Jacob Charash papers 1920-1949

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Jacob Charash papers 1920-1949

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/520

Jacob (Jack) Charash (ca. 1880-1949) was a press agent, theatrical manager, dramatist, and translator of plays from Yiddish and German. He was co-founder and co-director of the Anglo-Jewish Theatre, a unit of the WPA Federal Theatre Project. Collection contains correspondence, contracts and agreements, and theatrical papers of Charash. Bulk of the correspondence, 1921-1949, consists of letters from various producers, actors and playwrights. Contracts and agreements are related to Charash's work as a press agent and literary collaborator. Theatrical papers include memoranda and clippings.

.5 linear foot (1 box)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6313869

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

Related Entities

There are 9 Entities related to this resource.

Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dc8rxk (corporateBody)

The Federal Theatre Project was a theatre program established during the Great Depression as part of the New Deal to fund live artistic performances and entertainment programs in the United States. It was one of five Federal Project Number One projects sponsored by the Works Progress Administration, created not as a cultural activity but as a relief measure to employ artists, writers, directors, and theater workers. It was shaped by national director Hallie Flanagan into a federation of regional...

Ben-Ami, Jacob

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62z1w6x (person)

Jacob Ben-Ami was a twentieth century actor and director and prominent figure in American Yiddish theater. Ben-Ami was born on November 23, 1890, in Minsk, then a part of the Russian Empire. Before immigrating to the United States, he performed with Yiddish theater troupes throughout Russia and in London. In the United States, he worked with prominent figures on the Yiddish theater scene, including at Maurice Schwartz's Irving Place Theatre. He was a leading figure in th...

Rosenthal, Doris, d. 1971.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69s4hmb (person)

Anglo-Jewish Theatre.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65j5svh (corporateBody)

Endicott, Paul

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pt0v0n (person)

Charash, Jacob, ca. 1880-1949.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bz8x7x (person)

Jacob (Jack) Charash (ca. 1880-1949) was a press agent, theatrical manager, dramatist, and translator of plays from Yiddish and German. He was co-founder and co-director of the Anglo-Jewish Theatre, a unit of the WPA Federal Theatre Project. From the description of Jacob Charash papers, 1920-1949. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517544 From the guide to the Jacob Charash papers, 1920-1949, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Hirschbein, Peretz, 1880-1948

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rb7b8g (person)

Pfeffer, Max

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66v2t57 (person)

Fishbein, Frieda

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60h6hf9 (person)