Guide to the Papers of William Edlin (1878-1947) RG 251

Processed by David Wolfson. Additional processing by Rachel S. Harrison as part of the Leon Levy Archival Processing Initiative, made possible by the Leon Levy Foundation.

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
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Electronic finding aid was encoded in EAD 2002 by Rachel S. Harrison in July 2012. Description is in English.

Collection Overview

Title: Guide to the Papers of William Edlin (1878-1947) RG 251

ID: RG 251 FA

Extent: 7.5 Linear Feet

Arrangement:

David Wolfson originally processed the collection in 1974. Additional processing was completed in 2012.

David Wolfson arranged the collection and created an index, which he divided into three sections representing more of an intellectual arrangement rather than a physical arrangement. These sections were: correspondence with individuals; correspondence with organizations, institutions, schools, publishers, and correspondence by subject; and personal materials, including manuscripts and articles. Materials in the index are often cross-listed by both organization and by individual. The index lists the language of the materials as Y for Yiddish, E for English and R for Russian.

The physical arrangement of the collection is in five series and an addendum, which is not represented in David Wolfson’s index, and is arranged by subject. The correspondence is arranged in a general alphabetical order, as is the addendum.

Languages: English, Yiddish, Russian, French, German, Hebrew, Czech

Abstract

This collection contains the personal and professional papers of William Edlin, editor of The Day and a prominent Socialist. It includes correspondence with individuals and with organizations, newspaper clippings, manuscripts of works by Edlin and by others as well as translations done by Edlin, and some of Edlin’s personal documents. These materials relate to Edlin’s involvement with The Day, with the Socialist Party, the Workmen’s Circle, various labor and Zionist organizations, literary clubs and activities, and with music, art and drama.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection relates to Edlin’s position as the editor of The Day as well as his work with various Socialist, labor and Zionist organizations. It contains correspondence and other materials pertaining to individuals including Jacob P. Adler, Nathan Ausubel, Joseph Barondess, Herman Bernstein, Menachem Boraisha, Reuben Brainin, Abraham Cahan, Abraham Coralnick, Jacob de Haas, Eugene Debs, Celia Dropkin, Isadora Duncan, Ossip Dymow, Ilya Ehrenburg, Samuel Gompers, Moshe Leib Halpern, Alexander Harkavy, Peretz Hirschbein, Isaac Hourwich, Sol Hurok, Harold Ickes, Vladimir Jabotinsky, Yefim Jeshurin, Bertha and Jacob Kalich, Leon Kobrin, Herbert H. Lehman, Jack London, Joseph Margoshes, Louis Marshall, Henry Morgenthau, Sr., Paul Muni, Moshe Nadir, Shmuel Niger, M. Olgin, Mendel Osherowitch, Molly Picon, David de Sola Pool, Joseph Proskauer, John D. Rockefeller, Hillel Rogoff, Ludwig Satz, Jacob Schiff, Maurice Schwartz, Yente Serdatzky, Sholem Aleichem, Upton Sinclair, Alfred E. Smith, Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik, Nathan Straus, Jr., Samuel Untermeyer, Baruch Charney Vladeck, Felix Warburg, Chaim Weizmann, President Woodrow Wilson, Rabbi Stephen Wise, Aaron Zeitlin, and Dr. Chaim Zhitlowsky.

There is also correspondence and other materials relating to the Socialist Party and other organizations, among them the American Association for Jewish Colonization in the Soviet Union (ICOR), American Jewish Congress, American Labor Party, American ORT Federation, Columbia University, The Day, Educational Alliance, Folksbiene, Morning Freiheit, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), Jewish Agency, Jewish National Workers’ Alliance, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Joint Distribution Committee, Keren Hayesod, New York City Board of Education, New York Times, Social Democratic League, Workmen’s Circle, World Zionist Organization, Yiddish Culture Society, Yiddish Writers Union, Zionist Organization of America, and Zukunft.

There are also manuscripts by Edlin, including Edlin's translations into Yiddish of literary works, manuscripts of other writers, such as Peretz Hirschbein and Pinchas Friedlander, newspaper clippings of Edlin's writings, including his column "What is New in the Socialist World" and other articles, financial records, notices of meetings, photographs, a metal printing template for a business card, autobiographical materials, birthday greetings, visiting cards, family correspondence, fundraising appeals, programs, resolutions, minutes, announcements for lectures, reports, bulletins, and speeches. The addendum contains materials from many of the same organizations and individuals found elsewhere in the collection.

This collection would be particularly helpful for those interested in the history of The Day and Yiddish newspaper publishing, Yiddish theater in America, the history and development of various communal institutions, and WWI-era Socialism and Zionism. The collection dates from 1894-1948, with three items from 1960-1969.

Historical Note

William Edlin was born in Priluki, Poltawa Province, Ukraine on May 3, 1878 to Paltiel Nochim and Miriam (Borodinsky) Edlin. He attended cheder until he was 12, at which point his family immigrated to the United States, settling in San Francisco in 1891. Edlin attended public evening school for two years and then enrolled at Stanford University, where he was greatly influenced by Socialist ideas.

At the end of 1896, he came to New York and began writing articles for English and Yiddish Socialist publications, including Abend Blatt (Evening Paper), as well as writing a book, The Coming Social Struggle (1897). He also was involved in the Socialist Labor Party, and was the assistant editor of The People in 1900. He became the manager of the Folks Tsaytung (Peoples Paper) in 1899 and later helped to found the weekly Social Democrat, for which he was the first editor, along with several other break-away members of the Socialist Labor Party, including B. Feigenbaum, Leon Kobrin, B. Weinstein, A. Kaspe, Morris Hillquit, as well as Abe Cahan and Morris Winchevsky. After the Social Democrat ceased publication, Edlin began working at The Jewish Daily Forward, where he was the editor from 1902-1903 and also wrote a weekly column about drama and music. He edited the Haverhill Social Democrat in Haverhill, MA, 1901, was the editor of the Capmakers’ Journal in Yiddish and English from 1902-1905, wrote for the Abendpost (Evening Post), the Jewish Daily Herald, 1903-1904, and the Morgn Zhurnal (Jewish Morning Journal), 1904-1913, for which he was also the drama and music editor.

Edlin helped to found the Workmen's Circle and was the General Secretary in 1913-1914. He supported Yiddish cultural activities and more widespread labor education through lecture tours and publications. He was later involved in the educational commission of the Workmen's Circle and served as the president. In late 1914, Mr. Edlin became city editor of Der Tog (The Day) newspaper and served as editor-in-chief from 1916 to 1925. He resigned from The Day in 1925 and became the National Executive Secretary of the Keren Hayesod in the U.S.A. from 1925-1928. He returned to The Day as editor-in-chief in 1929.

Edlin was also involved with music and theater. His book, Velt-Berimte Operas (World-Famous Operas) (1907) discusses and critiques popular Italian, French and German operas as well as music and opera in general. Der Yid (The Jew) was a four-act play, written with L. Cooperman in 1911, and was one of several plays Edlin wrote, including Mentshn in Keytn (Men in Chains), which was going to be performed in Jacob P. Adler’s People’s Theater with Adler playing a role in 1912, although this ultimately did not happen. Edlin was also president of the New York Foreign Film Critics, president of the I.L. Peretz Yiddish Writers Union, a prominent member of the Zionist Organization of America, and a translator of various works of fiction and history, including Ellen Thomas’ two-volume History of the United States (1912).

Edlin married Sarah Boudianoff in New York City in 1901 and they were divorced in 1912. He married Pauline (Polia) Zeltzer in 1912 and their daughter Charmian was born 1914. William Edlin died in New York November 30, 1947.

Subject/Index Terms

American Jewish Congress, American ORT Federation, Authors, Yiddish, Barondess, Joseph, 1867-1928, Bernstein, Herman, 1876-1935, Cahan, Abraham, 1860-1951, Charities, Clippings - Newspaper clippings, Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926, Di Tsukunft, Documents - Correspondence, Documents - Financial records, Documents - Manuscripts, Documents - Minutes, Edlin, Villyam, 1878-1947, Educational Alliance (New York, N.Y.), Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924, Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America, Ickes, Harold L. (Harold Leclaire), 1874-1952, Icor, Israel, Keren Hayesod, Lehman, Herbert H. (Herbert Henry), 1878-1963, London, Jack, 1876-1916, Margoshes, Joseph, 1866-1955, Morgn-frayhayt, Newspaper editors, Newspaper publishing, New York (N.Y.), Periodicals, Photographs, Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944, Socialism, Socialist Party (U.S.), Soloveichik, Hayyim, 1853-1918, Straus, Nathan, 1889-1961, Tog, Vladeck, B. (Baruch), 1886-1938, Warburg, Felix M 1871-1937 (Felix Moritz), Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952, Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949, Workmen’s Circle/Arbeter Ring, Yiddish newspapers, YIVO Archives, Zhitlowsky, Chaim, 1865-1943, Zionism, Zionist Organization of America

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions: Permission to use the collection must be obtained from the YIVO Archivist. For information write to archives@yivo.cjh.org

Use Restrictions: Permission to publish part or parts of the collection must be obtained from the YIVO Archives. For more information, contact:YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011 email: archives@yivo.cjh.org

Acquisition Method: Donated to YIVO by Mrs. Charmian Cohn, daughter of William Edlin, in 1949.

Separated Materials: There is no information about materials that are associated by provenance to the described materials that have been physically separated or removed.

Original/Copies Note: There is an index created by David Wolfson in the front of the first box, which reflects an intellectual arrangement in three sections.

Related Materials: The YIVO Library has Edlin’s book about opera and his book The Coming Social Struggle as well as many books and other materials about Socialism, Zionism and labor. Edlin’s correspondence and records of his activities as well as the activities of organizations with which he was involved can be found in Records of the Day-Morning Journal, RG 639; Records of the Workmen’s Circle, RG 575; Records of the I.L. Peretz Yiddish Writers’ Union, RG 701; Papers of Abraham Coralnick, RG 321 and the personal collections of many Yiddish writers, particularly those who wrote for, or were otherwise connected with, The Day.

Preferred Citation: Published citations should take the following form:Identification of item, date (if known); Papers of William Edlin; RG 251; folder number; YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

Series 1: Series I: Personal Materials, 1896-1948,
Series 2: Series II: Correspondence with Organizations, 1897-1947,
Series 3: Series III: Family Correspondence, 1896-1947, 1969,
Series 4: Series IV: Correspondence with Individuals, 1894-1943, 1960,
Series 5: Series V: Manuscripts, 1900-1938, undated,
Series 6: Series VI: Addendum, 1915-1948, 1962

Series I: Personal Materials 1896-1948

The materials in this series are generally directly related to William Edlin’s personal life, including financial and legal records, materials from Stanford University, autobiographical materials, clippings of articles by and about Edlin, including his column from The Day and articles and reviews he wrote about music, theater, film, and art, photographs, speeches, and manuscripts of Edlin’s writings, including translations he made of world literature. There is also a great deal of material about various Socialist and labor groups and activities he was involved with, including the Socialist Labor Party, the Social Democratic Party, the Social Democratic League of America, the U.S. Socialist Party, and the American Labor Party, among others.

Folders: 66

Folder 1: Personal loans 1912-1940
Folder 2: Legal matters 1919-1935
Folder 3: Income and personal taxes 1918-1943
Folder 4: Stanford University Club 1921-1935
Folder 5: Miscellaneous personal papers 1901, 1917-1927, 1939-1944
Folder 6: Press cards-visiting cards 1909-1943
Folder 7: College papers 1896-1899
Folder 8: Insurance and leases 1913-1942
Folder 9: Receipts and business papers 1918-1947
Folder 10: Budgets 1932-1938
Folder 11: Autobiographical materials 1925-1941
Folder 12: 50th birthday jubilee 1928
Folder 13: Notes and outlines 1921-1943, undated
Folder 14: Clippings and circulars about Edlin 1903-1912
Folder 15: Clippings and circulars about Edlin 1907-1946
Folder 16: Condolences to Mrs. Edlin 1947-1948
Folder 17: Obituary clippings 1947-1948
Folder 18: Autographs of friends and relatives 1925-1940
Folder 19: Photographs 1915, undated
Folder 20: Talks and addresses 1944-1945, undated
Folder 21: Talks and addresses 1944, undated
Folder 22: Talks and addresses 1939-1945, undated
Folder 23: Talks and addresses 1899, 1946, undated
Folder 24: Talks and addresses undated
Folder 25: Manuscript - Heldn in Kaytn (Heroes in Chains) 1910
Folder 26: Manuscripts - miscellaneous 1910, undated: includes: Geshmite Helden (Chained Heroes), 1910
Di Rusishe Revolutsie fun 1917 (The Russian Revolution in 1917)
Folder 27: Manuscripts - translations by Edlin undated: includes: A Trip to Beethoven's Shrine, by James Faller
The Abyss, by Kazimerz Tetmajer and Stanislaw Przbyszewski
Bartel Turaser, by Philip Langman
A Victim from Russia, by S. Schiffman
Folder 27A: Manuscripts - translations by Edlin 1909: La Rencontre (The Meeting), by Pierre Berton, Paris, translated from French to Yiddish
Folder 28: Articles by Edlin - clippings 1897
Folder 29: Articles by Edlin - clippings 1900-1905
Folder 30: Articles by Edlin - clippings 1897-1905
Folder 31: Articles by Edlin - clippings 1909, 1920, 1936, undated
Folder 32: Articles by Edlin - clippings 1935-1937: column in Der Tog: Vos Tut zikh in der Sotsialistisher Velt (What's Happening in the Socialist World)
Folder 33: Articles by Edlin - clippings 1906-1907: music and opera, from Der Amerikaner
Folder 34: Articles by Edlin - clippings 1906-1944, undated: music and opera
Folder 35: Articles by Edlin - clippings 1907, undated: music and opera
Folder 36: Articles by Edlin - clippings 1907-1911, undated: music and opera
Folder 37: Articles by Edlin - clippings 1907-1912: Richard Wagner (English, German, Yiddish)
Folder 38: Articles by Edlin - clippings 1928-1933: Richard Wagner (English, Yiddish)
Folder 39: Articles by Edlin - clippings 1908-1910, 1929-1946: reviews of English theater and film (Yiddish, English)
Folder 40: Articles by Edlin - clippings 1933-1945: reviews of Yiddish theater and music
Folder 41: Articles by Edlin - clippings 1909-1915: Jewish music and art
Folder 42: Articles by Edlin - clippings 1910-1912, 1923-1933, 1946: Jewish music and art
Folder 43: Articles by Edlin - clippings 1908-1912: Jewish music and art
Folder 44: Project for a popular grand opera organization in New York City 1920, undated
Folder 44A: Project for a new kind of motion picture theater undated
Folder 45: Yiddish (Jewish) press - clippings 1923-1946, undated: (Yiddish, English)
Folder 46: Yiddish literature - clippings 1910, undated
Folder 47: Picture postcards - art pictures 1908-1937, undated: (English, German)
Folder 48: Socialist Labor Party - clippings 1897-1899
Folder 49: Socialist Labor Party - Socialist Manifesto 1896-1899
Folder 50: Social Democratic Party 1899-1902
Folder 51: Social Democratic Party - election campaign 1901-1902
Folder 52: Social Democratic League of America 1918-1920
Folder 53: Social Democratic League of America - constitution and by-laws 1919
Folder 54: Socialist Party 1938-1939
Folder 55: Socialist Party 1935-1937
Folder 56: Socialist Party 1912-1917, 1930-1935
Folder 57: Socialist Party 1931-1935, undated
Folder 58: Socialist Party - election campaign 1932-1936
Folder 59: Socialist Party - press clippings 1933-1936
Folder 60: American Labor Party 1939-1943
Folder 61: Jewish Socialist organizations 1913-1918, 1940
Folder 62: Socialism - miscellaneous materials 1928-1931
Folder 63: Socialism - miscellaneous clippings 1900-1916, 1930-1947
Folder 64: Socialism - miscellaneous clippings 1900-1905, 1943-1945

Series II: Correspondence with Organizations 1897-1947

The correspondence and related materials in this series concern various Socialist, Zionist and labor organizations, Yiddish and English periodicals, unions, aid societies, cultural organizations and societies, local and national government institutions, schools, and publishers. There is also a great deal of information about Edlin’s work at The Day, including correspondence with staff and other professional correspondence, information about charity cases that The Day was involved with, financial records, reports, and minutes. Edlin’s connection to the Workmen’s Circle, including his work as Secretary General, is also well-represented through correspondence, by-laws, convention materials, and speeches.

Folders: 90

Folder 65: A 1906, 1920-1947: Agence Litteraire et Dramatique Internationale; Ambijan; American League for a Free Palestine; American ORT; Der Arbeiter
Folder 66: American Alliance for Labor and Democracy 1917-1919
Folder 67: American Federation of Labor, American Jewish Conference 1904, 1917-1918, 1945
Folder 68: American Jewish Congress 1916-1918
Folder 69: American Jewish Congress 1919-1925
Folder 70: B 1924, 1934: Biographical Encyclopedia of American Jews; Brownsville and East New York Hospital
Folder 71: Bronx Jewish Herald / Bronx Jewish Weekly 1928
Folder 72: Bronx Jewish Herald / Bronx Jewish Weekly 1927-1929
Folder 73: C 1901-1906, 1922, 1939: Cantors Association of America; The Comrade; Coopers International Union; Coralnick Branch of Jewish National Workers Alliance
Folder 74: California Jewish Voice 1913-1928
Folder 75: Columbia University 1912, 1926
Folder 76: Committee on Public Information 1917-1918
Folder 77: D 1910, 1935: Daughters of Jacob; Dress and Waistmakers' Union
Folder 78: E 1919-1925, undated: Educational Alliance; Eureka Benevolent Society; The Evening Mail; The Ezra School
Folder 79: Federation of Jewish Philanthropic Societies 1924-1925
Folder 80: F 1902-1903, 1926-1942: Fellowship of Faiths; Folksbiene; Foreign Press Publicity Service; Forward; Di Morgn Freiheit
Folder 81: H 1920-1925, 1942: Hebrew Actors' Union; Hebrew-American Typographical Union; Hebrew Free Loan Society; Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS); Histadruth Ivrith
Folder 82: I 1934-1944: ICOR; Indritz's Yom Tov Schriften
Folder 83: J 1909-1929, 1945: Jewish Agency for Palestine; Jewish Biographical Bureau; Jewish Economic Board; Jewish Morning Journal; Jewish Publication Society; Jewish Telegraphic Agency; Jewish War Rally Committee; Jewish Welfare Board; Jewish League of American Patriots; Junior Patriots of America
Folder 84: Jewish Labor World 1907-1913
Folder 85: Jewish Writers Club 1912, 1937, undated
Folder 86: L - M 1901, 1915-1936: Labor Secretariat; Labor Stage, Inc.; Ladies Waist and Dressmakers Union; League for American Citizenship; League of Foreign-Born Citizens; The Literary Digest; Metropolitan Opera Company
Folder 87: N 1903, 1915-1935: The Nation; National Security League; National Labor Committee; National Social Club; The Neighborhood Playhouse; The New Leader; New Netherlands Publishing Company; The New Palestine
Folder 88: New York City - New York Fraternal Congress 1905-1925: New York City Board of Education; New York City Department of Education; New York City Department of Public Welfare; New York Fraternal Congress
Folder 89: New York Independent 1927, undated
Folder 90: New York Newspaper Writers Union 1912-1913
Folder 91: New York Public Library - Newspaper Club 1922-1929: New York Public Library; New York Telegram; The New York Times; The Newspaper Club
Folder 92: P 1922-1946: PM; Palestine Emergency Fund; The People; Poets' Guild; Polish Telegraph Agency; Port Morris School; Progressive Worker's Club
Folder 93: Pi Tomid 1907-1909
Folder 94: R 1918-1927: Reflex; Russian Political Club
Folder 95: Theatre Guide 1927, undated
Folder 96: U 1900, 1916-1933: United Cloth, Hat and Cap Makers Union; United Jewish Campaign; United Palestine Appeal; United States House of Representatives; United States Industrial Commission
Folder 97: United Nations Conference 1945
Folder 98: United Nations Conference - clippings 1945
Folder 99: W 1906, 1921-1924: The Warheit; Workers Self Educational Center; Dos Wort
Folder 100: Y 1922-1923, 1935: Yehoash Farlag Gezelshaft; Yeshiva College; Yiddish Art Theater; Young Judea
Folder 101: Yiddish Writers Union 1916-1929
Folder 102: Yiddish Writers Union 1930-1939
Folder 103: Yiddish Writers Union 1940-1943
Folder 104: Yiddish Writers Union undated
Folder 105: Zionist Congress, ninth 1909
Folder 106: Zionist organizations 1919-1921, undated: Zionist Commission to Palestine; the Zionist Organization Executive; World Zionist Organization
Folder 107: Zionist Organization of America 1922-1931
Folder 108: Zukunft, Die 1905-1913
Folder 109: Day - Correspondence - A-C 1919-1943
Folder 110: Day - Correspondence - D-E 1924-1942
Folder 111: Day - Correspondence - F-K 1924-1925, 1939
Folder 112: Day - Correspondence - L-M 1922-1942
Folder 113: Day - Correspondence - N-R 1921-1932
Folder 114: Day - Correspondence - Sa-Sc 1919-1935
Folder 115: Day - Correspondence - Shapiro, David 1919-1925, 1937-1938
Folder 116: Day - Correspondence - Sh-St 1924-1926, 1939-1942
Folder 117: Day - Correspondence - Staff 1916-1925, 1941, undated
Folder 118: Day - Correspondence - W-Y 1917-1930, 1942
Folder 119: Day - Correspondence - unidentified undated
Folder 120: Day - Correspondence - charity cases B-C 1924
Folder 121: Day - Correspondence - charity cases F-M 1922-1934
Folder 122: Day - Correspondence - charity cases R-Z 1919-1925
Folder 123: Day - budgets and financial affairs 1927, 1941, undated
Folder 124: Day - lists of staff members and salaries 1920-1925, 1937, undated
Folder 125: Day - miscellaneous papers 1919-1940
Folder 126: Day - miscellaneous papers undated
Folder 127: Day - newspaper clippings 1923-1947
Folder 128: Workmen's Circle - circular letters 1927-1941
Folder 129: Workmen's Circle - circular letters 1942-1945
Folder 130: Workmen's Circle - constitution 1903
Folder 131: Workmen's Circle - convention 1910
Folder 132: Workmen's Circle - convention 1914
Folder 133: Workmen's Circle - convention 1915-1917
Folder 134: Workmen's Circle - convention undated
Folder 135: Workmen's Circle - correspondence 1906-1930
Folder 136: Workmen's Circle - correspondence 1931-1935
Folder 137: Workmen's Circle - correspondence 1936-1945
Folder 138: Workmen's Circle - correspondence, Edlin as Secretary General 1913: letters of congratulations
Folder 139: Workmen's Circle - correspondence, Edlin as Secretary General 1913-1914
Folder 140: Workmen's Circle - correspondence, Edlin as Secretary General 1913-1914
Folder 140A: Workmen's Circle - clippings, Edlin as Secretary General 1914
Folder 141: Workmen's Circle - Independent Workmen's Circle 1910-1914: Boston, MA
Folder 142: Workmen's Circle - meeting notices and bills 1912-1947
Folder 143: Workmen's Circle - miscellaneous materials 1913-1915
Folder 144: Workmen's Circle - National Executive Committee 1933-1935
Folder 145: Workmen's Circle - clippings 1908-1915
Folder 146: Workmen's Circle - clippings 1931-1941
Folder 147: Workmen's Circle - clippings undated
Folder 148: Workmen's Circle - notices of meetings addressed by Edlin 1913-1932
Folder 149: Workmen's Circle - sanitorium 1913-1914, 1930
Folder 150: Notices of meetings that Edlin addressed 1897-1900: Socialist Labor Party
Folder 151: Notices of meetings that Edlin addressed 1900-1905: Social Democratic Party
Folder 152: Notices of meetings that Edlin addressed 1906, undated
Folder 153: Notices of meetings that Edlin addressed 1897-1906: unions and others

Series III: Family Correspondence 1896-1947, 1969

There is correspondence with Edlin’s sister, brothers, father, cousins, uncle, nieces and nephews, his daughter, Charmian, his first wife, Sarah, and his second wife, Polia, as well as other friends and family members. This correspondence is mostly in English, with some Yiddish and Russian.

Folders: 36

Folder 154: Correspondence with family and friends 1907-1943
Folder 155: Correspondence with family and friends 1901-1941
Folder 156: Correspondence with family and friends 1909-1941: greeting cards and postcards
Folder 157: Edlin, Alvin; Edlin, Blanche 1911, 1941-1943: (cousins)
Folder 158: Edlin, Ben 1901-1942: (brother)
Folder 159: Edlin, Chaim 1906-1912: (brother)
Folder 160: Edlin, Charmian 1917-1941: (duaghter)
Folder 161: Edlin, Edith 1897-1942: (sister)
Folder 162: Edlin, Edward M. 1900-1943: (brother)
Folder 163: Edlin, Gershon 1904-1928: (uncle)
Folder 164: Edlin, Henry and Annie 1897-1942: (brother and sister-in-law)
Folder 165: Edlin, James S.; Edlin, Mrs. Juda; Edlin, Isaac; Edlin, Marshall 1923-1932, undated: (Isaac is a brother, Marshall is a nephew)
Folder 166: Edlin, Max 1905-1927: (brother)
Folder 167: Edlin, Mildred; Edlin, Mordecai Ber; Edlin, Morris 1896-1927: (Mildred is a niece, Morris is a brother)
Folder 168: Edlin, Nathan (Paltiel Nahum) 1897-1899: (father)
Folder 169: Edlin, Nathan 1900-1909
Folder 170: Edlin, Nathan 1910-1919
Folder 171: Edlin, Nathan 1920-1929
Folder 172: Edlin, Nathan 1930-1943
Folder 173: Edlin, Nathan undated
Folder 174: Edlin, Raymond 1927-1935: (nephew)
Folder 175: Edlin, Sam; Edlin, Ted; Edlin, Vitali 1897-1947: (brothers)
Folder 176: Edlin, Sarah 1900-1928, 1969: (first wife)letters to William Edlin
Folder 177: Edlin, Sarah 1900-1907: letters from William Edlin
Folder 178: Edlin, Sarah 1899-1906: miscellaneous letters
Folder 179: Edlin, Polia (Paula, Pauline) 1908-1909: (second wife)letters to William Edlin
Folder 180: Edlin, Polia 1910: letters to William Edlin
Folder 181: Edlin, Polia 1913: letters to William Edlin
Folder 182: Edlin, Polia 1916-1918: letters to William Edlin
Folder 183: Edlin, Polia 1924-1931: letters to William Edlin
Folder 184: Edlin, Polia undated: letters to William Edlin
Folder 185: Edlin, Polia 1899-1909: letters from William Edlin
Folder 186: Edlin, Polia 1910: letters from William Edlin
Folder 187: Edlin, Polia 1913-1915: letters from William Edlin
Folder 188: Edlin, Polia 1913: postcards from William Edlin
Folder 189: Edlin, Polia 1909-1942: miscellaneous letters

Series IV: Correspondence with Individuals 1894-1943, 1960

The correspondence in this series is with various individuals, including prominent Socialists, people involved with the labor movement, Yiddish and English writers, and actors and other cultural figures. Some of these include Jacob P. Adler, Joseph Barondess, Abraham Coralnick, Eugene V. Debs, Celia Dropkin, Isadora Duncan, Isaac Hourwich, Herbert H. Lehman, Jack London, Joseph Margoshes, Shmuel Niger, Jacob Schiff, Maurice Schwartz, Sholem Aleichem, Upton Sinclair, Alfred E. Smith, Baruch C. Vladeck, Edward and Felix Warburg, Chaim Weizmann, Woodrow Wilson, Stephen S. Wise, Chaim Zhitlowsky, and many more.

Folders: 55

Folder 190: A 1900-1943: Abbott, Leonard D.; Abrahams, David; Abramowitz; Adler, Jacob P.; Adler, Stella; Arnstein, Ira B.; Astor, H.; Atkinson, Warren; Auerbach, R.; Ausubel, N.; Avery, Martha
Folder 191: Ba 1902-1933: Bandlow, Robert; Baradulin, L.; Barnum, Gertrude; Barondess, Joseph; Baskin, Joseph; Basovsky, Estelle;
Folder 192: Be 1899-1942: Belikov, Israel; Belovski, Morris; Berg, Isabelle; Berger, Victor L.; Bernstein, Abraham; Bernstein, Herman; Bernstein, L. P.; Bersford, Thomas; Berul, Zalmon; Berwin, Anna; Beuler, B.; Beverly, Helen
Folder 193: Bl-Bo 1906-1938: Blank, L.; Blatch, Harriet Stanton; Bloch, Joshua; Boraisha, Menachem; Boyarsky, J.
Folder 194: Boudin, Louis Boudianoff 1901-1923
Folder 195: Br-Bu 1922-1942: Brainin, Reuben; Brand, Ira; Brooks, M.; Budish, Jacob; Bushinsky, J.M.
Folder 196: Brown, Louis H. 1909-1940
Folder 197: C 1896-1941: Cahan, Abe; Celler, Emanuel; Chanin, L.; Cohen, B.; Coh, Albert; Conheim, Herman; Coralnick, Abraham and Beatrice; Coralnick, Manya; Coralnick, Sarah; Crowell, C.H.
Folder 198: D 1901-1941: Danzis, M.; Dalinda, Joseph Z.; Davenport, B.; de Haas, Jacob; Debs, Eugene V.; Denemon, E.S.; Dluzhnowski, M.; Dowler, A.S.; Dropkin, Celia; Dreier, Margaret D.; Duncan, Isadora; Dymow, Ossip
Folder 199: E 1924-1941: Ehrenburg, Ilya; Elbe, Leon; Elias, Miriam; Elstein, Morris; Ephros, Gershon; Epstein, H.J.
Folder 200: F 1901-1942: Faller, James; Feigenbaum, B.; Fein, David; Feinman, A.; Fels, Mary; Fink, Reuben; Finkelstein, Chaim; Finnegan, Elizabeth; Firth, Maurice; Fisher, Mendel; Fox, George I.; Friedkin, Israel
Folder 201: Ga-Gi 1902-1929: Gaisky, N.A.; Geiger, N. P.; Gelbart, Michael; Ginsburg, Saul; Gisnet, Morris
Folder 202: Go-Gu 1906-1942: Goldberg, B.Z.; Golub, Solomon, Foundation; Gonzer, A.M.; Gonzer, Gertrude; Gordon, M.; Graubart, Y.Z.; Greenberg, Alla; Grossman, Vladimir; Gutlevsky, Molly
Folder 203: H 1902-1937: Hardman, J.B.S.; Harkavy, Alexander; Harkavy M.R.; Hartman, Gustave; Hayes, Max S.; Herndon, Richard; Horowitz, Isac; Hourwich, Isaac; Hurok, Sol; Hurwitz, Maximilian; Hyndman, H.M.
Folder 204: Imchanitzky, Marie and Michael 1897-1909
Folder 205: I-J 1928-1942: Ish-Kishor, Shulamith; Jasinowski, Pinchas; Jefroykin, Israel; Jeshurin, Yefim; Jordan, David Starr
Folder 206: Ka-Ke 1912-1942: Kalich, Bertha; Kalich, Jacob; Kalich, Lillian; Kamenetsky, Sonia; Kantor, K.; Katz, Jacob; Katz, Louis H.; Kennedy, Charles R.; Kellar, Harold
Folder 207: King, Cameron H., Jr. 1899-1908
Folder 208: Kl-Kw 1909-1940: Klein, Alfred; Klein, S.; Kobrin, Leon; Koelble, Alphonse; Koenigsberg, M.; Kohut, Mrs. Alexander; Kremer, Ilsa; Kuperson; Kwartin, Bernard
Folder 209: La-Le 1909-1937: Landman, Isaac; Lapson, Dvora; Latzky, W.; Lavser, B.; Le Bosquet, C.H.; Lehman, Herbert H.; Levenson, Boris; Levin, Simon J.; Levitzky, B.; Levy, Aaron J.; Lewis, William H.
Folder 210: Li-Lu 1909-1940: Liberman, Meyer; Lilith, Ola; Lombard, Leo; London, Jack; London, Charmian (Mrs. Jack); Lopatin, A.; Lubin, Arthur
Folder 211: Mac-Mar 1919-1925: Machalansky, Esther; Marcus, Joseph S.; Margolin, Arnold; Margoshes, Joseph
Folder 212: Margoshes, Samuel 1917-1926
Folder 213: Marshall, Louis 1918-1923
Folder 214: Mc-Mo 1901-1929: McLoughlin, J.E.; Meister, Isaac; Milch, Jacob; Mishman, Rose; Monfried, Lazarus; Morewsky, A.; Morgenthau, Henry; Morrill, C.A.; Morrison, Captain; Morrison, Maurice; Mosessohn, Nehemiah
Folder 215: N 1924-1935: Neumann, Emanuel; Nicoll, William C.; Niger, Shmuel; Nochotowitch, Achill; Noel, Rose F.; Noel, Sterling
Folder 216: Pe-Pi 1916-1941: Peck, George; Petrunkevitch, I.; Pfeffer, J.; Phelps, Philo F.; Phillips, Nathaniel; Pilsk, M.
Folder 217: Po-Q 1900-1938: Pool, David de Sola; Posess, M.; Postel, Max; Potter, Sarah; Proskauer, Joseph M.; Putnam, E. Val; Quirk, D.
Folder 218: Ra 1913-1927: Rabinowitz, S.; Rappaport, W.K.; Raskin, Rae; Raskin, Saul; Rauch, C.E.
Folder 219: Re-Rj 1901-1935: Regulsky, M.; Reich, H.; Reisenberg-Sherman, Nadia; Richards, Bernard G.; Riley, William Harrison; Rjawski, Anna
Folder 220: Ro 1909-1940: Rockefeller, John D.; Rockmore, Clara; Rogoff, H.; Rogovin, J.; Roncini, G.; Rose, Mrs. F.A.; Rosen, Emanuel; Rosen, Lia; Rosenauer, Nicholas; Rosenberg, Albert A.; Rosenberg, James N.; Rosenblatt, H.; Rosenbloom, Ben-Zion; Rosenwald, William; Ross, Jacob M.; Ross, L.; Rottauer, N.
Folder 221: Ru 1917-1932: Rubinstein, Z.H.; Rumsey, Mrs. David; Russell, Theresa H. (Mrs. Charles Edward)
Folder 222: Sa 1909-1943: Sachs, S.A.; Salmanowitz, Mrs.; Samuel, Maurice; Saphirstein, Jacob; Satz, Ludwig; Savage, Leon;
Folder 223: Sc 1909-1931: Schachnowitz, Mollie; Schaenen, Mendell M.; Schaffer, Benjamin N.; Schiff, Jacob; Schomer, Abraham; Schwartz, Maurice; Schweitzer, Mrs. Peter
Folder 224: Se 1918-1938: Seglow, Celia; Seglow, Edwin; Selkin, Alexander; Semel, Bernard; Semenoffsky, A.D.; Serdatzky, Yente
Folder 225: Sh 1894-1942: Shank, Mrs. Max; Shapiro, Chaim; Shapiro, David; Shelubsky, M.; Shelvin, B.; Sherrill, Charles H.; Shiplacoff, A.I.; Shipman, Samuel; Sholem Aleichem; Shuman, L.
Folder 226: Si-Sm 1909-1929: Sinclair, Upton; Slezak, Leo; Slobodin, Henry L.; Slokowsky, Zelman; Slozow, I.; Smith, Alfred E.
Folder 227: So-Sr 1901-1932: Solotaroff, H.; Soloveitchik, Chaim; Spargo, John; Srebnick, David;
Folder 228: St 1900-1932: Steinberg, Shirley; Steinbrook, H.; Stern, Augusta; Stokes, J.G. Phelps; Stolinsky, A.; Stone, N.I.; Straus, Nathan, Jr.
Folder 229: Strunsky, Anna 1897-1902, 1960
Folder 230: Strunsky, Hyman 1897-1913
Folder 231: Strunsky, Manya 1907-1941
Folder 232: Strunsky, Simeon 1908-1924
Folder 233: Sw-Sz 1919-1939: Swick, Otto; Syrkin, Marie; Syrkin, Nahum; Szurpicki, Frank
Folder 234: T 1905-1933: Tarlan, Evelyn; Tauber, L.; Tchaykovsky, N.W.; Teitelbaum, Abraham; Teller, Charlotte; Tenenbaum, Joseph; Terriss, Tom; Tobenkin, Elias; Trommer, Lazarus
Folder 235: U 1917-1933: Udin, Sophie A.; Untermeyer, Samuel
Folder 236: V 1898-1934: Vladeck, B.C.; Vornberg, K.; Voss, J.C.
Folder 237: Walling, William English 1917-1918
Folder 238: Wa-We 1916-1940: Warburg, Edward M.M.; Warburg, Felix; Warhaft, Gertrude; Weinstein; Weis, J. Max; Weiss, Shmuel; Weizmann, Chaim
Folder 239: Wi 1906-1924: Wichnitz, H.; Williams, John D.; Wilson, Woodrow; Wise, Stephen S.
Folder 240: Wo 1906-1939: Wohliner, A.; Wolf, Artur; Wolff, Marcus D.; Wortsman, Charles
Folder 241: Y 1917-1934: Yehoash; Young, Clara
Folder 242: Za-Zl 1906-1940: Zagor, Frieda; Zametkin, M.; Zeitlin, Aaron; Zelikovitch, G.; Zemach, Benjamin; Zhitlowsky, Chaim; Zilberts, Zavel; Zimbalist, Efrem; Zlotzowsky, Pauline
Folder 243: Zu-Zw 1907-1942: Zuckerman, M.; Zuckerman, William; Zunser, Miriam; Zwerin, Joseph; Zwig, Israel
Folder 244: unidentified 1897-1925

Series V: Manuscripts 1900-1938, undated

The manuscripts in this series include plays in Yiddish and English, as well as one in German, an English and Yiddish list of plays from the Federal Theatre Project, and a patriotic poem.

Folders: 6

Folder 245: Manuscript - Der Yid (The Jew) 1911
Folder 246: Manuscript - untitled undated: drama in 4 acts
Folder 247: Anglo-Jewish Plays 1938: list of plays from the Federal Theatre Project
Folder 248: Manuscripts - by other writers 1900, 1922, undated: includes: Farvos Roze Krankt (Why is Rosa Sick?), by M. Phillips, 1900
Di Fardekte Vane (The Covered Bath), by Pinchas Friedlander
Does Might Make Right?, by Benjamin Levinson, 1922
Folder 249: Drama scripts - by other writers undated: includes: Dos Kind fun der Velt (The Child of the World), by Peretz Hirschbein
Der Weisse Apfelbaum (The White Apple Tree), by Sholom Pollak (German)
Innoculation to Prevent War, by James Faller
Folder 250: Drama scripts - by other writers undated: includes: Benedict Spinoza, by Harry Krachmalnicoff
Jacobowsky and the Colonel, by Franz Werfel

Series VI: Addendum 1915-1948, 1962

The addendum consists of more of Edlin’s professional materials, including correspondence, clippings, meeting minutes, and reports from many of the same organizations found earlier in the collection. These include the American Jewish Congress, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, the Coralnick Farlag Committee, Federation of Jewish Philanthropic Societies, materials about labor Zionism, Keren Hayesod, for which he was the National Executive Secretary, and the Zionist Organization of America.

Folders: 25

Folder 251: American Jewish Congress 1917-1926
Folder 252: American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee 1940-1941
Folder 253: Concourse Center of Israel 1924-1927
Folder 254: Cooperative Credit Union of New York 1922-1940
Folder 255: Coralnick Farlag Committee 1938-1944
Folder 256: Coralnick Farlag Committee 1938-1944
Folder 257: Coralnick Farlag Committee 1929-1944
Folder 258: Correspondence - miscellaneous 1915-1942
Folder 259: Facts about the Jews in Germany undated
Folder 260: Federation of Jewish Philanthropic Societies 1926-1948
Folder 261: Hillel Solotaroff Publication Committee 1921-1923
Folder 262: Jewish Publication Society 1928-1933
Folder 263: Labor Zionism 1922-1932, 1943, 1962
Folder 264: Palestine Foundation Fund Keren Hayesod 1918-1948
Folder 265: Palestine Foundation Fund Keren Hayesod 1927-1928: fundraising campaigns in Dayton, OH and Buffalo, NY
Folder 266: Palestine Foundation Fund Keren Hayesod 1922-1926: clippings
Folder 267: Zionist Organization of America 1918-1920
Folder 268: Zionist Organization of America 1921
Folder 269: Zionist Organization of America 1922
Folder 270: Zionist Organization of America 1923
Folder 271: Zionist Organization of America 1924
Folder 272: Zionist Organization of America 1925-1926
Folder 273: Zionist Organization of America 1927
Folder 274: Zionist Organization of America 1928
Folder 275: Zionist Organization of America 1929-1932