Lewin collection at Yeshiva University

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Yeshiva University's special collections is home to an
unusual collection of documents of Jewish communities
an central and eastern Europe (mainly Poland). The
entry in YULIS (the Yeshiva library catalog) has this
summary:

Contains variety of records of Jewish communities in
Central and Eastern Europe especially in Posen,
Silesia and other German-speaking areas, including
pinkasim (record books) of communities and societies,
memorial books with lists of deaths, records of births
and circumcisions, account books, legal documents,
tax lists, property records, minutes, records of
rabbinical courts, cemetery registers, society
statutes, synagogue seat records, and other documents
of communities at
Kempen (Kepno, Poland), 1771-1902;
Strassnitz (Straznice, Czechoslovakia), 1855-1879;
Krotoschin (Krotoszyn, Poland), ca. 1832-ca. 1913;
Labischin (Labiszyn, Poland);
Militsch (Milicz, Poland), ca. 1830-ca. 1900;
Fraustadt (Wschowa, Poland), 1835-1887;
Rawitsch (Rawicz, Poland), ca. 1838-ca. 1861;
Nikolai (Mikolow, Poland), ca. 1849-1898;
Myslowitz (Myslowice, Poland), 1810-1852;
Schwerin, 1819-1869;
Posen (Poznan, Poland), 1535-1538, 18th century;
Mecklenburg province, 1760-ca. 1850;
Breslau (Wroclaw, Poland), 1808-1844;
and elsewhere.

I have myself examined only the documents from
Straznice, CZ, more about which I shall soon post to
the Austria-Czech SIG. The bulk of it is minutes from
the Jewish town council and tax records, but it also
contains synagogue seating records, voting records,
and records of incoming and outgoing mail. The range
of years is rather longer than the 1855-1879 noted
in YULIS -- more like 1827-1911. The collection has
been microfilmed, but not thoroughly cataloged, and
one suspects there are hidden gems within.

The special collections is housed in the main library
off Amsterdam Ave at the northeastern tip of
Manhattan.

Please send me private email about your own use of
this extraordinary collection.

-- Michael Gordy
Hyderabad, India
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