Guide to the Records of the I.L. Peretz Yiddish Writers' Union, 1903-1973, RG 701

Processed by YIVO Archivist Marek Web, 1970s. Additional processing by Rachel Harrison as part of the Leon Levy Archival Processing Initiative, made possible by the Leon Levy Foundation.

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
Email: archives@yivo.cjh.org
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Electronic finding aid was encoded in EAD 2002 by Rachel S. Harrison in June 2009. EAD finding aid customized in ARCHON in 2014. Description is in English.

Collection Overview

Title: Guide to the Records of the I.L. Peretz Yiddish Writers' Union, 1903-1973, RG 701

ID: RG 701 FA

Extent: 20.0 Linear Feet

Arrangement: The collection was originally processed by Marek Web circa 1975. Additional processing was completed in June 2009.The collection is arranged in 8 series. In general, the collection was maintained as much as possible in its original order, in accordance with archival principles. Some reorganization of the early correspondence files appears to have taken place during the original processing and routine financial documents, such as paid bills and check stubs, were discarded. The minutes and financial files are arranged chronologically, while the correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent, topic or format. This order has been standardized in the finding aid, although the folders themselves have not been moved. The names of the miscellaneous correspondents in Series VIII have been transliterated and intellectually rearranged in Latin alphabetical order. Yiddish names have been transliterated according to YIVO standards except when the individual is known in English by another spelling. Additionally, if the name appeared in Latin letters anywhere within the folder, that spelling was used rather than a standard transliteration. Organizations and periodicals have been translated and, when not generally known by its English name, the Yiddish name follows in parentheses. The materials were originally divided into eight series and a four-part addendum, consisting of folders 721-748. The materials from that addendum have been intellectually integrated into the original series. The addendum materials integrated into Series I and Series II have been incorporated chronologically, while those in Series VIII have been incorporated alphabetically.

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

Abstract

This collection contains the minutes, correspondence and financial records of the I.L. Peretz Yiddish Writers’ Union from its founding in 1915 until 1973. Among the correspondence is a fair amount concerning the Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers, unions and union grievances, requests for aid from Jewish writers and activists in New York and abroad, and labor disputes and strikes.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection contains meeting minutes, financial reports 1929-1972, dues ledgers and other bookkeeping books, correspondence with individuals, organizations and publishers, salary lists, financial statements, newspaper clippings, press releases, scrapbooks, photographs of members, account statements from companies, banks and brokers, and manuscripts and questionnaires from various countries for a YWU yearbook.

Some of the topics in this collection include the Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers, various Works Progress Administration projects, fundraising campaigns, requests for aid for individual refugees in Europe, Cuba, Japan, Shanghai, England, and Palestine, complaints and charges of members, contract and labor disputes, strikes, and Union reports.

Among the organizations represented are the National Refugee Service, Jewish Welfare Federations, Newspaper Guild, United Jewish Appeal, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, World Federation of Journalists, New York State Department of Labor, Conference of Jewish Journalists, Jewish Labor Bund, Central Yiddish Culture Organization, Tog, Jewish Daily Forward, Freie Arbeiter Stimme, HIAS, Keneder Odler, Jewish Labor Committee, Morgn Zhurnal, Jewish National Workers’ Alliance, Yidishe Velt (Philadelphia), Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers, Kinder Zhurnal, Morgn Freiheit, ORT, Workmen’s Circle, and YIVO. Correspondents include: Baal Makhshoves (Isidor Eliashev), Shlomo Bickel, Menahem Boraisha, Reuben Brainin, Abraham Cahan, Simon Dubnow, Ossip Dymow, Alexander Harkavy, David Ignatoff, H. Leivick, Kalman Marmor, Alexander Mukdoni, Shmuel Niger, David Pinski, Melech Ravitch, Abraham Reisen, Zalman Reisen, Zalman Shneur, Lamed Shapiro, Jacob Shatzky, Baruch Vladeck, Max Weinreich, and Chaim Zhitlowsky. These papers constitute the complete archive of the Yiddish Writers Union from its founding until 1973, including a 1903 minute book of the Jewish Press Club, a predecessor organization.

Historical Note

The I.L. Peretz Yiddish Writers’ Union (YWU), also sometimes called the Jewish Writers’ Union, was founded in New York in 1915 as a labor and mutual aid organization for Yiddish journalists. Its first president was Hillel Rogoff, of Forverts, and its first secretary was Joseph Margoshes, of Tog. The Union represented all Yiddish writers and journalists at the three major New York City Yiddish papers, Tog, Morgn Zhurnal and Forverts. The Yiddish Writers’ Union was a member of the United Hebrew Trades, an association of Jewish labor unions in New York City. The Union participated in strikes and labor disputes and fought for job security, severance pay benefits and a minimum wage for Yiddish journalists. In November 1939, together with the Jewish Labor Committee, the Union decided to found a Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers, a relief fund for Yiddish writers in Europe as well as for American members in financial need. The Fund was ultimately established in January 1940. This Fund conducted a one-time emergency appeal among Yiddish writers in America and their supporters and readers. Through the efforts of this Fund, the Union was able to sponsor the immigration of several thousand writers and political and cultural activists and also to send money to those writers whom they were unable to bring over. In 1929 the Union had 200 members. Although the Union continued to be active in labor disputes after World War II, its membership declined steadily. While still in existence in the 1980s, the Yiddish Writers’ Union had relinquished much of its role as a labor union and functioned primarily as a literary association.

Subject/Index Terms

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions: The collection is open to researchers with the permission of the YIVO Archivist. Permission to access the collection can be obtained by writing to archives@yivo.cjh.org. Permission to publish part or parts of the collection must be obtained from the YIVO Archives.

Use Restrictions: There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011 email: archives@yivo.cjh.org

Acquisition Method: Given to YIVO by the Yiddish Writer’s Union in a series of installments in 1974.

Separated Materials: Photographs have been removed to the YIVO Photo Archive.

Related Materials: The YIVO Archives has the collections of many of the members of the Yiddish Writers’ Union, including the Papers of Leon Feinberg, RG 601; the Papers of Shmuel Niger, RG 360; The Papers of Mendel Osherowitch, RG 725; and the Papers of Alexander Seldin, RG 433. The American Jewish Historical Society Archives has the Papers of Boris Smolar, P-588 (AJHS). The YIVO library also has several books published by the Yiddish Writers’ Union, including Jewish Families and Family Circles of New York, The Communist Conspiracy Against the Jewish Press: The Case of the Jewish Writers’ Union Against the New York Newspaper Guild, and Seventy-Five Years Yiddish Press in the United States of America, edited by Jacob Glatstein, Shmuel Niger and Hillel Rogoff.

Preferred Citation: Published citations should take the following form:Identification of item, date (if known); I.L. Peretz Yiddish Writers Union Records; RG 701; box number; folder number; YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

Series 1: Series I: Minutes, 1903, 1919-1972,
Series 2: Series II: Finances, 1917-1972,
Series 3: Series III: Correspondence, 1911-1941,
Series 4: Series IV: Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers – Correspondence, 1939-1946,
Series 5: Series V: Correspondence (yellow series), 1935-1946,
Series 6: Series VI: Correspondence (blue series), 1941-1958,
Series 7: Series VII: Correspondence, 1946-1973,
Series 8: Series VIII: Financial Correspondence, Current Matters and Miscellaneous, 1909-1973

Series I: Minutes 1903, 1919-1972

This series contains minutes of meetings of the general staff and of the executive committee and a 1903 minute book from the Jewish Press Club, a predecessor organization to the Yiddish Writers’ Union. Folders 721-727 consist of minutes and were originally found in addendum part A.

Arrangement: This series is arranged chronologically.

Box 1

Folder 1: Minute book of Jewish Press Club 1903: gift of Joshua Rotenberg of New York
Folder 2: Minute book 1919-1925: in addition to the minutes bound in the book there are a few sessions recorded on loose sheets, the loose sheets generally cover meetings of the executive committee
Folder 3: Minutes of executive committee 1924-1926: on loose sheets
Folder 4: Minutes and notes 1926-1927: detailed transcripts of meetings and some other notes
Folder 5: Minutes 1931-1934: both regular meetings and executive committee, pages are numbered 141-212, originally pasted into the same volume as newspaper clipping scrapbook, archivally removed and placed in folder
Folder 6: Minutes of executive committee 1934-1936: minutes from 1934-1936, on loose sheets, also includes a few letters (one dated 1936)
Folder 7: Minutes of executive committee 1936-1937: loose sheets, includes some other materials and notes
Folder 8: Minutes of executive committee 1936-1939: executive committee and "small" executive committee, also includes inter-staff meetings
Folder 9: Minutes 1939-1940: includes both general meetings and executive committee, loose pages
Folder 9A: Minutes 1970-1972: includes both general meetings and executive committee, loose sheets, some handwritten
Folder 9B: Minutes undated: loose sheets, some handwritten

Box 36

Folder 721: Minutes 1941-1950: bound in volume, executive and general meetings
Folder 722: Minutes 1950-1954: bound in volume, executive and general meetings, etc.
Folder 723: Minutes 1954-1956: loose sheets, executive and general meetings
Folder 724: Minutes 1956-1958: also a few meetings from 1951, loose sheets, executive and general meetings
Folder 725: Minutes 1958-1961: loose handwritten sheets, executive and general meetings
Folder 726: Minutes 1962-1966: loose sheets, a few handwritten, general and executive board meetings
Folder 727: Minutes 1966-1969: November 1966 until December 1968, also September 30, 1969

Series II: Finances 1917-1972

This series is made up of financial reports 1929-1972, dues ledgers, expense and income cashbooks, and some membership information. Folders 728-736 and 746-748 contain ledgers and cashbooks originally found in addendum parts B and D.

Arrangement: This series is arranged chronologically.

Subseries 1: Financial Reports 1929-1972

Box 2

Folder 10: Financial reports 1929-1931
Folder 11: Financial reports 1932: three copies with supplementary materials
Folder 12: Financial reports 1932
Folder 13: Financial reports 1932-1933
Folder 14: Financial reports 1933
Folder 15: Financial reports 1933-1934: in Yiddish, two copies
Folder 16: Financial reports 1934-1935: in Yiddish, two copies
Folder 17: Financial reports 1935
Folder 18: Financial reports 1935-1936
Folder 19: Financial reports 1936
Folder 20A: Financial reports 1944-1945
Folder 20: Financial reports 1945-1946: two copies
Folder 21: Financial reports 1946-1947: two copies
Folder 22: Financial reports 1946-1947: two copies
Folder 23: Financial reports 1947-1948
Folder 24: Financial reports 1948-1949: also includes account of rescue fund
Folder 25: Financial reports 1949-1950: two copies
Folder 26: Financial reports 1950: two copies
Folder 27: Financial reports 1951-1952: two copies
Folder 28: Financial reports 1952-1953: two copies
Folder 29: Financial reports 1953-1954: two copies
Folder 30: Financial reports 1954-1955
Folder 31: Financial reports 1955-1956: two copies
Folder 32: Financial reports 1956-1957: two copies
Folder 33: Financial reports 1957-1958
Folder 34: Financial reports 1958-1959: two copies
Folder 35: Financial reports 1959-1960: also includes membership list
Folder 36: Financial reports 1960-1961: also includes expense list for aid to needy writers
Folder 37: Financial reports 1961-1962
Folder 38: Financial reports 1962-1963
Folder 39: Financial reports 1963-1964: two copies
Folder 40: Financial reports 1964-1965: with supplementary material
Folder 41: Financial reports 1965-1966: includes list of members deceased during the year
Folder 42: Financial reports 1966-1967: includes balance on membership gains and losses, two copies
Folder 43: Financial reports 1967-1968: two copies
Folder 44: Financial reports 1968-1969: two copies, includes supplementary material
Folder 45: Financial reports 1969-1970: two copies
Folder 46: Financial reports 1970-1971: two copies
Folder 47: Financial reports 1971-1972

Subseries 2: Ledgers 1917-1945

Box 39

Folder 746: Ledger 1917
Folder 747: Ledger 1918
Folder 748: Cashbook 1923-1926
Folder 734: Dues ledger 1949-1960: includes some attached and loose sheets

Box 3

Folder 48: Cashbook 1917-1923
Folder 49: Ledger 1917-1923: concerns dues
Folder 50: Cashbook 1920-1921
Folder 51: Cashbook 1920-1922
Folder 52: Cashbook and record of ticket sales 1922-1923

Box 4

Folder 53: Cashbook and record of ticket sales 1923-1925
Folder 54: Ledger 1923-1926: concerns dues
Folder 55: Cashbook 1925-1926
Folder 56: Ledger 1930-1936: contains notes on loose sheets in addition to entries in book itself
Folder 57: Ledger of receipts and expenses 1931-1937
Folder 58: Ledger 1936-1945: trial balances

Box 38A

Folder 728: Cashbook 1937-1943: expenses and income, oversize
Folder 729: Cashbook 1943-1949: expenses and income, oversize
Folder 730: Cashbook 1949-1954: expenses and income, includes list of new members 1947 etc., oversize

Box 5

Folder 59: Ledger 1937-1944
Folder 60: Cashbook for sales of book on Landsmanshaftn 1938: credit accounts
Folder 61: Cashbook for sales of book on Landsmanshaftn 1938
Folder 62: Ledger 1940-1941: concerns membership dues
Folder 63: Cash receipts book of Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers 1941-1944
Folder 64: Tax list of membership undated
Folder 65: Cashbook undated: contains notes on loose sheets as well as entries in book (1930s)

Box 37

Folder 735: Cashbook 1944-1950: special fund of some sort
Folder 736: Cashbook - Rescue Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers 1946-1949: some individual accounts in back

Box 38B

Folder 731: Cashbook 1954-1960: expenses and income, oversize
Folder 732: Cashbook 1960-1966: expenses and income, oversize
Folder 733: Cashbook 1966-1972: expenses and income, bill for dues, oversize

Series III: Correspondence 1911-1941

This series consists of correspondence with Jewish writers and organizations, including the Fund for Suffering Writers in Europe, the Works Progress Administration and the Workmen’s Circle.

Arrangement: This series is arranged alphabetically by correspondent, topic or document type.

Box 6

Folder 66: "A" 1922, 1936-1940: miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 67: Abramovitch, Nadiezda 1927: Mendele Mokher Seforim's daughter, Odessa
Folder 68: Abramowitz, B. 1938: paris
Folder 69: Ackerman, B. undated: complaint against S. Erdman
Folder 70: Adler, J. 1927: Lakewood, NJ
Folder 71: Ajzenszlos, A. 1927-1930: Warsaw
Folder 72: Al Guriah 1939-1940: New York
Folder 74: Almi, A. 1921-1938: Montreal, New York
Folder 75: Arnstein, Mark 1921: New York
Folder 76: Arrangements with artists on their participation in Union's cultural affairs 1938-1939
Folder 73: Asch, Sholem 1940: letter of March 20, 1940 signed by Opatoshu, leivick and Niger condemning the anti-Asch campaign
Folder 78: Asen, Abraham 1938: New York
Folder 77: Association of Jewish Journalists and Authors in England 1929
Folder 79: Auerbach, Ephraim undated
Folder 106: "B" 1920-1940: miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 80: Baal Makhshoves (Isidor Eliashev) 1921: Kovno
Folder 81: Bank, Joseph 1931: New York
Folder 82: Baranowski, K. 1928-1930: Paris
Folder 83: Barzilai, A.J. undated
Folder 84: Basin, M. undated
Folder 85: Bassein, L. 1920-1927: New York
Folder 86: Beller, Jacob 1935: New York
Folder 87: Ben-Ami, Chaim-Mordechai (Rabinovitch) 1921
Folder 88: Berkowitz, J.D. 1920-1927: New York
Folder 89: Berman, Harold 1927
Folder 90: Berman, Louis 1926-1939: Lodz, New York
Folder 91: Bialostotzky, B.J. undated
Folder 92: Bickel, Shlomo 1940: New York
Folder 94: Birnbaum, Nathan 1921: New York
Folder 93: Biro-Bidjan, delegation to 1936: referendum ballot on joining the delegation together with the Yiddish PEN Club and the Proletpen
Folder 95: Birstein, Moshe 1940: Roxbury
Folder 96: Bloch, Joshua 1926-1927: New York, correspondence related to the NY Public Library, Jewish Division
Folder 97: Board of Education 1936-1940: New York
Folder 98: Bookstein, A. 1928-1930: New York
Folder 100: Boraisha, Menachem 1925-1938: New York
Folder 99: Borodulin, L. 1926-1927: New York
Folder 101: Brainin, Reuben 1919-1939: also correspondence with Joseph Brainin, R.B.'s son
Folder 102: Broderson, Moshe 1921: Warsaw, an appeal to support the literary group Young Yiddish, signed by M. Broderson, U.Z. Grinberg, I.Stern, I.I. Trunk and I. Katzenelson
Folder 103: Brzoza Publishing House 1926: Warsaw, request for support
Folder 104: Buchwald, Nathan 1928: complaint by A. Mukdoni against N.B.
Folder 105: Bund 1921, 1937
Folder 107: "C" 1926-1939: miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 108: Cahan, Abe 1930-1931: New York
Folder 109: Central Yiddish Culture Organization (CYCO) 1938-1940: New York
Folder 110: Club of Jewish Authors and Journalists in Palestine 1929
Folder 113: Cohen, Joel 1935
Folder 114: Cohn, Zvi 1921-1929: New York
Folder 111: Commercial Artists and Designers Union 1937: New York
Folder 112: Conference for Yiddish 1931: New York, organized by the YWU, the folder contains correspondence with participants and texts of speeches

Box 7

Folder 115: "D" 1929-1940: miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 116: Day (Tog) 1935-1940
Folder 117: Dolitzky, M.M. 1927-1928: Los Angeles
Folder 118: Dubnow, Simon 1931: Berlin
Folder 119: Dues 1926-1929: bills, correspondence, receipts
Folder 120: Dues 1935-1940
Folder 121: Dymow, Ossip 1929
Folder 129: "E" 1926-1937: miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 122: Edelheit, M. 1920: Binghamton, NY
Folder 123: Edlin, William 1920, 1935
Folder 124: Emergency Relief Bureau 1926, 1935-1937: New York, statements of support of relief cases of YWU members
Folder 125: Enteen, Joel 1926-1927: New York
Folder 126: Erdberg, S. 1934-1936: New York
Folder 127: Ernst, S. 1928: Tel Aviv
Folder 128: Expenses and income 1935-1936: miscellaneous statements
Folder 130: "F" 1920-1940: miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 131: Feinberg, L. 1939-1940: New York
Folder 133: Folk Getzeig campaign 1930
Folder 132: Forem, L. 1935: New York
Folder 134: Forward 1935-1939: job matters
Folder 135: Frank, Herman 1926-1929: New York
Folder 136: Freie Arbeiter Stimme (Free Voice of Labor) 1937-1940
Folder 137: Frishman, Lili 1927-1939
Folder 138: Shimon Frug Club 1928-1929: Toronto
Folder 141: Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers 1938-1939
Folder 139: Fund for Sick and Needy Writers 1928: correspondence on raising the funds
Folder 140: Fund for Unemployed Jewish Writers 1931: ball

Box 8

Folder 142: "G" 1920-1940: miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 143: General membership meetings 1937-1940: circulars and correspondence
Folder 144: Ginsburg, S.M. 1934-1937: New York
Folder 145: Glassman, Boruch 1926-1939
Folder 146: Goldberg, Noah 1936: New York
Folder 155: "H" 1921-1940: miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 148: Half-Moon Hotel 1939: Coney Island, an evening for unemployed writers
Folder 149: Harkavy, Alexander 1926-1927, 1938-1939
Folder 147: Haynt (Today) 1927: Warsaw, the statement on the newspaper's stand in the argument over Yiddish secular schools in Poland
Folder 150: Hebrew-American Typographical Union 1925-1928, 1939-1940
Folder 151: Heimish Vinkel Literary Award 1928: New York
Folder 152: HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) 1926-1928: correspondence on YWU participation in the Advisory Council to HIAS
Folder 153: Hirshbein, Peretz 1926-1929: telegram protesting Haynt's campaign against Yiddish secular schools in Poland
Folder 154: Horowitz, Isaac 1935-1940: New York
Folder 157: "I" 1926-1939: miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 156: Ignatoff, David 1927: New York
Folder 163: "J" 1925-1940: miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 158: Jaffe, Joseph 1937: New York
Folder 159: Jewish Daily Eagle (Keneder Odler) 1927-1937: Montreal
Folder 160: Jewish Labor Committee 1937-1941
Folder 161: Jewish Landsmanshaftn in New York 1937-1940: book orders and correspondence
Folder 162: Jewish Landsmanshaftn in New York undated: list of the landsmanshaftn

Box 9

Folder 164: Jewish Morning Journal (Morgn Zhurnal) 1933-1939: correspondence on the merger with the Day
Folder 165: Jewish National Workers Alliance (Yiddish Nationaler Arbeiter Farband) 1927-1937
Folder 166: Jewish Press Jubilee Banquet 1932: invitations and responses from recipients, letters from New York Times, New York Herald Tribune, New York Evening Sun, New York Evening Post, New York American, Henry Moskowitz, New York City Board of Education, David L. Podell, Nathan D. Perlman, World Telegram, Nathan Ratnoff, George Z. Medalie, Israel Matz, Louis Lipsky, Julian W. Mack, Metropolitan News, Adolph Lewisohn, Herbert Lehman, and others
Folder 167: Jewish Teachers Seminary 1935
Folder 169: Jewish Telegraphic Agency vs. I. Parsky 1934-1939
Folder 168: Jewish Telegraphic Agency vs. I. Parsky and Aleph Katz 1934-1935
Folder 170: Jewish World (Yiddishe Welt) 1926-1937: Philadelphia
Folder 171: Jewish Writers and Artists Ball 1924: invitations and responses from the recipients, correspondence on tickets sale
Folder 172: Jewish Writers Fund for Suffering Writers in Europe 1920-1921: correspondence on raising funds, letters from Boris Bogen of the JDC, European Bureau
Folder 173: Judische Sonderschau der Pressa (Jewish Special Review of the Press) exhibition 1928: Koln, letters from Ben Adir, who was in charge of the Jewish Section of the International Press Exhibition
Folder 184: "K" 1921-1940: miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 174: Kader, Boris 1937
Folder 175: Kaluschiner, J.L. 1935-1940: New York
Folder 176: Karpilov, Miriam 1928-1930
Folder 177: Katz, Moshe 1937: Philadelphia
Folder 178: Kinder Zhurnal (Children's Journal) 1935-1940
Folder 179: Klein, Alfred 1928: New York
Folder 180: Koigen, David 1928: Berlin
Folder 181: Krim, Abba 1927, 1939-1940
Folder 182: Krul, Chaim 1926, 1939: New York
Folder 183: Kval Verlag (Kval Publishing House) 1920-1921: Vienna

Box 10

Folder 189: "L" 1920-1937: miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 185: Labor Temple 1936-1938: correspondence on renting the LT auditorium for YWU meetings
Folder 186: League for Rights of Yiddish in Palestine 1935-1936
Folder 187: Leivick, H. 1937
Folder 188: Lewin, S. 1936-1937: New York
Folder 198: "M" 1921-1940: miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 190: Marmor, Kalman 1926-1929: Crotona, NY
Folder 191: Marx, Ernst 1938-1939: Berlin
Folder 192: Melamed, Moshe 1926-1929: Philadelphia
Folder 193: Membership applications 1926-1929
Folder 194: Membership applications 1936-1940
Folder 195: Membership lists 1935-1936: miscellaneous
Folder 196: Morning Freedom (Morgn Freiheit) 1927-1928: formerly Freiheit
Folder 197: Mukdoni, A. 1927, 1937
Folder 204: "N" 1926-1940: miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 199: Nadir, Moshe 1928, 1940
Folder 200: Najman, J.M. 1938: Warsaw
Folder 201: National Labor Committee for the Jewish Workers in Palestine 1927-1939
Folder 202: Newspaper Guild of N.Y. 1934-1939
Folder 203: Niger, Shmuel 1924-1937
Folder 207: "O" 1926-1939: miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 205: Office Workers Union 1935: strike at the Day and the Jewish American
Folder 206: ORT (The Society for Trades and Agricultural Labor) 1927-1939
Folder 214: "P" 1926-1940: miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 208: Peretz, Helena Nechama 1932-1937: Warsaw, Tel Aviv
Folder 209: Pinski, David 1927-1930
Folder 211: Publicity 1937-1938: releases on miscellaneous YWU cultural affairs
Folder 212: Publicity 1939-1940: releases on miscellaneous YWU cultural affairs
Folder 213: Publicity 1940-1941: releases on miscellaneous YWU cultural affairs
Folder 210: Publicity undated: releases on miscellaneous YWU cultural affairs

Box 11

Folder 228: "R" 1917-1940: miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 215: Ravitch, Melech 1939-1941
Folder 216: Reisen, Abraham 1926-1938
Folder 217: Reisen, Sara 1927-1938: New York
Folder 218: Reisen, Zalman 1927-1930: Vilna 1927 - New York 1930
Folder 219: Relief Committee for the Jewish Schools in Poland 1936-1937
Folder 220: Requests for support 1926-1940
Folder 221: Revutzky, A. 1926, 1939: New York
Folder 222: Ribalov, Menachem 1927, 1941: New York
Folder 223: Riblin, M. 1935-1937: chairman of the staff committee of the Day
Folder 224: Rivkin, Boruch 1933-1940: New York
Folder 225: Roback, A.A. 1928-1935: Cambridge
Folder 226: Rubeni, A. 1927-1928: Jerusalem
Folder 227: Rudoy, Pincus 1927-1937: New York
Folder 243: "S" 1926-1941: miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 229: Sarasohn, Ezekiel 1927-1928: publisher of Tageblatt
Folder 230: Schauss, H. 1927-1939
Folder 231: Schlamowitz, Albert 1936-1937: New York
Folder 232: Schneider, S. 1927-1928: Los Angeles
Folder 233: Schneur, Zalman 1931-1932: Paris
Folder 234: Schwartz, Maurice 1927-1928, 1938-1939: New York
Folder 235: Serdatzky, Yente 1935-1940: New York
Folder 236: Setzer, Samuel 1931-1939: New York
Folder 237: Shapir, B. and Chaim Nachman Bialik 1927: Tel Aviv, also letters from Bialik
Folder 238: Shapiro, Lamed 1939-1941
Folder 239: Shatzky, Jacob 1921-1929
Folder 240: Sholem Aleichem Folk Institute 1937-1940
Folder 241: Sociedad de Escritores y Periodistas Israelitas (Society for Jewish Writers and Journalists) 1928: Buenos Aires
Folder 242: Stencl, A.N. 1937: London
Folder 246: "T" 1921-1940: miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 244: Tolush 1936-1938
Folder 245: Treasury Department 1935-1941: Washington, D.C.

Box 12

Folder 251: "U" 1937-1940: miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 247: United Hebrew Trades 1926, 1937
Folder 248: United Jewish Appeal 1939
Folder 249: United Palestine Appeal 1939-1940
Folder 250: Universal Jewish Encyclopedia 1936: Paris
Folder 254: "V" 1928-1929: miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 252: Viliatzer, Jonah 1937: New York, correspondence on proposal of a group insurance plan for the YWU members
Folder 253: Vladeck, Boruch 1932-1938: New York
Folder 263: "W" 1926-1940: miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 256: Weinper, Zishe 1939-1940
Folder 257: Weinreich, Dr. Max 1929, 1939
Folder 255: Weinstein, Berish 1937-1939
Folder 258: Workmans Circle 1924: Jewish Writers' ball, correspondence on tickets distribution among WC branches
Folder 259: Workmans Circle 1926-1936
Folder 261: Works Progress Administration 1935: Writers' Project applications
Folder 260: Works Progress Administration 1935-1939: correspondence on employing Jewish writers on various WPA projects, especially the Writers' Project
Folder 262: Works Progress Administration 1935-1940: Writers' Project materials

Box 13

Folder 279: Circulars 1920-1939
Folder 277: Miscellaneous 1916-1940
Folder 271: "Y" 1921-1939: miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 264: Yehoash (Solomon Blumgarten) 1926
Folder 265: Yiddish Buch Geselschaft (Yiddish Book Society) 1937-1938
Folder 266: Yiddish Culture Society 1929-1935
Folder 267: Yiddishe Literaten Club (Yiddish Literary Club) 1911-1912: early letters and circulars
Folder 268: YIVO 1927-1928: Vilna
Folder 269: YIVO 1930-1939: American branch
Folder 270: YIVO 1935-1939: American branch, Central Jewish Library and Press Archives
Folder 278: "Z" 1926-1940: miscellaneous correspondence
Folder 272: Zaar, Isaac 1926-1930
Folder 273: Zhitlowsky, Dr. Chaim 1932-1941
Folder 274: Zukerman, William 1930-1937: London
Folder 275: Zwiazek Literatow i Dziennikarzy Zydowskich (Association of Jewish Writers and Journalists) 1921-1939: Warsaw
Folder 276: Zwiazek Literatow i Dziennikarzy Zydowskich 1928, 1937-1938: Vilna

Series IV: Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers – Correspondence 1939-1946

This series includes materials about the Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers, particularly fundraising campaigns, individual contributors to the Fund, requests for aid for individual refugees in Europe, Cuba, Japan, Shanghai, England, and Palestine, correspondence with the National Refugee Service, and correspondence with Jewish Welfare Federations.

Arrangement: This series is arranged alphabetically by correspondent, topic or document type.

Box 14

Folder 280: Aid to Refugees 1940: letter about sending books
Folder 282: Assorted correspondence 1939-1941: letters to businessmen soliciting funds, letters concerning individual cases, letters arranging meetings, etc.
Folder 283: Bills for stationary 1941
Folder 284: Bills paid 1940-1942: mainly printing costs
Folder 287: Campaign correspondence 1942-1943: appeals to labor organizations, to individuals, welfare funds, etc., with some replies
Folder 285: Chagall case 1941: arrangements made for procuring visa for Marc Chagall
Folder 286: Chomsky case 1941: aid for transportation to the U.S. of Boruch Chomsky and family
Folder 288: Clippings 1939-1940
Folder 289A: Contributors "A" 1940
Folder 289B: Contributors "B" 1939-1940
Folder 289C: Contributors "C" 1940
Folder 289D: Contributors "D" 1940
Folder 289E: Contributors "E" 1940
Folder 289F: Contributors "F" 1940
Folder 289G: Contributors "G" 1940
Folder 289H: Contributors "H" 1940
Folder 289J: Contributors "J" 1940
Folder 289K: Contributors "K" 1939-1940
Folder 289L: Contributors "L" 1940
Folder 289M: Contributors "M" 1939-1940
Folder 289N: Contributors "N" 1940
Folder 289P: Contributors "P" 1940
Folder 289R: Contributors "R" 1940
Folder 289S: Contributors "S" 1940
Folder 289T: Contributors "T" 1940
Folder 289U: Contributors "U" 1940
Folder 289V-W: Contributors "V-W" 1940
Folder 289Y-Z: Contributors "Y-Z" 1940
Folder 289X: Contributors unidentified 1939-1940

Box 15

Folder 290: European correspondence 1940: correspondence with Daniel Charney, letter about Itzik Manger, correspondence with Jacob Vigodsky (head of the Jewish community of Vilna) concerning Revisionist Zionists in Lithuania
Folder 291: Form letters and press releases 1940-1941
Folder 298: Fund 1939-1941: miscellaneous, letter from Simkha Schwartz in Nice, France, list of funds distributed, letters to newspaper editors
Folder 295: Fund 1940: letter from American Express and forms for aid to Jews in French territories
Folder 297: Fund 1940-1941: donations promised, correspondence with Boston
Folder 292: Fund 1940-1942: general, temporary, correspondence concerning financial matters, letters accompanying contributions, appeals on behalf of individuals
Folder 293: Fund 1940-1943: donations refused, letters to and from organizations
Folder 296: Fund 1941: food packages, list of recipients, correspondence with Anglo-American Transfer Company, order blanks
Folder 294: Fund 1942-1943: immediate attention, letter from jews in Shanghai, letter by M. Ravitch on behalf of Jews in USSR
Folder 299: Fund 1942-1944: money coming in, letters accompanying contributions, promises of later contributions, letters of thanks, mostly contributions from organizations
Folder 300: HIAS 1941-1943: cases of Szmul Szwerdorf, Szloma Rosenberg, Moshe Dluznowski and Marc Chagall
Folder 302: Individual contributions to Fund 1939-1941: three letters accompanying contributions
Folder 301: Individuals contacted for Fund 1939-1941: correspondence with Edward warburg and Sholem Asch
Folder 303: Jewish Labor Committee 1939-1941: correspondence about financial transactions and arrangements for visas and transportation
Folder 304: Jewish National Workers' Alliance 1940-1941: letters accompanying contributions from branches, appeal letter
Folder 305: Mailing lists 1939-1941: lists of heads of organizations, names copied from letterheards, lists of rabbis, names of organizations, directories, etc.
Folder 306: Minutes 1939-1941: meetings of executive and administrative committee of Fund
Folder 309: Organizations 1939-1941: letters, contributions and arrangements for migration
Folder 307: Organizations 1940-1941: contributions to Fund, letters accompanying contributions and other correspondence
Folder 308: Organizations 1940-1943: foreign organizations contacted for Fund, mainly Canada, South Africa, Palestine and Argentina
Folder 310: Out of town 1939-1940: Canada, mainly correspondence with Federation of Polish Jews and with United Jewish Refugee and War Relief Agencies
Folder 311: Out of town 1939-1940: Chicago, collections by Chicago Forward, Chicago Peretz Union, Yidisher Kurier
Folder 313: Out of town 1940-1941: Los Angeles, correspondence with S. Miller, H. Rosenblatt and others about fundraising
Folder 312: Out of town 1940-1943: Detroit, correspondence with various collectors, including E. Korman, Bernstein of the Detroit Forward and S. Bercovitch of Jewish Schools
Folder 314: Philadelphia 1940: correspondence with Eliezer L. Sherman concerning fundraising
Folder 315: President's Advisory Committee on Political Refugees 1941: correspondence concerning visa applications in individual cases, bills, etc.
Folder 316: Press releases 1941: copies

Box 16

Folder 317: Rabbis 1940: answers to Sholem Asch, letters to rabbis by Sholem Asch. their replies, contributions by rabbis and by many other individuals and organizations
Folder 325: Requests for aid 1939-1940: England, correspondence with Association of Jewish Journalists and Authors in England about refugees from Poland, telegrams, pleas for aid
Folder 322: Requests for aid 1939-1940: Vilna, lists of names, letters from Vilna, telegrams, letters about individuals in Vilna, letters from Association of Polish and Jewish Refugee Writers in Vilna
Folder 326: Requests for aid 1939-1941: France, letters from and on behalf of Jews in France, especially souther France, including E. Tcherikower, etc.
Folder 320: Requests for aid 1940: Poland, letters on behalf of individuals from HIAS in Warsaw, lists of needy people in Watsaw sent by Warsaw HIAS, letters by Americans with relatives in Poland, etc., especially P. Gilbert
Folder 323: Requests for aid 1940-1941: Casablanca, letters on behalf of individuals in casablanca and elsewhere in Morocco, especially B. Chomski, M. Dluznowski, S. Rozenberg, lists of names, letters from Morocco, with answers, telegrams
Folder 319: Requests for aid 1940-1941: Palestine, mostly correspondence with Palestine Hebrew Culture Fund and with Association of Palestine Journalists as well as individual refugees who had arrived in Palestine
Folder 321: Requests for aid 1940-1941: Toulouse, letters from Toulouse with lists of names, letters on their behalf, telegrams, letters from S, Bickel on behalf of the Toulouse writers
Folder 324: Requests for aid 1940-1942: Cuba, Finland, Latvia, and others, letters on behalf of refugees in Lisbon, Belgium, latvia, Japan, Italy, Shanghai, Romania, etc., letters from refugees and telegrams, correspondence with HIAS and National Refugee Service, cases include Walter Schlieper, Kalman Karlinsky, Salomon Dembitzer, Emil Sznajderman, Joseph Tunkel, G. Moscovics, Herbert Packsher, Richard Engel, Wanda Haber, etc.
Folder 318: Requests for aid 1940-1942: New York City, requests from New York on behalf of individuals in New York and elsewhere
Folder 327: Statements on the Campaign 1940-1942: financial statements, memorandum on activities, etc.
Folder 328: Theater benefit 1940: correspondence with prominent individuals, including letters from Andre Maurois, Albert Einstein, a Leon Fuchtwanger telegram, letters to Mrs. Roosevelt, Franz Werfel and others, contract for theater, other invitations to the benefit, letters of invitation signed by Sholem Asch
Folder 329: Theater benefit 1940: letters, tickets, answers, returning tickets, letters accompanying contributions
Folder 330: Theater benefit 1940: lists of payments made, box office statements, latters accompanying contributions, refusals to pay, requests to individuals to pay amounts owed
Folder 331: Theater benefit 1940: publicity, press releases, newspaper clippings, correspondence about publicity, material for Internal Revenue, lists of people to contact
Folder 332: Trade unions 1940: correspondence with unions about contributions
Folder 333: Visas undated: note about Moysey Kissl
Folder 334: Welfare funds 1940-1946: contributions, correspondence with Jewish welfare federations of various localities in the USA, including letters accompanying contributions

Box 17

Folder 336: Welfare funds 1940-1942: refusals, letters of refusal from Jewish welfare federations
Folder 335: Welfare funds 1940-1945: pending, correspondence with Jewish welfare federations of various localities in the USA, including some refusals, applications for contributions
Folder 339: Women's Committee 1941: contributions and raffles, letters to winners, publicity, etc.
Folder 340: Women's Committee 1941: letters sent, also lists of committee members
Folder 338: Women's Committee 1941-1942: correspondence, bills and receipts, list of executive committee members
Folder 337: Women's Committee undated: membership list, printing costs, raffle list
Folder 341: Workmen's Circle 1940-1941: letters accompanying contributions, some copies of letters sent
Folder 342: World Jewish Congress 1941: correspondence about bills for services in specific visa cases
Folder 343: Yiddish undated: rabbis, various Yiddish language press releases and appeals

Series V: Correspondence (yellow series) 1935-1946

The correspondence in this series consists mainly of complaints and charges of members, salary scale lists, contract and labor disputes, correspondence between the Union and the Newspaper Guild, and information about newspaper strikes. There is also information about social and cultural events sponsored by the Yiddish Writers’ Union and correspondence with YWU members.

Arrangement: This series is arranged alphabetically by correspondent, topic or document type.

Box 17

Folder 344: Alien bonds 1940-1942: correspondence with insurance companies and with individuals requiring alien bonds, including letters accompanying payments for bonds
Folder 345: American Jewish Conference 1943-1945: correspondence concerning applications by Yiddish Writers' Union for representation in American Jewish Conference, including letters on their behalf, list of delegates to conference, credentials for Yiddish Writers' Union delegate, text of resolutions, memorandums, elections ballots, notices of meetings of conference, financial statements, etc.
Folder 345A: American Jewish Congress 1941-1944: circulars, etc.
Folder 346: Answers to invitations 1941: invitations to speak at Union meetings with answers
Folder 347: Applications for membership 1941-1945: letters to applicants, lists of those approved with fees paid, letters of application, refusals
Folder 348: Asch, Sholem 1942: two letters from Asch
Folder 349: L. Berman case 1943-1944: correspondence concerning L. Berman's dismissal as an employee of the Common Council for American Unity and the Union's protest against it
Folder 350: British Labor Committee 1941: memorandum by the Jewish Labor Committee to British labor Party, requests for aid by American Labor Committee to Aid British Labor

Box 18

Folder 351: Chicago 1944: correspondence with I.L. Peretz Writers' Union, Chicago
Folder 352: Clippings of Cultural Evenings 1941-1943
Folder 354: Clippings 1944: Yiddish Writers' Union clippings
Folder 356: Committee of Jewish Writers and Artists 1944: letter and clippings concerning dispute between H. Leivick and I. Feffer
Folder 355: Committee of 150 1941: lists of Union and other members appointed to a committee to aid Union in struggle against the Newspaper Guild
Folder 357: Complaints and charges of members and against members 1941-1944: minutes of meetings on various disputes with newspapers and among membership, letters of complaint, letters informing members of complaints, answers to complaints, petition for special meeting, letters of protest
Folder 358: Conference in Defense of Yiddish Press 1941: correspondence concerning defense of Yiddish newspapers, especially the Day against strike by Newspaper Guild, invitations to conference, appeals for contributions, list of delegates, draft resolution, press releases, mailing list
Folder 359: Conference in Defense of Yiddish Press 1941: credentials of delegates
Folder 360: Conference in Defense of Yiddish Press 1941: credentials of delegates
Folder 361: Contributions in Defense of Yiddish Press 1941: letters accompanying contributions, letters of thanks
Folder 362: Copyrights 1940-1941: correspondence with Copyright Office about rights to the book Jewish Families and Family Circles in New York
Folder 363: CYCO 1941-1945: correspondence with Central Yiddish Culture Organization, mainly invitations and contributions
Folder 364: Day 1941-1945: salary scale lists, contracts, correspondence with Day publisher, copies of newspaper articles, circulars calling Day staff meetings, ballots for staff committee, memorandums by publisher, petition by staff, drafts of agreements, minutes of conferences, dues schedule, labor Department forms, all material concerns labor disputes
Folder 365: Department of State 1941: Visa Division, letters to Department of State in case of C. Penczyna, B. Chomski and B. Shaffner
Folder 366: Donations 1941-1945: letters from various organizations asking for donations, receipts, allocation decisions

Box 19

Folder 367: Dues 1941-1945: letters accompanying payments, letters asking for payment of dues, pleas for reducation of dues, dues schedule, lists of those on dues check-off list, notices of dues increase, etc.
Folder 368: Emergency Rescue Committee 1941: letters in case of Elie Eberlin, list of documents needed for visa application
Folder 370: Evenings 1941-1942: clippings about concerts, cultural evenings and other cultural activities
Folder 371: Evenings 1941-1943: invitations to artists, with some replies
Folder 373: Evenings 1941-1944: publicity, press releases, flyers
Folder 369: Evenings 1942-1943: answers to invitations
Folder 372: Evenings 1942-1944: miscellaneous correspondence about who should perform, list of those who appeared at Union evenings, correspondence about various other matters, program, press releases
Folder 374: Executive Committee 1941-1945: circulars calling executive meetings, press releases, correspondence, translation of constitution, petitions to executive committee, resolutions, telegram, etc.
Folder 375: Family Circle book 1940-1943: orders for book, letters accompanying the sending of the book
Folder 376: Finances 1940-1945: annual reports, financial statements, tax forms, bank books, budget, reports on various accounts, correspondence with banks, accountants, etc.
Folder 377: Forward 1942-1945: Forward circulation report, correspondence with Forward general manager, list of staff members, dues schedule, various matters
Folder 378: Frankle, Max H. - attorney 1943-1944: Frankle's corespondence, including telegrams, with government labor and wage boards in labor disputes, Union correspondence with him
Folder 379: (Newspaper) Guild 1935-1941: correspondence between Union and Newspaper Guild, constitution of Guild
Folder 380: Guild 1941: miscellaneous correspondence concerning the Day strike, written by various sources, leaflets, newspaper clippings
Folder 382: Guild strike 1941: press releases
Folder 381: Guild strike 1941: settlement, resolutions of YWU concerning settlement of strike, minutes of meeting, letters sent
Folder 383: Guild strike 1941: statement of Union, statements, memos, letters sent, press releases and appeals
Folder 384: HIAS 1941-1944: correspondence with HIAS on specific cases, letters about donations and financial arrangements, memos, reports, in the Ignatoff dispute with Asofsky, etc.
Folder 385: Information requests 1941-1943: miscellaneous letters with some answers
Folder 386: Invitations 1941-1944: invitations from various organizations

Box 20

Folder 387: Jewish Labor Committee 1941-1945: correspondence with JLC, reports of JLC, appeal by YWU, bill for dues, various matters
Folder 389: Jewish National Workers Alliance 1941-1943: three letters from the JNWA
Folder 388: (Committee for) Jewish Press Campaign 1944: list of names, plans for campaign written by public relations firm
Folder 390: Joint Distribution Committee 1941-1945: correspondence about individual cases of refugees, list of Jewish writers from Poland in USSR, France, etc., letters from individuals asking aid for others, receipt
Folder 391: Journal (Morgn Zhurnal) 1942-1945: correspondence with president of Jewish Morning Journal concerning labor matters, salary lists, minutes of executive meeting, correspondence about dues, etc.
Folder 392: Labor Temple 1941-1943: bills for use of facilities of Labor Temple, correspondence concerning use of facilities
Folder 393: Landsmanshaftn book 1940-1943: lists of those who requested the book, letters requesting copies of the book with answers, letters returning books sent on approval
Folder 394: Landynski case 1943: letters concerning investigation of reports about and complaint by S. Landynski, letters by Landynski, minutes of investigating commission, newspaper clipping
Folder 395: Letters from members 1940-1944: general
Folder 396: Lieberman, Elias 1941-1942: correspondence with the Union's attorney, E. Lieberman concerning dispute with Newspaper Guild, his bills
Folder 397: Lists 1941-1944: lists of people contacted for Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers, lists of contributors, lists of Jewish refugees in the USSR
Folder 398: Lists undated: mailing lists, membership, unions, organizations, lists of refugees in USSR, etc.
Folder 399: Lutzky case 1942-1943: correspondence about setting up arbitration committee to judge C.I. Lutsky's attack on the YWU on WEVD, minutes and decision of arbitration committee
Folder 400: Margoshes Dinner Committee 1943: correspondence about testimonial dinner for Samuel Margoshes, mailing list, replies to invitations
Folder 401: Membership 1941-1946: miscellaneous correspondence with members, dues, protests, new membership, labor problems, officers, announcements to members, etc., membership list
Folder 402: Miscellaneous 1941-1944: miscellaneous correspondence, credentials of delegations, ballots, open appeal, telegrams
Folder 403: Montreal - Jewish Writers Association 1941-1942: correspondence, telegrams on death of I.J. Singer
Folder 404: ORT 1941-1944: reports, form letters by ORT, correspondence, receipt, ORT newsletter, invitation to meetinf
Folder 405: Oswego books 1944: books for refugees in Camp Ontario in Oswego, NY, lists of books sent, correspondence, appeal by YWU, letters accompanying contributions
Folder 406: President's Advisory Committee on Political Refugees 1941-1942: correspondence about the Graubert family and others
Folder 407: Press plans 1943-1945: plan of action for future of Yiddish press, letter to Alexander Kahn, plans for 75th anniversary of Yiddish press in the USA
Folder 408: Press releases undated: concerning I. Feffer's attack on H. Leivick, newspaper article by Mordkhe Katz
Folder 409: Publicity section 1943-1944: list of members eligible for membership in section, leeters to publicity section, minutes and decisions, announcements of meetings, list of members, letters on labor matters concerning publicity writers, dues matters
Folder 410: Ravitch, Melech 1943-1944: correspondence
Folder 411: Recommendations 1941: general, two letters of introduction
Folder 412: Recommendations 1941-1945: jobs for members, correspondence

Box 21

Folder 413: Refugee requests abroad 1942-1943: correspondence, telegrams, bills, much of the file deals with letters from Palestine, also the case of Itzik Manger
Folder 414: Refugee Writers Group in New York 1941: correspondence
Folder 415: Relief requests 1941-1945: pleas for aid, answers, letters of thanks
Folder 416: Requests from organizations 1941-1945: requests for contributions and other requests
Folder 417: Sample letters 1940-1943: form letters
Folder 418: Settlements for individuals 1943: labor disputes involving the Day and United Jewish War Effort
Folder 419: Staff correspondence - Forward, Day and Morning Journal 1941-1944: letters to chairman of staff committees, letter from Day staff members
Folder 420: Suspended members 1940: form letters suspending members for joining the Newspaper Guild, letter registration form
Folder 421: Talent 1938-1941: advertising and letters, concerning concerts and other events sponsored by Yiddish Writers' Union, also lectures
Folder 422: Tax 1944-1945: lists concerning surtax on membership and correspondence
Folder 423: Telegrams 1941-1942: telegrams and letters sent on behalf of refugee writers, also telegrams received
Folder 424: (US) Treasury Department 1941-1944: tax forms
Folder 425: United Hebrew Trades 1941-1944: correspondence, bills and receipts for dues
Folder 426: We Invite 1941: invitations to individuals, three letters
Folder 427: World Jewish Congress 1941-1942: correspondence about individual refugees
Folder 428: Weinstein, Berish 1941-1944: correspondence concerning his salary and rights as an employee of HIAS
Folder 429: Workmen's Circle 1941-1944: correspondence
Folder 430: YIVO 1941-1945: correspondence, YIVO invitations, etc.
Folder 431: Zhitlowsky, Dr. Chaim 1941-1943: correspondence with him and his widow

Series VI: Correspondence (blue series) 1941-1958

This series contains mainly correspondence with Tog about salary schedules and labor conditions, with foreign countries concerning refugees, with various organizations such as the United Jewish Appeal and the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, and with Union members. There is also information about employees and labor conditions at Morgn Zhurnal and a letter entitled “European Writers in Distress” about refugees in Sweden.

Arrangement: This series is arranged alphabetically by correspondent, topic or document type.

Box 21

Folder 432: American Jewish Conference 1945-1946: assembly, correspondence and notices
Folder 433: Anniversaries - 300 years of Jews in America 1952: correspondence, biographic questionnaire, sample biography, letter to tercentenary committee
Folder 434: Applications for membership 1946-1955: letters of application, answers

Box 22

Folder 435: Australia 1948-1949: correspondence, especially with Jewish Writers' Union, Melbourne
Folder 436: Bergen Belsen camp 1946: appeal and correspondence for press and typewriters for DPs at Bergen Belsen, bills and receipts
Folder 437: Berman, L. 1951-1956: correspondence on L. Berman's behalf concerning his employment at Jewish Agricultural Society
Folder 438: Book Month 1952: correspondence, announcements, press releases
Folder 439: Clippings 1945-1950: concerning 75th anniversary of Yiddish press, election of officers of Yiddish Writers' Union
Folder 440: Contributions 1956: letter and receipt from Bund
Folder 441: Cultural evenings 1950-1951: invitations, letters of thanks, correspondence concerning meeting hall, schedule of events
Folder 442: Cultural evenings 1950-1955: fincancial calculations, announcements, financial statements, newspaper clippings, press releases, correspondence
Folder 443: CYCO and Congress for Jewish Culture 1946-1956: correspondence, appeals by CYCO, receipts, etc.
Folder 444: Day 1945-1956: correspondence, salary schedules, newspaper clippings, contract petitions by staff members, mainly concerning labor conditions and wages
Folder 445: Documents 1943-1952: lawyer's correspondence, photocopies of certificates of incorporation
Folder 446: Donations 1945-1946: one letter and one receipt
Folder 447: Dues 1945-1956: membership cards, rate schedule, warnings for delinquents, correspondence, registered letter stubs, bills
Folder 448: European Writers in Distress 1945: a letter about Swedish refugees
Folder 449: Executive committee 1946-1955: memorandum, correspondence, ballots, acceptances of invitations and nominations, proposed amendments to constitution, etc.
Folder 450: Finances 1954: cash statements

Box 23

Folder 451: Jacob Fishman Fund 1947-1950: bank account certificate, postcards approving appropriations from fund, court papers concerning Fishman's will, pleas for aid, letters of thanks
Folder 457: Foreign 1946-1948: France, correspondence, forms for food remittance
Folder 463: Foreign 1946-1950: Poland, correspondence, especially with association of Jewish Writers in Poland, including many letters accompanying checks for aid as well as many other subjects, lists of members of Association of Jewish Writers, answer to attck on Yiddish Writers' Union fun for Refugee Writers in Dos Naye Lebn, 1948, newspaper issue containing the article, etc.
Folder 461: Foreign 1946-1953: Mexico, correspondence
Folder 453: Foreign 1946-1955: Australia, correspondence, especially with A. Rappaport and Ber Rosen
Folder 456: Foreign 1946-1956: England, correspondence, forms for food remittance
Folder 452: Foreign 1947: Austria, computer cards for food remittances, correspondence
Folder 454: Foreign 1947-1948: Belgium, correspondence mainly concerning aid to Chava Rosenfarb
Folder 455: Foreign 1947-1948: China, correspondence with Shanghai, list of needy in Shanghai, correspondence on behalf of refugees in Shanghai
Folder 459: Foreign 1947-1948: Germany, correspondence, including a number of letters from the writers union of the Shaarith Haplatah, newspaper clippings, lists of those needing help
Folder 460: Foreign 1947-1950: Italy, correspondence, newspaper clippings, telegrams, mainly concerning aid to DPs
Folder 458: Foreign 1948-1956: France, correspondence, forms for food remittances, lists of aid recipients
Folder 462: Foreign 1951-1956: Palestine, correspondence, especially with Shimon Samet, photographs, post cards accompanying food packages, press releases, manuscript about Moshe Sharett, etc.

Box 24

Folder 464: Foreign 1946-1949: Romania, correspondence, statements accompanying remittances
Folder 466: Foreign 1946-1950: Sweden, correspondence, especially with Rokhl Korn and others, mainly concerned with aid for refugees
Folder 465: Foreign 1946-1955: South America, correspondence, especially with H.D. Nomberg Writers' Society in Buenos Aires, also correspondents in Uruguay
Folder 467: Foreign 1947-1948: Switzerland, correspondence mainly concerned with aid to refugees
Folder 468: Forward 1943-1956: correspondence with Alexander Kahn, manager, complaints, salary schedules and suggested raises, other correspondence, correspondence with staff chairman, telegram, staff resolution, mainly concerning labor matters
Folder 469: France 1945-1951: memorandum of association of Jewish Cultural societies, conrrespondence with them and others
Folder 470: (Newspaper) Guild 1951: letter concerning strike against Day and Morning Journal
Folder 471: Hebrew American Typographical Union 1942-1953: correspondence, financial calculations concerning Landsmanshaftn book
Folder 472: Hendin, Dr. L. 1943-1950: L. Hendin's correspondence with various people, newspaper clipping
Folder 473: HIAS 1944-1955: correspondence with HIAS concerning its employees, also concerning aid to refugees, memorandum, newspaper clipping
Folder 474: Insurance stubs 1950: requests by members for insurance giving their ages and the amount of insurance desired
Folder 475: Israeli Journalists 1956: correspondence
Folder 476: Jewish Labor Committee 1946-1953: correspondence, receipts for contributions
Folder 477: Jewish Telegraphic Agency 1943-1958: correspondence concerning rights of JTA employees, memo, correspondence on other matters, open letters, Union dues check off, etc.
Folder 478: Joint Distribution Committee 1945-1948: correspondence concerning aid to refugees in individual cases, list of Jewish writers in Shanghai, newspaper clipping, also correspondence about employees of the JDC, telegram
Folder 479: Membership 1945-1950: miscellaneous correspondence with various individuals and groups, invitations to YWU meetings, postcards accepting and rejecting nominations to executive committee, questionnaire on employment of members, magazine article

Box 25

Folder 480: Membership 1950-1957: miscellaneous correspondence, telegrams, invitations to meetings, press releases, newspaper clippings, lists of names, etc.
Folder 481: Morning Journal 1947-1953: lists of employees, correspondence with management about labor conditions, wage schedules, telegram, newspaper and magazine clippings, Union dues lists, petitions by staff members, press releases and resolutions, correspondence and other material concerning efforts to continue operation of the newspaper, promisory note, etc.
Folder 485: Morning Journal 1949-1952: financial statements, accountant's recommendations, correspondence, resolutions and declarations, financial statements issued by trustees in court
Folder 484: Morning Journal 1950-1955: final, financial calculations, correspondence, including correspondence with Morning Journal trustees and with the Union's lawyer, labor contracts, court decisions, affadavits, etc.
Folder 482: Morning Journal 1951: lists of amounts loaned to newspaper and amounts owed, bounced checks, letters
Folder 483: Morning Journal 1953: final, lists of sums due to Union members, agreeement, correspondence, salary check stubs, lawyer's correspondence, financial calculations, receipts, lists of names, correspondence about severance pay, etc., blanks transferring claims to the Union, various payment plans

Box 26

Folder 486: National Labor Committee for Palestine 1942-1948: appeal, correspondence, receipts for contributions, invitations, report
Folder 487: Negotiations 1946: correspondence with various employers asking for raises, etc., invitations to executive committee meeting, newspaper issues
Folder 488: Nomination Committee 1954: letters to nominees for office in the Union, their answers
Folder 489: Obituaries 1944-1954: texts of obituaries, correspondence
Folder 490: ORT 1943-1945: three letters
Folder 491: Oswego books 1946: correspondence with Committee of Polish Jews of Fort Ontario about sending the camp's books to Bergen Belsen
Folder 492: Palestine 1945-1955: correspondence, telegrams, press releases, Israeli regualtions
Folder 493: Palestine 1947-1953: cards accompanying food remittances, correspondence
Folder 494: Palestine 1949-1950: correspondence, telegrams, newspaper clippings, placard, list of writers in Israel
Folder 495: Palestine 1950-1952: correspondence, cards accompanying food remittances, telegrams, receipts, lists of names and addresses
Folder 496: PEN Club 1948-1951: letters from Yiddish PEN Club in New York, lists of names and addresses
Folder 497: Poland 1945-1946: correspondence on behalf of Jews in Poland with Melech Ravitch and with individuals and institutions in the U.S., letters from Jewish organizations in Poland, also one letter from the Jewish "cabinet" in Ukraine dated April 28, 1945, pleas for aid, including a plea from the Landsberg DP camp in Germany

Box 27

Folder 498: New York Post 1955: correspondence with the New York Post complaining about the Post's efforts to gain advertisers at the expense of the Yiddish press, correspondence with others about the matter, copy of the Post's letter to an advertiser, protest resolution, newspaper clippings
Folder 500: Publicity 1945: mimeographed letters in connection with 75th anniversary of Yiddish press in America
Folder 499: Publicity 1950-1951: press releases and newspaper clippings about YWU activities
Folder 501: Refugees in New York 1945-1954: correspondence, receipts, memos, letters of reference on behalf of refugees
Folder 502: Relief requests 1946-1956: with replies, book advertisements, letters of thanks, lists of names, invitations, from many countries
Folder 503: Requests from organizations 1946-1956: requests, answers
Folder 508: Rescue Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers 1946-1947: mailing lists, lists of contributors
Folder 506: Rescue Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers 1946-1949: cities, correspondence with individuals in various towns of the USA and Canada concerning fundraising, etc., lists of contributors, report on finances
Folder 504: Rescue Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers 1946-1949: correspondence of the Rescue Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers, Sponsored by YWU, about funds and other subjects, lists of names, newspaper clipping, financial calculations, lists of recipients
Folder 505: Rescue Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers 1947: executive, checks, letters
Folder 507: Rescue Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers 1947: foreign, lists of those to receive aid, receipts, etc.
Folder 509: Rescue Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers 1948-1949: publicity, newspaper clippings

Box 28

Folder 510: Serdatzky, Yente 1941-1956: letters from her, newspaper clippings
Folder 511: Seventy Years of Immigration 1953: at Hunter College, celebration of 70 years of Jewish mass immigration to America, Feb. 28, 1953, newspaper clippings, lists of ticket payments, etc., invitations and form letters, correspondence, contract for use of auditorium, press releases
Folder 512: 75th anniversary of Yiddish press in America 1945: general and correspondence, names of committee members, manuscript, press releases, schedule, newspaper clipping
Folder 513: 75th anniversary of Yiddish press in America 1945: concert, correspondence about procuring talent for the event, letters from leading Jewish entertainers, list of those slated to sit on platform, list of contributions
Folder 514: 75th anniversary of Yiddish press in America 1945: contracts for Morning Journal
Folder 515: 75th anniversary of Yiddish press in America 1945: contributors to Morning Journal, correspondence with writers, manuscripts
Folder 516: 75th anniversary of Yiddish press in America 1945: copy for ads
Folder 517: 75th anniversary of Yiddish press in America 1945: for other publications

Box 29

Folder 518: 75th anniversary of Yiddish press in America 1944-1945: letters about ads, also mailing lists, check lists of ad purchasers
Folder 519: 75th anniversary of Yiddish press in America 1945: letters about tickets, also receipts, financial calculations
Folder 520: 75th anniversary of Yiddish press in America 1945: other cities, correspondence with Newark, Philadelphia, Roxbury, MA, etc.
Folder 521: 75th anniversary of Yiddish press in America 1945: publicity, correspondence with magazines, etc., news releases
Folder 522: 75th anniversary of Yiddish press in America 1945: sale of Morning Journals, correspondence, newspaper clipping, list of libraries and reviewers, order blanks
Folder 525: Tax 1956: correspondence
Folder 523: Town Hall 1955: Jewish tercentenary celebration, program, newspaper clippings, invitations, correspondence, box office statements, contract for hall, publicity photograph, press releases, telegrams
Folder 524: Town Hall 1956: Musical-Literary Program, correspondence, press releases, contract, programs, box office statements, newspaper clippings
Folder 526: (US) Treasury Department 1945-1955: tax returns, etc., exemption affadavits
Folder 527: United Hebrew Trades 1945-1953: correspondence, bulletin
Folder 528: United Jewish Appeal 1949-1951: newspaper clippings and correspondence concerning YWU strike vs. UJA, press releases, other labor disputes with UJA, telephone numbers, correspondence about 1945-1950 contributions, invitations to meetings

Box 30

Folder 529: US war bonds 1942-1953: applications, receipts, etc.

Series VII: Correspondence 1946-1973

The correspondence in this series relates to labor questions, information about the Tog – Morgn Zhurnal merger, World Federation of Journalists, Congress for Jewish Culture, the fiftieth anniversary of the YWU, the one hundredth anniversary of the Yiddish press in America, union reports from the New York State Department of Labor, and materials from the Conference of Jewish Journalists.

Arrangement: This series is arranged alphabetically by correspondent, topic or document type.

Box 30

Folder 530: Ackerman, H. 1965: correspondence, newspaper article
Folder 531: (South) Africa 1966-1967: correspondence
Folder 532: Aid to members 1962-1967: correspondence
Folder 533: Aid to writers 1964-1965: correspondence
Folder 534: American Jewish Committee 1965: correspondence, mailing list, press release, newspaper clipping about a dispute with AJC
Folder 535: American Jewish Congress 1960: correspondence concerning rumored liquidation of the AJC's Yiddish section
Folder 536: Argentina 1961-1968: correspondence, copies of cables, newspaper clippings, program of inaugeration of Dubnow House
Folder 537: Auerbach, Ephraim 1972: correspondence, etc. in connection with his 80th birthday
Folder 538: Bagrisungen (greetings) 1966-1971: letters of congratulation to S.J. Agnon, Nelly sachs and Jacob Glatstein, news releases
Folder 539: Bank, Joseph 1962-1970: correspondence
Folder 540: Ben-Israel, Shlomo undated: one letter
Folder 541: Bickel, Dr. Alexander 1969: correspondence
Folder 542: Broderson, Moshe 1969-1970: fund for his reburial in Israel, correspondence, memorandum, check receipts, etc.
Folder 543: Bund 1960-1968: correspondence, receipts
Folder 545: Congress for Jewish Culture 1963-1969: correspondence, invitations, account of a reception
Folder 546: Congress for Jewish Culture 1969: Delegation Affair Dec. 11, 1969, invitation, press release, correspondence, receipt
Folder 544: Congress for Jewish Culture and CYCO 1965-1967: correspondence, invitations, order blank, etc.
Folder 547: Contributions 1968: letters of thanks, receipts. appeals for aid, letters accompanying contributions
Folder 548: Day 1956: correspondence and newspaper clippings
Folder 549: Day-Morning Journal (Tog-Morgn Zhurnal) 1956-1967: calls for meetings, telegrams, correspondence with management about labor questions and other matters
Folder 550: Deceased 1969-1970: texts of obituaries, balance of gains and losses of membership, lists of deceased members, newspaper clippings, letter accompanying dues payment
Folder 551: Delinquent in dues 1969-1970: warning letters, lists of members in arrears
Folder 552: Einhorn, David 1967: 80th anniversary, letter and press releases
Folder 553: Epstein, David 1967: three letters from him
Folder 554: Farband (Jewish National Workers Alliance) and Poalei Zion (Marxist Zionist Jewish Workers Party) 1962-1963: correspondence
Folder 561: Fiftieth anniversary of Yiddish Writers' Union 1965: newspaper clippings, correspondence about tickets, lists of ticket purchasers, etc.
Folder 557: Fiftieth anniversary of Yiddish Writers' Union 1965: publicity, newspaper clippings, summary of journal contents, invitations
Folder 559: Fiftieth anniversary of Yiddish Writers' Union 1965: publicity, newspaper clippings, invitations
Folder 558: Fiftieth anniversary of Yiddish Writers' Union 1965: publicity, Israel, newspaper clippings
Folder 562: Fiftieth anniversary of Yiddish Writers' Union 1965: tickets, correspondence, invitations, letters accompanying ticket purchases
Folder 555: Fiftieth anniversary of Yiddish Writers' Union 1965-1966: correspondence, lists of ticket recipients, material for Korot (world office of Jewish journalists' publications), issue dedicated to the anniversary, invitations, texts of speeches or articles, lists of membership with short biographies, press releases
Folder 556: Fiftieth anniversary of Yiddish Writers' Union 1965-1966: Statler Hilton hotel, tickets, correspondence, invitations, greetings
Folder 560: Fiftieth anniversary of Yiddish Writers' Union 1965-1966: publicity, JTA dispatch, newspaper clippings

Box 31

Folder 563: Forward staff 1968-1970: list of amounts and names, announcements and invitations to meeting by Forward staff committee, invitations to YWU meetings
Folder 564: Fox, Chaim Leib 1969-1970: correspondence
Folder 565: Freie Arbeiter Stimme 1960-1970: receipts for contributions, letters
Folder 566: Gersten-Fenn, Bertha 1967-1969: letters of thanks for her contributions, correspondence
Folder 567: Ginzburg, M. 1961-1967: correspondence about dues, etc.
Folder 568: Glanz-Leyeles, A. 1966: two letters
Folder 569: Goldman, Dr. Nahum 1964-1965: two letters
Folder 570: Greenberg, Eliezer 1968: letter and bills about dues
Folder 571: Grinbaum, Itzchak 1969: telegram for his 90th birthday, press release, newspaper clippings
Folder 572: Harendorf-Dorfson, Nelly 1969: correspondence with Nelly Harendorf of London
Folder 573: Habimah (Hebrew theater company) 1964: press release in answer ro attack by Habimah, newspaper clippings, correspondence
Folder 574: HIAS 1956-1961: letters about J.I. Friedman, a HIAS employee
Folder 575: HIAS 1960-1967: certificate and flyers, correspondence, invitations, including letters about HIAS employee B. Weinstein
Folder 576: Hotel New Yorker 1966: reception for Moshe Ron, mailing lists, replies, invitations, correspondence
Folder 577: Hunter College 1964: correspondence with Hunter College about use of their Hall for 50th anniversary celebration, applications for use
Folder 578: Israel Mail 1967-1970: invitation, correspondence mainly with World Federation of Jewish Journalists, newspaper clippings
Folder 579: Israel 1970-1971: correspondence with World Federation of Jewish Journalists, etc.
Folder 581: Israel 1971: World Federation of Jewish Journalists, filled-out forms, questionnaire, accompanying letters
Folder 582: Israel 1971: World Federation of Jewish Journalists, newspaper clippings
Folder 580: Israel 1972: World Federation of Jewish Journalists, correspondence
Folder 583: Israeli Consulate 1960-1967: David Rivlin and others, correspondence, copy of cable, invitations
Folder 584: Jewish Agency 1965-1970: correspondence
Folder 585: Jewish Book Council 1968-1970: Moshe Starkman, correspondence concerning Starkman, the YWU representative to Book Council, flyers, form letters
Folder 586: Jewish Daily Forward 1963-1967: Adolph Held, letters from Held and to him, copies of letters, calls for strikes, newspaper clipping, invitation, advertisement
Folder 587: Jewish Labor Committee 1960-1966: invitations, correspondence
Folder 588: Jewish National Fund 1965-1966: appeals for contributions and letters of thanks
Folder 589: Jewish Telegraphic Agency 1957-1970: correspondence about salaries and dues, hiring of Yiddish writer for JTA
Folder 590: Joint Distribution Committee 1964-1969: correspondence concerning JDC employees, filling vacancies, etc., newspaper clipping
Folder 591: Judson, S. 1968: two letters to him
Folder 592: Kahn, Malke 1955-1956: correspondence about dispute with Day-Morning Journal
Folder 593: Katz, Morris (Alef) 1966: one letter to him
Folder 594: Kerstein, Solomon 1969: correspondence about his application for membership
Folder 595: Kinder Zhurnal 1961-1969: appeals, correspondence
Folder 599: Lebedige Zeitung (Living Newspaper) 1963-1964: financial calculations, newspaper clippings, correspondence, news releases
Folder 600: Lebedige Zeitung 1964-1965: correspondence, newspaper clippings, news release
Folder 601: Lebedige Zeitung 1965-1966: newspaper clippings, press releases
Folder 602: Lebedige Zeitung 1965-1966: newspaper clippings
Folder 603: Lebedige Zeitung 1966-1967: newspaper clippings, press releases
Folder 604: Lebedige Zeitung 1966-1967: newspaper clippings, press releases
Folder 607: Lebedige Zeitung 1967: thank you letters for contributions
Folder 605: Lebedige Zeitung 1967-1968: newspaper clippings, press releases
Folder 606: Lebedige Zeitung 1968-1969: newspaper clippings, schedule, news releases, correspondence
Folder 596: Lebedige Zeitung 1969-1970: newspaper clippings, news releases about Lebedige Zeitung programs, correspondence about hall for program, etc.
Folder 597: Lebedige Zeitung 1970-1971: lecture fee check stubs, press releases, correspondence
Folder 598: Lebedige Zeitung 1971-1972: newspaper clippings, schedule, letter
Folder 608: Leivick Fund 1961-1970: thank you letters, letters accompanying contributions, receipts, correspondence with building committee of Leivick House in Tel Aviv, newspaper clippings, lists of contributors, form letters, greeting for inaugeration of Leivick House, telegram
Folder 609: Lexicon of Yiddish Literature 1964-1965: Uveeler, letters to Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture
Folder 610: Manger, Itzik 1969: memorial announcement
Folder 611: Meetings 1959-1965: invitations to meetings

Box 32

Folder 613: Meetings 1955-1972: also correspondence of the executive committee with members, invitations to meetings
Folder 615: Meetings 1960-1964: Zalman Shazar, Moshe Ron, etc., announcements of meetings, press releases
Folder 614: Meetings 1965-1969: announcements of meetings, news releases
Folder 612: Meetings 1966-1971: invitations to meetings, etc.
Folder 616: Membership 1965: for retirement dues, form letter
Folder 617: Membership requests 1966-1971: mainly applications for membership with answers
Folder 618: Menes, A. 1969: two letters
Folder 619: Millman, S. 1968: one letter and accomonaying material
Folder 622: Miscellaneous 1958, 1967-1970: copies of letters sent, incoming letters, one letterf rom Polish-Yiddish publishing house "Yiddish Buch" dated 1958, press releases
Folder 620: Miscellaneous 1960-1967: correspondence, form letters received, announcements, incoming letters, some outgoing letters, questionnaire, letters of reference
Folder 621: Miscellaneous 1962-1967: letters received, announcement of meetings sent out, list of dues owed, membership mailing list
Folder 623: Miscellaneous requests 1962-1969: requests for information with replies, other letters, invitations, announcements received, requests for donations
Folder 624: New members 1959-1969: applications for membership, answers, correspondence concerning dues
Folder 625: New York State Department of Labor 1963-1971: union reports, correspondence with state government, official reports to government, report on finances
Folder 626: One Hundred Years Yiddish Press in America 1970: greetings, letters received, etc.
Folder 627: One Hundred Years Yiddish Press in America 1970: tickets, form letters sent
Folder 628: One Hundred Years Yiddish Press in America 1970: articles to Moshe Ron, cuts, etc., manuscripts, correspondence with Moshe Ron, other correspondence
Folder 629: One Hundred Years Yiddish Press in America 1970: tickets count, lists of tickets purchased, letters about tickets
Folder 630: One Hundred Years Yiddish Press in America 1970: Statler Hilton, invitations, replies etc., many letters to prominent people
Folder 631: One Hundred Years Yiddish Press in America 1970: Statler Hilton, correspondence with the hotel, press releases, newspaper clippings, etc.
Folder 632: One Hundred Years Yiddish Press in America 1970: publicity, correspondence, invitations to guests, press releases, newspaper clippings
Folder 633: One Hundred Years Yiddish Press in America 1970: publicity, clippings from Israel press, photos

Box 33

Folder 634: Osherowitch, Mendel 1962: correspondence etc. with Osherowitch Anniversary Committee
Folder 635: Papiernikoff, J. 1964-1968: correspondence and copies of telegram, invitation
Folder 636: Patt, Dr. E. 1963-1968: correspondence, addresses, obituary
Folder 637: Penn, Asher 1967: correspondence concerning dispute
Folder 638: Piccadilly Hotel 1963-1968: Dr. N. Goldman, etc., reservations list, bill, correspondence with hotel, invitations, other correspondence, newspaper clippings, etc.
Folder 639: Polish Embassy 1962: text of protest telegram
Folder 640: Publicity 1965: new executive committee, newspaper clippings
Folder 641: Publicity sent out to different publications 1967: press releases, mailing lists, newspaper clipping, accompanying letters
Folder 642: Ravitch, Melech 1962-1969: correspondence
Folder 643: Relief to writers 1960-1973: letters accompanying subsidies, letters of thanks, letters on behalf of writers needing aid, pleas for aid, press release, correspondence
Folder 644: Resolutions 1968: Conference of Jewish Journalists, March 28, 1968, letters accompanying resolution, mailing list, letters, text of resolutions
Folder 645: Rich, J. and William Wolpert 1966: exchange of letters about a dispute
Folder 646: Rivlin, M. 1966-1972: press release, newspaper clipping, correspondence, invitation to event in his honor
Folder 647: Rogoff, Hillel 1962: letter and bill for dues, copy of newspaper article
Folder 648: Ron, Moshe 1956-1969: invitations to reception in his honor, mailing list, correspondence with him and others, newspaper article, one letter dated 1956, mainly 1960-1969
Folder 649: Ron, Moshe 1960-1970: Israel, correspondence with Ron and other Israeli journalists and Associations of Israeli Journalists, text of telegram, memorandum, etc.
Folder 650: Rubin, S.N. 1962-1970: correspondence with and about him
Folder 651: Schoenfeld, A. 1972: correspondence
Folder 652: Serdatzky, Yente 1961-1962: letters from her
Folder 653: Setzer, S.H. 1961-1966: letters about him and on his behalf, invitation to memorial, news release and mailing list, correspondence with Setzer, telegram
Folder 654: Sher, Z. 1963: letter and manuscript
Folder 655: Shoshkes, Dr. Chaim 1964: telegrams on his death
Folder 656: Beth Sholem Aleichem 1961-1962: correspondence, also an invitation from Sholem Aleichem Folk Institute
Folder 657: Smolar, B. 1968: one letter to him
Folder 658: Spizman, L. 1960: two letters to him or about him
Folder 660: Starkman, Moshe 1969: correspondence, press release
Folder 659: State of Israel bonds 1964: letters asking for contributions
Folder 661: Suspension letters 1961-1963: to members overdue in payment of bills
Folder 662: Sztejnwaks, P. 1971: correspondence
Folder 663: Tenenbaum, S. 1962: two letters from him
Folder 664: ThermoFax 1965: Minnesota Mining Machines, sent to Israel, M. Ron, invoices, etc.
Folder 665: Tolush, I. 1960-1962: correspondence with him and on his behalf
Folder 666: Treasury Department 1964: lists of matured bonds
Folder 667: United Hebrew Trades 1959-1968: correspondence, invitations, receipts for dues
Folder 668: United Israel Appeal 1966: Asher Wolk, correspondence about his employment
Folder 669: United Jewish Appeal 1962-1964: correspondence, etc.
Folder 670: Weinreich, Dr. Max 1961-1962: correspondence, two letters
Folder 671: Winograd, M. 1967-1968: correspondence
Folder 672: Wolk, Asher 1970: correspondence concerning his employment for American Zionist Council
Folder 673: Workmen's Circle 1960-1969: correspondence, mainly dealing with contributions, invitations
Folder 674: World Federation of Jewish Journalists 1961: letter accompanying WJFF questionnaire, blank questionnaire
Folder 675: World Jewish Congress 1964-1965: Memorial Foundation, Uveeler, Dr. N. Goldman, letters to Goldman
Folder 676: Yearbook 1955-1956: correspondence about proposed yearbook "Yiddish Lebn"
Folder 678: Yiddish Dictionary Committee 1963-1969: correspondence, receipts for contributions, form letters about contributions
Folder 677: YIVO 1946-1969: correspondence, invitations, correspondence about YWU archives
Folder 679: Zukunft (Future) 1957-1969: correspondence, bills, receipts, form letters
Folder 680: Zylbercweig, Zalmen 1962-1971: correspondence

Series VIII: Financial Correspondence, Current Matters and Miscellaneous 1909-1973

This series contains account statements from companies, banks and brokers, financial forms, circulars, scrapbooks, documents about the workings of the Yiddish Writers’ Union, and a manuscript and questionnaires from various countries for a YWU yearbook. Folders 737-745 contain scrapbooks and other materials originally found in addendum part C.

Arrangement: This series is arranged alphabetically by correspondent, topic or document type.

Box 34

Folder 681: Bache and Company 1957-1961: account statements
Folder 682: Bache and Company 1959-1963: WE Hutton and Company, account statements, printed announcements, etc.
Folder 683: Bache and Company 1962: statement and copy of letter sent
Folder 686: Bank letters 1964-1972: copies of letters to banks and brokers, forms, statements of expenses, form letters and circulars, etc.
Folder 684: Bank Leumi 1961-1963: account statements, forms
Folder 688: Bank signatures 1963-1969: forms, accompanying letters, etc.
Folder 690: Current matters 1962: correspondence
Folder 695: Current matters 1962-1963: L. Feinberg, secretary, correspondence, minutes of special meeting, invitations
Folder 698: Current matters 1962-1963: L. Feinberg, secretary, list of names, correspondence, bill for funeral, circulars received, bills, telegram, news release, memos, etc.
Folder 696: Current matters 1963: M. Elbaum, secretary, correspondence, copy of telegram congratulating President Shazar on his election
Folder 697: Current matters 1963-1964: correspondence, invitations to meetings, newspaper clippings, financial report, news releases
Folder 689: Deposit signatures 1963-1972: for banks and checking account, etc., forms, letters
Folder 687: First Western Savings and Loan 1963-1964: Las Vegas, Nevada, correspondence, forms, etc.
Folder 692: Letters from the Jewish chaplain at Clinton Prison 1966-1967
Folder 685: Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Inc 1970-1971: account statements, forms, etc.
Folder 693: Miscellaneous 1961-1967: miscellaneous correspondence, list of outstanding accounts, etc.
Folder 694: Miscellaneous 1962-1963: letters and circulars received, telegram from Polish Ambassador, copies of letters sent
Folder 699: Miscellaneous 1963-1969: news releases, invitations, correspondence, etc.
Folder 691: Miscellaneous 1965-1968: memos, circulars received, text of obituary for Alex Katz, etc.

Box 35

Folder 718: Circulars 1940-1956: one from 1968, mainly invitations to meetings
Folder 712: Circulars and press releases 1969-1970
Folder 720: Clippings 1933-1946
Folder 705: Correspondence 1946-1956: connected with bills paid
Folder 709: Dues Schedules 1944-1946: also includes various other miscellaneous lists
Folder 701: Farband 1954: correspondence, news release
Folder 702: Group insurance plan undated
Folder 704: Letters from abroad 1956
Folder 713: Lists 1944-1945: contributions and expenses
Folder 707: Mailing lists 1955
Folder 714: Miscellaneous 1943-1967: mostly correspondence, including letter from U.S. censor, news release, etc.
Folder 711: Miscellaneous 1956-1958: correspondence, vouchers, JTA dispatch, etc.
Folder 706: Miscellaneous 1960-1962: ciculars calling meetings, forms, copies of letters sent, petty cash vouchers, bills, list of those owing money, etc.
Folder 711D: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Bloch, Chaim 1921
Folder 711R: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Chudnovsky, Moshe undated
Folder 711B: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Eisner, Gustave 1921
Folder 711E: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Gross, M. 1921
Folder 711F: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Hourwich, Isaac A. 1909, 1921-1922
Folder 711A: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Ignatoff, David 1922-1925
Folder 711U: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Lazer, S.M. 1921
Folder 711V: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Lieberman, Chaim 1921
Folder 711X: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Masliansky, Zvi Hirsch 1929
Folder 711W: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Mastbaum, Joel undated
Folder 711Y: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Meiman, Benjamin 1920-1921
Folder 711Z: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Muller, Jozef 1920
Folder 711AA: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Niger, Shmuel 1920-1921
Folder 711C: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Orlans, A.S. 1920
Folder 711BB: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Perle, S. 1920-1921
Folder 711GG: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Rabinovitch, Yehaskel 1920-1921
Folder 711HH: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Radoshinsky, I.H. 1922
Folder 711II: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Ravitch, Melech 1921
Folder 711NN: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Reinwein, A. undated
Folder 711MM: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Reisen, Abraham 1921
Folder 711FF: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Roback, A.A. 1925
Folder 711JJ: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Rosenfeld, Hersh 1925
Folder 711KK: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Rosenfeld, S. 1927
Folder 711LL: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Rubin, A.M. 1921
Folder 711OO: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Schatz, Boris 1921
Folder 711RR: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Schneider, M. B. undated
Folder 711QQ: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Schnitzler, Arthur 1921
Folder 711N: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Semel, Bernard 1920
Folder 711L: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Silburg, M. 1921
Folder 711PP: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Steinberg, N. 1921
Folder 711S: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Tchernowitz, Chaim 1921
Folder 711Q: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Tepper, K. 1921
Folder 711P: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Tiomkin, Z. (Va'ad Aliyah) 1920
Folder 711EE: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Tzipin, M. 1920
Folder 711J: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Victor, A. 1921
Folder 771H: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Vortsman, Dr. I.B. undated
Folder 711I: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Weintraub, Sigmund 1919
Folder 711SS: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Winchevsky, Morris 1918-1925
Folder 711G: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Wohliner, A. undated
Folder 711T: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Yehoash 1920
Folder 711K: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Zak, Abram 1921
Folder 711O: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Zetzer, S. undated
Folder 711CC: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Zukerman, B. (Jewish People's Relief Committee) 1921
Folder 711DD: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Zukerman, William undated
Folder 711M: Miscellaneous personal correspondence - Zylbercweig, Zalmen 1920
Folder 703: Miscellaneous requests 1962-1964
Folder 700: One Hundred Years Yiddish Press in America 1970: tickets correspondence
Folder 717: Picture collection of the Yiddish Writers' Union undated: individual snapshots of members in alphabetical order, also some group photos
Folder 719: Rescue Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers 1941-1948: circulars, raffle books, memorial album
Folder 708: Speech by Moshe Starkman 1970: manuscript and typed copy, "On the Eve of the 100th Anniversary of the Yiddish Press"
Folder 710: Tax 1946, 1956: dues lists, etc. for union surtax

Box 37

Folder 744: Morning Journal 1952: lists and forms concerning loans by employees to ths Morning Journal
Folder 745: Weizman, Chaim 1949: copy of letter from YWU granting him membership
Folder 738: YWU yearbook "Yidish Lebn" (Jewish Life) 1955-1956: Answers to questionnaires from Israel
Folder 739: YWU yearbook "Yidish Lebn" 1955-1956: Answers to questionnaires from Melbourne, London, South Africa
Folder 740: YWU yearbook "Yidish Lebn" 1955-1956: Answers to questionnaires from United States
Folder 741: YWU yearbook "Yidish Lebn" 1955-1956: Answers to questionnaires from Latin America
Folder 742: YWU yearbook "Yidish Lebn" undated: manuscripts, including manuscripts by Jacob Glatstein, M. Starkman and others, possibly for the 30th anniversary
Folder 743: YWU yearbook "Yidish Lebn" 1955-1956, 1972-1973: Miscellaneous correspondence and answers to questionnaires from France

Box 39

Folder 715A: Scrapbook 1927-1930: various activities
Folder 715B: Scrapbook 1936-1938: receptions, symposiums, cultural evenings, celebrations
Folder 715C: Scrapbook 1938-1939: symposiums, lectures, cultural evenings, concerts, celebrations, memorial meetings, Landsmanshaftn book
Folder 716A: Scrapbook 1941: Day strike, dispute with the Newspaper Guild
Folder 716B: Scrapbook 1941: Rescue Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers
Folder 716C: Scrapbook 1945: 75th anniversary of the Yiddish press
Folder 737: Scrapbook 1946-1947: Rescue Fund for Jewish Refugee Writers, newspaper clippings