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Adler, Celia, 1889-1979

 Person

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Adler Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-890
Abstract 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
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society / Adler Family Papers

National Jewish Welfare Board, Army-Navy Division records

 Collection
Identifier: I-180
Abstract The collection consists mainly of minutes, surveys, reports, photographs, and correspondence of both JWB personnel and U.S. military chaplains, directed toward or concerned with the Jewish men in the Armed Forces.

The material in this collection covers such topics as: holiday arrangements (primarily the High Holy Days and Passover), food needs, religious 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
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society / National Jewish Welfare Board, Army-Navy Division records

Theater and Film Poster Collection of Abram Kanof

 Collection
Identifier: P-978
Abstract 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
Found in: American Jewish Historical Society / Theater and Film Poster Collection of Abram Kanof

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