Louis Lamed Fund

Title: Louis Lamed Fund

Inclusive Dates: 1940-1960

ID: RG 526

Extent Information

4'; 7 5"ltr; 2 5"lgl; 1 3"ovr

Arrangement

Organization: folders numbered sequentially

Arrangement: The collection is arranged in 10 series: I) Records of the Board of Directors (folders 1-6); II) Corres. of the Board of Directors (7-38); III) Corres. of Writers with Louis Lamed (39-45); IV-V) Corres. with Organizations (46-178); VI) Materials on the Chair for Jewish Studies at Wayne State University, 1954-1959 (179-182); VII) Clippings about the Foundation, 1940-1960 (183-204); VIII) Clippings & Notices published by the Foundation (205-207); IX) Clippings on Jewish Writers (208-252); X) Newspaper Clippings, Misc. (253-257)

Creators

Louis Lamed Fund

Administrative/Biographical History

The Louis Lamed Foundation was established by the Detroit Jewish communal leader, Louis Lamed, in 1940. The Foundation which was active until 1960, awarded annual prizes to the authors of outstanding works in Hebrew and Yiddish. It also supported publications dealing with the bilingual character of Jewish literature. Shmuel Niger was chairman from 1941 to 1953 and jury members included Joseph Opatoshu, Abraham J. Heschel, Isaac N. Steinberg. Winners included Jacob Glatstein, Israel Efros, Menahem Boraisha, I.J. Schwartz, H. Ayalti, Aaron Zeitlin, Jacob Isaac Segal, Zalman Shneur, Chaim Tchernowitz, H. Leivick and Aaron Glanz-Leieles. Lamed also established a chair for Jewish Studies at Wayne State University.

Subjects (links to similar collections)

Culture
Literature
Scholarship
United States
Writers
Yiddish Language and Linguistics

Forms of Material (links to similar genres)

Documents - Records

Finding Aid Information

Inventory: English, 18 pp.; Yiddish, 19 pp., typed

Administrative Information

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Description: Records of the Board of Directors relating to the establishment of the fund, including minutes, announcements. Correspondence of the Board of Directors to Louis Lamed. Correspondence to Louis Lamed from writers including Shalom Asch, Shlomo Bickel, Menahem Boraisha, Aaron Glanz-Leieles, Jacob Glatstein, Abraham Golomb, Chaim Grade, Leibush Lehrer, Itzik Manger, Joseph Opatoshu, Melech Ravitch, Zalman Shneur, Yechiel Yeshaia Trunk, Stephen Wise, and Aaron Zeitlin. Correspondence with organizations. Materials on the Chair for Jewish Studies at Wayne State University, 1954-1959. Clippings about the foundation. Clippings on Jewish writers including articles and biographical information about prize winners.