Leon Kobrin Papers

Collection

Identifier: RG 376

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Manuscripts of Kobrin's plays, stories, memoirs and fragments of novels. Clippings of Kobrin's articles and about Kobrin's life, 1920s - 1940s. Correspondence with individuals including Jacob P. Adler, S. An-Ski, Shalom Asch, Abraham Cahan, Ossip Dymow, Ben Zion Goldberg, Jacob Gordin, Alexander Harkavy, Isaac A. Hourwich, Abraham Liessin, Kalman Marmor, Shmuel Niger, Maurice Schwartz, Boris Thomashefsky, Baruch Vladeck, Yehoash, Chaim Zhitlowsky.

Dates

Creation: 1898 - 1950

Creator

Kobrin, Leon, 1872-1946 (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Yiddish playwright, novelist. Pioneer of Yiddish literature in America. Born in Vitebsk, Byelorussia. Came to the U.S. in 1892.

Extent

15 Boxes (14 5"lgl, 1 3"lgl)

Language of Materials

Yiddish

Additional Description

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in eight series: I) Correspondence with Family Members (folders 1-4); II) Correspondence with Individuals and Organizations (5-34); III) Plays (35-78); IV) Fiction (79-106); V) Essays and Autobiographical Works (107-113); VI) English Translations (114-124); VII) Newspapers Clippings (133-142); VIII) Miscellaneous Materials (139-147).