Adler, Celia, 1889-1979
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Adler Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: P-890
Overview
This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Celia Adler and Lazar Freed, including theatrical materials such as scripts, programs and sheet music, correspondence, newspaper clippings, assorted publications, and photographs of many of the members of the Adler family and their friends from the Yiddish theater. These materials reflect the wide scope of the Adler acting family and their immense influence on Yiddish theater, Broadway and motion pictures.
Dates:
1893-1992; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1977
National Jewish Welfare Board, Army-Navy Division records
Collection
Identifier: I-180
Overview
The collection consists mainly of minutes, surveys, reports, photographs and correspondence of both JWB personnel and U.S. military chaplains, directed toward or concerns with the Jewish men in the Armed Forces. The material covers such topics as arrangements for holidays (primarily the High Holy Days and Passover)--special food needs, services, furloughs, prayerbooks; budgeting and staffing; registration and marking of Jewish graves; anti-Semitism in the military; the general problems of Kashruth; communication between the men and their families; and general recreation and entertainment.
Dates:
undated, 1917-1955, 1969, 1974
Theater and Film Poster Collection of Abram Kanof
Collection
Identifier: P-978
Overview
This collection contains 331 Yiddish theater and film posters, mainly from the first half of the twentieth century, from North and South America.
Dates:
1899-1970; Majority of material found within 1915 - 1940
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