Jacob Mestel

Brief Description: Correspondence with individuals: Jacob Ben-Ami, Ossip Dymow, Ovsei Liubomirskii, Kalman Marmor, Nachman Meisel, Melech Ravitch, Dov Sadan, Michael Weichert and Zalman Zylbercweig. Correspondence with organizations: Hebrew Actors' Union, IKUF, YIVO. Manuscripts of plays collected by Mestel as director, including adaptations by Mestel. Mestel's writings: manuscripts of poems, plays, essays, articles, notes, translations. Theater production materials: scripts with Mestel's direction notes, prop and set design notes. Miscellaneous theater materials, including course notes, theater programs. Clippings: Mestel's writings, biographical articles, reviews of performances. Family correspondence and personal papers including papers of Sara Kindman-Mestel. Photographs relating to Yiddish theater in New York, 1930s-1950s.

Held at:

YIVO Online Guide

Record Series Number: RG 280 /RG 280

Created by: Mestel, Jacob (1884-1958)

Volume: 0.0

Arrangement:

Organization: This collection is arranged in folder numerical sequence

Arrangement: The collection is arranged in the following series: I) Correspondence (folders 1-131); II) Collected Plays (132-235); III) Mestel's writings (236-268); IV) Theater Production materials (287-322); V) Miscellaneous theater materials (323-350); VI) Clippings (351-430); VII) Personal materials (431-447); VIII) Papers of Sarah Kindman-Mestel (448-449); IX) Photographs (450-521)

Subject Index

Film and Cinema
Literature
Theater
United States
Writers

Genres/Forms of Material

Documents - Papers

Finding Aid Revisions: 1994/10/10 ; 1999/03/24 ; y.a.t. & GMB