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Subcollection: Organizations

This subcollection deals with JDC’s relationship and cooperation with the United States Government, departments, and agencies; with JDC constituent member organizations, other private Jewish organizations, landsmannschaften (immigrant fraternal associations), commercial agencies and businesses, and nonsectarian humanitarian agencies. It is arranged in 4 record groups.

Record Group 2-1: Relations with United States Government

File 72.1: Relations with United States Government - General

Extent: 0.33 inch

Miscellaneous correspondence, materials on relations with U.S. government departments, federal agencies. Miscellaneous on congressional legislation (H.R. 13708) to provide food to Europe. List [Some names on materials concerning Alien Property Office]

Relations with United States Government – General

File 72.2: Relations with U.S. Government, U.S. Food Administration, 1919

Extent: 0.33 inch

Miscellaneous correspondence, materials on relations with U.S. government departments, entities. Miscellaneous on legislation to provide food to Europe.

Relations with U.S. Government, U.S. Food Administration, 1919

File 72.3: Relations with U.S. Government, U.S. State Department, 1919-1921

Extent: 0.33 inch

Miscellaneous correspondence on mail, cable transmissions, fees; miscellaneous on visas, credentials for relief workers, typhus mission. List [Some names in correspondence].

Relations with U.S. Government, U.S. State Department, 1919-1921

Record Group 2-2: Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)

File 73.1: Non-Governmental Organizations

Extent: 0.25 inch

Miscellaneous correspondence, queries from non-governmental organizations. National Investigative Bureau form, application for approval for organizations raising funds for disbursement abroad.

Non-Governmental Organizations

File 73.2: American Friends Service Committee, 1921

Extent: 0.50 inch

Correspondence, reports on relief activities. Bulletin on Russian relief information.

American Friends Service Committee, 1921

File 74.1: Benevolent Societies

Extent: 0.20 inch

Miscellaneous fund-raising materials, descriptions of suffering, including pamphlet (undated): “Former American Ambassador of Austria-Hungary, Frederic Courtland Penfield, describes actual conditions in Austria.”

Benevolent Societies

File 74.2: American Relief Administration, 1919-1921

Extent: 0.50 inch

Miscellaneous on relief activities, feeding programs, logistics in war-ravaged areas; memo (May 28, 1919) on creation of special Children’s Relief Bureau. Correspondence on cable traffic, costs. Explanation of Food Draft plan (December 27, 1919; January 8, 1920).

American Relief Administration, 1919-1921

File 75: American Red Cross, 1919-1921

Extent: 1 inch

Extensive correspondence, reports on activities, remittances, arrangements for cooperation/ coordination. Report (December 27, 1920) on medical and sanitary conditions, miscellaneous on hospital in Wlodawa. List [Some names of war dead, transmitted October 11, 1920].

American Red Cross, 1919-1921

File 76.1: Non-Governmental Organizations

Extent: 1 inch

Miscellaneous correspondence, queries, remittances, news accounts from non-governmental organizations. List [Some names on remittances].

Non-Governmental Organizations

File 76.2: Central Relief Committee, 1919-1921

Extent: 0.25 inch

Miscellaneous correspondence on coordination, remittances; appeal (December 28, 1920) for families to care for orphans. List [Some names in correspondence].

Central Relief Committee, 1919-1921

File 76.3: Federation of Galician and Bucovinian Jews, 1918, 1919-1921

Extent: 0.25 inch

Miscellaneous correspondence, queries, remittances; appeal (April 22, 1920) on behalf of 94 destroyed communities; efforts to coordinate collections, allocations of landsmanschaften. List [Some names in correspondence].

Federation of Galician and Bucovinian Jews, 1918, 1919-1921

File 77.1: HIAS, 1919-1921

Extent: 0.50 inch

Correspondence, reports, financial statements, including plans of Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) to withdraw from certain regions.

HIAS, 1919-1921

File 77.2: Jewish Farmers' Credit Union

Extent: 0.20 inch

Bylaws, forms, applications certificates for Jewish Farmers’ Credit Union.

Jewish Farmers’ Credit Union

File 77.3: Non-Governmental Organizations

Extent: 0.25 inch

Miscellaneous correspondence regarding non-governmental organizations’ aid programs.

Non-Governmental Organizations

File 77.4: Non-Governmental Organizations, Ukrainian Relief Societies, 1919-1921

Extent: 1 inch

Miscellaneous correspondence, reports (English, Yiddish) regarding Ukrainian relief societies from various American cities, their aid programs, including report (Yiddish) of Federation of Ukrainian Jews.

Non-Governmental Organizations, Ukrainian Relief Societies, 1919-1921

File 78.1: Landsmanschaften, 1921

Extent: 0.75 inch

Correspondence (English, Yiddish) on procedures, receipts, distribution of funds from landsmanschaften. JDC Information Service Letter (April 1, 1921) on Landsmanschaften Department.

Landsmanschaften, 1921

File 78.2: Landsmanschaften, 1919-1920

Extent: 1 inch

Correspondence (English, Yiddish) on receipts, distribution of funds from landsmanschaften; JDC Information Service Letter (September 7, 1920) on Landsmanschaften Department. List [Names of delegates from landsmanschaften].

Landsmanschaften, 1919-1920

File 78.3: Landsmanschaften, List

Extent: 0.75 inch

Lists of various landsmanschaften from multiple locations; some family reunification correspondence. List [Names of some landsmanschaften officials].

Landsmanschaften, List

File 79.1: Landsmanschaften, A-B

Extent: 0.75 inch

Forms, questionnaires on organization, plans, finances, delegates of landsmanschaften from multiple locations; applications of individuals to function as delegates, agents to distribute funds from landsmanschaften. Some queries, correspondence (English, Yiddish) on local conditions, appeals, distribution of funds. List [Names on remittances; names of officers, potential delegates from landsmanschaften]

Landsmanschaften, A-B

File 79.2: Landsmanschaften, C-F

Extent: 2 inches

Forms, questionnaires on organization, plans, finances, delegates of landsmanschaften from multiple locations; applications of individuals to function as delegates, agents to distribute funds from landsmanschaften. Some queries, correspondence (English, Yiddish) on local conditions, appeals, distribution of funds. List [Names on remittances; names of officers, potential delegates from landsmanschaften]

Landsmanschaften, C-F

File 79.3: Landsmanschaften, G-J

Extent: 0.75 inch

Forms, questionnaires on organization, plans, finances, delegates of landsmanschaften from multiple locations; applications of individuals to function as delegates, agents to distribute funds from landsmanschaften. Some queries, correspondence (English, Yiddish) on local conditions, appeals, distribution of funds. List [Names on remittances; names of officers, potential delegates from landsmanschaften]

Landsmanschaften, G-J

File 79.4: Landsmanschaften, K

Extent: 2 inches

Forms, questionnaires on organization, plans, finances, delegates of landsmanschaften from multiple locations; applications of individuals to function as delegates, agents to distribute funds from landsmanschaften. Some queries, correspondence (English, Yiddish) on local conditions, appeals, problems with distribution, including Abraham Shohan letter (April 24, 1921) on Kowel. List [Names on remittances; names of officers, potential delegates from landsmanschaften; pogrom victims on Krivoe Ozero, transmitted May 24, 1921]

Landsmanschaften, K

File 80.1: Landsmanschaften, L

Extent: 1.25 inches

Forms, questionnaires on organization, plans, finances, delegates of landsmanschaften from multiple locations; applications of individuals to function as delegates, agents to distribute funds from landsmanschaften. Some queries, correspondence, reports (English, Yiddish) on local conditions, appeals, problems. List [Names on remittances; names of officers, potential delegates from landsmanschaften]

Landsmanschaften, L

File 80.2: Landsmanschaften, M

Extent: 1 inch

Forms, questionnaires on organization, plans, finances, delegates of landsmanschaften from multiple locations; applications of individuals to function as delegates, agents to distribute funds from landsmanschaften. Some queries, correspondence, reports (English, Yiddish) on local conditions, appeals, problems. List [Names on remittances, of emigrants; names of officers, potential delegates from landsmanschaften]

Landsmanschaften, M

File 80.3: Landsmanschaften, N

Extent: 0.80 inch

Forms, questionnaires on organization, plans, finances, delegates of landsmanschaften from multiple locations; applications of individuals to function as delegates, agents to distribute funds from landsmanschaften. Some queries, correspondence, reports (English, Yiddish) on local conditions, appeals, problems. List [Names on remittances, names of officers, potential delegates from landsmanschaften]

Landsmanschaften, N

File 80.4: Landsmanschaften, O

Extent: 0.50 inch

Forms, questionnaires on organization, plans, finances, delegates of landsmanschaften from multiple locations; applications of individuals to function as delegates, agents to distribute funds from landsmanschaften. Some queries, correspondence, reports (English, Yiddish) on local conditions, appeals, problems. List [Names on remittances, names of officers, potential delegates from landsmanschaften]

Landsmanschaften, O

File 80.5: Landsmanschaften, P

Extent: 1 inch

Forms, questionnaires on organization, plans, finances, delegates of landsmanschaften from multiple locations; applications of individuals to function as delegates, agents to distribute funds from landsmanschaften. Some queries, correspondence, reports (English, Yiddish) on local conditions, appeals, problems, distribution of funds. List [Names on remittances, names of officers, potential delegates from landsmanschaften]

Landsmanschaften, P

File 80.6: Landsmanschaften, Pinsk

Extent: 1 inch

Forms, questionnaires on organization, plans, finances, delegates of landsmanschaften. Some queries, correspondence, reports (English, Yiddish) on local conditions, appeals, problems, reports, including Jacques Rieur report (October 22, 1920) on visit to area. List [Names on remittances, names of officers, potential delegates from landsmanschaften]

Landsmanschaften, Pinsk

File 81.1: Landsmanschaften, R

Extent: 1 inch

Forms, questionnaires on organization, plans, finances, delegates of landsmanschaften from multiple locations; applications of individuals to function as delegates, agents to distribute funds from landsmanschaften. Some queries, correspondence, reports (English, Yiddish) on local conditions, appeals, problems, distribution of funds, including Abraham Shohan correspondence, reports on Rowno. List [Names on remittances, names of officers, potential delegates from landsmanschaften]

Landsmanschaften, R

File 81.2: Landsmanschaften, S

Extent: 2 inches

Forms, questionnaires on organization, plans, finances, delegates of landsmanschaften from multiple locations; applications of individuals to function as delegates, agents to distribute funds from landsmanschaften. Some queries, correspondence, reports (English, Yiddish) on local conditions, appeals, problems, distribution of funds, including Elkan Voorsanger report (November 9, 1920) on Suchowola. List [Names on remittances; list of orphans in Stanislaw; names of officers, potential delegates from landsmanschaften]

Landsmanschaften, S

File 81.3: Landsmanschaften, T-U

Extent: 0.50 inch

Forms, questionnaires on organization, plans, finances, delegates of landsmanschaften from multiple locations; applications of individuals to function as delegates, agents to distribute funds from landsmanschaften. Some queries, correspondence, reports (English, Yiddish) on local conditions, appeals, problems. List [Names on remittances; names of officers, potential delegates from landsmanschaften]

Landsmanschaften, T-U

File 81.4: Landsmanschaften, V-Z

Extent: 1.50 inches

Forms, questionnaires on organization, plans, finances, delegates of landsmanschaften from multiple locations; applications of individuals to function as delegates, agents to distribute funds from landsmanschaften. Some queries, correspondence, reports (English, Yiddish) on local conditions, appeals, problems. List [Names on remittances; names of officers, potential delegates from landsmanschaften]

Landsmanschaften, V-Z

File 82: Landsmanschaften, Newspaper Clippings

Extent: 1 inch

Newspaper clippings (Yiddish).

Landsmanschaften, Newspaper Clippings

File 83: Non-Governmental Organizations, L-O

Extent: 0.75 inch

Miscellaneous correspondence, queries from non-governmental organizations, attempts to coordinate activities. Reports from meetings of National Conference of Jewish Social Service; miscellaneous from federations of Ukrainian Jews. National Investigation Bureau’s “Bulletin of Approved War Activities Abroad” (Number 4, June 1919), includes brief listings of non-governmental organizations in various countries. List [Names of officers of organizations in memos, reports; names of individuals on remittance correspondence]

Non-Governmental Organizations, L-O

File 84.1: Peoples Relief Committee, 1919-1921

Extent: 0.75 inch

Reports, correspondence regarding coordination, tension with JDC, secession demands, remittances, complaints of discrimination in allocations. Appeal (December 28, 1920) for families to care for orphans. Miscellaneous newspaper stories, financial reports.

Peoples Relief Committee, 1919-1921

File 84.2: Non-Governmental Organizations, R-Z

Extent: 0.80 inch

Miscellaneous correspondence, queries from non-governmental organizations, attempts to coordinate activities, including exchanges with Western Canada’s Jewish Fund for the Relief of War Sufferers. List [Names of officers of organizations in memos, reports]

Non-Governmental Organizations, R-Z

File 87.1: ORT, 1920-1921

Extent: 1 inch

Correspondence, reports (English, French), including Isaac Rubinstein’s summary of history of ORT (in materials for Reconstruction Committee, April 22, 1921), miscellaneous on JDC aid. List [Names of individuals in reports]

ORT, 1920-1921

Record Group 2-3: Relations with Commercial Agencies

File 85: Relations with Commercial Agencies, 1919

Extent: 0.50 inch

Report (August 7, 1919) by Reuben Fink with detailed information on the activities of private organizations, commercial agencies, businesses, Yiddish and Ladino newspapers and public institutions that offer services or provide relief for Jews abroad. List [Names of business, agency individuals in report]

Relations with Commercial Agencies, 1919

Record Group 2-4: Organizations Overseas

File 86: Organizations Overseas

Extent: 0.33 inch

Correspondence, reports (English, French) on organizing, financing aid, extent of JDC commitment. Miscellaneous from Comite des Delegations Juives Aupres de la Conference de la Paix (on aid to Jews after the Paris Peace Conference).

Organizations Overseas

File 87.2: Overseas, International (Jewish) World Relief Conference, 1920

Extent: 0.50 inch

Correspondence, reports (English, German, French) on conference in Carlsbad in 1920; account in Jewish Criterion (June 11, 1920). Correspondence on whether JDC should participate. List [Names of individuals in Alexander Salkind report]

Overseas, International (Jewish) World Relief Conference, 1920

Finding aid prepared by Eleanor Mlotek and revised by Marilyn Henry with the assistance of a grant from Marshall M. Weinberg in her honor.

In 2014, this collection was re-microfilmed for preservation purposes with a grant from the New York State Program for the Conservation and Preservation of Library Research Materials.

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

Archives of The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc.

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