Yiddish theater collection, [ca. 1900]-1986.

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Yiddish theater collection, [ca. 1900]-1986.

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Collection consists of a wide variety of material pertaining to Yiddish theater primarily in New York City, and a smaller amount for other American cities, South America, and Canada. Programs, photographs of productions, actors, and backstage; scrapbook, news clippings, reviews and articles; scripts; some financial records of Yiddish theaters; caricature sketches of actors; some correspondence of actors; and audio tapes of interviews with Yiddish actors. Photographs are identified. Prominent actors and actresses represented by a large quantity of material are Bella Belarina, Jacob Ban-Ami, Bertha Gersten, Molly Picon, Zvi Scooler, and Menasha Skulnik. Also, scripts from the religious television program THE ETERNAL LIGHT; some internal records of the Yiddish radio station, WEVD; photographs pertaining to Yiddish film; a few set designs; and a large series of posters and window cards advertising theatrical productions, principally in Philadelphia, Canada, Chicago, and New York with some in Israel.

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Scooler, Zvi.

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Belarina, Bella.

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Ben-Ami, Jacob

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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...

Skulnik, Menasha

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Museum of the city of New York

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The Works Progress Administration sponsored seven photographers for the Federal Art Project for specific projects in New York City. From the description of Works Progress Administration photographic negative collection, 1937-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155487078 Incorporated in 1923 to collect objects which illustrate the growth and progress of New York City and to educate the public about the city's history. From the description of Records, 1927-1985. (...

WEVD (Radio station) New York, N.Y.

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Gersten, Bertha.

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Picon, Molly

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