Collection of Architectural Drawings

Collection

Holding institution (official language):: Державний архів Херсонської області

Scope and content:: Architectural drawings housed in the collection include plans for the construction of various Jewish communal institutions, including a communal building in the courtyard of the synagogue in the city of Novomirgorod (Elisavetgrad county) (1901); a house of worship next to the synagogue in the city of Berislav (Kherson county) (1903); shops located next to the Jewish house of worship Uris in the city of Aleksandriia (Aleksandriia county) (1908); a synagogue “in a Jewish communal location” in the town of Kazanka (Elisavetgrad county) (1910); and the I. V. and B. I. Olenov Children’s Shelter, which belonged to the Society to Aid Poor Persons of the Judaic Confession of the city of Kherson (1910).

Administrative/biographical history:: This was formed as a standalone fonds in 2008 from files taken from two other fonds: f. 302 (Collection of Maps and Drawings) and f. R-389 (Administration of the Kherson Area Engineer).

Access points: locations:: Berislav; Kherson; Kherson area; Novomirgorod; Ukraine

Subject terms:: Aid and relief; Architectural drawings; Children; Jewish community; Synagogues; Trade and commerce

System of arrangement:: The collection includes a single inventory consisting of sixteen sections corresponding to administrative-territorial units at various levels; the inventory is systematised according to the territorial-chronological principle.