We are writing to Judaica/Jewish Studies librarians with an update on our digitization activity. The JDC Archives holds the institutional records of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee since its founding in 1914. Given the nature of JDC’s work and the role it has played over more than a century of activity, these collections are among the most significant in the world for the study of modern Jewish history.
Our online collections database now has more than 2.6 million pages of documents available. These are fully searchable, with pdfs of the individual documents, and open to scholars, students, and the general public at http://search.archives.jdc.org. Online finding aids for the collections are available at http://archives.jdc.org/explore-the-archives/using-the-archives.html. This database also includes more than 67,000 digitized photographs that document JDC’s activity around the world throughout the twentieth century, not only in Europe and Israel but also in the Middle East and North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Asia. Our Names Index <http://archives.jdc.org/sharedlegacy/search-names/> holds more than 500,000 names and is a major source of information for genealogists and family historians. Search results include links to the digitized source documents—index cards, lists, remittances, and others—from which the names were drawn. The JDC Archives website at http://archives.jdc.org includes curated exhibits, photo galleries, topic guides for educators, and an interactive timeline of JDC history. You will also find guidance on how to search the collections, including video tutorials. We encourage you to include the JDC Archives in lists of online resources at your institution’s library and to direct faculty and students alike to this historical treasure! If you will be attending this year’s AJL Conference in Charleston (June 19-22), you can learn more about us. JDC Global Archives Director Linda Levi will be giving a presentation on “Treasures of the JDC Archives & Resources for Librarians.” We hope you will join us at that session. With regards, Jeff Edelstein and Linda Levi *Jeffrey Edelstein* *Digitization Project Manager* [email protected] <[email protected]> *Linda G. Levi* *Assistant Executive Vice President* *Director of Global Archives* [email protected] JDC Archives Website: http://archives.jdc.org/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/jdcarchives Purchase our limited edition 100th anniversary volume: www.jdc.org/purchase-JDC100th-book
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