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Radio broadcasting, Yiddish

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Ben Gailing (1898-1999) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: P-607
Abstract

This collection contains the records of Ben Gailing (1898-1999), a New York and Boston-based Yiddish theater actor and radio host. Collection includes two Yiddish playscripts, "Yo a Mame, Nit a Mame" by Ben Gailing, and "Oy iz dos a Yingel" by Hershel Glick; Gailing’s book, Git a Shmeykhl; Yiddish sheet music; Yiddish theater programs; and photographs of Ben and Frieda Gailing and other actors and actresses from the Yiddish theater.

Dates: undated, 1924-1975

Mark Schweid (1891-1969) Papers

 Collection — Box CB-P10, Folder: P-430
Identifier: P-340
Abstract

This collection consists of typescripts and manuscripts of Yiddish radio plays written by Yiddish actor and director Mark Schweid (1891-1969). Also includes There are also four items of ephemera related to the Bronx Art Theatre.

Dates: undated, 1930-1936

Records of the Yidisher Teater Gezelshaft in Detroit

 Collection
Identifier: RG 1369
Abstract

This collection contains the records of the Yidisher Teater Gezelshaft in Detroit, a theater guild which aimed to put on Yiddish plays of the highest artistic caliber for the Jewish community of Detroit. It contains correspondence, meeting minutes, financial reports, programs, mailings, and membership materials.

Dates: 1935-1943; Majority of material found within 1942-1943