Helena M. Kirstein Scrapbook

Collection

Identifier: P-857

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

This collection contains a scrapbook compiled by Helena M. Kirstein pertaining to her involvement as a volunteer in the Romance of a People Pageant in 1933. The pageant was held at the Kingsbridge 258th Field Artillery Armory on Jerome Avenue and Kingsbridge Road in the Bronx, New York. The purpose of the pageant was to raise funds for the resettlement of German Jews in Palestine. The scrapbook contains news clippings reporting the event, sheet music and lyrics, a photogravure of the set and cast, thank you letter to volunteers from composers and the production director, Jacob Ben-Ami, and a program from the pageant.

Dates

Creation: 1933

Creator

Kirstein, Helena M. (Person)

Access Restrictions

The collection is open to all researchers, except items that may be restricted due to their fragility, or privacy.

Use Restrictions

No permission is required to quote, reproduce or otherwise publish manuscript materials found in this collection, as long as the usage is scholarly, educational, and non-commercial. For inquiries about other usage, please contact the Director of Collections and Engagement at mmeyers@ajhs.org.

For reference questions, please email: inquiries@cjh.org

Extent

1.7 Linear Feet (1 oversized box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

A scrapbook compiled by Helena M. Kirstein pertaining to her involvement as a volunteer in the Romance of a People Pageant in 1933. The pageant was held at the Kingsbridge 258th Field Artillery Armory on Jerome Avenue and Kingsbridge Road in the Bronx, New York. The purpose of the pageant was to raise funds for the resettlement of German Jews in Palestine. The scrapbook contains news clippings reporting the event, sheet music and lyrics, a photogravure of the set and cast, thank you letter to volunteers from composers and the production director, Jacob Ben-Ami, and a program from the pageant.