American Jewish Historical Society finding aid for the Washington Committee for Soviet Jewry records

Archive

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Soviet Jewry Movement Archives Project

Name/Title

American Jewish Historical Society finding aid for the Washington Committee for Soviet Jewry records

Entry/Object ID

SJ-944

Scope and Content

The collection is divided into ten series. The Washington Committee for Soviet Jewry include materials from the mid-1960s through 2001, and the bulk of the collection is dated 1970s-1980s. The documents include correspondence, memoranda, publications, news clippings, photographs, slides, ephemera, audio and video recordings and 3-D objects.

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Videocassettes, Audiocassettes, Case files, Commemorative jewelry, Correspondence, Legal documents, Memorandums, Newsletters, Pamphlets, Photographs, Posters, Slides (photographs)

Archive Details

Creator

Washington Committee for Soviet Jewry

Date(s) of Creation

1962 - 2001

Archive Size/Extent

13.5 Linear Feet (26 manuscript boxes, 1 oversized box, 1 MAP folder)

Primary Language

English, Russian, Hebrew, Yiddish, French

Archive Items Details

Subjects

Jews, Soviet, Refuseniks, Emigration & immigration, Antisemitism, Human rights, Political activists, Former Soviet republics, Political prisoners, Refugees

Location

* Untyped Location

American Jewish Historical Society

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Union of Councils for Soviet Jews, Washington Committee for Soviet Jewry, Begun, Yosif, 1932-, Nudel, Ida, Shcharansky, Anatoly, Slepak, Vladimir, 1927-, Stolar, Abe, Moʻatsah ha-tsiburit lemaʻan Yehude Berit ha-Moʻatsot (Israel), Jewish Defense League, National Conference on Soviet Jewry (U.S.), Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry

Web Links and URLs

https://archives.cjh.org//repositories/3/resources/18374

Copyright

Notes

The copyright and related rights status of this item has not been evaluated. You are free to use this item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For all other uses please contact the American Jewish Historical Society.