Jacob Mestel

Title: Jacob Mestel

Inclusive Dates: 1914-1958

ID: RG 280

Extent Information

13'5.5"; 11 5"ltr; 19 5"lgl; 3 3"lgl; 1 2.5"ltr; 1 map folder

Arrangement

Organization: This collection is arranged in folder numerical sequence

Arrangement: The collection is arranged in the following series: I) Correspondence (folders 1-131); II) Collected Plays (132-235); III) Mestel's writings (236-268); IV) Theater Production materials (287-322); V) Miscellaneous theater materials (323-350); VI) Clippings (351-430); VII) Personal materials (431-447); VIII) Papers of Sarah Kindman-Mestel (448-449); IX) Photographs (450-521)

Creators

Mestel, Jacob (1884-1958)

Administrative/Biographical History

Yiddish actor, director, theater critic, historian, poet, essayist and playwright. Director of the ARTEF Theater, N.Y., 1930s. Performed with Jacob Ben-Ami and Maurice Schwartz. Assistant editor of the *Leksikon fun yidishn teater* (Lexicon of the Yiddish Theater), Volumes 1-3. Lived in Poland, Austria and the U.S.

Subjects (links to similar collections)

Film and Cinema
Literature
Theater
United States
Writers

Forms of Material (links to similar genres)

Documents - Papers

Finding Aid Information

Inventory: English, 33 pp.; Yiddish, 53 pp., typed; Photographs are cataloged in STAGEPIX

Administrative Information

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Description: Correspondence with individuals: Jacob Ben-Ami, Ossip Dymow, Ovsei Liubomirskii, Kalman Marmor, Nachman Meisel, Melech Ravitch, Dov Sadan, Michael Weichert and Zalman Zylbercweig. Correspondence with organizations: Hebrew Actors' Union, IKUF, YIVO. Manuscripts of plays collected by Mestel as director, including adaptations by Mestel. Mestel's writings: manuscripts of poems, plays, essays, articles, notes, translations. Theater production materials: scripts with Mestel's direction notes, prop and set design notes. Miscellaneous theater materials, including course notes, theater programs. Clippings: Mestel's writings, biographical articles, reviews of performances. Family correspondence and personal papers including papers of Sara Kindman-Mestel. Photographs relating to Yiddish theater in New York, 1930s-1950s.