Biro-Bidjan Exhibition records
name: label: Creator
content: Icor
place: label: Place
content: Birobidzhan (Russia)
topic: label: Topic
content: Jewish artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was loaned to the Archives of American Art for microfilming by Dewey Albinson and returned after filming. The relationship to the lender and the material is unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Icor
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content: Biro-Bidjan Exhibition records
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Biro-Bidjan Exhibition records date from 1936. The exhibition was organized under the auspices of ICOR (Idishe Kolonizatsie Organizatsie in Rusland) in New York City, New York and featured the works of American artists that were presented as a gift to the State Museum of Biro-Bidjan of the former U.S.S.R.. Found are an exhibition catalog, a telegram, and a clipping regarding the exhibition.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: ICOR (Idishe Kolonizatsie Organizatsie in Rusland), also known as the Organization for Jewish Colonization in the Soviet Union, was an organization in North America established to support the collective settlement of Jews. ICOR's exhibition was held at Fifty-Seven Fifth Avenue in 1936 and featured works of art by American Artists that were later to be presented to the State Museum in Birobidzhan as a gift.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.icor
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the pre-existing microfilm arrangement, the collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reels NDA27 and was returned to Dewey Albinson after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2025 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reels NDA27. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to Dewey Albinson after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Biro-Bidjan Exhibition records date from 1936. The exhibition was organized under the auspices of ICOR (Idishe Kolonizatsie Organizatsie in Rusland) in New York City, New York and featured the works of American artists that were presented as a gift to the State Museum of Biro-Bidjan of the former U.S.S.R.. Found are an exhibition catalog, a telegram, and a clipping regarding the exhibition.