Rudolf Glanz
Title: Rudolf Glanz
Inclusive Dates: 1930s-1970s
ID: RG 1133
Extent Information
12'1"; 26 5"ltr;2 5"lgl;2 2.5"ltr
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in 5 series: I) Correspondence (folders 1-42); II) Writings (43-279); III) Source materials (280-297); IV) Misc. (298-322); V) Addendum
Administrative/Biographical History
Historian, philologist, lecturer, archivist, lawyer. Obtained a doctoral degree in law at the University of Vienna in 1918. Founded the YIVO Circle of Western Jewish Scholars in Vienna and was a visiting lecturer in YIVO's training division in Vilna. From 1938 to 1954 Glanz was a research associate at the YIVO Institute. Glanz authored books on Jewish history. Published numerous monographs on folklore and Jewish history in YIVO publications such as the *YIVO bleter*. Also published articles in the *Yidisher kemfer* (New York) and *Filologishe shriftn* (Vilna). Specialized in the period of Jewish emigration from Germany and from Eastern European countries. Glanz's topics included the Jewish lower classes and their slang; group relations between Jews and other ethnic groups; and the history of the Jews in the Far West. Long-standing member of the Poalei-Zion (Labor Zionist) movement and archivist at the Labor Zionist Archives.
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