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Bassya and Philip Bibel papers, 1813-1999 (bulk 1927-1977).
BANC MSS 2010/745 box 1; BANC MSS 2010/745 box 2; BANC MSS 2010/745 oversize box 1; BANC MSS 2010/745
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Title:
Bassya and Philip Bibel papers, 1813-1999 (bulk 1927-1977)Bassya Bibel papers
Philip Bibel papers
Creator/Contributor:
Bibel, Bassya., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Bibel, Philip, 1909-2006Creator/Contributor:
Western Jewish History Center, 31.Creator/Contributor:
Judah L. Magnes Museum, WJHC 1967.047.Creator/Contributor:
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and LifeAbstract:
Numerous family documents and mementos; pamphlets; and a scrapbook relating to San Francisco's Yiddish Literary and Drama
Club (1927-1948); holding programs; announcements; newspaper clippings; posters; correspondence; fliers; photographs of actors,
actresses, and productions; and a history of the literary club. Also has a brochure relating to the First Yiddish Art Exhibition,
which took place at the Jewish Folk School House; and information about San Francisco's Yiddishe Folk Shule and School for
Jewish Studies; the Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco and Petaluma; San Francisco newspaper columns edited by Philip Bibel
from the California Jewish Voice, Los Angeles; and material relating to Nazism, Zionism, the Holocaust, and the Warsaw Ghetto
uprising. The collection also has a handwritten tsedakah book from Zamoch, Poland, dating to 1813; and a booklet published
in Haifa, Israel, in 1947, that lists the names of Holocaust survivors who came from Shabreshin, Poland.
Date:
1927 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- e-pl---Bibel, Bassya -- Archives
Bibel, Philip -- 1909-2006 -- Archives
Jewish Folk Chorus of San Francisco.
School for Jewish Studies (San Francisco, Calif.)
Yiddish Literary and Drama Club (San Francisco, Calif.)
Yiddishe Folk Shule (San Francisco, Calif.)
Jewish art -- California -- San Francisco
Charity -- Religious aspects -- Judaism -- Poland -- Zamość
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Szczebrzeszyn
Holocaust survivors -- Poland -- Szczebrzeszyn
Jewish drama
Jewish entertainers
Jews, Polish -- California -- San Francisco
Jews, Russian -- California -- San Francisco
National socialism
Theater, Yiddish -- California -- San Francisco
Zionism
Warsaw (Poland) -- History -- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 1943
Note:
Formerly: Western Jewish History Center Collection Number 31.
Formerly: Judah L. Magnes Museum Collection Number WJHC 1967.047.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Bassya and Philip Bibel papers, BANC MSS 2010/745, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, The Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley.
Transfer; Judah L. Magnes Museum; 2010.
Bassya Bibel was a poet; author; a secretary; and an actress. She came to San Francisco in 1921, from Kapaegorod, Bessarabia.
After settling in the city, she became very involved with a San Francisco Yiddish dramatic group. Philip Bibel was an artist;
a printer; and a woodworker. In 1927, he came to San Francisco, emigrating from Shabreshin, Poland, which is near Zamosh.
In English, Hebrew, Polish, and German.
Physical Description:
2 boxes, 1 oversize box (1.2 linear feet)
Language:
English
Hebrew
pol
German
Identifier:
2006585221
BANC MSS 2010/745 box 1
BANC MSS 2010/745 box 2
BANC MSS 2010/745 oversize box 1
BANC MSS 2010/745
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.