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Agudat Ahvah records

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1934
Abstract:

Approximately 500 pieces of correspondence and other documents from the archives of Agudat Ahvah.

Dates: 1920-1939

Agudat Israel records

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1911
Abstract:

The records comprise over 300 pieces of correspondence and other documents from the archives of Agudat Israel from the time of the establishment of the State of Israel.

Dates: 1947-1949

Alsace Jewish manuscripts collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1936
Abstract: Collection of correspondence and other documents from Jewish communities in the northern part of the Alsace region in France, including Bas-Rhin, Balbronn, Strasbourg, Ottrott, Ingersheim, Metz, Atznheim, and other towns. The documents cover a wide range of topics, including communal life, relations between Jews and non-Jews, business transactions, life-cycle events, legal rulings, etc. Most of the 131 items are hand-written; a few are printed or mimeographed. The vendor's itemized lists of...
Dates: 1735-1913

Hermann Broch archive

 Collection
Call Number: YCGL MSS 1
Abstract:

The Hermann Broch Archive contains correspondence; manuscripts of books, plays, poems, articles and essays, book reviews, and short stories; writings of others; personal papers; photographs; and videocassettes.

Dates: 1872-1990s, bulk 1930-1951

Collection on the Jewish community of Botosani, Romania

 Collection
Call Number: MS 2028
Abstract:

A collection of manuscripts and printed documents from the Jewish community of Botosani, located in northern Romania, from the first third of the twentieth century. The materials include items concerning communal institutions, such as the Jewish hospital, school, burial society and cemetery, and many documents related to decisions of the community council. The collection also includes large printed broadsides with names and information concerning local elections.

Dates: 1909-1932

Collection on the Jewish community of Iași, Romania

 Collection
Call Number: MS 2029
Abstract:

The collection consists of documents from the large Jewish community of Iași, Romania, 1862-1950. About half of the documents in this collection pertain to Jewish communal life in Iași in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, while the rest date from the time of World War II or the postwar period. The first part of the collection contains approximately 100 documents in Romanian. The second part contains 19 documents in Yiddish.

Dates: 1862-1950

Andrew Davis collection on Jedwabne, Poland

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1910
Abstract:

This collection consists of monographs, clippings, pamphlets, e-mail correspondence and other materials related to the city of Jedwabne, Poland, the murder of the town's Jews in July 1941, and Jewish-Polish relations in general. Of particular interest are the materials related to a memorial ceremony on July 10, 2001, honoring the murdered Jews of Jedwabne.

Dates: Circa 1981-2001

Genrikh Markovich Deĭch papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1599
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, and research notes relating to Aleksandr Pushkin, V. I. Lenin, and the town of Liubavich. Also included are materials for a guidebook to Jewish activities and documents preserved in the archives of the government of Tsarist Russia.

Dates: 1989-1992

Louis Rinaldo Ehrich papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1349
Abstract:

The papers consist of diaries (two volumes) describing Louis Ehrich's junior and senior years at Yale College and his participation in the life of the Jewish communities of New Haven and New York. Also included in the papers is a scrapbook of memorabilia of his student years at New Haven Hopkins Grammar School and Yale College, 1865-1869.

Dates: 1862-1911

Ethiopia collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1516
Abstract:

The collection consists of correspondence, journals, printed material, ephemera, and photographs relating to the history of Ethiopia and the current political and social conditions.

Dates: 1867-2013

Flürscheim family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1582
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, financial and business records, genealogical tables, marriage and birth certificates, and photographs.

Dates: 1743-1913

Jerome New Frank papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 222
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, legal material (including opinions, decisions, calendars, memoranda, and other papers), writings, speeches, Yale course materials, and family and personal papers of Jerome N. Frank, lawyer, government official during the New Deal, author, legal philosopher, teacher, and federal judge. The papers reflect Frank's wide range of activities, interests, and associations, and include important correspondence with many well known government officials, lawyers,...
Dates: 1918-1972, bulk 1929-1957

Louis Golding papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 77
Abstract:

The papers contain manuscripts, notes, correspondence, and other papers pertaining to the five-volume series Tales of the Silver Sisters.

Dates: 1911-1953

Erwin Ramsdell Goodenough papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 723
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, writings, lectures, research notes, correspondence, personal papers and photographs possibly used in some of his publications. The largest part of the papers is comprised of research materials and manuscript drafts for Erwin Goodenough's major work, Jewish Symbols in the Greco-Roman Period (published 1953-1965), as well as materials relating to The Politics of Philo Judaeus: Practice and...
Dates: 1896-1969

Institute for Mediterranean Affairs records

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1688
Abstract:

The records consist of subject files, correspondence, administrative files, and publications documenting the activities of the Institute for Mediterranean Affairs.

Dates: 1940-1980

Jewish communal registers (Pinkese kehilah) collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1824
Abstract: The collection consists of register books of various Jewish communal organizations, mainly in Europe, with a few from the Middle East and the United States. The volumes include minute books of synagogues and social welfare committees, account books, school registers, and wills. They document the activities, concerns, and conditions of Jewish communities, as well as their relations with neighbors and governmental authorities. The registers include genealogical, sociological, and historical...
Dates: 1623-1960

Jews of Germany collection of manuscripts and documents

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1937
Abstract:

This collection consists of manuscripts and documents concerning Jewish communities in Germany from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century, including correspondence, financial documents, communal documents, government documents, and rabbinic documents. Topics covered in the collection include property and financial matters; Jewish-Gentile relations; Halakhic decisions; and an incident similar to blood libel that occurred in the community of Goslar during the seventeenth century.

Dates: 1674-1897

Jews of Italy collection of manuscripts and documents

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1890
Abstract: The collection consists of a variety of documents from Jewish communities in Italy, mainly in the northern regions of Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy and Veneto. The documents include records of Jewish communal organizations, correspondence of rabbis and community leaders, legal decisions, and liturgy. There are also official notices and rulings from various Italian authorities pertaining to the Jewish community. A portion of the documents in this collection relate to the emancipation of...
Dates: 1568-1974, bulk 1750-1900

Alexander Bryan Johnson papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 741
Abstract:

The papers consist almost entirely of letters between Alexander Johnson and members of his family, with a small number relating to his business affairs and publications. Also included is a genealogical chart showing the ancestry of his first wife, Abigail Louisa Adams.

Dates: 1823-1861

Kohut family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 956
Abstract: The family of Abraham and Rebekah Bettelheim Kohut were prominent in the New York Jewish community, and involved in relgious affairs and education. The Kohut School for Girls was operated in New York City from 1899-1905 by Rebekah Kohut. The papers consist primarily of Kohut family memorabilia, photographs, correspondence, and other material. Also included are two ledgers from the Kohut School for Girls for academic year 1904-1905 listing students' names with charges for tuition, books, and...
Dates: Circa 1880-1966, bulk 1890-1935