YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York

Address:
YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY, 10011.
Phone: (212) 246-6080
Fax: (212) 292-1892
E-mail: yivomail@yivo.cjh.org

Founded in 1925

Archival holdings: The YIVO Archives hold more than 22,000,000 documents, photographs, recordings, posters, films, videotapes and artifacts. They contain very important materials for studies on the history of Jewish Community in Poland. Many of the records contain documents from Poland, Russia, Lithuania from XVII to XX centuries. There are records on Holocaust, the Nazi exterminations of Jewish communities in Poland and neighboring countries, files from the Lodz and Warsaw Ghettoes.
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Other holdings: Large library - collection contains 1.1 million volumes, over 150,000 microforms and 26,800 serial titles.

If you need more information please contact the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.
The YIVO website: http://www.yivoinstitute.org
Library hours: 9:30-5:30, Monday-Thursday. Archives hours: Please call for an appointment.
Closed Fridays, Jewish and civil holidays, and weekends.