YIVO Receives Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

(New York, NY) – The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (YIVO) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).

The NEH’s Division of Preservation and Access has awarded $9,417 to purchase the materials to rehouse YIVO’s historic Jewish Political and Labor Movement Archives, which document Jewish political, labor, and social movements in the United States and Europe. Consisting of 900 linear feet of materials documenting their activities from 1870 to 1992, the grant will allow YIVO Archivists to further ensure the preservation of these valuable materials.

The YIVO Archives contains 24 million records in over a dozen languages and represents the single largest and most comprehensive repository of materials on Eastern European Jewish civilization in the world.

The 2,300 collections that make up the YIVO Archives include manuscripts, letters, printed ephemera, sheet music, posters, artworks and artifacts, photographs, film and videos, and sound recordings. They focus on important areas, including Jewish history, language, literature, and culture in Eastern Europe; World War II and the Holocaust; Jewish educational, political, and labor organizations; and Jewish immigration to the United States, Israel, and other countries in the Diaspora.

For more information contact:
Melissa Cohen
Chief Development Officer

Stefanie Halpern
Director of the Archives

YIVO

The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is dedicated to the preservation and study of the history and culture of East European Jewry worldwide. For nearly a century, YIVO has pioneered new forms of Jewish scholarship, research, education, and cultural expression. Our public programs and exhibitions, as well as online and on-site courses, extend our outreach to a global community. The YIVO Archives contains 24 million unique items and YIVO’s Library has over 400,000 volumes—the single largest resource for the study of East European Jewish life in the world. yivo.org / yivo.org/the-whole-story