Finding Aids

Many of our collections are arranged by the global JDC office (e.g. Geneva, Istanbul, New York) where the records were created. Other collections describe the work of specific initiatives or programs, such as DORSA, the Dominican Republic Settlement Association.

File titles in most finding aids are linked directly to our online collections database. Click on the file title to access the digitized file. Click on the “Look Inside” tab to view the records within the file, including full PDFs of the original documents. (More search tips.)

Not all collections have finding aids available online. If you have further questions about collections which do not yet have finding aids, please contact us.

Access to JDC archival materials is governed by our Access & Restrictions Policy.

Finding Aids

• Records of the New York Office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1914-1918
• Records of the New York Office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1919-1921
• Records of the New York Office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1921-1932
• Records of the New York Office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1933-1944
• Records of the New York Office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1945-1954
• Records of the New York Office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1955-1964
• Records of the New York Office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1965-1974
• Records of the New York Office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1975-1989
• Records of the Dominican Republic Settlement Association (DORSA), 1939-1977
• Records of the Istanbul Office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1937-1949
• The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Cyprus Operation, 1945-1949
• Records of the Geneva Office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1933-1944
• Records of the Geneva Office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1945-1954
• Records of the Geneva Office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1955-1964
• Records of the Geneva Office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1965-1978 (PDF)
• Records of the Jerusalem Office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1944-1952
• Records of the Czechoslovakia Offices of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1945-1950
• Records of the Stockholm Office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1941-1967 (PDF)
• Records of the American Joint Distribution Committee: Warsaw Office, 1939-1941
• Records of the American Joint Distribution Committee: Warsaw Office, 1945-1949
• Oral History Collection of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1961-present

To access the collections listed below, contact the JDC Archives:

• Saly Mayer Collection, 1939-50
• Records of the Geneva Office of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1965-1978
• Malben Collection, 1949-1975

JDC and JDC-Related Records Held at Other Institutions

American Jewish Historical Society:

• American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Collection, various dates, 1914-1988 (I-345)

Leo Baeck Institute:

• American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Collection, 1929-1949 (AR 7196)

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research:

• AJDC Reports, 1916-1960 (RG 335.1)
• Records of the American Joint Reconstruction Foundation, 1920-1939 (RG 335.2)
• Records of the AJDC War Orphans Bureau, 1919-1923 (RG 335.3)
• Records of the AJDC Search Department (RG 335.4)
• Records of the AJDC Office in Lisbon (RG 335.5)
• Records of the AJDC Personal Service Department, 1946-1954 (RG 335.6)
• Records of the AJDC Landsmanshaftn Department, 1926-1950 (RG 335.7)
• AJDC newspaper clippings, 1950-1969 (RG 335.8)
• AJDC photographs, 1920s-1950s (RG 335.9)
• Leo W. Schwarz Papers, 1946-1947. (RG 294.1)
• Joseph A. Rosen Collection, 1911-1943 (bulk 1922-1938). (RG 358)

Berman Jewish Policy Archive at NYU:

• Reports from the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute, 2000-2011

American Jewish Archives:

• James H. Becker Papers, 1917-1927
• Boris Bogen Papers, 1891-1929
• Samuel L. Haber Papers, 1920-1988
• Louis Marshall Papers, 1876-1929
• Jacob H. Schiff Papers, 1865-1920 (bulk 1914-1920)
• Felix M. Warburg Papers, 1910-1937

National Library of Israel, Central Archives of the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP):

Note: Some or most of the first two items are copies of material held at the JDC Archives and available online.

• Various AJDC Reports and Mixed Material, 1914-1967
• JDC Photograph Collection at the CAHJP, 1918-1967
• Judah L. Magnes Papers
• Alfred Cohen Papers (P386). Note: File list and digitized documents available at JDC Archives; for access, request information.
• Hélène Cazès-Benatar Papers
• Dominican Republic Settlement Association (DORSA). Note: See also DORSA finding aid above; many of the documents at the CAJHP may be copies of material held at the JDC Archives and available online.