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Over 200 documents from the town of Vilna, 1900-1940.
Announcements, proclamations, a few advertising booklets, financial reports and statements, photographs of the city and its streets, handwritten letters, receipts, accounts, programs of various social events, invitations to prayers in the synagogues, Ketubot, birth certificate, death certificate, listing of the town’s business owners, documents from the United Committee of the Talmudei Torah in Vilna – reports, teachers’ questionnaire, and more.
This collection of documents accurately depicts the communal life of the Vilna Jews and the nature of their activities through their Batei Midrashot, charity projects, hospitals, printing presses, committees, associations and various public organizations.
Among the above mentioned organizations are: “Va’ad Hayeshivot”, “Va’ad Harabanim Halomedim Be-beit midrash Hagra z”l”, “Tzedaka Gedolah”, “Marbitzei Torah”, “Hit’achdut Ba’alei Melakha”, “Va’ad Ha-gabaim”, “Tiferet Bachurim”, “Moshav Zekeinim”, “Kemach Aniyim”, “Ha-va’ad Hamerkazi Shel Mosdot Ha-tzedaka”, the institutions of “Talmud Torah”, “Shochatim U-Bodkim Be-beit Ha-mitbachim De-po Vilna”, the Batei Midrash of Lubavitch and Koydinov Chasids, the “Achi’ezer” orphanage, “Torat Emet”, “Beit Avraham” house of hospitality and many more organizations.
The main topics which stand out from the documents and proclamations are: Torah learning, charity and mutual aid, keeping Shabbat, keeping Kosher and staying conform to the Jewish Law.
Numerous stamps among which Vilna libraries and archives stamps. Most of this collection comes from Leyzer Ran’s archives, author of the book “Yerushalayim De-Lita”, as well as other books on the History of Lithuanian Jewry. Chaykel Lunsky’s stamp appears on several documents, he was head librarian in the well known Strashun library of Vilna.
Yiddish and Hebrew.
About 215 documents, varying sizes and conditions. Most documents are in good condition.