Metadata: Society of Jewish Alumni of the University of Latvia and of the Former Polytechnic Institute of Riga
Collection
- Country:
- Latvia
- Holding institution:
- Latvian State Historical Archives
- Holding institution (official language):
- Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs
- Postal address:
- 16 Slokas Street, Rīga, LV-1048
- Phone number:
- +371 67 613 118
- Web address:
- http://www.arhivi.lv/index.php?&16
- Reference number:
- LVVA f. 2471
- Title:
- Society of Jewish Alumni of the University of Latvia and of the Former Polytechnic Institute of Riga
- Title (official language):
- Latvijas Universitates un Rigas Politehniska instituta ebreju filistru biedriba
- Creator/accumulator:
- Society of Jewish Alumni of the University of Latvia and of the Former Polytechnic Institute of Riga
- Date(s):
- 1907/1940
- Language:
- Russian
- Latvian
- German
- Yiddish
- Extent:
- 72 files
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
-
The collection comprises the papers of the Society of Jewish Alumni of the Latvian University and of the former Polytechnic Institute of Riga. It contains materials from the pre-revolutionary and interwar periods.
The files include lists of the society's members, including addresses and other personal data, minutes of general and board meetings, statutes, account books and other administrative materials. Several files include correspondence with other societies and associations, invitations to various events and letters to and from the local authorities in Riga on the approval of concerts, lectures and other public activities held by the society.
Papers of the society's revision commissions and other commissions are also included in the collection, along with papers from the society's self-help fund, including lists of members and recipients of loans, correspondence and account books.
Other materials, such as accounts of the society's history and hand-written newspapers, can also be found in the files.
- Archival history:
- After World War II the materials from the interwar period, along with earlier materials, were kept in the Central State Archive of the Latvian SSR. In 1962 the materials originating from the pre-Soviet period were deposited in the Central State Historical Archive of the Latvian SSR, predecessor of the current State Historical Archive.
- Administrative/biographical history:
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The Polytechnic Institute of Riga was established in 1862 as the Polytechnikum of Riga. At the time it was the first multi-profile institution of higher education in Imperial Russia. In the 1890s the Polytechnikum became a Polytechnic Institute. During the interwar period the institute became part of the University of Latvia, established in Riga in 1919.
The Society of Jewish Alumni was established in 1908 as the Society of Jewish Alumni of the Polytechnic Institute of Riga and functioned until 1940. Its goal was to maintain interactions between the alumni by organising cultural and professional activities and providing loans and other financial assistance.
- Access points: locations:
- Riga
- System of arrangement:
- The collection consists of two inventories.
- Finding aids:
- For additional data see the website of the Latvian Archives. A description of the Jewish-related materials is available at the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People in Jerusalem.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://www.arhivi.lv/index.php?&3
- Yerusha Network member:
- Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People
- Author of the description:
- Alex Valdman, Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People, 2015
