VILBIG (Vilner Yidishe Bildungs Gezelshaft)

Title: VILBIG (Vilner Yidishe Bildungs Gezelshaft)

Inclusive Dates: 1923-1940

ID: RG 11

Extent Information

2'1"; 5 5"lgl

Arrangement

Organization: All boxes are arranged in folder numerical sequence

Arrangement: The collection is arranged in 7 series: I) Administration (folders 1-10); II) Corres. - General (11-27); III) Corres. - Local Branches (28-45); IV) Educational Courses Section (46-54); V) VILBIG Various Sections (55-61); VI) Scout Club "BIN" (The Bee) (62-65); VII) Varia (66-67)

Creators

VILBIG

Administrative/Biographical History

Vilna Jewish Education Society. Organized in Vilna, Poland in September 1924 to promote secular education among the Yiddish-speaking population. Developed a number of successful educational programs but was unable to establish tuition-free Yiddish schools. Was still active during the Soviet occupation of Vilna, 1939-1941. Ceased to exist during the Nazi occupation.

Subjects (links to similar collections)

Children
Community Records
Education
Lithuania
Poland
Yiddish secular movement
Youth Groups

Forms of Material (links to similar genres)

Documents - Records

Finding Aid Information

Inventory: English, 13 pp., typed; Yiddish, 9 pp., ms

Administrative Information

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Description:

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

Records of the VILBIG administration and of its educational programs. Minutes of committee meetings, records of elections, financial reports, documents about legalizing VILBIG and its provincial branches. Correspondence with Jewish educational and cultural institutions in Poland, the Vilna Kehillah and various government and municipal agencies. Correspondence with 17 local branches of VILBIG mainly in the province of Vilna. Materials relating to educational courses, various artistic groups and the scout club "Bin". Inventory, Yiddish.

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