Jewish National Workers' Alliance (U.S.)

This collection contains documents relating to David Pinski’s role as a Yiddish writer, playwright, essayist, translator, editor, literary critic, and author of novels, plays, short stories, essays, and poems. There is personal and professional correspondence, manuscripts of novels, plays, poems, essays, and articles, translations of Pinski’s works into English and Russian, lectures made on various occasions, personal documents and photographs, programs, notes, and newspaper clippings. These materials demonstrate Pinski’s important role in Yiddish drama and literature, Jewish community life and Yiddish cultural institutions.

This collection consists of constitution and bylaws, national convention souvenir journals, almanacs, pamphlets, events fliers and brochures, and local chapters newsletters and publications documenting the activities of the Order. Contains souvenir programs, financial statements, journals, reports and teachers aids for the Folk schools located in New York and Los Angeles, as well as songbooks and scripts from Camp Kinderwelt. Also includes programming and educational material designed for Chapter activities.