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JEWISH LABOR AND POLITICAL ARCHIVES PROJECT [THIS PROJECT WILL PROCESS AND DIGITIZE FOUR COLLECTIONS TOTALING 122 LINEAR FEET FROM YIVO'S JEWISH LABOR AND POLITICAL ARCHIVES. THESE COLLECTIONS WHICH INCLUDE THE RECORDS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LADIES' GARMENT WORKERS' UNION, THE AMALGAMATED CLOTHING WORKERS OF AMERICA, UNITED HEBREW TRADES, AND THE JEWISH LABOR COMMITTEE REPRESENT FOUR OF THE LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL LABOR UNIONS IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE 20TH CENTURY. FOUNDED BY AND WITH A MAINLY JEWISH IMMIGRANT BASE, THESE UNIONS ADVANCED WORKERS RIGHTS, PAY, AND CONDITIONS ACROSS A VARIETY OF INDUSTRIES FOR AMERICAN WORKERS OF ALL ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS.]

THE YIVO VILNA COLLECTIONS PROJECT

THE YIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH WILL DIGITIZE MATERIALS FROM TWO COLLECTIONS THAT ARE PART OF ITS JEWISH LABOR AND POLITICAL ARCHIVES: THE WORKMEN’S CIRCLE COLLECTION AND THE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION. THE WORKMEN’S CIRCLE COLLECTION IS COMPRISED OF 38.5 LINEAR FEET OF MATERIALS FROM A JEWISH LABOR FRATERNAL ORDER OF IMMIGRANTS TO THE UNITED STATES FROM EASTERN EUROPE. THE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION INCLUDES 15,000 PHOTOGRAPHS THAT VISUALLY REPRESENT THE ACTIVITIES OF MAJOR UNITED STATES POLITICAL AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR JEWISH IMMIGRANT MEMBERS. THESE COLLECTIONS, WHICH INCLUDE SCRAPBOOKS, CORRESPONDENCE, MEETING MINUTES, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND OTHER ARCHIVAL MATERIALS, DOCUMENT THE HISTORY OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES AND ASSOCIATED LABOR MOVEMENTS IN AMERICA AND WILL BE REHOUSED TO CREATE BETTER INTELLECTUAL CONTROL THROUGH METADATA AND DIGITIZATION.

DIGITIZING ASSORTED COLLECTIONS [DIGITIZE AND PROVIDE ONLINE ACCESS FOR THREE COLLECTIONS IN YIVO'S ARCHIVES: VILNA TERRITORIAL COLLECTION; RECORDS OF THE LITHUANIAN JEWISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL; AND THE JEWISH CUSTOMS COLLECTIONS] [PURPOSE:?THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO RETAIN FIVE STAFF MEMBERS ??THE DIRECTOR OF ARCHIVES, THE DIGITAL LAB MANAGER, TWO DIGITAL PROJECTS SPECIALISTS, AND A DIGITAL PROCESSING ARCHIVIST.  ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THE ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE DIGITIZING AND PROVIDING ONLINE ACCESS TO THE VILNA TERRITORIAL COLLECTION, THE RECORDS OF THE LITHUANIAN JEWISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL, AND THE JEWISH CUSTOMS COLLECTION, AS WELL AS MAKING AVAILABLE ONLINE WORKS RELATING TO AMERICAN YIDDISH LITERATURE, THE CHAIM GRADE COLLECTION, AND?SIGNIFICANT RECORD ALBUMS.?  EXPECTED OUTCOMES:?THE DIGITIZATION SHOULD PROVIDE ACCESS TO 70,000 PAGES FROM THE VILNA TERRITORIAL COLLECTION, THE RECORDS OF THE LITHUANIAN JEWISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL, AND THE JEWISH CUSTOMS COLLECTION, 500 DIGITIZED 78 RPM RECORD ALBUMS, AND 2,500 YIDDISH BOOKS PUBLISHED BETWEEN THE 1880S AND 1920S.  INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THE INCREASED ACCESS TO THESE HISTORIC DIGITIZED MATERIALS WOULD BENEFIT SCHOLARS, THE GENERAL PUBLIC, PEOPLE INTERESTED IN GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH, AUDIENCES OF THE SMITHSONIAN AFFILIATE NETWORK OF MORE THAN 200 ORGANIZATIONS OF WHICH YIVO IS A PART, AND OTHERS.  SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES:?THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO SUBAWARD FUNDS. ]

EDWARD BLANK YIVO VILNA COLLECTIONS PROJECT

DISCRETIONARY

THE YIVO INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH RESEARCH WILL USE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE ARRANGEMENT, DESCRIPTION, AND DIGITIZATION OF FOUR ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS THAT ARE PART OF THE LARGER EDWARD BLANK YIVO VILNA ONLINE COLLECTIONS PROJECT (EBYVOC), AN INTERNATIONAL PRESERVATION AND ACCESS PROJECT. THESE THEATER AND MUSIC COLLECTIONS ARE IMPORTANT, YET LITTLE KNOWN, RESOURCES FOR THE STUDY AND EXPLORATION OF NOT ONLY MODERN JEWISH CULTURE AND AMERICAN JEWISH IMMIGRANT CULTURE, BUT ALSO OF AMERICAN THEATER AND POPULAR CULTURE. THE COLLECTIONS INCLUDE 1) THE ESTHER RACHEL KAMINSKA YIDDISH THEATER MUSEUM COLLECTION 2) THE MUSIC COLLECTION, 3) THE ABRAHAM MOSHE BERNSTEIN PAPERS, 4) JEWISH MUSIC SOCIETIES COLLECTION. THE PROJECT WILL BE MATCHED WITH 122,983.00 IN NON-FEDERAL SHARE.

PRESERVING THE JEWISH LABOR AND POLITICAL ARCHIVES AT YIVO [THIS PROJECT WILL SUPPORT THE PURCHASE OF HOUSING SUPPLIES FOR YIVO'S HISTORIC JEWISH LABOR AND POLITICAL ARCHIVES, WHICH DOCUMENT JEWISH POLITICAL, LABOR, AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES AND EUROPE.]