipts
Folder 545: Congress for Jewish Culture
1963-1969
correspondence, invitations, account of a reception
Folder 546: Congress for Jewish Culture
1969
Delegation Affair Dec. 11, 1969, invitation, press release, correspondence, receipt
Folder 544: Congress for Jewish Culture and CYCO
1965-1967
correspondence, invitations, order blank, etc.
Folder 547: Contributions
1968
letters of thanks, receipts. appeals for aid, letters accompanying contributions
Folder 548: Day
1956
correspondence and newspaper clippings
Folder 549: Day-Morning Journal (Tog-Morgn Zhurnal)
1956-1967
calls for meetings, telegrams, correspondence with management about labor questions and other matters
Folder 550: Deceased
1969-1970
texts of obituaries, balance of gains and losses of membership, lists of deceased members, newspaper clippings, letter accompanying dues payment
Folder 551: Delinquent in dues
1969-1970
warning letters, lists of members in arrears
Folder 552: Einhorn, David
1967
80th anniversary, letter and press releases
Folder 553: Epstein, David
1967
three letters from him
Folder 554: Farband (Jewish National Workers Alliance) and Poalei Zion (Marxist Zionist Jewish Workers Party)
1962-1963
correspondence
Folder 561: Fiftieth anniversary of Yiddish Writers' Union
1965
newspaper clippings, correspondence about tickets, lists of ticket purchasers, etc.
Folder 557: Fiftieth anniversary of Yiddish Writers' Union
1965
publicity, newspaper clippings, summary of journal contents, invitations
Folder 559: Fiftieth anniversary of Yiddish Writers' Union
1965
publicity, newspaper clippings, invitations
Folder 558: Fiftieth anniversary of Yiddish Writers' Union
1965
publicity, Israel, newspaper clippings
Folder 562: Fiftieth anniversary of Yiddish Writers' Union
1965
tickets, correspondence, invitations, letters accompanying ticket purchases
Folder 555: Fiftieth anniversary of Yiddish Writers' Union
1965-1966
correspondence, lists of ticket recipients, material for Korot (world office of Jewish journalists' publications), issue dedicated to the anniversary, invitations, texts of speeches or articles, lists of membership with short biographies, press releases
Folder 556: Fiftieth anniversary of Yiddish Writers' Union
1965-1966
Statler Hilton hotel, tickets, correspondence, invitations, greetings
Folder 560: Fiftieth anniversary of Yiddish Writers' Union
1965-1966
publicity, JTA dispatch, newspaper clippings
Box 31
Folder 563: Forward staff
1968-1970
list of amounts and names, announcements and invitations to meeting by Forward staff committee, invitations to YWU meetings
Folder 564: Fox, Chaim Leib
1969-1970
correspondence
Folder 565: Freie Arbeiter Stimme
1960-1970
receipts for contributions, letters
Folder 566: Gersten-Fenn, Bertha
1967-1969
letters of thanks for her contributions, correspondence
Folder 567: Ginzburg, M.
1961-1967
correspondence about dues, etc.
Folder 568: Glanz-Leyeles, A.
1966
two letters
Folder 569: Goldman, Dr. Nahum
1964-1965
two letters
Folder 570: Greenberg, Eliezer
1968
letter and bills about dues
Folder 571: Grinbaum, Itzchak
1969
telegram for his 90th birthday, press release, newspaper clippings
Folder 572: Harendorf-Dorfson, Nelly
1969
correspondence with Nelly Harendorf of London
Folder 573: Habimah (Hebrew theater company)
1964
press release in answer ro attack by Habimah, newspaper clippings, correspondence
Folder 574: HIAS
1956-1961
letters about J.I. Friedman, a HIAS employee
Folder 575: HIAS
1960-1967
certificate and flyers, correspondence, invitations, including letters about HIAS employee B. Weinstein
Folder 576: Hotel New Yorker
1966
reception for Moshe Ron, mailing lists, replies, invitations, correspondence
Folder 577: Hunter College
1964
correspondence with Hunter College about use of their Hall for 50th anniversary celebration, applications for use
Folder 578: Israel Mail
1967-1970
invitation, correspondence mainly with World Federation of Jewish Journalists, newspaper clippings
Folder 579: Israel
1970-1971
correspondence with World Federation of Jewish Journalists, etc.
Folder 581: Israel
1971
World Federation of Jewish Journalists, filled-out forms, questionnaire, accompanying letters
Folder 582: Israel
1971
World Federation of Jewish Journalists, newspaper clippings
Folder 580: Israel
1972
World Federation of Jewish Journalists, correspondence
Folder 583: Israeli Consulate
1960-1967
David Rivlin and others, correspondence, copy of cable, invitations
Folder 584: Jewish Agency
1965-1970
correspondence
Folder 585: Jewish Book Council
1968-1970
Moshe Starkman, correspondence concerning Starkman, the YWU representative to Book Council, flyers, form letters
Folder 586: Jewish Daily Forward
1963-1967
Adolph Held, letters from Held and to him, copies of letters, calls for strikes, newspaper clipping, invitation, advertisement
Folder 587: Jewish Labor Committee
1960-1966
invitations, correspondence
Folder 588: Jewish National Fund
1965-1966
appeals for contributions and letters of thanks
Folder 589: Jewish Telegraphic Agency
1957-1970
correspondence about salaries and dues, hiring of Yiddish writer for JTA
Folder 590: Joint Distribution Committee
1964-1969
correspondence concerning JDC employees, filling vacancies, etc., newspaper clipping
Folder 591: Judson, S.
1968
two letters to him
Folder 592: Kahn, Malke
1955-1956
correspondence about dispute with Day-Morning Journal
Folder 593: Katz, Morris (Alef)
1966
one letter to him
Folder 594: Kerstein, Solomon
1969
correspondence about his application for membership
Folder 595: Kinder Zhurnal
1961-1969
appeals, correspondence
Folder 599: Lebedige Zeitung (Living Newspaper)
1963-1964
financial calculations, newspaper clippings, correspondence, news releases
Folder 600: Lebedige Zeitung
1964-1965
correspondence, newspaper clippings, news release
Folder 601: Lebedige Zeitung
1965-1966
newspaper clippings, press releases
Folder 602: Lebedige Zeitung
1965-1966
newspaper clippings
Folder 603: Lebedige Zeitung
1966-1967
newspaper clippings, press releases
Folder 604: Lebedige Zeitung
1966-1967
newspaper clippings, press releases
Folder 607: Lebedige Zeitung
1967
thank you letters for contributions
Folder 605: Lebedige Zeitung
1967-1968
newspaper clippings, press releases
Folder 606: Lebedige Zeitung
1968-1969
newspaper clippings, schedule, news releases, correspondence
Folder 596: Lebedige Zeitung
1969-1970
newspaper clippings, news releases about Lebedige Zeitung programs, correspondence about hall for program, etc.
Folder 597: Lebedige Zeitung
1970-1971
lecture fee check stubs, press releases, correspondence
Folder 598: Lebedige Zeitung
1971-1972
newspaper clippings, schedule, letter
Folder 608: Leivick Fund
1961-1970
thank you letters, letters accompanying contributions, receipts, correspondence with building committee of Leivick House in Tel Aviv, newspaper clippings, lists of contributors, form letters, greeting for inaugeration of Leivick House, telegram
Folder 609: Lexicon of Yiddish Literature
1964-1965
Uveeler, letters to Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture
Folder 610: Manger, Itzik
1969
memorial announcement
Folder 611: Meetings
1959-1965
invitations to meetings
Box 32
Folder 613: Meetings
1955-1972
also correspondence of the executive committee with members, invitations to meetings
Folder 615: Meetings
1960-1964
Zalman Shazar, Moshe Ron, etc., announcements of meetings, press releases
Folder 614: Meetings
1965-1969
announcements of meetings, news releases
Folder 612: Meetings
1966-1971
invitations to meetings, etc.
Folder 616: Membership
1965
for retirement dues, form letter
Folder 617: Membership requests
1966-1971
mainly applications for membership with answers
Folder 618: Menes, A.
1969
two letters
Folder 619: Millman, S.
1968
one letter and accomonaying material
Folder 622: Miscellaneous
1958, 1967-1970
copies of letters sent, incoming letters, one letterf rom Polish-Yiddish publishing house "Yiddish Buch" dated 1958, press releases
Folder 620: Miscellaneous
1960-1967
correspondence, form letters received, announcements, incoming letters, some outgoing letters, questionnaire, letters of reference
Folder 621: Miscellaneous
1962-1967
letters received, announcement of meetings sent out, list of dues owed, membership mailing list
Folder 623: Miscellaneous requests
1962-1969
requests for information with replies, other letters, invitations, announcements received, requests for donations
Folder 624: New members
1959-1969
applications for membership, answers, correspondence concerning dues
Folder 625: New York State Department of Labor
1963-1971
union reports, correspondence with state government, official reports to government, report on finances
Folder 626: One Hundred Years Yiddish Press in America
1970
greetings, letters received, etc.
Folder 627: One Hundred Years Yiddish Press in America
1970
tickets, form letters sent
Folder 628: One Hundred Years Yiddish Press in America
1970
articles to Moshe Ron, cuts, etc., manuscripts, correspondence with Moshe Ron, other correspondence
Folder 629: One Hundred Years Yiddish Press in America
1970
tickets count, lists of tickets purchased, letters about tickets
Folder 630: One Hundred Years Yiddish Press in America
1970
Statler Hilton, invitations, replies etc., many letters to prominent people
Folder 631: One Hundred Years Yiddish Press in America
1970
Statler Hilton, correspondence with the hotel, press releases, newspaper clippings, etc.
Folder 632: One Hundred Years Yiddish Press in America
1970
publicity, correspondence, invitations to guests, press releases, newspaper clippings
Folder 633: One Hundred Years Yiddish Press in America
1970
publicity, clippings from Israel press, photos
Box 33
Folder 634: Osherowitch, Mendel
1962
correspondence etc. with Osherowitch Anniversary Committee
Folder 635: Papiernikoff, J.
1964-1968
correspondence and copies of telegram, invitation
Folder 636: Patt, Dr. E.
1963-1968
correspondence, addresses, obituary
Folder 637: Penn, Asher
1967
correspondence concerning dispute
Folder 638: Piccadilly Hotel
1963-1968
Dr. N. Goldman, etc., reservations list, bill, correspondence with hotel, invitations, other correspondence, newspaper clippings, etc.
Folder 639: Polish Embassy
1962
text of protest telegram
Folder 640: Publicity
1965
new executive committee, newspaper clippings
Folder 641: Publicity sent out to different publications
1967
press releases, mailing lists, newspaper clipping, accompanying letters
Folder 642: Ravitch, Melech
1962-1969
correspondence
Folder 643: Relief to writers
1960-1973
letters accompanying subsidies, letters of thanks, letters on behalf of writers needing aid, pleas for aid, press release, correspondence
Folder 644: Resolutions
1968
Conference of Jewish Journalists, March 28, 1968, letters accompanying resolution, mailing list, letters, text of resolutions
Folder 645: Rich, J. and William Wolpert
1966
exchange of letters about a dispute
Folder 646: Rivlin, M.
1966-1972
press release, newspaper clipping, correspondence, invitation to event in his honor
Folder 647: Rogoff, Hillel
1962
letter and bill for dues, copy of newspaper article
Folder 648: Ron, Moshe
1956-1969
invitations to reception in his honor, mailing list, correspondence with him and others, newspaper article, one letter dated 1956, mainly 1960-1969
Folder 649: Ron, Moshe
1960-1970
Israel, correspondence with Ron and other Israeli journalists and Associations of Israeli Journalists, text of telegram, memorandum, etc.
Folder 650: Rubin, S.N.
1962-1970
correspondence with and about him
Folder 651: Schoenfeld, A.
1972
correspondence
Folder 652: Serdatzky, Yente
1961-1962
letters from her
Folder 653: Setzer, S.H.
1961-1966
letters about him and on his behalf, invitation to memorial, news release and mailing list, correspondence with Setzer, telegram
Folder 654: Sher, Z.
1963
letter and manuscript
Folder 655: Shoshkes, Dr. Chaim
1964
telegrams on his death
Folder 656: Beth Sholem Aleichem
1961-1962
correspondence, also an invitation from Sholem Aleichem Folk Institute
Folder 657: Smolar, B.
1968
one letter to him
Folder 658: Spizman, L.
1960
two letters to him or about him
Folder 660: Starkman, Moshe
1969
correspondence, press release
Folder 659: State of Israel bonds
1964
letters asking for contributions
Folder 661: Suspension letters
1961-1963
to members overdue in payment of bills
Folder 662: Sztejnwaks, P.
1971
correspondence
Folder 663: Tenenbaum, S.
1962
two letters from him
Folder 664: ThermoFax
1965
Minnesota Mining Machines, sent to Israel, M. Ron, invoices, etc.
Folder 665: Tolush, I.
1960-1962
correspondence with him and on his behalf
Folder 666: Treasury Department
1964
lists of matured bonds
Folder 667: United Hebrew Trades
1959-1968
correspondence, invitations, receipts for dues
Folder 668: United Israel Appeal
1966
Asher Wolk, correspondence about his employment
Folder 669: United Jewish Appeal
1962-1964
correspondence, etc.
Folder 670: Weinreich, Dr. Max
1961-1962
correspondence, two letters
Folder 671: Winograd, M.
1967-1968
correspondence
Folder 672: Wolk, Asher
1970
correspondence concerning his employment for American Zionist Council
Folder 673: Workmen's Circle
1960-1969
correspondence, mainly dealing with contributions, invitations
Folder 674: World Federation of Jewish Journalists
1961
letter accompanying WJFF questionnaire, blank questionnaire
Folder 675: World Jewish Congress
1964-1965
Memorial Foundation, Uveeler, Dr. N. Goldman, letters to Goldman
Folder 676: Yearbook
1955-1956
correspondence about proposed yearbook "Yiddish Lebn"
Folder 678: Yiddish Dictionary Committee
1963-1969
correspondence, receipts for contributions, form letters about contributions
Folder 677: YIVO
1946-1969
correspondence, invitations, correspondence about YWU archives
Folder 679: Zukunft (Future)
1957-1969
correspondence, bills, receipts, form letters
Folder 680: Zylbercweig, Zalmen
1962-1971
correspondence
Series VIII: Financial Correspondence, Current Matters and Miscellaneous
1909-1973
This series contains account statements from companies, banks and brokers, financial forms, circulars, scrapbooks, documents about the workings of the Yiddish Writers’ Union, and a manuscript and questionnaires from various countries for a YWU yearbook. Folders 737-745 contain scrapbooks and other materials originally found in addendum part C.
Arrangement: This series is arranged alphabetically by correspondent, topic or document type.
Box 34
Folder 681: Bache and Company
1957-1961
account statements
Folder 682: Bache and Company
1959-1963
WE Hutton and Company, account statements, printed announcements, etc.
Folder 683: Bache and Company
1962
statement and copy of letter sent
Folder 686: Bank letters
1964-1972
copies of letters to banks and brokers, forms, statements of expenses, form letters and circulars, etc.
Folder 684: Bank Leumi
1961-1963
account statements, forms
Folder 688: Bank signatures
1963-1969
forms, accompanying letters, etc.
Folder 690: Current matters
1962
correspondence
Folder 695: Current matters
1962-1963
L. Feinberg, secretary, correspondence, minutes of special meeting, invitations
Folder 698: Current matters
1962-1963
L. Feinberg, secretary, list of names, correspondence, bill for funeral, circulars received, bills, telegram, news release, memos, etc.
Folder 696: Current matters
1963
M. Elbaum, secretary, correspondence, copy of telegram congratulating President Shazar on his election
Folder 697: Current matters
1963-1964
correspondence, invitations to meetings, newspaper clippings, financial report, news releases
Folder 689: Deposit signatures
1963-1972
for banks and checking account, etc., forms, letters
Folder 687: First Western Savings and Loan
1963-1964
Las Vegas, Nevada, correspondence, forms, etc.
Folder 692: Letters from the Jewish chaplain at Clinton Prison
1966-1967
Folder 685: Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Inc
1970-1971
account statements, forms, etc.
Folder 693: Miscellaneous
1961-1967
miscellaneous correspondence, list of outstanding accounts, etc.
Folder 694: Miscellaneous
1962-1963
letters and circulars received, telegram from Polish Ambassador, copies of letters sent
Folder 699: Miscellaneous
1963-1969
news releases, invitations, correspondence, etc.
Folder 691: Miscellaneous
1965-1968
memos, circulars received, text of obituary for Alex Katz, etc.
Box 35
Folder 718: Circulars
1940-1956
one from 1968, mainly invitations to meetings
Folder 712: Circulars and press releases
1969-1970
Folder 720: Clippings
1933-1946
Folder 705: Correspondence
1946-1956
connected with bills paid
Folder 709: Dues Schedules
1944-1946
also includes various other miscellaneous lists
Folder 701: Farband
1954
correspondence, news release
Folder 702: Group insurance plan
undated
Folder 704: Letters from abroad
1956
Folder 713: Lists
1944-1945
contributions and expenses
Folder 707: Mailing lists
1955
Folder 714: Miscellaneous
1943-1967
mostly correspondence, including letter from U.S. censor, news release, etc.
Folder 711: Miscellaneous
1956-1958
correspondence, vouchers, JTA dispatch, etc.
Folder 706: Miscellaneous
1960-1962
ciculars calling meetings, forms, copies of letters sent, petty cash vouchers, bills, list of those owing money, etc.
Folder 711D: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Bloch, Chaim
1921
Folder 711R: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Chudnovsky, Moshe
undated
Folder 711B: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Eisner, Gustave
1921
Folder 711E: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Gross, M.
1921
Folder 711F: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Hourwich, Isaac A.
1909, 1921-1922
Folder 711A: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Ignatoff, David
1922-1925
Folder 711U: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Lazer, S.M.
1921
Folder 711V: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Lieberman, Chaim
1921
Folder 711X: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Masliansky, Zvi Hirsch
1929
Folder 711W: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Mastbaum, Joel
undated
Folder 711Y: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Meiman, Benjamin
1920-1921
Folder 711Z: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Muller, Jozef
1920
Folder 711AA: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Niger, Shmuel
1920-1921
Folder 711C: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Orlans, A.S.
1920
Folder 711BB: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Perle, S.
1920-1921
Folder 711GG: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Rabinovitch, Yehaskel
1920-1921
Folder 711HH: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Radoshinsky, I.H.
1922
Folder 711II: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Ravitch, Melech
1921
Folder 711NN: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Reinwein, A.
undated
Folder 711MM: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Reisen, Abraham
1921
Folder 711FF: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Roback, A.A.
1925
Folder 711JJ: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Rosenfeld, Hersh
1925
Folder 711KK: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Rosenfeld, S.
1927
Folder 711LL: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Rubin, A.M.
1921
Folder 711OO: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Schatz, Boris
1921
Folder 711RR: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Schneider, M. B.
undated
Folder 711QQ: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Schnitzler, Arthur
1921
Folder 711N: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Semel, Bernard
1920
Folder 711L: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Silburg, M.
1921
Folder 711PP: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Steinberg, N.
1921
Folder 711S: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Tchernowitz, Chaim
1921
Folder 711Q: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Tepper, K.
1921
Folder 711P: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Tiomkin, Z. (Va'ad Aliyah)
1920
Folder 711EE: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Tzipin, M.
1920
Folder 711J: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Victor, A.
1921
Folder 771H: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Vortsman, Dr. I.B.
undated
Folder 711I: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Weintraub, Sigmund
1919
Folder 711SS: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Winchevsky, Morris
1918-1925
Folder 711G: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Wohliner, A.
undated
Folder 711T: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Yehoash
1920
Folder 711K: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Zak, Abram
1921
Folder 711O: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Zetzer, S.
undated
Folder 711CC: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Zukerman, B. (Jewish People's Relief Committee)
1921
Folder 711DD: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Zukerman, William
undated
Folder 711M: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Zylbercweig, Zalmen
1920
Folder 703: Miscellaneous requests
1962-1964
Folder 700: One Hundred Years Yiddish Press in America
1970
tickets correspondence
Folder 717: Picture collection of the Yiddish Writers' Union
undated
individual snapshots of members in alphabetical order, also some group photos
Folder 719: Rescue Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers
1941-1948
circulars, raffle books, memorial album
Folder 708: Speech by Moshe Starkman
1970
manuscript and typed copy, "On the Eve of the 100th Anniversary of the Yiddish Press"
Folder 710: Tax
1946, 1956
dues lists, etc. for union surtax
Box 37
Folder 744: Morning Journal
1952
lists and forms concerning loans by employees to ths Morning Journal
Folder 745: Weizman, Chaim
1949
copy of letter from YWU granting him membership
Folder 738: YWU yearbook "Yidish Lebn" (Jewish Life)
1955-1956
Answers to questionnaires from Israel
Folder 739: YWU yearbook "Yidish Lebn"
1955-1956
Answers to questionnaires from Melbourne, London, South Africa
Folder 740: YWU yearbook "Yidish Lebn"
1955-1956
Answers to questionnaires from United States
Folder 741: YWU yearbook "Yidish Lebn"
1955-1956
Answers to questionnaires from Latin America
Folder 742: YWU yearbook "Yidish Lebn"
undated
manuscripts, including manuscripts by Jacob Glatstein, M. Starkman and others, possibly for the 30th anniversary
Folder 743: YWU yearbook "Yidish Lebn"
1955-1956, 1972-1973
Miscellaneous correspondence and answers to questionnaires from France
Box 39
Folder 715A: Scrapbook
1927-1930
various activities
Folder 715B: Scrapbook
1936-1938
receptions, symposiums, cultural evenings, celebrations
Folder 715C: Scrapbook
1938-1939
symposiums, lectures, cultural evenings, concerts, celebrations, memorial meetings, Landsmanshaftn book
Folder 716A: Scrapbook
1941
Day strike, dispute with the Newspaper Guild
Folder 716B: Scrapbook
1941
Rescue Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers
Folder 716C: Scrapbook
1945
75th anniversary of the Yiddish press
Folder 737: Scrapbook
1946-1947
Rescue Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers, newspaper clippings
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