VILBIG (Vilner yiddisher bildungs gezelshaft), Vilna. Records.

Title: VILBIG (Vilner Yidishe Bildungs Gezelshaft)

Inclusive Dates: 1923-1940

ID: RG 11

Extent Information

2'1"; 5 5"lgl

Arrangement

Organization: All boxes are arranged in folder numerical sequence

Arrangement: The collection is arranged in 7 series: I) Administration (folders 1-10); II) Corres. - General (11-27); III) Corres. - Local Branches (28-45); IV) Educational Courses Section (46-54); V) VILBIG Various Sections (55-61); VI) Scout Club "BIN" (The Bee) (62-65); VII) Varia (66-67)

Biographical/Historical

Vilna Jewish Education Society. Organized in Vilna, Poland in September 1924 to promote secular education among the Yiddish-speaking population. Developed a number of successful educational programs but was unable to establish tuition-free Yiddish schools. Was still active during the Soviet occupation of Vilna, 1939-1941. Ceased to exist during the Nazi occupation.

Subjects (links to similar collections)

CULTURE_
Education
Educational Organizations
EDUCATION_
Vilna
Yiddish
Yiddish culture
YIDDISH LANGUAGE_

Forms of Material (links to similar genres)

Documents - Records

Languages of Materials

Yiddish

Administrative Information

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Other Note

In addition to the online finding aid there is also a finding aid in Yiddish, 9 pp., ms.

Description: Records of the VILBIG administration and of its educational programs. Minutes of committee meetings, records of elections, financial reports, documents about legalizing VILBIG and its provincial branches. Correspondence with Jewish educational and cultural institutions in Poland, the Vilna Kehillah and various government and municipal agencies. Correspondence with 17 local branches of VILBIG mainly in the province of Vilna. Materials relating to educational courses, various artistic groups and the scout club "Bin."

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