Abraham Goldfaden
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Brief Description: The collection was assembled by Jacob Shatzky for Shatzky's work on the history of Yiddish theater and includes both Goldfaden's papers and materials about him. Manuscripts of 24 plays, 1881-1906.  Manuscripts of Goldfaden's poems and articles.  Letters of Goldfaden, some copied by Shatzky in notebooks.  News clippings about Goldfaden.  Playbills, front pages of published plays.
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Record Series Number: RG 219 /RG 219 
Created by: Goldfaden, Abraham (1840-1908)
Volume: 0.0
Arrangement: The collection is arranged in the following series: I) Plays (folders 1-55); II) Letters (56-78); III) Theater (79-95); IV) Articles by Goldfaden (96-108); V) Articles about Goldfaden (109-129); VI) Biographical & Bibliographical materials
Subject Index
England
Goldfaden, Abraham
Great Britain
Literature
Music
Rumania
Russia
Theater
United States
Writers
Genres/Forms of Material
Documents - Collection
Finding Aid Revisions: 1994/08/03 ; 1999/02/22
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