Collection Summary
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Harry Ransom Center
Yiddish Theater Collection
1890-1984 (bulk 1925-1935)
1 document box, 1 oversize box (osb) (0.84 linear feet)
The Yiddish Theater Collection
consists of programs, photographs, and other publicity materials, nearly all of
which document the theater of the Jewish community in New York, 1890-1984 (bulk
1925-1935).
English and
Yiddish
Performing Arts Collection
PA-00160
Acquisition:
Assembled by Performing Arts staff
Access:
Open for research. Researchers must create an online Research Account and agree to
the Materials Use Policy before using archival materials.
Restrictions on Use:
Authorization for publication is given on behalf of the University of Texas as the
owner of the collection and is not intended to include or imply permission of the
copyright holder which must be obtained by the researcher. For more information
please see the Ransom Center's Open Access and Use Policies.
Use Policies:
Ransom Center collections may contain material with sensitive or confidential
information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and
regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information
pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in the collections without
the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of
action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an
individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a
reasonable person) for which the Ransom Center and The University of Texas at Austin
assume no responsibility.
Processed by:
Helen Adair, 2002, 2006; Daniela Lozano, 2017
Scope and Contents
The Yiddish Theater Collection consists of programs, photographs, and other publicity
materials, nearly all of which document the theater of the Jewish community in New
York, 1890-1984 (bulk 1925-1935). The collection is organized by production or
performer, with miscellaneous material filed at the end. Included are materials
pertaining to Ludwig Satz, Maurice Schwartz, the Adler family, and productions of
The Dibbuk and Yoshe
Kalb.
Additional material relating to Yiddish Theater can be found in the Stella Adler and
Harold Clurman Papers, as well as the Theater Biography Collection.
Container List
Productions
The Dibbuk, photograph, undated
osb 2.1
If the Rabbi Wants (Satz Yiddish Folks Theatre), program,
undated
1.1
Jacques Bergson (Forty-Ninth Street Theatre), program,
undated
1.2
Kid Mother (Kessler’s Second Avenue Theatre), program,
undated
1.3
King Solomon (Pilling's Theatre), program, 1890
1.4
Lonely Lives (Jewish Art Theatre), program, circa
1920
1.5
Yoshe Kalb
Yiddish Art Theatre, souvenir program, 1932
1.6
Prospect Theatre, photographs, 1933
1.7
Unidentified productions
Shubert Belasco Theatre, program, 1927
1.8
Unidentified venue, photograph, 1924
1.9
Performers
The Adlers
In The Jewish King Lear (Palace Theatre, N.J.), program,
undated
osb 2.2
In Millions (Bronx Opera House), program, 1930; in The
Stranger (Manhattan Opera House), program, 1925
1.10
Goldstein, Jennie, photograph, undated
1.11
Michoels, Solomon, clippings, 1943
osb 2.3
Picon, Molly—see 1.3
Satz, Ludwig, in A Galician Wedding (Public Theatre), photograph,
undated
1.12
Schwartz, Maurice, in The Dibbuk, photograph, undated--see also
1.2, 1.6, 2.1
1.13
Schwartz, William, photographs, undated
1.14
Miscellaneous
Jewish Film Festival (Philadelphia), fliers, 1984
1.15
Yiddish theater, articles about, 1966-1973, undated
1.16
Oversize materials
osb 2