Yiddish poetry

The Abraham Sutzkever-Szmerke Kaczerginski Historical Collection contains letters, manuscripts, and historical documents which were saved by the Yiddish poets Avraham Sutzkever and Szmerke Kaczerginski in the Vilna Ghetto. Sutzkever, Kaczerginski, and other members of the Paper Brigade, conscripted Jewish workers who were forced to work under the Einsatzstab Rosenberg, saved thousands of books, manuscripts and documents at great risk to their lives by hiding them in various places in the Vilna Ghetto. After the war the surviving members recovered many of the hidden items. Sutzkever sent many of these rescued materials to the YIVO Institute in New York from the period 1947 to 1956. The collection consists of 8 series and includes correspondence of writers, intellectuals, communal leaders, rabbinical figures; manuscripts of Yiddish and Hebrew writers; theater documents; folklore materials; rabbinical responsa and writings; historical and legal documents; pinkasim and Jewish communal records.

The papers of Yiddish poet Aliza Greenblatt include copies of published and unpublished songs, poems and articles in both typed and handwritten manuscript form, newsletters, newspaper clippings, programs, scrapbook pages, and sheet music. There are also drafts and correspondence regarding her autobiography, including original letters sent to her from her husband Isidore when he visited Palestine in 1920, which form a portion of her autobiography. The collection also contains correspondence and legal documents from Greenblatt’s family, documents relating to her Zionist and charitable activities, and correspondence from other Yiddish writers and poets.

Manuscripts of poems. Correspondence with Yiddish literary figures such as Menahem Boraisha, Peretz Hirschbein, Reuben Iceland, H. Leivick, Itzik Manger, Mani Leib, Shmuel Niger, Melech Ravitch, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Abraham Sutzkever. Reviews of Weinstein's works. Biographical notes.

Correspondence: Jacob Ben-Ami, Yitzhak Dov Berkowitz, Daniel Charney, Ben Zion Goldberg, Peretz Hirschbein, David Ignatoff, Szmerke Kaczerginski, Mani Leib, H. Leivick, Abraham Liessin, Itzik Manger, Ida Maze, Kadia Molodowsky, David Pinsky, Olga Rabinowitz (wife of Sholem-Aleichem), Melech Ravitch, Maurice Samuel. Photographs of the Kling family, Sholem-Aleichem family, and of Yiddish writers, such as Peretz Hirschbein, David Ignatoff, Itzik Manger, Mani Leib, Moshe Nadir. Woodcuts by Arthur Kolnik. Manuscripts of poems by Bertha Kling and Moses (Moyshe) Leib Halpern.

Certificate of incorporation, 1924. Minutes, 1970-1972. Financial records, 1930s-1970s. Membership records, 1950s-1970s. Correspondence. Anniversary materials. Banner.

Photocopy of original manuscript notebook containing the Yiddish poetry of an immigrant from Vilna to the United States, composed between 1917 to 1920.

Typescripts of articles by Margulies, written in Zloczow, and Sasow, 1894-1919. Collection of articles by Margulies presented by the youth of Zloczow and Sasow in honor of his sixtieth birthday. Biographical essay. Yiddish play and poems by Ber Margulies, son of Isaac Margulies.

Correspondence with individuals including: A. Almi, Shalom Asch, Nahum Baruch Minkoff, Abraham Cahan, Daniel Charney, Aaron Glanz-Leieles, Jacob Glatstein, Ephim Jeshurin, Zavel Kwartin, Herman (Chaim) Lieberman, Leibush Lehrer, Mani Leib, Kalman Marmor, Kadia Molodowsky, Moshe Nadir, Chaim Pett, Melech Ravitch, Yosele Rosenblatt, Sholom Secunda, Shea Tenenbaum, Baruch Vladeck, Berish Weinstein, M. Winograd, Zalmen Zylbercweig. Correspondence with organizations. Clippings of articles about Adler, including reviews of his memoirs and of the play Yente telebende. Clippings of articles by Adler including stories, jokes, poems. Manuscripts by Adler: plays, humorous sketches, skits, poems, articles, jokes, stories. Photographs of Adler, family and friends.

The papers consist of correspondence; biographical notes; manuscripts of Taubes's works in Yiddish, German, and English; reviews of Taubes's books.

Literary manuscripts, clippings, galleys, musical accompaniment to his poetry. Correspondence with Tsipora Ben-Gurion, Selig Brodetsky, A.A. Roback, Herbert Samuel, Ignacy (Isaac) Schwarzbart.

Manuscripts mostly of Levy's poetry. Correspondence with Yiddish literary figures such as Gershom Bader, Jacob Glatstein, David Ignatoff, Esther Kreitman, A.A. Roback.

Manuscripts and typescripts of Rubinstein's poems, including Khurbn poyln and Megilat rusland. Clippings of articles and poems by Rubinstein. Reviews of Rubinstein's works. Correspondence with family and friends. Photographs, printed materials relating to Yiddish cultural events. Tapes of readings and speeches by Rubinstein. Personal documents.

Correspondence with literary figures and institutions. Typescripts and manuscripts of Heisler's poetry, plays and memoirs. Clippings of Heisler's works. Reviews and criticism of Heisler's works.

Correspondence with brothers David and Lippa and other family members, 1907-1964. Correspondence with individuals including Ephraim Auerbach, Menahem Boraisha, Joshua Fishman, Jacob Glatstein, Aaron Glanz-Leieles, Abraham Golomb, Oscar Handlin, David Ignatoff, Zelig Kalmanovitch, Mordechai Kaplan, H. Leivick, Shmuel Niger, Melech Ravitch, A.A. Roback, Jacob Shatzky, Israel Steinbaum, Salomon Suskovich, Abraham Sutzkever, Yokhanan Twersky, Max Weinreich, Aaron Zeitlin. Correspondence with organizations, including the YIVO Institute. Materials relating to YIVO-Yad Vashem Documentary Projects. Manuscripts of poetry, drama, fiction, essays. Translations, speeches and lectures. Miscellaneous pedagogical materials. Materials relating to Camp Boiberik. Research materials such as questionnaires, statistics, correspondence and reports on various topics including reactions to the Eichmann trial. Personal materials. Clippings of articles by and about Lehrer.

The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts of Chanukoff's prose and poetry, photographs, clippings of his articles.

The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, published essays and articles, clippings and photographs relating to L. Kussman's literary career.

The collection consists of manuscripts of Dashevsky's writings and clippings of his works and some correspondence.

Typescripts of novels, short stories and poetry. Biographical material. Photograph of Lampel.

Correspondence with Yiddish literary figures including Reuben Iceland, David Ignatoff, Aleph Katz, H. Leivick, Itzik Manger, David Pinsky, Melech Ravitch, Abraham Reisen, Abraham Sutzkever. Galley proofs of poetry. Lists of titles of poems and translations. Photographs of Mani Leib, family and friends. Manuscripts and printed copies of several hundred poems by Mani Leib. Poems translated by Mani Leib from English, Russian and other languages into Yiddish. Mani Leib's poems translated into Hebrew, English, Spanish. Articles about Mani Leib.

The papers include a record book of Workmen's Circle Branch 968, 1959-1973. School programs of Workmen's Circle schools in the 1960s. A record book of the Yiddish Culture Club in Brooklyn. Correspondence. Manuscripts of poems. Photograph of Mary Krein.

The collection consists of correspondence, personal papers, clippings, and manuscripts relating to Max Levin's literary career and to his personal life.

Manuscripts of poems and articles. Correspondence with Yiddish literary figures and clippings.

The papers consist of: correspondence with Yiddish writers including Abraham Sutzkever, Selig Heller, Malka Heifetz Tussman; manuscripts of Yiddish poems, articles, stories; clippings of Stiker's work.

The collection includes manuscripts of Aronson's works and clippings.

Manuscripts, typescripts of Davidson's plays, poems, and other works. Materials from the school Makhzikei Talmud Torah d'Boro Park, 1901-1920s: exams, exercises, children's Hebrew compositions.

Correspondence with Yiddish writers, including Aaron Glanz-Leieles, Jacob Glatstein, David Hofstein, H. Leivick, Itzik Manger, Shmuel Niger, Joseph Opatoshu. Reviews of Ghitzis's works. Copy of a 16mm film on Yiddish writers produced by Ghitzis.

Manuscripts of Jaffe's poems, short stories, translations. Personal documents. Correspondence with organizations. General correspondence including Shlomo Bickel, Daniel Charney, Aaron Glanz-Leieles, H. Leivick, Shmuel Niger, Joseph Opatoshu, Abraham Sutzkever, Malka Heifetz Tussman. Family correspondence. Materials for the anthology of Hebrew poetry in Yiddish (published). Materials on the theme of motherhood in world poetry.

Correspondence and manuscripts of poems and stories.

The collection consists of correspondence with individuals and organizations, manuscripts, news clippings and personal documents relating to the life and career of Glanz-Leieles. Correspondents include B. Alkwit, Shlomo Bickel, Marc Chagall, Daniel Charney, Jacob Glatstein, Abba Gordin, Chaim Grade, Szmerke Kaczerginski, Leibush Lehrer, Mani Leib, H. Leivick, Shmuel Niger, David Pinsky, Maurice Schwartz, Abraham Sutzkever, Elias Tcherikower, Menashe Unger, Max Weinreich, Aaron Zeitlin, Chaim Zhitlowsky. Manuscripts by Glanz-Leieles including poems, diaries (1939-1940), plays, lectures, speeches, articles about various topics. Manuscripts by other writers including poems by Moses (Moyshe) Leib Halpern, Mani Leib, Peretz Markish, Leon (Leib) Feinberg, Melech Ravitch. Materials relating to In zikh such as manuscripts about the periodical, clippings, correspondence, notes. Personal papers.