Yidisher Kultur Farband (New York)

Title: Yidisher Kultur Farband (New York)

Inclusive Dates: 1906-1976

ID: RG 1226

Extent Information

3'3"; 6 5"lgl;2 3"lgl; 1 2.5"lgl

Creators

Yidisher Kultur Farband (New York)

Administrative/Biographical History

Known by its acronym as the YKUF. Organization for the furtherance of secular Jewish culture in Yiddish. Active in left-wing causes. Founded in 1937, at the World Congress for Jewish Culture in Paris. Publisher of the periodical *Yidishe kultur* and many books and pamphlets. Zishe Weinper, the poet, served for many years as secretary of the YKUF. Nachman Meisel, literary critic, was its general editor.

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Art
Artists
Culture
France
Politics and Political Parties
United States
Writers
Yiddish secular movement

Forms of Material (links to similar genres)

Documents - Records

Administrative Information

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Description: The records relate to YKUF's establishment and activities and include: Correspondence with Kalman Marmor relating to the World Congress for Jewish Culture in Paris, 1937. Letters to Meisel and others by Yiddish writers and cultural figures, 1906, 1912, 1921, 1937-1956. Manuscripts and correspondence of Zishe Weinper. File containing statement, notes and clippings concerning resignations from YKUF following the Hilter-Stalin Pact, 1939. Minutes of the Presidium, Executive Committee and other bodies, 1955-1972. General correspondence, bulletins and other materials concerning conferences and other activities, 1965-1972. Typescripts and manuscripts of YKUF and other publications. Scrapbook on YKUF Farlag, 1952. Photographs of Yiddish writers, YKUF events, 1937 conference in Paris. Art work by Jewish artists, ca. 1910 - ca. 1976. Correspondents include Jacob Ben-Ami, Reuben Brainin, Marc Chagall, Naftali Feinerman, Ben Zion Goldberg, Naftoli Gross, Alexander Harkavy, David Ignatoff, Leon Kobrin, H. Leivick, Jacob Mestel, Der Nister, Joseph Opatoshu, Helena Peretz, David Pinsky, Olga Rabinowitz (wife of Sholem Aleichem), Lamed Shapiro, Jacob Shatzky, Henri Chaim Sloves, Max Weber, Yehoash, Chaim Zhitlowsky.