Fraydele Oysher
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Brief Description: The collection pertains primarily to Fraydele Oysher's career as a stage and radio show performer.  Included is correspondence of a professional and personal nature in English and Yiddish, 1944-1997.  Clippings in English, Hebrew, Romanian, Spanish, and Yiddish, 1933-2004.  Promotional materials, film reviews, playscripts, playbills, performance programs, leaflets, bulletins, and posters in English and Yiddish, 1933-1991.  Publicity photos.  Legal contracts, 1948-1964.  Miscellaneous personal materials, 1953-1963.  Music catalogs, song books and song lyrics in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish.  The collection also features materials pertaining to Fraydele Oysher's famous older brother, Moishe Oysher, including a typed biography, correspondence (1940-1943), an article from Jewish Currents, 1985, a list of selected songs, flyers, programs, playbills, and performance tickets in English and Yiddish.  Among the numerous performances in which Fraydele Oysher appeared that are featured in the collection are: A khazendl oyf Shabes (A Little Cantor on the Sabbath); Fraydeles khasene (Fraydele's Wedding); It's Never Too Late for Happiness; The Little Queen; and The Golden Girl.
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YIVO Online Guide
Record Series Number: RG 1955/RG 1955
Volume: 0.0
Subject Index
Bessarabia
Cantors, Jewish
Film and Cinema
Lipkany, Bessarabia
Music
Musicians
New York (N.Y.)
Oysher, Moishe (1907-1958)
Performers
Playscripts
Posters
Press, Jewish
Radio, Yiddish
Radio programs
Radio shows
Theater
Theater, Yiddish
Theaters
United States
Yiddish theater
Yiddish theatrical posters
Genres/Forms of Material
Clippings
Documents - Biographies
Documents - Contracts
Documents - Correspondence
Documents - Legal documents
Documents - Lyrics
Documents - Personal correspondence
Documents - Songs
Ephemera - Tickets
Leaflets
Leaflets - Flyers
Photographs
Playbills
Playbills - Programs
Playbills - Theater programs
Publications - Bulletins
Languages of Materials
English
Spanish
Yiddish
Romanian
Hebrew
Acquisition Notes: Marilyn Michaels ; Acc. 04/13
Finding Aid Revisions: 2013/01/16 ; RCS
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