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Secular Yiddish Schools in North America
M0732
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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Secular Yiddish Schools in North America collection
Identifier/Call Number: M0732
Physical Description:
68.5 Linear Feet
(130 manuscript boxes, 12 flat boxes, 2 oversize folders)
Date (inclusive): 1915-2013
Abstract: Materials include curricula, newsletters, instruction books, song books, school board minutes, photographs, newsclippings,
memoirs, ephemera and correspondence.
Language of Material:
English
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Scope and Content of Collection
Materials include curricula, newsletters, instruction books, song books, school board minutes, photographs, newsclippings,
memoirs, ephemera and correspondence. The collection is organized into three original series (Series 1. Yiddish School files;
Series 2. Audiovisual materials, and Series 3. Artifacts), with later series created for additional accessions.
Gift of many donors, 1994-1998, and of the Friends of the Secular Yiddish Schools in America collection, 1999, 2001, 2002,2003,
2006, 2007 and 2011.
Secular Yiddish Schools in North America collection, M0732. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Yiddish literature.
Jews -- United States.
Jewish studies.
Textbooks.
Jews -- Social life and customs.
Jewish day schools.
Jews -- Education.
Songbooks.
Ethnic schools.
Ethnicity.
Bilingualism.
Education -- Bilingual.
Teaching.
Jews -- History.
Children's literature, Yiddish.
Education, Cooperative.
Minorities -- Study and teaching.
Community schools.
Linguistic minorities.
Education.
Yiddish language.