Records of the Union of Yiddish Writers and Journalists in Vilna 1919-1939.

Abstract

These are administrative records of the Fareyn fun Yidishe Literatn un Zhurnalistn in Vilne, Union of Yiddish Writers and Journalists in Vilna. They represent a fraction of the original union records but are nevertheless extensive enough to document the main activities of this organization, and the role of the Yiddish press and publishing in Vilna in the interwar period. Included are minutes of meetings, 1919-1939; correspondence about the Yiddish Pen Club; correspondence with newspapers; memoranda to the JDC (American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee) and the Vilna Kehillah about relief funds; general correspondence.This collection contains correspondence from the Union of Yiddish Writers and Journalists. A significant amount of correspondence addressed to the Union can be found in RG 3 (Yiddish Literature and Language).Fareyn fun Yidishe Literatn un Zhurnalistn in Vilne - Union of Yiddish Writers and Journalists in Vilna, was a professional association, active in Vilna from 1916 until the outbreak of the second world war. Its membership comprised newspaper editors and writers employed in Yiddish-language publishing enterprises, and other Yiddish authors residing in Vilna