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Subcollection: Administration

This subcollection comprises memos; telegrams; personnel information; accounting documents; financial records; receipts for relief payments; inventories of relief supplies, including food and medical supplies; JDC publications and bulletins produced for residents of the Cyprus detention camps and newspaper clippings about their plight; correspondence between JDC staff operating in the camps and JDC’s Jerusalem office; and JDC correspondence with the British administration on Cyprus, including materials produced by British personnel for camp residents.

Record Group : Overseas

Series 1: General Files

File CYP.21: Cyprus: General Correspondence and Telegrams. 1948 (January-mid September)

Old Folder Number: C.1

General Correspondence and telegrams that reflect the miscellaneous administrative tasks involved in “aid efforts” in the twelve camps for illegals on Cyprus.

Cyprus: General Correspondence and Telegrams. 1948 (January-mid September)

File CYP.22: Cyprus: General Correspondence and Telegrams. 1948 (mid-September-October)

Old Folder Number: C.2

Correspondence and telegrams related to general administrative issues such as expenditures, medical personnel, staff selections; Medical Report for August 1948

Cyprus: General Correspondence and Telegrams. 1948 (mid-September-October)

File CYP.23: Cyprus: History of American Joint Distribution Committee in the Cyprus Camps.1948

Old Folder Number: C.4

A 20-page report that includes a description of the plight of the internees, living conditions in the detention camps and a comprehensive account of the services provided by the AJDC.

Cyprus: History of American Joint Distribution Committee in the Cyprus Camps.1948

File CYP.24: Cyprus: Jerusalem-Cyprus Correspondence/Receipts/Lists. 1947 (January-October)

Old Folder Number: C.5.1

Correspondence between Jerusalem and Cyprus related to conditions in the camps, personnel replacements and supplies; financial records such as budgets, payment orders and receipts

Cyprus: Jerusalem-Cyprus Correspondence/Receipts/Lists. 1947 (January-October)

File CYP.25: Cyprus: Jerusalem-Cyprus Correspondence/Receipts/Lists. 1947-1948

Old Folder Number: C.5.2

General correspondence between Jerusalem and Cyprus related to administrative tasks; financial records of budgets, expenses, payment orders and receipts

Cyprus: Jerusalem-Cyprus Correspondence/Receipts/Lists. 1947-1948

File CYP.26: Cyprus: Jerusalem JDC Correspondence (via Cyprus). 1948

Old Folder Number: C.6

Miscellaneous correspondence between JDC Jerusalem, Paris and New York related to financial transactions or locating specific individuals

Cyprus: Jerusalem JDC Correspondence (via Cyprus). 1948

Series 2: Personnel

This series is restricted for confidentiality concerns. Please see our Access and Restrictions Policy.

Series 3: Financial

File CYP.1: Cyprus: Accounting Funds. 1947

Old Folder Number: C.15.1

Correspondence and receipts related to payment of funds to individual camp detainees from relatives abroad or relief organizations.

Cyprus: Accounting Funds. 1947

File CYP.2: Cyprus: Accounting Funds. 1948

Old Folder Number: C.15.2

Financial records of payment of funds to individual camp detainees from relatives abroad or relief organizations.

Cyprus: Accounting Funds. 1948

File CYP.3: Cyprus: Accounting Funds. 1949

Old Folder Number: C.1

Correspondence related to monies sent to detainees in Cyprus detention camps.

Cyprus: Accounting Funds. 1949

File CYP.4: Cyprus: Accounting--Funds Transfer. 1948-1949 (January-June)

Old Folder Number: C.16.1

Financial records and correspondence related to finances.

Cyprus: Accounting–Funds Transfer. 1948-1949 (January-June)

File CYP.5: Cyprus: Accounting--Funds Transfer. 1949 (July-December)-1950

Old Folder Number: C.16.2

Financial records and related correspondence.

Cyprus: Accounting–Funds Transfer. 1949 (July-December)-1950

File CYP.6: Cyprus: Barclays Bank. 1947

Old Folder Number: C.2

Bank Account Balance Sheets

Cyprus: Barclays Bank. 1947

File CYP.7: Cyprus: Bookkeeping Ledger. 1947-1949

Old Folder Number: C.3

Financial Records.

Cyprus: Bookkeeping Ledger. 1947-1949

File CYP.8: Cyprus: Bookkeeping. 1948 (January-June)

Old Folder Number: C.4.1

Financial Records: Bank Statements, Balance Sheets, Bank Transfers, Salary Payments, Shipment Lists and Correspondence with banks on Cyprus.

Cyprus: Bookkeeping. 1948 (January-June)

File CYP.9: Cyprus: Bookkeeping. 1948 (July-October)

Old Folder Number: C.4.2

Financial Records and Correspondence with banks on Cyprus.

Cyprus: Bookkeeping. 1948 (July-October)

File CYP.10: Cyprus: Budget. 1947-1948

Old Folder Number: C.5

Budget records and related correspondence.

Cyprus: Budget. 1947-1948

File CYP.11: Cyprus: Expenses, Forms, Log Accounts. 1947

Old Folder Number: C.18

Financial records and some AJDC standard forms.

Cyprus: Expenses, Forms, Log Accounts. 1947

File CYP.12: Cyprus: Finances. 1948-1949

Old Folder Number: C.10

Correspondence and cables relevant to financial issues.

Cyprus: Finances. 1948-1949

File CYP.13: Cyprus: Kitchen Account. 1947-1948

Old Folder Number: C.11

Miscellaneous documents related to kitchen expenditures in Dhekelia.

Cyprus: Kitchen Account. 1947-1948

File CYP.14: Cyprus: Payment Orders. 1946-1949

Old Folder Number: C.12

Miscellaneous payment orders.

Cyprus: Payment Orders. 1946-1949

File CPY.15: Cyprus: Platres, Cyprus -- Accounts. 1948

Old Folder Number: C.13

Correspondence related to financial issues.

Cyprus: Platres, Cyprus — Accounts. 1948

File CYP.16: Cyprus: Receipts. 1946 (September-October)

Old Folder Number: C.14

Miscellaneous receipts

Cyprus: Receipts. 1946 (September-October)

File CYP.17: Cyprus: Receipts. 1946 (November)

Old Folder Number: C.15

Miscellaneous receipts

Cyprus: Receipts. 1946 (November)

File CYP.18: Cyprus: Receipts (Supplies, Transport, etc). 1947

Old Folder Number: C.16

Miscellaneous receipts

Cyprus: Receipts (Supplies, Transport, etc). 1947

File CYP.19: Cyprus: Relief Payments. 1948 (January-February)

Old Folder Number: C.17.1

Correspondence and other documentation related to relief payments made
by AJDC to camp residents.

Cyprus: Relief Payments. 1948 (January-February)

File CYP.20: Cyprus: Relief Payments. 1948 (March-May)

Old Folder Number: C.17.2

Correspondence and other documents related to Relief payments made by AJDC to camp residents.

Cyprus: Relief Payments. 1948 (March-May)

Series 4: Publicity

File CYP.39: Cyprus: Detainees (clippings).1949

Old Folder Number: C.12

Collection of newspaper articles on closure of the Cyprus detention
camps, release of camp detainees and their transport to Israel.

Cyprus: Detainees (clippings).1949

File CYP.40: Cyprus: Information Bulletins. 1948-1949

Old Folder Number: C.13

Information Bulletins produced in the Cyprus detention camps with useful facts and information for the detainees; additional newspapers; miscellaneous correspondence.

Cyprus: Information Bulletins. 1948-1949

File CYP.45: Cyprus: Press. 1947-1948

Old Folder Number: C.14

Special press releases on Joint relief programs throughout the world with two detailed reports on Joint activities in the Cyprus detention camps.

Cyprus: Press. 1947-1948

File CYP.46: Cyprus: Printing Press. 1947

Old Folder Number: C.15

AJDC permit to operate a press issued by Government of Cyprus.

Cyprus: Printing Press. 1947

File CYP.47: Cyprus: Publications (Al Hasaf). 1948

Old Folder Number: C.18.2

Publications printed in detention camps.

Cyprus: Publications (Al Hasaf). 1948

File CYP.48: Cyprus: Publications (Al Hasaf and others). 1947-1948

Old Folder Number: C.16.1

Publications printed in the detention camps.

Cyprus: Publications (Al Hasaf and others). 1947-1948

File CYP.49: Cyprus: Publications (Al Hasaf and others). 1948-1949

Old Folder Number: C.16.2

Publications printed in the detention camps.

Cyprus: Publications (Al Hasaf and others). 1948-1949

File CYP.50: Cyprus: Publications (Shuroth). 1948-1949

Old Folder Number: C.18.1

Publications printed in the detention camps.

Cyprus: Publications (Shuroth). 1948-1949

File CYP.51: Cyprus: Publications (Various). 1948

Old Folder Number: C.19

Publication of Hapoel Hamizrachi printed in detention camps.

Cyprus: Publications (Various). 1948

File CYP.52: Cyprus: Publications (Yediot HaJoint) . 1948

Old Folder Number: C.17

Publications printed in the detention camps.

Cyprus: Publications (Yediot HaJoint) . 1948

File CYP.53: Cyprus: Relatives Search. 1947-1948

Old Folder Number: C.8

Inter-office and inter agency correspondence about the search for relatives.

Cyprus: Relatives Search. 1947-1948

File CYP.54: Cyprus: Whereabouts and Inquiries. 1948-1949

Old Folder Number: C.9

Correspondence and lists connected with inquiries concerning the whereabouts of specific individuals in the detention camps.

Cyprus: Whereabouts and Inquiries. 1948-1949

File CYP.55: Cyprus: Wohl, Julius/Gisella. 1947

Old Folder Number: C.10

Correspondence, memoranda and cables related to the immigration of Julius and Gisella Wohl from Cyprus to the United States.

Cyprus: Wohl, Julius/Gisella. 1947

File CYP.56: Cyprus: Zoltar, Mrs. Ilona. 1947-1948

Old Folder Number: C.11

Correspondence, cables and documents related to Ilona Zoltar’s immigration to Cyprus.

Cyprus: Zoltar, Mrs. Ilona. 1947-1948

Digitization of this collection was made possible with funding from the Polonsky Foundation.

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