Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica

A Brief Encounter with Archives
(112 words)

Editor & Curator

Krysia Fisher.

Imprint

New York City, USA, 2005. 128 pp., illustrations: 361 col., 26.2 × 21 cm. English.

Location

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (6 April–31 August 2005)

Description

Highlights from the numerous collections that comprise YIVO’s archives. Introduction to YIVO’s collecting activities. Brief explanatory texts throughout. Exhibits presented according to collection. Descriptive captions. No itemized listing. Circa 360 items pictured.

main keywords

HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
PHOTOGRAPHS
PRINTED BOOKS

minor keywords

Eastern Europe
Eretz Israel
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Bohemia-Moravia & Germany, 17th–19th C
Historical photographs
Holocaust
Music
Postcards
Posters
Shana Tova greeting cards
Soldiers (Jewish) & related objects
Theater
United States
Yiddish press
Zionism

Related ephemera

Guide to the exhibition, with descriptive listing of items according to display case, booklet, 12 pp., no illustrations, 21.7 × 14 cm. 163 items.

Cite this page
“A Brief Encounter with Archives”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 10 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC1834>
First published online: 2019



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