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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Sabell Bender papers
Creator:
Bender, Sabell
Identifier/Call Number: M2850
Physical Description:
9 Linear Feet
(22 manuscript boxes and 1 flat box)
Date (inclusive): circa 1900-2000
Abstract: Collection of Jewish performance and event programs, scripts, publicity, and other material including teaching material by
actor and director Sabell Bender.
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, 2022. Accession 2022-307.
Sabell Bender was born in New York City in 1927, moved with her family to Los Angeles at the age of seven, and studied acting
and directing with the legendary acting coach Maria Ouspenskaya. She served as Chair of the Theater Arts department at Oakwood
School in North Hollywood for 25 years. During the 1950s and 1960s, she was the principal of the Los Angeles Kindershuls and
Mitlshuls, where she developed curricula that combined Yiddish literature and the politics of radical social justice. As a
founding member of the Yiddish language Folksbine Theater in Los Angeles, Sabell Bender directed and produced dozens of plays
in Yiddish and English. She also lectured widely and gave workshops on Yiddish theater.
[identification of item], Sabell Bender papers (M2850). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, California.
The collection contains Jewish holiday and event materials (boxes 2-3) lecture notes (boxes 4-7); pedagogical materials (boxes
8-9); playscripts (boxes 20-22); and hundreds of theater and other event programs (boxes 20-23).
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.