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Cohen, Felix S., 1907-1953 (Felix S. Cohen's Handbook of federal Indian law) 1

Sholem Asch papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 115
Abstract: The papers contain most of Asch's major works as a novelist, including the controversial Der Man fun Notseres. The Writings series which is made up of Novels, Plays, Essays and Appeals and Other Writings, are written mostly in Yiddish, and includes reviews, playbills, programs, photographs of productions of plays. The correspondence is a selection of letters to Asch from many prominent Jewish writers and organizations. There is a series of letters from Stefan Zweig, as well as a large amount...
Dates: 1923-1949, bulk 1926-1949

Lucy Kramer Cohen papers

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Call Number: WA MSS S-2635
Abstract: The collection documents the life and career of Lucy Kramer Cohen, particularly her work for several federal agencies, contributions to The Handbook of Federal Indian Law, and her political and advocacy work. Professional papers document Kramer Cohen’s work for the Department of the Interior, Department of Agriculture, National War Labor Board, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Department of Labor, National Science Foundation, Public Health...
Dates: circa 1900-2006

Semen and Pavel I︠U︡shkevich papers

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Call Number: GEN MSS 290
Abstract:

Writings and correspondence by or relating to the I︠U︡shkevich brothers and their family. Includes family photographs, and corrected typescripts of stories, plays and screenplays in Russian and in translation.

Dates: 1892-1985, bulk 1892-1930

Mordecai Hillel Kroshnitz papers

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Call Number: MS 2013
Abstract:

The papers contain between two and three thousand handwritten or typed documents including letters, poems, and drafts of articles and lectures. Many of the letters are sent from Yiddish authors and institutions around the world. The papers also include clippings and issues of periodicals with writings by Kroshnitz, reviews of his work, and source material for his work.

Dates: 1936-1997, bulk 1960-1990

Paul Novick papers relating to Sholem Asch

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Call Number: GEN MSS 117
Abstract: Collection consists of correspondence, writings, articles and notes by and about Sholem Asch gathered by Paul Novick, editor of the only paper willing to publish him at the height of the controversy over his trilogy, Der Man fun Notseres (The Nazarene, 1939), Der Sheliekh (The Apostle, 1943), and Meri (Mary, 1949). Jewish leaders accused Asch of teaching conversion to Christianity, a charge that Asch emphatically denied. Asch's writings reflect his concern for the Jews in Europe during and...
Dates: 1943-1963

Yiddish Theater collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 2027
Abstract:

A collection of twenty-five posters documenting Yiddish theater in Argentina and Poland during the years 1917-1958. Most posters feature the work of Yiddish poet, writer, editor and playwright Nechemia Zucker. The collection also contains a folder of newspaper clippings, advertisements, title pages, journals, and works written or edited by Nechemia Zucker.

Dates: 1917-1962

James and Eugenia Zilboorg papers

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Call Number: YCAL MSS 259
Abstract: The James and Eugenia Zilboorg Papers consist of family correspondence, business correspondence, other personal papers, photographs and printed material documenting the life of James and Eugenia Zilboorg and their families. The two largest groups of letters are between James and Eugenia Zilboorg and between the Zilboorgs and the Gel'fman family. In addition to these two large groups of correspondence, there are letters from other family members and friends, including the Zil'burg family of...
Dates: 1898-2015, bulk 1898-1972