Jewish Private Real Gymnasium in Tartu

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Country:: Estonia

Holding institution:: Historical Archives of Estonia

Holding institution (official language):: Eesti Ajalooarhiiv

Postal address:: Tartu, J. Liivi 4, 50409

Phone number:: (+372) 738 7500

Web address:: https://www.ra.ee/et/kes-me-oleme-2/

Email:: rahvusarhiiv@ra.ee

Reference number:: f. 2038

Title:: Jewish Private Real Gymnasium in Tartu

Title (official language):: Tartu juudi erareaalkool

Creator/accumulator:: Jewish Private Real Gymnasium in Tartu

Date(s):: 1902/1941

Language:: Russian; Estonian; Yiddish; Hebrew

Extent:: 251 files

Type of material:: Textual material; Photographic images

Physical condition:: good

Scope and content:: The Jewish secondary school of Tartu functioned between 1926 and 1941. Its archive includes administrative paperwork along with data on educational activities and the school’s teachers and pupils.

The administrative materials include various regulations and circulars of the Estonian Ministry of Education and correspondence and other papers relating to the Jewish community of Tartu and other communal and governmental institutions. The documents refer to such issues as the official status of the school, its educational practices (including the languages of instruction), funding and financial questions. Statistical data, account books and data on the school building (including blueprints from 1927-28) can be also found in the collection.

Another part of the collection includes data on the educational activities at the school: lesson schedules, class journals, examination minutes and minutes of the meetings of the school board, pedagogical council and parents’ committee. Materials on the school's teachers – lists, administrative papers and personal data – can also be found in the collection. The materials also include data on the school’s library and other holdings.

The collection also has data on the school’s pupils: admission papers, name and grade lists, medical and other personal data, notebooks and written exams and graduation certificates.

Photographs of pupils and teachers and papers of the pupils' literary circle (including the pupils' newspaper) are also included in the collection.

Archival history:: The collection was created when the school was closed by Soviet authorities in 1941. In 1947 it was acquired by the State Historical Archives of Estonia, predecessor of the current Estonian Historical Archives.

Administrative/biographical history:: The private Jewish Gymnasium in Tartu was opened in 1926. In 1937 it was converted into a Jewish Real School, affiliated to the Jewish Cultural Self-Government of Tartu. In 1939 the school was recognised by the Estonian authorities as a full secondary school. The school was closed in May 1941 by Soviet authorities in Estonia.

Access points: locations:: Tartu

Subject terms:: Education; Education--Schools and universities; Education--Students; Education--Teachers and professors; Financial matters; Libraries; Photographs; Statistics

System of arrangement:: The collection consists of one inventory. The inventory is divided into 16 thematic series, in which the material is arranged in a chronological sequence.

Access, restrictions:: The collection is open for reference at the Historical Arсhives of Estonia, Tartu.

Finding aids:: Finding aids in Russian and Estonian are available at the Estonian Historical Archives.

Basic data on the collection is available at the web portal of the National Archives of Estonia: http://ais.ra.ee, Detailotsing – Leidandmed – EAA.2038.

For additional data on the school, see: ERA.1108 (Ministry of Education of Estonia); ERA.1107 (Jewish Cultural Self-Government of Estonia); ERA.2284 (Jewish Community of Tartu; see the corresponding Yerusha description).

Links to finding aids:: http://ais.ra.ee

Yerusha Network member:: Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People

Author of the description:: Tatjana Schor, Historical Archives of Estonia, and Alex Valdman, Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People, 2015

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