Actors, Jewish.

The papers relate to Ben-Ami's theatrical career and include playscripts, programs and playbills, posters and clippings, personal documents, photographs.

Manuscripts and some printed copies of Yiddish plays. Photographs.

The papers relate primarily to Oppenheim's acting career and include correspondence, personal documents, scripts of plays, sheet music, and photographs.

Correspondence with Yiddish literary figures and Jewish institutions. Included are Shalom Asch, David Bergelson, Menahem Boraisha, Daniel Charney, Solomon Dingol, Ossip Dymow, Jacob Glatstein, Moses (Moyshe) Leib Halpern, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Peretz Hirschbein, David Ignatoff, Judah A. Joffe, Alter Kacyzne, Leon Kobrin, Leibush Lehrer, H. Leivick, Raphael Mahler, Kalman Marmor, Jacob Mestel, Shmuel Niger, Joseph Opatoshu, David Pinsky, Zalman Reisen, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Elias Tcherikower, Max Weinreich, Chaim Zhitlowsky, Zalmen Zylbercweig. Manuscripts of Elkin's memoirs, plays and adaptations. Manuscripts of plays by others. Elkin's articles about the theater. Photographs of Elkin and friends. Drawings of characters in Amnon and Tamar, produced by the Vilna Troupe.

Correspondence, personal documents, reviews, clippings, playscripts, programs, posters, and photographs relating to Preiss's career.

Manuscript of the memoirs of Vera Zaslavska. Manuscript of the memoirs of Misha Fishzon, titled Untern forhang fun yidish teater (Behind the Curtain of the Yiddish Theater). Playscripts. Photographs of Vera Zaslavska, Misha Fishzon, Jewish actors in Russia and Romania, the Lyric Theater in New York. Clippings, including obituaries.

Photographs, scripts, playbills, musical scores, correspondence, recordings, plaques, and art objects relating to Picon's theatrical career. Personal photographs of Picon and her husband Jacob Kalich. Photographs of Picon in various stage and film productions including the films Fiddler on the Roof, East and West, Mamele, Yidl mitn fidl, Milk and Honey, and the plays Kuni Leml, Motel Payse. Manuscripts of plays including Shmendrik and Yankele. Music by Abe Ellstein, Mordecai Gebirtig, Abraham Goldfaden, Molly Picon, Joseph Rumshinsky. Playbills and programs from films and theater. Scrapbook of correspondence, theater tickets. Recordings of songs performed by Picon. Plaques, citations, awards. Original art items including portraits, illustrations and cartoons on various topics, many of them studies of Picon.

Materials relate to the Yiddish theater. Manuscripts of two plays: Hotsmakh shpil, Der farkishefter shnayderl. Clippings relating to actors, photographs, miscellaneous programs, announcements.

Memoirs by Schorr of his theatrical career. Manuscripts of Schorr's plays. Correspondence, speeches, articles.

The papers relate to the careers of Asro and Alomis in the Yiddish theater and to their work with the Vilna Troupe. Correspondence and other documents relating to the establishment of the Vilna Troupe. Playscripts, programs, photographs, reviews, memorabilia. Reproductions and original art works by Asro, consisting of drawings, prints, paintings, sketches, theater designs.

The papers include playscripts by Shor and by others, sheet music, personal documents, materials relating to Weissman's activities in various charities, texts of her radio programs, materials from her agency, photographs.

Correspondence with family, friends, writers, organizations. Personal documents. Manuscripts of plays, some with director's annotations. Reviews of performances of the Vilna Troupe. Memoirs entitled Zikhroynes vegn der vilner trupe by Chaim Shneur, Bellarina's husband.

The collection relates to the theatrical careers of Bonus and Bern and consists primarily of printed and manuscript music and lyrics, and scripts of plays. Also includes photographs, flyers, programs, posters, and clippings.

Correspondence, clippings, contracts, playbills and photographs relating to Celia Adler's career.

The collection consists of scrapbooks containing programs, clippings, photographs, posters and reviews relating to Grober's career as a singer and actress.

The papers consist of Yiddish plays, skits.

Correspondence, manuscripts, posters, playbills, photographs. Manuscripts of plays. Correspondence with Shalom Asch, Peretz Hirschbein, Melech Ravitch. Photographs of Sara Herman. Obituaries.

The papers consist of manuscripts, typescripts, photographs, clippings, correspondence, programs, posters, personal documents and sheet music relating to David Licht's theatrical career.

The papers include correspondence, theater programs, photographs, clippings, personal documents.

The collection reflects Yablokoff's theatrical career and includes: sheet music to "Papirosn," "Gib mir op mayn harts," and other; scripts of Yiddish plays by Yablokoff and other playwrights; tapes of songs and performances; publicity and family photographs; plaques and certificates.

The papers pertain predominantly to Ida Kaminska's theatrical career in the United States until her death. A smaller proportion of materials pertains to the pre-1969 period when Mrs. Kaminska and Mr. Melman lived in Warsaw and led the Esther Rachel Kaminska Jewish State Theater in Poland. The collection consists of photographs, letters, telegrams, clippings, awards, notes, personal documents and includes materials pertaining to: the stage production of "Mother Courage" by Bertold Brecht; "Sore-Sheindel from Yehupetz" by Joseph Lateiner; "Mirele Efros" by Jacob Gordin; materials about the film "Shop on Main Street" and the TV production "Mandelstam's Witness" (CBC, 1975). Correspondence of Mr. Melman as director of the Jewish State Theater in Warsaw. Photographs taken at the 50th anniversary memorial service for Esther Rachel Kaminska in Warsaw, 1975. Obituaries and condolences on Meir Melman's death in November, 1978.

Diaries, clippings, reviews, programs, correspondence and photos, relating to Waislitz's theatrical career. A diary, covering the period 1928-1964. Clippings of reviews of Waislitz's performances, articles by and about him. Album of clippings relating to his 50th anniversary in the theater, 1964. Correspondence with individuals and organizations. Playbills and newsclippings relating to the Vilna Troupe. Photographs of Waislitz in various roles. Obituaries on Waislitz's death. Miscellaneous correspondence.

Correspondence, relating mostly to individual performances and the distribution of tickets. Typescripts and manuscripts and printed copies of Yiddish and English plays with Schwartz's notes and comments. Programs and playbills. Sheet music for plays performed by the Yiddish Art Theater. Photographs of stage productions and of members of the ensemble. Clippings of articles about and by Schwartz, relating to the Yiddish theater. Personal documents, financial records, contracts.

Manuscripts and printed copies of Yiddish plays by various playwrights including Peretz Hirschbein and Abraham Goldfaden. Theater programs. Sheet music of the Yiddish theater. Clippings. Photographs of stage productions. Correspondence and personal documents.

The collection pertains to the artistic careers of Nachum Melnick and and Devorah Rosenblum and consists of scripts, publicity programs, sheet music, photographs, clippings, set designs, drawings.

Play scripts, clippings, sheet music, correspondence, photographs, personal documents. Autobiography of P. Burstein. Radio programs of the Lillian Lux show.