Guide to the Papers of Jacob Shatzky, 1910-1963 RG 356

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Collection Overview

Title: Guide to the Papers of Jacob Shatzky, 1910-1963 RG 356

ID: RG 356 FA

Creator: Shatzky, Jacob (1893-1956)

Extent: 10.5 Linear Feet

Arrangement: Series are divided mainly by type, except for the Series IV: Personal Documents, the only series which contains a mixture of types.

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

Abstract

Jacob Shatzky (1893-1956) was an historian, literary and theater critic, editor, bibliographer, lexicographer, lecturer, teacher and librarian. The Papers of Jacob Shatzky cover the period of 1910-1960's and reflect to different degrees all aspects of his activities. Some papers of Jacob Shatzky's wife, Ida, consist for the most part of materials relating to his death. Manuscript and other materials relating to memorial books published posthumously in commemoration of Jacob Shatzky, such as the Shatzky Book , (Buenos Aires, 1957) and Yakov Shatzki in Ondenk , (New York, 1957) constitute another significant part of the collection.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Papers of Jacob Shatzky, which cover the period 1910-1960s relate to all aspects of Shatzky's career as well as to his personal life. The papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, notes, bibliographies, diplomas, certificates, financial and legal documents, i.d. cards, photos, printed invitations and announcements, raffle tickets, clippings, and personal memorabilia.

Despite the wide range of topics, the collection is a fragmentary one. The most significant material in the Papers of Jacob Shatzky consists of notes and manuscript fragments relating to the History of the Jews in Warsaw, Volume IV as well as notes to Volumes I-III. In 1943, YIVO commissioned Dr. Shatzky to write the history of the community of Warsaw. Volume I (beginning 1831) was published in 1947, Volume II (1831-1863) in 1948, Volume III (1863-1896) in 1953. At the time of his death in 1956, Shatzky was working on Volume IV, which is unpublished at the time of the compilation of this inventory.

These materials consist of notes, organized by topic. Notes consist of bibliographical references, as well as excerpts or citations. The topics are classified either by historical event, such as World War I, or by subject, such as hospitals, education, culture. Among the topics prepared by Shatzky are, the rabbinate, community council, Yiddish literature, art, theater, press, printing, school systems, political movements, local organizations, charities, industry, trade, banks. Although almost all of the bibliographical references are from published sources, these notes and references contain original research work. No social history of Warsaw (1896-1918) has been undertaken to date, comparable both in time period and scope to Dr. Shatzky's projected book.

The other manuscript materials in Series II are far less significant and are very fragmentary. Shatzky must have published about 1000 works in his lifetime. The single box of manuscripts is therefore a meager representation of his writings.

The Correspondence Series, spans the period 1910-1956. The 1930s, 1940s and 1950s contain the greatest numbers of letters. The 1910s contain only a handful of letters; the 1920s are fragmentary as well. The reasons for these gaps are unknown. Secondly, despite the wide range of scholars, publishers, writers, most of the correspondence consists of single items or a handful of letters. Only a minority of the correspondents have more than about 5 to 10 letters. Among the more prolific correspondents: A. A. Roback, Raphael Mahler, Kalman Marmor, Joseph Opatoshu, Shmuel Niger, Melekh Ravitch, Zalman Zylbercweig. Among the significant but less prolific: Emanuel Ringelblum, Menashe Boraisho, Solomon Grayzel, Abraham Duker, Salo Baron, Philip Friedman, Max Weinreich, Aaron Zeitlin, I. Bashevis Singer, Mendl Elkin, Aaron Glanz-Leyelez, Rudolf Glanz, A. Golomb, Alexander Harkavy, Abraham Heschel, Peretz Hirshbein, M. Handelsman, H. Leivik, Itsik Manger, Zalman Reizin, Mark Wischnitzer.

Some of the organizations Shatzky corresponded with: American Jewish Committee, (showing Shatzky's involvement with the AJC Yearbook on Latin American Jewry. The AJC material contains reports and statistical information on Jewish communities in Latin America, as well as correspondence with communities in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Venezuela); Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, N.Y.; Congress for Jewish Culture, N.Y., Buenos Aires; Dubnow Fund for Yiddish Encyclopedia, Berlin, Paris; Enciclopedia Della Spettacolo, Rome; Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora, Jerusalem; Farayn fun yidishe literatn un zhurnalistn (Association of Jewish Writers and Journalists), Warsaw; Hebrew Union College Library, Cincinnati; Jewish Book Council, N.Y., Jewish Daily Eagle, Montreal; Jewish Theological Seminary, N.Y.; Jewish Public Library, Montreal; New York Public Library; I. L. Peretz Farayn, Czortkow; Portugeesch Isrealitisch Seminarium Ets Haim, Amsterdam; New York State Psychiatric Institute and Hospital, N.Y.; Yiddish Pen Club, N.Y., Sigmund Freud Archives, N.Y.; Sociedad Habraica Argentina, Buenos Aires; Central Committee of Jews in Poland, Warsaw; Soncino Gesselschaft, Berlin; Yiddish Culture Society, N.Y.; YIVO, N.Y., Vilna, Buenos Aires; Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw.

The bibliographical series contains a bibliography of Old Yiddish Literature in print. To our knowledge this bibliography has never been published. It was commissioned by the YIVO Institute circa 1930 and was apparently never completed.

The Series IV: Personal Documents contains mainly personal letters of recommendation, diplomas, memorabilia, identification cards, but few photos.

The clippings cover the time period 1910s-1960s and contain a representative sampling of reviews and articles about Shatzky including biographical material. They are however, in very poor condition, and very fragile, especially early clippings of the 1910s-1920s which were not even handled because of their condition. The printed materials cover the years 1920s-1950s but occupy only 1 folder and account for only a portion of Shatzky's lecturing activities.

Research possibilities include: studies on the history of the Jews in Warsaw, from its beginnings to 1918, especially 1896-1918; studies in Old Yiddish Literature; Jews and psychiatry; Jews and medical questions; career and life of Jacob Shatzky; Jewish life in Latin America.

Historical Note

Jacob Shatzky was born in Warsaw in 1893 and received a traditional kheder education. After working temporarily as an office clerk, he studied history and philosophy at universities in Lemberg, Vienna, Berlin and Warsaw. In 1922 he received his Ph.D from the University of Warsaw. His dissertation title was "The Jewish Question in the Kingdom of Poland During the Paskiewicz Era."

Shatzky's career in Poland began in 1913 with the publication of a historical study in Izraelita . This was followed by other contributions to Polish-Jewish periodicals, including Evreiskaia Starina , Nasz Kurier , Bikher velt . During World War I, Shatzky enlisted and fought in Pilsudski's Legion, where he received several military decorations and was appointed lieutenant. In 1918 he was asked by the Polish Foreign Ministry to report on Jewish affairs in Poland, particularly the April pogroms in Vilna. When the Ministry did not react to his report he resigned from his post and taught history in Jewish high schools in Warsaw.

In 1923 Shatzky emigrated to the United States where he lived until his death. During this latter period of his life, he established himself as a prominent Jewish historian. Although his deepest interest was the history of the Jews in Poland, he published numerous studies on all aspects of Jewish history. In addition, he wrote extensively on Jewish literature, literary history, folklore and biography.

Shatzky's talents and interests found expression in the enthusiastic movement to found the YIVO Institute in Vilna as well as the American branch in New York, called Amopteyl (Amerikaner opteyl). He was one of the founders of the Amopteyl, and travelled and lectured extensively, campaigning for support.

During Shatzky's long association with the YIVO he assumed many positions. He was the secretary of the Amopteyl, a member of the YIVO Board of Directors, chairman of the YIVO Historian's Circle. He served on the Executive Committee, became research secretary of the Historical Section, and was a member of the Commission on Research. He was a co-editor of the YIVO bleter and the YIVO Annual of Jewish Social Science . YIVO was also directly involved in Shatzky's development as a historian, as most of his historical works were commissioned and published by the Institute.

Among the better known works published by the YIVO are ' The Chmielnicki Massacres of 1648 ' (1938), Jewish Educational Policy in Poland from 1806-1866 , (1943), and, The History of the Jews in Warsaw , (3 volumes, 1947-53).

From 1930 to 1956 Shatzky was affiliated with the New York State Psychiatric Institute where he was chief librarian. In this capacity, he built up the research library, creating one of the best psychiatric libraries in the world. An example of his ability as a collector, was his acquisition of the private library of Sigmund Freud for the Institute. In 1940 he co-authored the standard Psychiatric Dictionary with Leland E. Hinsie.

Throughout his lifetime, Shatzky was affiliated with numerous Jewish organizations. These included the World Congress for Jewish Culture, where he was co-editor of the Lexicon of Modern Yiddish Literature , and the Yiddish P.E.N. Club where he was president. He was also associated with organizations around the world, such as the YIVO in Argentina. In addition to his literary work, Shatzky enjoyed popularity as a lecturer. He frequently lectured in New York, at conferences, lecture series, events organized by Jewish groups. These included branches of the Workmen's Circle, and community centers. He travelled often to South America, as well, conducting highly successful speaking tours and campaigning at the same time for the YIVO Institute.

Two bibliographies have been published of Shatzky's works. The first was prepared by Mordecai Kosover and Menashe Unger, and published by the Amopteyl branch of YIVO in 1939. It lists 580 items. The second published in the Shatzky Book after his death, lists works written from 1939 to 1956.

At the time of his death, in June 1956, Shatzky was working on the fourth volume of the Geshikhte fun yidn in varshe ( History of the Jews in Warsaw ), which, at the time of the compilation of this inventory, is still unpublished.

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions:

Open to researchers.

For more information, contact:

Chief Archivist

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street

New York, NY 10011

email: archives@yivo.cjh.org

Acquisition Method: Only part of the papers are deposited in the YIVO Archives. The materials were donated in installments. Some papers were given to the YIVO by Jacob Shatzky himself in the 1950s. The bulk of the collection was received in 1956 from Moshe Starkman, executor of Jacob Shatzky's literary estate. Other portions were possibly donated by Ida Shatzky in the late 1950s, by Ezekiel Lifschutz, editor of the Shatzky Book , and the final segment, by Eugene Willenberg Shatzky, Jacob Shatzky's adopted son, upon his mother Ida Shatzky's death, in 1964.

Separated Materials: Correspondence with Jacob Shatzky in the 1920s as a member of the board of the Amopteyl branch of YIVO was removed to the Records of the Amopteyl in the YIVO Archives, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research - Yidisher Visnshaftlekher Institut (New York) , 1192 , as it was a natural and organic part of the latter record group.

Related Materials: Only a portion of Jacob Shatzky's papers were deposited in the YIVO Archives, as in accordance with his will, part of them were given to the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People, Jerusalem, Israel.

Preferred Citation: Published citations should read as follows: Identification of item, date (if known); YIVO Archives; Jacob Shatzky Papers; RG 356; folder number.

Finding Aid Revision History: In 1956, upon receipt of the bulk of the collection, about 80% of it was sorted and placed in folders with folder descriptions. There were no series titles, however, and no arrangement within the folders. In 1981 most of the work consisted of establishment of series titles, arrangement within each folder and sorting and classifying about 20% of the material which was not in any order.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

Series 1: Series I: Correspondence, 1910-1963,
Series 2: Series II: Manuscripts and Notes, undated, 1936,
Series 3: Series III: Bibliographies and Catalogs, undated,
Series 4: Series IV: Personal Documents, undated,
Series 5: Series V: Printed Materials and Clippings, undated, 1910s-1956,
Series 6: Series VI: Miscellaneous Materials, undated,
All

Series I: Correspondence 1910-1963

Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by last name.

Subseries 1: Individuals 1910-1956

Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by last name.

Folder 1: Correspondence - A 1939-1956: Adalberg, Samuel, undated
Aisenberg, Rachel, 1943
Anilowicz, J. 1931
Apenszlak, Jacob, 1939-1940
Aronosn, Gregory, 1956
Asef, S., 1945-1946
Ayala, Francisco, 1947
Folder 2: Correspondence Babinksy, V. - Bernstein, S. 1925-1954: Babinsky, V., 1940
Balaban, Meir, 1932, 1939
Bamberger, Bernard, undated, 1944, 1947
Barag, G., undated, 1955
Baron, Joseph, undated, 1930-1945, 1951
Baron, Salo, 1930-1954
Bashevis (Singer), Isaac, undated, 1953
Bat-Chaim, 1954
Beilin, S., undated, 1939
Beimel, J., 1935
Benardete, M. J.
Ben-Zvi, Meir, undated, 1950
Berger, M., 1937-1938
Bergner, Herz, 1951
Berkowitz, J.D., and Ernestine, 1925-1932
Berlinski, S., 1952
Bernstein, Mordecai, 1954
Bernstein, S., 1928, 1943, 1950
Folder 3: Correspondence B - Berul, Z.-Bychowski, Gustav 1923-1954: Berul, Z., 1933
Besso, H.V., 1938
Bialostotzky, B., undated
Bickel, S., 1939, 1952
Bimko, B., undated, 1926
Blumenfeld, L., 1927
Boim, Mendel, 1953-1954
Boraisho, Menachem, 1926-1944
Bornheim, Werner, 1955
Borodianski, Chaim, 1929-1934
Borvitch, Michal, 1949-1954
Botoshansky, Jacob, 1953
Brainin, Reuben, 1923
Brann, Henry W. 1953
Braunstein, Baruch, 1936
Brilling, B., 1936, 1951
Broches, Z., undated, 1938-1955
Bromberg, undated, 1936
Bruck, Alfred, J., 1945
Brusilow, Nathan M., 1953
Bychowski, Gustav, 1955
Folder 4: Correspondence - C 1932-1956: Cahman, Werner, J., 1956
Cardozo, I. J., 1950
Charney, Daniel, 1954, see: Baron, Salo
Chmielnitsky, Melekh, undated, 1945
Cohn, Zvi, or Cohen, 1953
Convisser, Jacob, 1933
Corona, M., 1938, 1955
Czernichow, Jozef, 1932
Folder 5: Correspondence D 1929-1953: Davidson, H., 1953
Davidson, I., 1938
Davis, C. C., 1952
Diamond, M., 1929
Dinowitz, J., 1932
Djament, S., 1950
Dorin, E., 1953
Drake, William, 1929
Dresner, S., undated
Drimer, undated
Dubinsky, H., 1940
Dujovne, Leon, 1953
Dukhovne, E. and D., 1947
Duker, Alexander, 1933-1953
Folder 6: Correspondence - E 1928-1951: Efron, J., 1947-1949
Eichorn, L., 1947
Eiger, Marjan, see Stefan Napierski
Eisenbud, Jule, 1951
Ejges, S., 1931
Elkin, Mendel, 1930-1932
Engelman, U.Z., 1938-1939
Erik, Max, 1928
Ernst, S., 1928-1930
Folder 8: Correspondence - F Correspondence - G 1926-1956, , 1923-1956: Garma, Angle, 1949
Gelber, N. 1923-1927
Gelerter, M., 1952
Genss, N., 1938
Gershoy, E., undated
Ginsberg, S., 1931-1938
Gisser, M.D., 1947
Gittler, J.B., 1937
Glanz, J., 1937-1939
Glanz, Rudolf, 1938
Glanz-Leyeles, A.G., undated, 1954
Glicenstein, Beatrice, undated
Goldman, Paul L., 1956
Goldstein, R., 1951
Goldstick, Isidore, 1946
Golomb, A., undated, 1944-1946
Gordin, Aba, 1943
Gordin, Michael J., 1934
Gordon, Hirsch, L., 1926
Gordon, Jacob, 1930
Gore, N., 1951
Gottlieb, R., 1923
Grayzel, Solomon, 1933-1954
Greenwald, L., undated, 1934
Grinberg, Ch. 1927
Grossman, Henryk, 1934
Grossman, Vladimir, undated, 1938-1940
Gruenbaum, Icchok, 1952
Gurstein, A., 1926-1927
Folder 9: Correspondence - H 1921-1956: Halevy, M., undated
Halpern, I., 1934-1954
Halpern, O., undated
Handelsman, M., undated, 1921
Harkavy, Alexander, 1926
Hass, Jacob de, 1933
Helfgot, Rosa, 1956
Hersch, Ben, Z., 1955
Herzer, B., 1935
Heschl, A., 1944
Hessing, S., 1933
Hinsie, Leland, 1951-1956
Hirschbein, Peretz, undated
Hirschel, L., 1936-1937
Hirszfeld, Dr. Ludwik, 1946
Holzman, Max, 1956
Horowitz, Isac, 1953
Hurwitz, Meir, 1935
Hurwitz, Moshe, undated
Folder 10: Correspondence - I-J 1925-1955: Ignatov, David, 1925
Iceland, Reuven, 1955
Jacobson, I., 1931
Jaczkowski, J., 1927-1929
Jaffe, Sol, S., 1954
Jakubowitz, M., 1953
Janowsky, Oscar, 1933-1935
Javetz, V., 1932
Joffe, Judah, 1930
Folder 11: Correspondence - Kagan, Jonas to Kon, Pinchas 1926-1951: Kagan, Jonas, 1928
Kagan, S. R., 1934
Kahan, S., 1938-1939
Kahn, Maximo, Jose, 1949
Kalish, M. E., 1931
Kalmanovitch, Zelig, undated, 1933-1938
Kaminski, D., 1935
Kaminski, P., 1927
Kaplan, Mordecai M., 1934
Karp, M., 1933
Karpes, I., undated
Karpof, Maurice, 1931-1951
Katz, Ruby, 1931
Katzenelenbogen, N., 1931
Kaufman, M., 1925
Kayfetz, B. G., undated, 1939
Kayser, Stephen, S., 1956
Kazdan, Khaim, 1938-1956
Khayes, Kh., 1935
Khayes, S., 1934
Kisch, Guido, 1938-1943
Kish, H., 1948
Kisin, Kh., undated
Kletchevski, I., 1947
Kliger, K., 1950-1951
Kloss, Heine, 1931
Kogan, S., 1947
Kohanski, A.S., 1932
Kohler, Max, 1933
Kon, Pinchas, 1926-1937
Folder 12: Correspondence - Konopnicka-Pytlinska, Laura to Kutchinski, Shlomo 1921-1955: Konopnicka-Pytlinska, Laura, 1921-1925
Konstantinovsky, Menashe, 1934
Kopeloff, I. and Mrs., 1924-1933
Korman, Ezra, undated,1927-1933
Korn, Rachel, 1950
Korngold, Lucjan, 1948
Kosover, Mordechai, 1936-1955
Kovenski, I., 1949
Kramer, Moshe, 1925
Krepliak, Jacob, undated
Kursky, Ph., 1933, 1943
Kutchinski, Shlomo, 1953
Folder 13: Correspondence - L 1928-1955: Lamed, Louis, 1947
Lamer, Wanda, 1940
Lasker, Helmuth, 1936
Leftvitch, Joseph, 1953
Lehman, Szmul, 1933
Lehrer, Leibush, 1931-1944
Leiserowitz, Heinrich, 1925
Leivik, H., 1933
Lerner, Shmuel, 1947
Lestchinsky, Jacob, 1928-1946
Levin, B., 1947-1949
Levin, Shmuel, undated
Levine, I., 1934
Levinski, Khaykel, 1939
Levitats, Itshak, A., 1933-1953
Liber, B., 1949-1951
Liberman, Chaim, 1940, 1949
Liberman, Kopel, 1934-1935
Lifshitz, I., 1938
Lipshutz, E., 1928-1955
Lipiner, Elias, 1947, 1949
Litwin, A., undated
Loewenstamm, Kurt, 1947
Folder 14: Correspondence - Maarsen, I. to Matenko, Pesakh 1924-1954: Maarsen, I., 1938
Maggid, David, 1937
Mahler, Raphael, 1936-1953
Maisler, Mlle, undated, 1950
Maitlis, Jacob I., 1939-1953
Malakhi, A.R., 1945
Malamud, Samuel, 1953
Malkin, D.R., 1932
Manger, Itsik, 1951-1954
Mann, Jacob, 1936-1937
Manteuffel, Tadeusz, 1929, 1932
Marcus, Jacob Rader, 1944, 1946
Marcus, Joseph, undated
Margoshes, Joseph, 1937
Mark, Berl, 1954-1956
Mark, Yudl, 1953
Marmor, Kalman, 1926-1954
Marx, Alexander, 1927-1938
Maryson, J.A., 1929, 1934
Matenko, Pesakh, 1931-1940
Folder 15: Correspondence - Meisel, Nathan to Mukdoni, Alexander 1921-1955: Meisel, Nathan, 1926-1944
Meltser, Shimshon, 1952
Mendelsohn, Shlomo, 1944, 1946
Mendelsohn, S. Felix, 1931, 1943
Menes, A., 1932-1939
Mestel, Jacob, 1947, 1955
Mibashan, A., 1953-1954
Milch, Jacob, undated, 1932-1940
Miller, L., undated
Miller, Sholem, 1938, 1940
Minc, P., 1955
Minde, M., undated
Minkin, Jacob, 1936
Minkoff, N.B., 1953
Minkowska, Anna, 1921
Mishkin, Leonard C., 1950
Mishkowski, Noah, Sara, 1934
Moses, L., 1933
Moskowitz, Moses, 1940
Mostovski, Meir, 1941
Mukdoni, Alexander, undated, 1929-1934
Folder 16: Correspondence - N 1912-1954: Napierski, Stefan (Marjan Eiger), 1921
Nathan, N.M., 1912
Nathanson, W., 1930-1931
Nemm, Jacob, 1952
Niger, Shmuel, 1923-1954
Folder 18: Correspondence - O Correspondence - P 1922-1956, , 1928-1952: 18. Pat, Jacob, 1947
Pat, Chaim, 1949
Perlmutter, R., undated
Perlow, Boruch D., 1952
Peters, M., 1939
Petrushka, S., 1941, 1947
Pinedo, Edgard, 1937
Pinson, Koppel S., 1940, 1949
Pollack, Leonard, 1937
Pollack, Shmuel, undated
Poloticki, Jacob and Clara, 1947
Pomaranski, Stefan, 1928
Pomerantz, Alexander, 1952
Pomerantz, I.C., 1938
Pomrenze, Sholem, 1938
Posner, S., 1933-1938
Probst, Mendl, undated
Ptasnik, Jan, undated
Folder 19: Correspondence - Rabina, Menashe to Rivkind, Yitchak 1928-1956: Rabina, Menashe, 1938
Rabinowicz, Sz., undated
Raddock, Charles Adam, 1931
Raizman, Icchak, 1953, 1954
Raskin, Sylvia, 1954
Ratner, Z., 1931
Ravitch, Melekh, 1942-1952
Rawidowica, Simon, 1930-1956
Reisin, Abraham, 1934
Reizin, Zalman, 1928-1932
Resnick, Salomon, 1933-1937, 1947
Ringelblum, Emanuel, 1932-1941
Rivkin, Mrs. B., 1951
Rivkin, Ellis, undated, 1950
Rivkin, Israel, 1936
Rivkind, Yitchak, 1950
: Correspondence - Roback A.A. to Rudnicki, Ivan 1925-1953: Roback, A. A., 1925-1944
Robinsohn, Haim, undated, 1935
Rochlin, S. A., 1950
Roland, Charles, 1930
Rollansky, Samuel, 1946-1949
Rosen, George, 1949
Rosen, Josef, 1951
Rosenberg, Moshe, 1938-1940
Rosenthal, Judah, 1944-1952
Rothbart, Jacob, undated
Rubin, I., 1935, 1953
Rubin, Ruth, 1951
Rubinstein, A., 1951
Rudnicki, Ivan, 1952
: Correspondence - Sachs, V.S. to Shulman, Elias 1926-1956: Sachs, V.S., 1932
Sackler, Harry, 1927
Sadan, Dov, 1949
Saltz, Charles, 1942
Sapir, B., 1944
Sato, Kogi, 1956
Schapira, 1939
Schapiro, Israel, 1939-1943
Scharfstein, Z., 1946-1947
Schauss, H., 1931
Scherl, David, 1938
Schneersohn, F., 1953-1954
Schoss, S., 1931-1937
Schusheim, Esther L., 1953-1955
Schwarcz, Mendel, 1946
Schwartz, Hersh, 1954
Schwartz, Maurice, 1938-1939
Schwartz, Pinchas, 1936
Schwartz, Shlomo, 1933
Schwarzbard, 1953
Schweid, Mark, 1953
Seeligman, Sigmund, 1932-1933
Seligman, R., undated, 1930
Sendrey, Alfred, 1945-1950
Shalit, S., 1936
Shenshderay, M., 1948-1952
Sherman, Bezalel, 1954
Sheskin, Chaim, 1930
Shifrin, Tzvi, 1926
Shpizman, L., 1944
Shtiff, Nachum, 1926
Shulman, Elias, 1929-1953
Folder 22: Correspondence - Shulvass, M.A. to Szur, Moshe 1932-1955: Shulvass, M.A., 1948-1954
Shunami, S., 1937-1945
Shur, M., 1938
Shuster, Zechariah, 1953
Siegel, Ada, 1943
Siegel, I. I., 1950
Silberbusch, David Y., 1929
Silver, L., 1936
Singer, Elias, 1947-1948
Siskin, Edgar, 1947
Sklarsky, Moshe Shmuel, 1943
Smith, I. R., 1937
Soltes, Mordecai, 1934
Sorsky, John, 1934
Starkman, Moshe (contains enclosures re plays of Jacob Gordin), 1955
Steinberg, I. N., 1944
Steinberg, J., 1932
Steinbruck, H., 1935
Stern, Harry J., 1939
Stillschwig, N. C., 1937-1938
Stoliar, Gitl, 1952
Stonehill, Ben, undated
Streit, Leon, 1937
Suhl, A., 1933
Suskovitch, Shlomo, 1954-1955
Sutskever, Abraham, 1952-1953
Syngalowski, A., 1934-1955
Szacki, Antoni, 1955
Szajkowski, Zosa, 1936-1938
Szereny, Bela, undated
Szereszewska, Helena, 1954
Szereszewski, Gregorio, 1949
Szmuszkowicz, Shlomo, 1955
Szur, Moshe, 1932
Folder 23: Correspondence - T 1926-1955: Taubler, S., 1946
Teitelbaum, Abraham, 1927-1934
Tenenbaum, Joseph, 1926-1954
Tenenbaum, Rachela, 1932
Tierkel, David B., 1933-1934
Trachtenberg, Joshua, undated, 1940, 1954
Trammer, Marie, 1934-1938
Trus, Alter, 1955
Tsinberg, I., 1937
Turin, A., 1926
Turkow, Jonas, 1953
Turkow, Mark, 1947-1954
Twersky, Jochanan, 1934
Tygel, Z., 1932
Folder 24: Correspondence - U to V 1932-1953: Ulrych, Baruch, 1953
Unger, Menashe, undated, 1935
Uris, A. S., undated
Urynski, Gershon, undated
Vaxer, M., 1932-1939
Veinig, N., 1933-1938
Folder 25: Correspondence - Wachstein, B. to Weinreich, Max Correspondence - Weinryb, Bernard to Wolfson, H. 1919-1953, , 1923-1956: Weinryb, Bernard D., 1929-1946
Wiener, Leo, 1925-1928
Wilczynski, H., 1933
Wilenberg, Rosalia, 1924
Winiecki, Joseph, 1951-1956
Wininger, S., 1933
Winter, Szmul, 1934-1935
Wischnitzer, Mark, 1923-1947
Wittlin, Josef and Anna, 1949, 1952
Wogler, A., undated
Wolfson, H., 1934
Folder 27: Correspondence - Y to Z 1910-1954: Yagubski, M., 1950
Yarmolinski, 1925
Yerushalmi, S., 1952
Yosekowitch, Y. T., 1954
Young, Karl, 1937
Yovely, S. Z., 1933
Zack, B.G., 1934, 1939
Zagelman, Dr., 1910
Zeidman, Hilel, 1947
Zeitlin, Aaron, 1933-1952
Zilberberg, Y., 1955
Zineman, Y. or J., 1953-1954
Zisle, Joseph, 1933
Zlotnick, J. L., 1937-1938
Zuhl, A., 1932-1937
Zulawska, K. and R., 1923, 1924, 1925
Zulawsky, Zygmunt, 1924
Zunser, Charles, 1947-1952
Zwick, M.T., 1934
Zylberzweig, Zalman, 1927-1953
Folder 28: Miscellaneous: Includes letters collected by Shatzky, written by others, among them:
Folder 29: Unidentified

Subseries 2: Organizations 1926-1956

Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically.

Folder 30: Correspondence - A 1927-1954: American Friends of Hebrew University (New York, N.Y.), 1954
American Guild for German Cultural Freedom (New York, N.Y.), 1939
American Historical Association (Philadelphia, Pa.), 1938
American Jewish Historical Society (New York, N.Y.), 1927, 1937
American Jewish Committee (New York, N.Y.), 1941-1953
American Jewish Yearbook (New York, N.Y.), 1940-1942
American Jewish Tercentenary Committee, (New York, N.Y.), 1953
Amsterdam University Library (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), 1932
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai Brith, (New York, N.Y.), 1952
Archive and Museum of the Jewish Labour Movement, 1937
Army Medical Library (U.S.). War Department (Washington, D.C.), 1936
Artef Theatre (New York, , N.Y.), 1931
Associacion Mutual Israelita Argentina (Buenos Aires, Argentina), 1953
Associacion Psicoanalitica Argentina (Buenos Aires, Argentina), 1947
Association of Friends of Our Tribune (New York, N.Y.), 1953
Aufgang (monthly, theater) Sighet, Maramures, (Sighetu Marmatiei, Romania), 1933
Folder 31: Correspondence - B - C 1930-1956: Bayt Akhad Ha-Am, Tel Aviv, 1937
Bibliothek der Israelitische Kulturgemeinde (Vienna, Austria), 1936
Bibliothek der Lehranstalt fur die Wissenschaft des Judentums, Berlin, 1938
Bibliothek des Judischetheologischen Seminars, Breslau, 1934
B'nai Brith, Cincinnati, 1930
B'nai Brith Hillel Foundation, N. Y., 1948-1953
Bodleian Library, Oxford, 1936, 1938
British Museum, London, 1938
Canadian Jewish Year Book, Montreal, 1940
Centro Israelita de Cuba, Havana, 1939, 1951
Columbia University in the City of New York, N.Y., 1952
Columbia University Press, N.Y., 1937
Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Inc., N.Y., 1955, 1956
The Conference on Jewish Relations, N. Y., 1936-1950
Congres International des sciences historiques, Warsaw, 1932
Congress for Jewish Culture, N.Y., Buenos Aires, 1949, 1953, 1956
Congress Weekly , N. Y., 1952
Council of Fraternal Benevolent and Landsmanshaften Organizations, NY, 1940
Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, NY, 1939
Cultural Association of Polish Jews, NY, 1939
Culture League of Roumanian Jews, NY, 1933
Cyclopedia Judaica, NY, 1930
Folder 32: Correspondence - D - E 1930-1955: Davke , Buenos Aires, 1951-1953
Delegacion de Asociaciones Israelitas Argentinas, Buenos Aires, 1953
Dom Ksiazki, Warsaw, 1952
Dos Poilishe Yidntum, Buenos Aires, 1950s
Dropsie College, Philadlephia, 1930
Dubnow-Fund for Yiddish Encyclopedia, Berlin, Paris, NY, 1932-1939
Ediciones Estrellas, Buenos Aires, 1951
Dr. Israel Elfenbein Jubille Committee, NY, 1951
Congregation Emanue-El, 1932
Enciclopedia Della Spettacolo, with attached list of entries for Yiddish theater, Rome, 1953-1955
Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora, Jerusalem, 1951-1953
Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, NY, 1930-1931
Eugene Field Society, 1944
Ezrah, Jewish Hospital, Buenos Aires, 1949
Folder 33: Correspondence - F - G 1926-1939: Farayn fun yidishe literatn un zhurnalistn in varshe, 1926-1927
Buchhandlung Gustav Fock, NY, 1934
The Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, 1936
Freie arbeter stimme , NY, 1933
Friends of the Yiddish Art Theatre, 1937
Friends of the YIVO, NY, 1939
Gesellschaft zur Erforschung judischer Kunstdenkmaler, Frankfurt, 1928, undated
Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaft des Judentums, Berlin, 1934-1936
Dr. H. Glanz, Publisher, 1940
Gles Gminy Zydowskiej , Warsaw, 1938
Di Goldene Keit , Tel Aviv, 1938
Redaktion der Grossen Yudische National-Biographie, Cernauti, undated
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, NY, 1926
Folder 34: Correspondence - H - I 1925-1955: Hadoar , NY, undated
Hasifriah Hareishit l'madaey hayehadut, Warsaw, 1936
Heavar , Tel Aviv, 1952
Hebrew Union College Library, Cincinnati, 1925-1955
Hanhalat Hahistadrut Hatsionit, Jerusalem, 1953
Hitakhdut Tsionit B'kuba, Havana, 1953
Ikor, NY, 1936
Illustrowany Kuryer Codzienny , Warsaw, 1933
Immigrants' Conference, NY 1939
The Institute for Advanced Study, NY, 1931
Folder 35: Correspondence - J 1929-1954: Jewish Academy of Arts and Sciences, NY, 1937-1938
Jewish Book Council, NY, 1942-1954
Jewish Club, NY, 1950-1953, 1954
Jewish Daily Eagle , Montreal, 1932-1940
Jewish Forum, NY, 1944
Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw, 1950-1954
Jewish Institute of Religion, NY, 1936
Jewish Museum Forum, NY 1951
Jewish National and University Library, Jerusalem, 1930-1938
Jewish People's Institute, Chicago, 1938
Jewish Public Library, Montreal, 1934-1956
Jewish Quarterly Review , Philadelphia, 1956
Jewish Social Studies , NY, 1946, 1954
Jewish Theological Seminary of America, NY, 1938, 1946-1952
Jewish Welfare Board, NY, 1924-1955
Joachimstal's Boekhandel, Amsterdam 1948
Jolowicz, Joseph, Buchhandlung und antiquariat, Berlin, 1930
Judischer Verlag, Berlin, 1929
Folder 36: Correspondence - K-O 1925-1955: Keren Kayemet L'Yisrael, Buenos Aires, 1949
Kinderland, Buenos Aires, 1952
Knof, Alfred A., NY, 1943
A. Kokoteck, and Co., 1928
Waissman Koogan, Rio de Janeiro, 1950-1953
Geselshaft Kultur Lige, Warsaw, 1931
Farlag David Lerman, Buenos Aires, 1949
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1953-1955
Literarishe Bleter, Warsaw, 1925
Kultur Komisye Baym Landslayt Farayn Fun Lomze, Zembrowe, Buenos Aires, 1949
Farayn fun Marbuschover landslayt in yisroel, Tel Aviv, 1953
Meksikaner yidishe shtim , Mexico, 1934
Mendele Moikher Seforim Museum, Odessa, 1928
Merriam Company, Springfield, Mass., 1952
National Committee for Labor Israel, NY, 1954
New York Academy of Medicine, NY, 1956
New York Public Library, NY, 1927-1953
Libreria Antiquaria Editrice, Leo S. Olschki, 1947
Omanut , Zagreb, 1936
Ort, Geneva, undated
Oxford University Press, NY, 1955
Folder 37: Correspondence - P 1926-1953: A. Packter Hebreeuwsche Boekhandel, Amsterdam, 1936
I.L. Peretz, yiddisher kultureler yugnt tsenter, Mexico, 1939
I.L. Peretz farayn, Czertkow, Poland, 1933
I.L. Peretz School, Winnipeg, 1937
I.L. Peretz Writers Union, 1926, 1928
Komiter tsu baehrn dem 700 yerign egzistents der yidisher kehilo in Plotsk (Plock, Poland) 1937
Dos Poilishe Yidntum, B.A., 1947-1953
Polish Roman Catholic Union of America, Chicago, 1942
Portugeesch Isrealitisch Seminarium Ets Haim, Amsterdam, 1933, 1937
Di presse , Buenos Aires, 1929
The Psychoanalytic Quarterly , 1946-1947
Folder 38: Correspondence - R - S 1936-1955: Ruhama, (Union of Women in Behalf of Polish Jewry), NY, 1938
Sifriya Ironit, Sha-ar-Tsion, Tel Aviv, 1936
Sholem-Aleikhem Kultur Vinkl, Bronx, undated
Sholem Aleikhem Folks Institut (L.M. Stein Jubilee Committee), Chicago, 1937
Sholem-Aleikhem Shul, Buenos Aires, 1951, 1955
Sigmund Freund Archives, Inc., NY, 1952
Sifritat-Poalim Workers Book Guild, Hashomer Hatsair, Tel Aviv, 1952
Simon and Shuster, Inc., NY, 1947
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 1931
Sociedad de Estudios Historicos de los Israelitas en Mexico, Mexico, 1941
Sociedad Hebraica Argentina (Hebraica ) Buenos Aires, 1953
Societas Spinozana Polonica, Warsaw, 1936
Soncino-Gesellschaft, Berlin, 1926-1932
South African Jewish Sociological and Historical Society, Johannesburg, 1948
Special Libraries Association, NY, 1942
Spinoza Institute of America, NY, 1932
Het Spinosahuis, The Hague, 1936
Irgun Oley Szczebrzeszyn, 1947
Folder 39: Correspondence - T-W 1926-1956: Taylor's Foreign Press, London, 1937
Tsentral farband fun poylishe yidn in argentine, Buenos Aires, 1947-1955
Tsentral komitet fun yidn in poyln (Central Committee of Jews in Poland), Warsaw, 1949
Tsentrale yidishe shulorganizatsie in letland, Riga, 1926
Tsentraler Bildungs Komitet, Vilna, 1931
Tsentraler Kultur Rat, Paris, 1946
Ujkelet , Oradea, Roumania, 1938
The Ukranian Academy of Arts and Sciences, NY, 1953
Ukranian Congress Committee of America, Inc., NY, 1952
Union Sionista de Cuba, 1953
United Hospital Fund of New York, NY, 1943
United Jewish Appeal, NY, 1942, 1952
United Restitution Organizations, NY, 1956
Unzer Vort , Buenos Aires, 1954
Landslayt-farayn fun varshe un umgegnt, Buenos Aires, 1952
V'ad l'hotsa'at sefer zikaron l'kdoshey Vengruv (Wegrow), Tel Aviv, 1953
Editorial 'La Verdad', Mexico, 1939
Veterans Administration Hospital, NY, 1956
Di Vokh , Paris, 1939
Walka , Cracow, 1926
Wecker , NY, 1952
Wegrow: See Vengruv Who's Who in Library Service, Columbia University, NY, 1954
Who's Who in World Jewry, NY, 1953-1954
Hieronim Wilder-Polski Antykwarjat Naukowy Warsaw, 1931
Workmen's Circle, 1932
Works Progress Administration for Connecticut, Conn., n.d.
Works Progress Administration for Massachusetts, Mass., 1938
Folder 40: Correspondence - Y 1929-1955: Yeshiva University, NY, 1955
Yiddish Culture Society, NY, 1930, 1934
Yiddish Dictionary Committee, 1953
Yidishe gezelshaft far kunst un kultur in Havana, Havana, 1937
Yidishe literatn un zhurnalistn farayn, H.D. Nomberg, Buenos Aires, 1953
Yidishe shul organizatsiye hoyptfarvaltung, Warsaw, 1929
Yidishe presse , Rio de Janeiro, 1954
Yidishe shul in meksike, Mexico, 1952-1954
Yidishe sport tsenter in meksike, Mexico, 1954
Di yidishe tsaytung , Buenos Aires, 1954
Yidisher druker komiter, Lodz, 1947
Yidisher folks-institut far kultur un dertsiung, Rio de Janeiro, 1954
Yiddish Theater Club, NY, undated
YIVO (Buenos Aires, New York, Uruguay, Vilna), 1947-1956
Young Mens and Young Womens Hebrew Association, NY, 1951
Folder 41: Yiddish Pen Club, NY 1951-1954
Folder 42: Correspondence - Z 1931-1954: Union of Zamosch Emigrants in Israel, 1946-1954
Zeitschrift für die Geschichte der Juden der Tschechoslowakei , Brunn, 1931
Zionist Organization of America, NY, 1952
Zhelenover Bulletin , Chicago, undated
Zhitlowsky Folks-Komitet, NY, 1944
Zwiazek Narodowy Polski, Chicago, 1942
Folder 43: Unidentified and Miscellaneous

Subseries 3: Family 1924-1953

Arrangement: Arranged chronologically.

Folder 44: Jacob Shatzky to Ida Shatzky 1924 June 25-1929 July 15
Folder 45: Jacob Shatzky to Ida Shatzky 1929 August 10-1932 August 21
Folder 46: Jacob Shatzky to Ida Shatzky 1932 September 2-1947 April 25
Folder 47: Jacob Shatzky to Ida Shatzky 1947 April 27-1948 July 26
Folder 48: Jacob Shatzky to Ida Shatzky undated, 1950 June 22-1953 August 6
Folder 49: Willenberg Shatzky, Eugene 1931-1948

Subseries 4: Shatzky, Ida 1912-1963

Letters to Ida Shatzky.

Arrangement: [information on the filing sequence of the described materials, e.g., chronological]

Folder 50: Condolences 1956
Folder 51: Correspondence 1912, circa 1956, circa 1960
Folder 52: Rapoport, O. 1960-1963
Folder 53: Singer, Elias 1956-1959