Secular Yiddish Schools in North America collection, 1915-2013

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Summary

Abstract:
Materials include curricula, newsletters, instruction books, song books, school board minutes, photographs, newsclippings, memoirs, ephemera and correspondence.
Extent:
68.5 Linear Feet (130 manuscript boxes, 12 flat boxes, 2 oversize folders)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Secular Yiddish Schools in North America collection, M0732. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Acquisition information:
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.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

Secular Yiddish Schools in North America collection, M0732. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Location of this collection:
Department of Special Collections, Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US
Contact:
(650) 725-1022
specialcollections@stanford.edu
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