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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf5c6004gt No online items Guide to the Secular Yiddish Schools in North America Collection M0732 Gella Schweid Fishman, Martha G. Krow-Lucal; and Anna Levia Department of Special Collections and University Archives 2006 Green Library 557 Escondido Mall Stanford 94305-6064 [email protected] URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc Guide to the Secular Yiddish M0732 1 Schools in North America Collection M0732 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives Title: Secular Yiddish Schools in North America collection creator: Friends of the Secular Yiddish Schools in North America Identifier/Call Number: M0732 Physical Description: 68.5 Linear Feet(130 manuscript boxes, 12 flat boxes, 2 oversize folders) Date (inclusive): 1915-2013 Abstract: Materials include curricula, newsletters, instruction books, song books, school board minutes, photographs, newsclippings, memoirs, ephemera and correspondence. Scope and Content of Collection Materials include curricula, newsletters, instruction books, song books, school board minutes, photographs, newsclippings, memoirs, ephemera and correspondence. The collection is organized into three original series (Series 1. Yiddish School files; Series 2. Audiovisual materials, and Series 3. Artifacts) and a fourth series for material received in the 2011 accession. Acquisition Information Gift of many donors, 1994-1998, and of the Friends of the Secular Yiddish Schools in America collection, 1999, 2001, 2002,2003, 2006, 2007 and 2011. Preferred Citation Secular Yiddish Schools in North America collection, M0732. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Publication Rights Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections. Access Collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 24 hours in advance of intended use. Subjects and Indexing Terms Yiddish literature. Jews -- United States. Jewish studies. Textbooks. Jews -- Social life and customs. Jewish day schools. Jews -- Education. Songbooks. Ethnic schools. Ethnicity. Bilingualism. Education -- Bilingual. Teaching. Jews -- History. Children's literature, Yiddish. Education, Cooperative. Minorities -- Study and teaching. Community schools. Linguistic minorities. Education. Yiddish language. Krow-Lucal, Martha G. Friends of the Secular Yiddish Schools in North America Guide to the Secular Yiddish M0732 2 Schools in North America Collection M0732 Fishman, Gella Schweid Series 1. Yiddish school files box 1, folder 1 Barkan, Hershl. Souvenir, Anniversary and Graduation Journals. Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects and Indexing Terms Administrative / Organizational Materials box 1, folder 1 Bender, Sabell. School Performances and Scripts for School Plays Accession no. xxxx-xxx 1963-1965 Scope and Contents note Play script "Treasures of a Century". 23 pp., first page missing. Three classic Yiddish authors (Peretz, Mendele and Sholem Aleichem) meet with some twentieth-century children and tell them stories of modern Yiddish culture and the events surrounding their grandparents' lives. Includes stories of Hershele Ostropolier and poems/songs by Rosenfeld, Bovshover, Edelshtat, M. Birnbaum and Z. Weinper. English with some Yiddish and some transliteration. Original. -- 3 1/2 x 5 card announcing "35th Annual Concert of the Los Angeles Kindershules and Mittelshules. 'Treasures sof a Century (A Pageant Celebrating 100 Years of Modern Yiddish Literature)'" by Sabell Bender. Yiddish and English. Original. -- Wilshire-Ebell Theatre printed program, a publication of the Playgoer Group of theatre magazines. Events taking place in the W-E Theatre during May, 1963, including Jewish Children's Schools Concert program, pp. 21-28. Short description of school curriculum on p. 28. English. Original. -- Bilingual leaflet entitled "Annual Concert of the Jewish Children's Schools of Los Angeles. A performance of 'Our Proud Heritage (A Pageant of Jewish History)'" by Sabell Bender. Yiddish and English. Original. Subjects and Indexing Terms School Performances and Scripts for School Plays IWO, Ordn box 1, folder 2 Barkan, Hershl. Tributes. Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects and Indexing Terms Tributes and Anniversary Celebrations box 1, folder 2 Bender, Sabell. School and Affiliated-Organization Newsletters and Bulletins Accession no. xxxx-xxx 1968-1969 Scope and Contents note Los Angeles Mittleshule "Her Zikh Tsu," Feb. 1968 and Feb. 1969. Announcements of events and meetings. English. Mimeo original. Subjects and Indexing Terms School and Affiliated-Organization Newsletters and Bulletins Bender, Sabell box 1, folder 3 Barkan, Hershl. Student Writing, Published and Unpublished. Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects and Indexing Terms Student Writings: Published and Unpublished box 1, folder 4 Bates-Bracket, Ellen. Affiliated Organizations: Documents. Accession no. 1994-157 box 1, folder 5 Bates-Bracket, Ellen. Holiday Materials. Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects and Indexing Terms Holiday Materials Guide to the Secular Yiddish M0732 3 Schools in North America Collection M0732 Series 1. Yiddish school files box 1, folder 6 Bell, Ann Serkin. Souvenir, Anniversary and Graduation Journals. Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects and Indexing Terms Souvenir Journals box 1, folder 7 Bell, Ann Serkin. Photographs. Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects and Indexing Terms Photographs. box 1, folder 8 Bell, Ann Serkin. Outreach/Publicity Regarding Schools. Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects and Indexing Terms School Publicity: Newspaper Clippings box 1, folder 9 Benyas, Shirley Z. Student Writing, Published and Unpublished. Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects and Indexing Terms Student Writings: Published and Unpublished box 1, folder 10 Benyas, Shirley Z. Photographs. Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects and Indexing Terms Photographs. box 1, folder 11 Benyas, Shirley Z. School Performances. Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects and Indexing Terms School Performances and Scripts for School Plays box 1, folder 12 Benyas, Shirley Z. Affiliated Organizations: Documents. Accession no. 1994-157 box 1, folder 13 Benyas, Shirley Z. Holiday Materials. Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects and Indexing Terms Holiday Materials box 1, folder 14 Burstein, Esther. Administrative/Organizational Materials. Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects and Indexing Terms Administrative / Organizational Materials box 1, folder 15 Burstein, Esther. Informational Material: History, Philosophy, Curriculum of Yiddish Schools Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects and Indexing Terms Informational Material: History, Philosophy, Curriculum of Schools box 1, folder 16 Burstein, Esther. Photographs. Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects and Indexing Terms Photographs. box 1, folder 17 Burstein, Esther. Souvenir Journal. Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects and Indexing Terms Souvenir Journals box 1, folder 18 Caro, Beatrice. Personal Memoirs. Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects and Indexing Terms Memoirs: Published and Unpublished Guide to the Secular Yiddish M0732 4 Schools in North America Collection M0732 Series 1. Yiddish school files box 1, folder 19 Colker, Itzik. Student Publications. Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects and Indexing Terms Student Writings: Published and Unpublished box 1, folder 20 Cymerman, Hadassah. School and Affiliated Organizations: Newsletters and Bulletins. Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects and Indexing Terms School and Affiliated-Organization Newsletters and Bulletins box 1, folder 21 Drachler, Nakhmen. Outreach/Publicity Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects and Indexing Terms School Publicity: Newspaper Clippings box 1, folder 22 Drachler, Nakhmen. Informational Material Re Yiddish Schools Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects and Indexing Terms Informational Material: History, Philosophy, Curriculum of Schools box 1, folder 23 Drachler, Nakhmen. Souvenir Journals. Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects and Indexing Terms Souvenir Journals box 1, folder 24 Epner, Daniel. Souvenir Journals [1 of 2] Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects and Indexing Terms Souvenir Journals box 2, folder 1 Epner, Daniel. Souvenir Journals [1 of 2] Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects and Indexing Terms Souvenir Journals box 2, folder 2 Friedman, Hinde S. Student Writings. Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects and Indexing Terms Student Writings: Published and Unpublished box 2, folder 3 Friedman, Hinde S. Publications for Children. Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects and Indexing Terms Publications for Children box 2, folder 4 Friedman, Hinde S. Student Publications. Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects and Indexing Terms Student Writings: Published and Unpublished box 2, folder 5 Friedman, Hinde S. Souvenir Journals. Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects and Indexing Terms Souvenir Journals box 2, folder 6 Friedman, Sarah. Minutes and Reports; PTA. Accession no. 1994-157 box 2, folder 7 Friedman, Sarah. Affiliated Organizations: Docs. Accession no. 1994-157 box 2, folder 8 Friedman, Shulamis L. Souvenir Journal. Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects and Indexing Terms Souvenir Journals Guide to the Secular Yiddish M0732 5 Schools in North America Collection M0732 Series 1. Yiddish school files box 2, folder 9 Goldstein, Ruth. Photos. Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects and Indexing Terms Photographs. box 2, folder 10 Grackin, Herman. Student Writings. Accession no. 1994-157 Subjects
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