Reference Services, Hours & Contact Information
- General Archives
- Photo & Film Archives
- Sound Archives
- Music Archives (Sheet Music & Manuscript)
- Art & Artifacts
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GENERAL
ARCHIVES
Open to the public by appointment. Hours: 10 AM to 5
PM. Monday through Thursday.
The
General Archives includes papers of individuals, records of
organizations, and subject collections.
For reference
questions, to view a collection in the General Archives or to
request an appointment, contact:
Fruma
Mohrer, Chief Archivist
fmohrer@yivo.cjh.org or
archives@yivo.cjh.org
212-294-6143
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PHOTO
AND FILM ARCHIVES.
Open to the public by appointment. Hours: 10
AM to 5PM, Monday through Thursday.
The
Photo Archives holds about 150,000 to 200,000 photographs on
Jewish life around the world and more than 120 films..
For
reference questions, to request an appointment to use the Photo
and Film Archives, or to order reproductions, contact:
Krysia Fisher, Curator of Photographs and Films kfisher@yivo.cjh.org
or
Jesse Aaron Cohen, Photo Archivist jacohen@yivo.cjh.org
Click
here
to view Reproductions Price List.
Click
here
for People of a Thousand Towns, the online YIVO photo catalog on
East European Jewish life.
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SOUND
ARCHIVES.
Open to the public by appointment. Hours: 10 AM to 5
PM, Monday through Thursday.
The
Max and Frieda Weinstein Archives of Recorded Sound houses 78 rpm
recordings (c. 6000 titles); 33 rpm recordings (more than 1000
titles); audiotapes, compact discs, and DVDs.
For reference questions, to make an appointment to use the Sound Archives, or to order reproductions contact:
Lorin
Sklamberg, Sound Archivist
lsklamberg@yivo.cjh.org
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MUSIC
ARCHIVES (Sheet Music & Manuscripts).
Open
to the public by appointment. Hours: 10 AM to 4:30 PM,
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday.
The
YIVO Music Archives holds liturgical music, popular songs, art
music, theater music, folk music, and other genres.
For
reference questions or to make an appointment to use the Music
Archives please contact:
Chana
Mlotek, Music Archivist, 212-246-6080, extension 6119 or
write to cmlotek@yivo.cjh.org
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ART and ARTIFACTS.
Open by special appointment with the Chief Archivist. Hours: 10 AM to 5 PM. Monday through Thursday.
The Art and Artifacts Collection includes paintings, drawings, rare prints, set designs, costumes, artifacts and traditional and ceremonial art. There are about 3,000 original art objects.
To inquire about the Art and Artifact Collections or to request an appointment, contact:
Fruma
Mohrer, Chief Archivist
212-294-6143
fmohrer@yivo.cjh.org or
archives@yivo.cjh.org