Mendel Osherowitch

Title: Mendel Osherowitch

Inclusive Dates: 1920s-1967

ID: RG 725

Extent Information

16'2"; 37 5"lgl; 2 3"ovr; 1 2.5"lgl

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in the following series: I) General Corres. (301 folders); II) Ab. Cahan Corres. (72) (Note: were moved to Ab. Cahan file, RG 1139); III) Manuscripts (83); IV) Misc. Documents (19); V) Yidn in Ukraine (56); VI) Press-Clippings (366); VII) Photos (45); VIII) Obituaries & Sympathy Letters (27); Additional Material (unarranged): Family Letters, Photos (boxes 32-39)

Creators

Osherowitch, Mendel (1887-1965)

Administrative/Biographical History

Yiddish journalist, novelist, historian. From 1914 he was a staff member of the *Jewish Daily Forward* and was on its editorial board for many years. Contributed to periodicals including *Yidisher kemfer*, *Zukunft*, *Freie Arbeiter Stimme*. Editor, *Yidn in ukraine*. President, I.L. Peretz Yiddish Writers' Union, New York. Organizer, Federation of Ukrainian Jews. Born in Trostyanets, Ukraine. Immigrated to the U.S. in 1909 after a short stay in Palestine.

Subjects (links to similar collections)

Antisemitism
Literature
Press, Jewish
Radio, Yiddish
United States
Writers

Forms of Material (links to similar genres)

Documents - Papers

Finding Aid Information

Inventory: English, 39 pp., typed

Administrative Information

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Description: The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, printed matter, clippings, photographs and other materials relating to the activities of Mendel Osherowitch. There is also some posthumous material. Correspondence with individuals and organizations including Shalom Asch, Salo Baron, David Ben-Gurion, Abraham Cahn, Albert Einstein, Aaron Glanz-Leieles, Emma Goldman, Sol Hurok, Jacob Lestschinsky, Zalman Reisen, Jacob Shatzky, Abraham Sutzkever, Max Weinreich. Manuscripts and typescripts by Osherowitch including his memoirs and his first novel *Entangled* (unpublished). Articles and other works relating to Abraham Cahan, *Jewish Daily Forward*, topics in Jewish history. Radio scripts. Manuscripts by other authors including Abraham Cahan, Pierre Dreyfus, Hillel Rogoff, Dov Sadan, Moshe Starkman. Clippings relating to various topics and individuals. Photographs of individuals including Theodor Herzl, Hillel Rogoff, Abraham Cahan. Miscellaneous materials, including an antisemitic pamphlet published in the U.S. by the Headquarters of the Russian Fascists, 1932. Personal papers.