Guide to the Papers of Joseph A. Rosen ( 1877-1949 ), 1911-1943 (bulk 1922-1938) RG 358

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Collection Overview

Title: Guide to the Papers of Joseph A. Rosen ( 1877-1949 ), 1911-1943 (bulk 1922-1938) RG 358

Predominant Dates:bulk 1922-1938

ID: RG 358 FA

Creator: Rosen, Joseph, A., 1877-1949

Extent: 18.75 Linear Feet

Arrangement:

At the time of the accession of the Joseph A. Rosen papers a general description of contents was made, but no particular arrangement procedures were applied to the collection. The papers were eventually inventoried and microfilmed in 1976 under a special grant from the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. The transliteration of Russian and Ukrainian personal and geographical names was adjusted according to ALA - LC Romanization tables in 2003. The Russian form of the geographic names was, however, preserved, since that is the form in which they appear in the collection, but where applicable the contemporary form in Ukrainian is added in parentheses.

The collection is divided into five topical series.

Languages: Russian, English, German, Ukrainian, Yiddish, French, Spanish

Abstract

Joseph A. Rosen was an agronomist and official of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. In the 1920s and 1930s he organized and coordinated relief activities for impoverished Jews in the Soviet Union. Joseph A. Rosen was a director of the American Jewish Joint Agricultural Corporation (Agro-Joint) that tried to develop Jewish settlements and assisted with organization of Jewish factories, cooperatives, schools, and health care facilities. All these subjects are covered in this collection. These are the papers of Joseph A. Rosen in his official capacity as a Director of the Agro-Joint. The collection contains agreements between Agro-Joint and the Soviet government, reports, and field observations of the agronomists and officials of the relief organizations, particularly of the Agro-Joint, technical reports and documentation necessary for development and financial sustainability of the Jewish settlements. Maps and landscape plans are also part of this collection.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Joseph A. Rosen Papers are in fact an organic part of the records of Agro-Joint. With the exception of a few personal documents and miscellaneous items, these are the files of the Agro-Joint Director, consisting of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports and a variety of other documents. A small portion of the records pertains to the period before 1924. The Joseph A. Rosen Papers remain a key record group for studying the history of Jewish colonization in the Soviet Union.

Joseph A. Rosen was often addressed as Iosif Borisovich in Russian-language correspondence and documents.

Historical Note

Biographical Note Joseph A. Rosen was born in Moscow in 1877. He studied agronomic sciences in Russia and Germany. Joseph A. Rosen was exiled to Siberia for his political involvement with the Russian Social-Democratic Party ( Mensheviks ). In 1903 he emigrated to the United States. He completed his agronomic training here. Joseph A. Rosen gained international renown in the field of agriculture after he developed a new variety of winter rye which was named "Rosen Rye" after him and which was widely used by U.S. farmers.

Joseph A. Rosen joined the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) Russian Unit in 1921, and in August of that year was invited by Colonel W.N. Haskel of the American Relief Administration (ARA) to join this organization as the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee representative. When the American Relief Administration ceased to operate in the Soviet Union, Joseph A. Rosen remained with the AJDC Russian Unit which continued its work by special agreement with the Soviet government. As one of the authors of the AJDC Reconstruction program, Joseph A. Rosen began to import from the United States corn seed and modern machinery, especially tractors, to help the Jewish colonies in the Ukraine. At the same time he explored the possibilities of Jewish colonization on a large scale in the Soviet Union as a measure against rapid pauperization of the Jewish masses. In his reports to the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee he recommended full support for a massive colonization program.

When the American Jewish Joint Agricultural Corporation (Agro-Joint) was founded in 1924, Joseph A. Rosen became its director. In this capacity he served until the last years of his life. Joseph A. Rosen died in New York in 1949.

Historical Note The American Jewish Joint Agricultural Corporation, known also as the Agro-Joint, was established by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee as its operating agency in the Soviet Union on July 17, 1924 with the aim of carrying on and developing on a large scale the land settlement of Jews in the Soviet Union. The Agro-Joint was also to conduct non-agricultural activities such as general relief, professional training and, especially in the 1930s, industrialization.

The Agro-Joint entered into its first agreement with the Soviet Government on November 29, 1924. Other agreements that provided for the extension of Agro-Joint's work were concluded on: January 31, 1927; January 15, 1929; March 22-April 14, 1933. The terms of the cessation of Agro-Joint's activities in the Soviet Union were established in the agreement of October 1, 1938. The Agro-Joint discontinued its work in the Soviet Union in 1939.

On the Soviet side, all agreements were countersigned by the Government sponsored Committee for the Settlement of Toiling Jews on Land under the Presidium of the Council of Nationalities of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR ( Komitet po zemel´nomu ustroistvu trudiashchikhsia evreev pri Prezidiume Soveta natsional´nostei TSIK SSSR , KOMZET). This agency, established by the government on August 29, 1924, was to have an over-all control over the colonization process.

Under the auspices of KOMZET, a semi-voluntary All-Union Society for Land Settlement of Jewish Workers in the USSR ( Vsesoiuznoe obshchestvo po zemel´nomu ustroistvu trudiashchikhsia evreev v SSSR , OZET) was also organized in January 1925 with the aim of promoting the idea of colonization among Jewish masses and recruiting new settlers. The Agro-Joint conducted its work in the Soviet Union mainly through its own organization consisting of the following elements: Directorate – a collective body entitled to executive decisions (Joseph A. Rosen, (director); Samuel E. Liubarskii, agricultural department; E.A. Grower, non-agricultural activities; I.M. Ratner, finances and administration) Main Office (AMO) located in Moscow Regional (district) offices in Kherson for the Kherson province; in Krivoi Rog (Kryvyi Rih) for the Ekaterinoslav province; in Simferopol' for Crimea. Outside of those districts, there were also several "special" projects, namely the hop-growing colonies in Volyn' (Vohlynia), grape and fruit plantations in the sandy district of the Lower Dniepr, Chalutzim settlements in Kuban district and Turkestan, ORT colonies in Odessa province and in Belorussia. Agro-sectors (agro-uchastok) consisting of several settlements that were under the supervision of an Agro-Joint agronomist Beside colonization, the Agro-Joint assisted a network of Jewish mutual aid societies, medical establishments, kindergartens, professional schools and loan associations.

In 1929 Joseph A. Rosen suggested the establishment of the Industrial Fund to help Soviet Jews to find their way to industry. Due to the discouraging political atmosphere in the Soviet Union, this plan was eventually abandoned by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) leadership. Nonetheless, the Industrialization Department of the Agro-Joint was instrumental in the vocational training of Jewish youths and in creating a number of Jewish workshops. In 1928, when some 100,000 Jews were already settled, Rosen came forward with a proposal to enlarge the colonization by finding new sources of financing the project (up to 1928 all funds came from direct American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee appropriations). The new sums were to be raised among a small group of private subscribers who would receive in return from the Soviet government interest bearing bonds. Thus, the American Society for Jewish Farm Settlements (ASJFS or AMSOJEFS) was incorporated in 1928 with James N. Rosenberg as its president.

The American Society for Jewish Farm Settlements (ASJFS) concluded an agreement with the Soviet Government on January 15, 1929 providing $1,000,000 per annum over the period of 10 years that the American Society for Jewish Farm Settlements would raise funds for the colonization. The Agro-Joint was named as the operating agency of the American Society for Jewish Farm Settlements. The worsening economic conditions in the United States and the death of Julius Rosenwald in 1932, who was the single largest contributor to ASJFS (he pledged $5,000,000), caused modification of the terms of the agreement and the signing of a supplementary agreement in 1933. The American Society for Jewish Farm Settlements ceased to operate in 1935 after raising nearly $8,000,000. Altogether, between 1924 and 1938 the Agro-Joint administered some $16,000,000 for all its activities in the Soviet Union. After 1939 the Agro-Joint operated for a number of years in Latin America seeking to settle German-Jewish refugees. The new project never went beyond its initial stage. The Agro-Joint was dissolved in 1954.

Subject/Index Terms

20th Century, Alaska, American Jewish Joint Agricultural Corporation, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, American Relief Administration, American Society for Jewish Farm Settlements in Russia, British Guyana, Charities, Documents - land surveys, Photographs - Photographic prints, Rhodesia, Santo Domingo, Vsesoiuznoe obshchestvo po zemel´nomu ustroistvu trudiashchikhsia evreev v SSSR (OZET)

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions: Open to researchers by appointment with a YIVO archivist.

Use Restrictions:

There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact

Chief Archivist

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

Center for Jewish History

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New York, NY 10011

Acquisition Method: The Joseph A. Rosen Papers were donated to the YIVO Archives in 1956 by Joseph A. Rosen's widow, Catharina Rosen.

Separated Materials: Photographs in the Joseph A. Rosen Collection were removed to the YIVO Photo and Film Collection and labelled RG 358. For more information contact the Chief Archivist or the Photo Archivist.

Original/Copies Note: This collection has been microfilmed and is available on 32 Microfilm reels MK 469.1 to MK 469.32.

Related Materials: Records of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) RG 335.

Preferred Citation: Published citations should take the following form:Identification of item, date (if known); YIVO Archives, Joseph A. Rosen Papers, RG 358, folder number.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

Series 1: Series I: Records of the Director of the American Jewish Joint Agricultural Corporation (Agro-Joint), 1922-1944,
Series 2: Series II: Records of the Agro-Joint Agricultural Department, n.d., 1923-1937,
Series 3: Series III: Records of the Agro-Joint Relief and Industrialization Department, 1924-1928,
Series 4: Series IV: Photographic Files, 1920-1930,
Series 5: Series V: Post-1938 and Miscellaneous, 1911-1940,
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Series II: Records of the Agro-Joint Agricultural Department n.d., 1923-1937

Correspondence, reports, analyses, surveys, statistics in this series document the colonization work of the Agro-Joint. Included are pre-1924 materials on Jewish colonization in Russia. Furthermore, prospective plans and colonization projects, as well as statistics and analysis on agricultural characteristics of the regions in Southern Ukraine and Crimea are included.

The series contains documents related both to the central administration of the Agro-Joint and the local management in individual regions.

Language of Material: This subseries is in English , Russian , German , and Yiddish .

Subseries 1: General Files 1923-1937

This subseries contains reports, analyses, statistics and several essays on the history of Jewish settlements and agriculture and on contemporary problems and prospects. Some of these reports dealt with migration and process of colonization of Southern Ukraine (Odessa, Kherson and Krivoi Rog (Kryvyi Rih) regions) and Crimea. The reports and statistics were usually compiled by the agronomists in the field, i.e. Aron E. Zaichik, M.S. Levin, S.N. Mazo or I. R. Shukhman. The Agro-Joint also organized several training courses for agricultural workers, sometimes jointly with the Committee for the Settlement of Toiling Jews on the Land (KOMZET).

The subseries also includes minutes of the Agro-Joint meetings, together with estimates of expenses and costs of the Agro-Joint. Documents found here also deal with the problems of sustainability of the colonies, problems with irrigation and watering. The plans of settlements, detailed technical drawings of the houses, architectural designs and landscape plans can also be of interest to researchers.

Language of Material: This subseries is in Russian , Ukrainian , and English .

Folder 137: "Report on Organization of the Jewish Educational Colony near Kiev on the land of the Veprikovsky Society in the Vasilkov district" based on the records of the Kiev Governor-General, December 1852-May 1858. 10 pp. n.d.
Folder 138: Statistical summaries: Jewish agricultural settlements in 10 western provinces of the USSR, 1898-1923; Jewish agriculture in Russia in the pre-revolutionary and Soviet periods (to 1925). 11 pp. 1925?
Folder 139: Report by Samuel E. Liubarskii on the work of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) and Jewish Colonization Organization (ICA) on agricultural development of Jewish colonies in southern Ukraine. Full text and abridged version. 248 pp. 1923
Folder 140: Miscellaneous reports and statistics. Included are: Assistance of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) to the old Jewish colonies in Ekaterinoslav, Kherson, and Odessa provinces; information on new Jewish settlements organized in 1923; report by I.M. Rein " O evreiskom pereselencheskom dvizhenii v SSR [sic] i dostignutykh im rezul'tatakh s vesny 1925 [sic] po vesnu 1924 " [On the Results of the Settlement Movement of Jews in the USSR, spring 1923 spring 1924]. 20 pp. 1923-1924
Folder 141: Estimate of expenditures for settlement work, August 1924 through October 1, 1930. 22 pp. 1930
Folder 142: Statistical and financial report on the reconstruction work of the Ukrainian Agro-Joint office in Kharkov (Kharkiv). 113 pp. 1924-1925
Folder 143: Analysis by E.M. Chaikin on the progress and perspectives of the agricultural work among the Jews in the USSR. 89 pp. n.d.
Folder 144: Miscellaneous memoranda and articles on Jewish colonization by unidentified authors. Included are: " Agrikul'turnye cherty evreiskogo zemledeliia v SSSR " [Agricultural attributes of Jewish farming in the USSR] 1925; plan of a study " Materialy po evreiskoi zemledel'cheskoi kolonizatsii v Rossii posle revolutsii " [Materials on Jewish colonization in Russia after the revolution] dated April 29, 1925; memorandum " Nekotorye cherty organizatsii evreiskogo pereselencheskogo khoziaistva v stepnoi Ukraine i v severnoi chasti Kryma " [Some aspects of organization of organization of Jewish resettlement in the steppes of Ukraine and Northern Crimea]. 29 pp. 1924-1925
Folder 145: Statistics on major regions of Jewish settlement in the Soviet Union. 13 pp. 1925
Folder 146: 5 articles by E. Prudnikova " V polose evreiskogo zemledeliia " [In the regions of Jewish colonization]. 19 pp. 1925
Folder 147: General statistics on the work of Agro-Joint, Jewish Colonization Organization (ICA), ORT ( Obshchestvo Rasprostraneniia Truda sredi Evreev ; Society for Spreading Work Among Jews) and All-Union Society for Land Settlement of Jewish Workers in the USSR (OZET) in assisting the settlements in Southern Ukraine and Crimea. 41 pp. 1926
Folder 148: Correspondence, reports and statistics related to agricultural matters. 148 pp. 1925-1936
Folder 149: Report by Samuel E. Liubarskii on the status of Agro-Joint colonization work as of September 20, 1925 1925
Folder 150: Minutes of the consultative meeting of the Agro-Joint staff. Included are reports: Aron E. Zaichik on Kherson district; M.S. Levin on Crimea; I.R. Shukhman on the Krivoi Rog (Kryvyi Rih) district; B.M. Khanin on medical aid to the settlers, Samuel E. Liubarskii on the status of Jewish colonization in the Soviet Union; concluding remarks by A.O. Fabrikant. 177 pp. 1926 Jan.
Folder 151: Reports by sector agronomists. 292 pp. 1926
Folder 152: Prospective plan of Jewish colonization in the years 1927-1936. Included are: analysis of agricultural characteristics of the regions of Jewish colonization, 1928; analysis of the colonization movement in 1928. 76 pp. 1927-1928
Folder 153: Report by Kliachko, a representative of the Committee for the Settlement of Toiling Jews on the Land (KOMZET), on agricultural cooperation among Jewish settlers. 43 pp. 1926-1927
Folder 154: Statistical data on registration of prospective settlers. Also statistics on families remaining or leaving the settlements. 18 pp. 1926, 1927, 1930-1932
Folder 155: Reports by sector agronomists. 360 pp. 1927
Folder 156: Statistical information of Agro-Joint assistance to the settlers. 10 pp. 1928
Folder 157: Reports and related documents on Jewish milk cooperatives in Kherson and Crimea. 96 pp. 1927-1929
Folder 158: Minutes of the consultative meeting of the Agro-Joint staff, Moscow. General and regional reports and analyses; discussion; meetings of committees. 468 pp. 1927 Jan. 31-1927 Feb. 7
Folder 158a: Reports and analyses delivered at a general meeting of Agro-Joint agronomists. Included are: A.IU. Pikman on organization of cattle breeding in Kherson district; V.M. Zeitman on construction projects in Crimea; M.E. Porkhovnik on organization of tractor columns. Aron I. Lapirov on food and fodder supplies for a settlement farm in the first year of its existence; I.R. Shukhman on the Krivoi Rog (Kryvyi Rih) district. 89 pp. 1925-1926
Folder 159: Reports by sector agronomists. 464 pp. 1928
Folder 160: Estimate of Agro-Joint expenditures in 1927/1928 for the assistance to the settlers accepted in 1925-1928. 1928
Folder 161: Analysis of a typical Jewish settlement farm by M.L. Bizer and S.N. Mazo. 34 pp. 1927-1928
Folder 162: Reports by S.N. Mazo on his inspection of experimental poultry farms (non-Jewish mostly). 40 pp. 1929 Nov. - 1929 Dec.
Folder 163: Surveys and analyses by the members of the Student Research Group on Jewish Agriculture at the Timiriazev Agricultural Academy in Moscow based on the results of the expedition to Dzhankoi and Simferopol' district. 162 pp. 1928-1929
Folder 164: Agro-Joint plan of agricultural assistance in 1929-1930. Also statistics on the regions of Jewish settlement assisted by Agro-Joint. 32 pp. 1929-1930
Folder 165: Reports by the sector agronomists. Included are: IA.M. Surdutovich on Kerch; G.K. Ioffe on vegetable growing in Evpatoriia district; M.M. Godlevskii on gardening in Crimea; I.M. Markon on Seitler agro-sector; Aron I. Lapirov on Fraidorf agro-sector. 248 pp. 1931-1932
Folder 166: Minutes of various agronomic meetings at the Agro-Joint headquarters and the regional Agro-Joint office in Dniepropetrovsk. 43 pp. 1925-1934
Folder 167: Report by Itkin on the work of the Ukrainian Agro-Joint office in Dniepropetrovsk. 43 pp. 1935 Jul. 15
Folder 168: Concise report on Agro-Joint assistance to the Jewish collective farms in the Ukraine. 33 pp. 1936
Folder 169: Materials relating to the electrification of the Jewish collective farms. 11 pp. 1935-1937
Folder 170: List of old and new settlements in the Ukraine and Crimea assisted by Agro-Joint as of September 1, 1936. 10 pp. 1936
Folder 171: Information on unfinished projects in the Jewish collective farms ( kolkhoz ) as of March 8, 1938. 12 pp. 1938
Folder 172: Materials relating to the use of tractors and organization of tractor columns in the settlements. 82 pp. 1926-1930
Folder 173: Materials relating to irrigation works. 138 pp. 1924-1934
Folder 174: Materials relating to maintenance and use of artesian wells and watering machinery. 62 pp. 1923-1935
Folder 175: Typescript of an issue of an agronomic bulletin that was probably planned as the Agro-Joint official publication. 105 pp. n.d.
Folder 176: Surveys by Aron E. Zaichik of the state farms ( sovkhoz ) in Ukraine. 37 pp. n.d.
Folder 177: Miscellaneous articles by Soviet authors on general questions relating to agriculture. 112 pp. 1920-1929
Folder 178: Addresses of Agro-Joint agronomists. 8 pp. 1928
Folder 179: Blank forms for statistical reporting titles "Description of the Jewish Land Settlement" issued by the Agro-Joint headquarters. 32 pp. 192-?
Folder 180: General principles of construction projects in Jewish agricultural settlements. Rules, estimates, diagrams. 327 pp. 1925-1932
Folder 181: Estimates of costs for various construction projects. 244 pp. 1927-1930
Folder 182: Landscape plans and diagrams of Krivoi Rog (Kryvyi Rih) settlements. 136 pp. 1929-1930
Folder 183: Landscape plans and diagrams of settlements on Crimea. 9 pp. 1926
Folder 184: Drafts of projected construction projects. 79 pp. 1929-1930
Folder 185: Drafts and plans of construction projects in Crimea. 71 pp. 1924-1928
Folder 186: Construction works. 3 pp. 1925-1926
Folder 187: Materials relating to agricultural experiments. Included are: report on field experiments in the settlement Poltavtsy in the Krivoi Rog (Kryvyi Rih) district; report by A.A. Abramovich on field experiments in the settlement Kalininfel'd in the Krivoi Rog (Kryvyi Rih) district; the Agro-Joint Crimean office instruction for experimental farms; report by Georgii A. Idelson on field experiments in the Chongar (Chonhar) settlements; report on the work of the Agro-Joint experimental farm in the North Evpatoriia Agro-sector. 37 pp. 1927-1931
Folder 188: Correspondence, reports and student papers relating to the training courses for grape growers organized by the Agro-Joint. 72 pp. 1927, 1935
Folder 189: Correspondence and reports relating to agricultural training courses organized by Agro-Joint and Committee for the Settlement of Toiling Jews on the Land (KOMZET). 108 pp. 1926-1936
Folder 190: Correspondence and reports relating to various agricultural exhibitions in the Soviet Union in which the Jewish settlers participated. 139 pp. 1922-1933

Subseries 2: Regional Files 1923-1936

This subseries contains correspondence, observations of Agro-Joint representatives, reports of local leaders, progress reports related to all the major regions where the Agro-Joint carried out its activities, primarily Crimea, Krivoi Rog (Kryvyi Rih). Odessa.

Language of Material: This subseries is in Russian and English .

Arrangement: Alphabetical by region.

Folder 1: A. Crimea (Krym)

Folder 191: Report by Samuel E. Liubarskii " Privlechenie evreev k sel'sko-khoziaistvennym promyslam i ustroistvo evreiskikh poselenii v Krymu " [Attracting Jews to agricultural occupation and settlement in Crimea]. 135 pp. 1923
Folder 192: Report by I.M. Berger on his inspection of Jewish settlements in Crimea. 22 pp. 1924
Folder 193: Report on Agro-Joint work in Crimea. 31 pp. 1925
Folder 194: Miscellaneous statistics relating to colonization work in Crimea. 44 pp. 1924-1931
Folder 195: Reports by Samuel E. Liubarskii and A.O. Fabrikant on their inspection of the Crimean settlements. 57 pp. 1925
Folder 196: Summaries of account balances of the collectives in Crimea. 144 pp. 1923-1925
Folder 197: Committee for the Settlement of Toiling Jews on the Land (KOMZET): report on the progress of the Crimean colonization. 13 pp. 1925
Folder 198: Report by L.D. Fridman on Agro-Joint work in Crimea. 144 pp. 1926
Folder 199: Statistics on cultural and educational institutions in Crimean Jewish settlements. 8 pp. 1927
Folder 200: General report on Jewish colonization in Crimea and assistance of the All-Union Society for Land Settlement of Jewish Workers in the USSR (OZET), not included the Evpatoriia region. 14 pp. 1926-1927
Folder 201: Reports by V.K. Redkin on Crimean settlements. 47 pp. 1927-1928
Folder 202: Reports by L.D. Fridman on Agro-Joint work in Crimea. 95 pp. 1928
Folder 203: General report of the Crimean Agro-Joint office. 196 pp. 1928
Folder 204: Plan of Agro-Joint work in Crimea. 41 pp. 1929-1930
Folder 205: Number not used.
Folder 206: Analysis " Skhema organizatsii evreiskogo pereselencheskogo poseleniia v Krymu " [Organizational scheme of a Jewish settlement in Crimea]. 9 pp. 1929
Folder 207: Reports by Georgii A. Idelson on Agro-Joint work on the Chongar (Chonhar) peninsula. 32 pp. 1927-1929
Folder 208: General report of the Crimean Agro-Joint office. 95 pp. 1929
Folder 209: Agro-Joint plan of agronomic assistance in 1929-1930. Related letter from Samuel E. Liubarskii to Committee for the Settlement of Toiling Jews on the Land (KOMZET), June 13, 1930. 15 pp. 1929-1930
Folder 210: Concise summary of Agro-Joint work in Crimea from January 1 to August 1, 1931. 28 pp. 1931
Folder 211: Correspondence between Committee for the Settlement of Toiling Jews on the Land (KOMZET) and the District Land Administration on the progress of melioration and land reclamation work in the Evpatoriia district. 33 pp. 1931
Folder 212: General report of the office of the Crimean Committee for the Settlement of Toiling Jews on the Land (KOMZET). 54 pp. 1933
Folder 213: Correspondence, reports and statistics relating to various agricultural matters in Crimea. 131 pp. 1929-1936
Folder 214: Forms for statistical reporting issued by the Crimean Agro-Joint office. 35 pp. 1936
Folder 215: Correspondence and memoranda relating to the transfer of the Agro-Joint Mechanical Repair Shop in Dzhankoi to the All-Union Society for Land Settlement of Jewish Workers in the USSR (OZET). 172 pp. 1936-1937
Folder 216: Grape growing in Crimea. Minutes of the meeting of Agro-Joint staff on development of the grape plantations in Evpatoriia, September 6-7, 1925. 17 pp. 1925
Folder 217: Handbook by A.A. Ivanov on grape growing in Crimea. 74 pp. 1929
Folder 218: Reports by Ivanov and M.L. Bizer on grape growing in the Crimean Jewish settlements. 51 pp. 1930, 1934
Folder 219: Grape growing. Reports by M.M. Godlevskii (1927), Frukht (1931), Posvianskii (1935); summaries of agronomic meetings; Reports by Godlevskii, Solomon E. Raskin and Georgii A. Idelson on the decay of the grape plants. 155 pp. 1925-1936
Folder 220: Correspondence and statistical summaries on the grape plantations in Crimea. 40 pp. 1929-1932
Folder 221: Gardening in Crimea. Reports by V.K. Redkin, M.M. Godlevskii, G.K. Ioffe. 115 pp. 1931-1935
Folder 222: Reports by G.K. Ioffe on the spring-time sowing of watered wheat in Crimean collectives. 55 pp. 1934
Folder 223: Correspondence and reports on poultry rearing in Crimea. Reports mainly by S.N. Mazo. 198 pp. 1931-1934

Folder 2: B. Crimea Settlement

Folder 224: Materials relating to the collectives Akhdath, Avoda and Beth Lekhem. 61 pp. 1925-1927, 1936
Folder 225: Reports by A.I. Frishberg and S. Raskin on the Dzhurchi agro-sector. Including Raskin's report on the situation of Jewish settlements in Dzhurchi on the eve of the 1930 land reform [collectivization]. 41 pp. 1926-1930
Folder 226: General information on the Evpatoriia district. 7 pp. 1926-1927
Folder 227: Reports by IU.M. Levitan on the North-Evpatoriia agro-sector. Including Levitan's report on the difficulties reorganizing the settlements as required by the collectivization decree. 216 pp. 1930-1931
Folder 228: Reports by Aron E. Zaichik and Aron I. Lapirov on the South-Evpatoriia agro-sector. 50 pp. 1929
Folder 229: Evpatoriia settlements assisted by the All-Union Society for Land Settlement of Jewish Workers in the USSR (OZET). Estimate for OZET work in 1927 and report by I.G. Temkin, OZET representative in Evpatoriia, for the period January 1 through December 15, 1928. 74 pp. 1926-1928
Folder 230: General report of the Evpatoriia office of the All-Union Society for Land Settlement of Jewish Workers in the USSR (OZET). 137 pp. 1927-1928
Folder 231: Correspondence, minutes, inventories, and official documents related to the transfer of OZET agro-sectors in Evpatoriia district to the Agro-Joint. 256 pp. 1927-1929
Folder 232: Correspondence and reports relating to: Gortenstadt settlement; IKOR (collective); Karasu-Bazar (Belogorsk, Bilohors'k) agro-sector; Kerch (experimental farm). 115 pp. 1929-1932
Folder 233: Correspondence and reports relating to collective Kheirus; agro-sector Kolai-Seitler; and agro-sector Larindorf. 89 pp. 1929, 1934, 1936
Folder 234: Correspondence relating to the collective Mishmar . 17 pp. 1925-1929
Folder 235: Reports by A.S. Urisson and G.K. Ioffe on the collectives Molotov and Politotdelets . 238 pp. 1931-1935
Folder 236: Correspondence and reports relating to: collective Pervomaisk ; collective Pobeda ; collective Progress ; collective Rabotnik . 84 pp. 1925-1935
Folder 237: Correspondence and reports relating to: Ratndorf Agricultural Credit Cooperative; collective Roiter Poier ; collective Tel'-Khai . 109 pp. 1924-1937
Folder 238: Reports and miscellaneous documents relating to agro-sector Theodosia ; collective Voskhod ; collective Zavet Lenina ; collective Zemledelets ; collective Zaria . 32 pp. 1925-1930

Folder 3: C. Ekaterinoslav (Yekaterinoslav)

Folder 239: Report by I.M. Berger on his inspection of Jewish colonies in the Guliaipole (Huliaipole) district, Ekaterinoslav province, November 24-December 3, 1924. Also general statistics on the Jewish settlements in the Ekaterinoslav region. 20 pp. 1924-1925

Folder 4: D. Kherson

Folder 240: Materialy po organizatsii krest'ianskogo khoziaistva byvsh.[ego] Khersonskogo uezda [Materials on Organization of Farming in the region of the former Kherson district]. 10 pp. 1923
Folder 241: Reports, memoranda and estimates relating to melioration and land reclamation work and the Jewish meliorative societies (collectives) in the sand regions of Kherson district. 82 pp. 1925
Folder 242: Statistical summaries on the Kherson settlements. 22 pp. 1925
Folder 243: Reports and correspondence on grape growing in Kherson district. Reports mainly by G.K. Ioffe. 196 pp. 1925-1931
Folder 244: Report by Aron E. Zaichik on Agro-Joint assistance to the settlers in Kherson district. 152 pp. 1925
Folder 244a: Report by Aron E. Zaichik - Duplicate 1925
Folder 245: Statistics on the Kherson settlements. 51 pp. 1925-1926
Folder 246: Letters and reports, mainly by Aron E. Zaichik, on the conditions in the Kherson settlements. 10 pp. 1926-1927
Folder 247: Reports by I.M. Portnik on the colonization of the sand region of Kherson district (Skadovs'k, Lower Dnieper area). 205 pp. 1927-1928, 1931
Folder 248: Correspondence between Samuel E. Liubarskii and Z. S. Golovianko on applying insecticides to the grape plantations in the sand region. 44 pp. 1928
Folder 249: General report of the Kherson Agro-Joint office. 176 pp. 1925-1928
Folder 250: General report of the Kherson Agro-Joint office. 116 pp. 1927 Oct. 10 - 1929 Jan. 1
Folder 251: Report by A.A. Abramovich on the Snigirevka (Snihurivka) agro-sector (Lenin fond). 59 pp. 1928-1929
Folder 252: Report by D.O. Kahn on the Kachkarov agro-sector. 11 pp. 1929
Folder 253: Materials relating to the collective farm Leninveg, Skadovs'k (sand) region. 4 pp. 1936

Folder 5: E. Krivoi Rog (Kryvyi Rih)

Folder 254: Report by I.M. Berger on his inspection of Jewish colonies in the Krivoi Rog (Kryvyi Rih) district. 15 pp. 1924 July
Folder 255: Report by agronomist Bolotner on Jewish settlements in the Sofievka (Sofiivka) and Mikhailov (possibly Mikhailovka, Ukraine) agro-sectors. 9 pp. 1925
Folder 256: Statistics on Krivoi Rog (Kryvyi Rih) settlements. 38 pp. 1925
Folder 257: Memoranda by I.R. Shukhman and M.I. Frumkin on the internal organization of a Jewish settlement in the Krivoi Rog (Kryvyi Rih) district. 37 pp. 1925, 1928
Folder 258: Reports and correspondence relating to various Krivoi Rog (Kryvyi Rih) settlements. 28 pp. 1926-1927
Folder 259: Report by I.R. Shukhman on Krivoi Rog (Kryvyi Rih) Agro-Joint office work. 1925-1926
Folder 260: General report of the Krivoi Rog (Kryvyi Rih) Agro-Joint office. 54 pp. 1925-1927
Folder 261: General report of the Krivoi Rog (Kryvyi Rih) Agro-Joint office. 30 pp. 1927-1928
Folder 262: Agro-technical reports on the fodder situation, (S.I. Mazo and S.I. Shul) and grape growing, (T.N. Ginda) in the Krivoi Rog (Kryvyi Rih) district. 14 pp. 1927-1928
Folder 263: Reports by M.L. Bizer on the Krivoi Rog (Kryvyi Rih) district. 73 pp. 1928-1930
Folder 264: Annual reports by sector agronomists. I.S. Pikovsky, L.M. Borisonnik, S.I. Shul, S.E. Zaichik, S.A. Meerzon. 93 pp. 1928-1930
Folder 265: Report by M.G. Itkin on the work of the Agro-Joint Krivoi Rog office. 220 pp. 1924-1930
Folder 266: Correspondence and reports on poultry rearing in the Krivoi Rog settlements. 19 pp. 1930, 1934
Folder 267: Materials relating to the work of the Agro-Joint tractor base Larino. 51 pp. 1934
Folder 268: Correspondence and reports relating to agro-technical matters. 46 pp. 1934-1936
Folder 269: General report and statistical summaries relating to the Novo-Zlatopol region. 58 pp. 1931-1934
Folder 270: Materials relating to the settlements and collectives: Izrailevka ; Novaia Zaria ; Tagancha ; Traktor . 13 pp. 1924-1926

Folder 6: F. Moscow

Folder 271: Materials relating to the collective Zangen in Lytkino near Moscow and to the Agricultural Credit Society in Zatiche. 6 pp. 1925, 1927

Folder 7: G. Odessa

Folder 272: Work of ORT in the Odessa region: annual report for 1923; report by I.M. Berger on his inspection of Jewish settlements in the Odessa district assisted by ORT; report by E.M. Chaikin on the ORT settlements. 52 pp. 1923-1924
Folder 273: Reports, estimates and statistical summaries relating to the colonization work in the Odessa district. 107 pp. 1924-1925
Folder 274: Reports by A.Y. Pikman, 1927, and A.O. Fabrikant, 1934, on their inspections of the Odessa settlements assisted by ORT and OZET. 25 pp. 1927, 1934

Folder 8: H. Volyn’ (Volhynia, Volynia)

Folder 275: Reports and statistics on the Agro-Joint work in the hop-growing region. 83 pp. 1922-1932

Folder 9: I. Belorussia (Belarus, Byelorussia)

Folder 276: Correspondence, reports and statistics relating to Jewish colonization in Belorussia (White Russia). Included are: statistics on occupations of the Jewish population in the urban areas of the Homel province; statistics on the number of Jews resettled in Belorussia as of October 1, 1925; report by the Committee for the Settlement of Toiling Jews on the Land (KOMZET) on Jewish colonization in Belorussia in 1925; report by the Belarussian Commissariat of Agriculture " God raboty po zemleustroistvu evreev " [A Year of Work on Jewish Colonization]; report on the work of KOMZET in the Gomel province. 102 pp. 1923-1926