Washington Committee for Soviet Jewry Records (Formerly Papers of Carolyn W. Sanger, *P-870) undated, 1962, 1965-2001 (bulk 1970-1990)

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Washington Committee for Soviet Jewry Records (Formerly Papers of Carolyn W. Sanger, *P-870) undated, 1962, 1965-2001 (bulk 1970-1990)

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The collection contains records of the Washington Committee for Soviet Jewry, a grassroots volunteer membership organization that was founded in 1968 and existed until 2001. The organization was renamed the Greater Washington Committee for Post-Soviet Jewry after the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991. The Committee worked to raise awareness of the plight of Soviet Jewry in the United States and supported Jewish communities on the U.S.S.R. territories, during the rule of the Soviet regime and after its collapse. The records cover the period from the mid-1960s through 2001, and the bulk of the collection is dated 1970s-1980s. The documents include correspondence, memoranda, publications, news clippings, photographs, slides, ephemera, audio and video recordings and 3-D objects. Originally the collection was titled Papers of Carolyn W. Sanger, *P-870 by the name of the Committee's last president.

13.5 linear feet (26 manuscript boxes, 1 oversized box, 1 MAP folder)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6346098

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