Brief Description: The collection relates to Gunzburg's philanthropic and communal activities as well as to Jewish life in Russia. Correspondence between Gunzburg and Russian authorities about unjust conscription of Jews into the Russian army and about improving the political and legal situation of Russian Jews.  Correspondence between the Hevrah Mefitsei Haskalah and Jewish journalists about the Jewish press in Russia, in particular about the newspapers *Hamelitz* and *Kol Mevasser*. Correspondence with rabbis of Russia and Poland about the creation of a rabbinical seminary in Russia. Minutes of meetings of the Hevrah Mefitsei Haskalah. Petitions to the government about the political and legal situation of Jews in Russia.  Records of the Vilna Committee for Improvement of the Situation of Russian Jews, 1869. Materials relating to anti-Jewish propaganda in Russia.

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