Virtual Archive - Collection Information for Ida Kaminska Papers




	Collection Information for Ida Kaminska Papers Collection Type: personal papers Repository: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, New York, New York Span: 1960 - 1980 Physical Size: 12.5 inches Materials: Articles, Awards, Correspondences, Letters, Magazine Clippings, Newspaper Clippings, Notes, Photographs, Programs Subjects : Yiddish Theatre, Theater, Yiddish, Yiddish Language Collection Description: The Ida Kaminska papers pertain predominantly to Kaminska's theatrical career in the United States. A smaller amount of material pertains to the period when Kaminska and her husband lived in Warsaw and led the Esther Rachel Kaminska Jewish State Theater in Poland. The collection consists of photographs, letters, telegrams, clippings, awards, notes, personal documents, and materials pertaining to the stage productions of "Mother Courage," by Bertold Brecht, "Sore-Sheynel from Yehupetz," by Joseph Lateiner, and "Mirele Efros," by Jacob Gordin. Also included are materials about the Oscar-winning film "The Shop on Main Street," and the TV production "Mandelstam's Witness" (CBC 1975). Her second husband's correspondence as director of the Jewish State Theater in Warsaw is included. There are, as well, photographs taken at the fiftieth anniversary memorial service for Esther Rachel Kaminska in Warsaw, in 1975, and obituaries and condolences on Meir Melman's death in November 1978. The material is in English and Yiddish. For information regarding rights of publication and reproduction, literary or electronic, contact YIVO directly. Related People (1) Related Repositories (1) Related People Kaminska, Ida Related Repositories YIVO Institute for Jewish Research How to Cite This Page For a bibliography: Jewish Women's Archive. "Virtual Archive - Collection Information for Ida Kaminska Papers." <http://jwa.org/archive/jsp/collInfo.jsp?collID=671>. For a footnote: Jewish Women's Archive, "Virtual Archive - Collection Information for Ida Kaminska Papers," <http://jwa.org/archive/jsp/collInfo.jsp?collID=671>.