YIVO Institute for Jewish Research

How to Get More Information About Archives & Library Collections

The Archives and Library function as two separate departments. The Archives holds manuscripts, private papers, organizational files, photographs, films, posters, and sound recordings; while the Library holds books, periodicals, and newspapers. For more extensive information about the YIVO Archives, click here. To further explore the resources of the Library, click here.

Those with specific inquiries are invited to contact:

Archives

Fruma Mohrer
Chief Archivist
(212) 294-6143
fmohrer@yivo.cjh.org

Sound Recordings

Lorin Sklamberg
Sound Archivist (P/T)
(212) 246-6080, ext. 6169
lsklamberg@yivo.cjh.org

Sheet Music & Other Written Music

Chana Mlotek
Music Archivist (P/T)
(212) 246-6080, ext. 6119
cmlotek@yivo.cjh.org

Photographs, Film, & Videotapes

Jesse Aaron Cohen
Assistant Photo and Film Archivist
(917) 606-8291
jacohen@yivo.cjh.org

Note: Photo and film requests and inquiries must first be submitted in writing via email or to:

YIVO Archives
15 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011-6301

If you have already submitted your request in writing and wish to speak to a photo archivist, please call the photo archives at (917) 606-8291.

To arrange to donate papers, photographs, manuscripts, & other materials to the Archives:

Leo Greenbaum
Associate Archivist
(212) 294-6145
lgreenbaum@yivo.cjh.org

Library

To arrange to donate published materials, including books, pamphlets, and periodicals to the Library:

Lyudmila Sholokhova
Head Librarian
(212) 294-6168
lsholokhova@yivo.cjh.org

Inquiries can also be mailed to the above individual at:

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
15 West 16th Street
New York, 10011-6301