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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2010655233
Sound recordings in Yiddish and English; manuscripts in Yiddish and English.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
Organized into the following series: 1: Radio broadcasting; 2: Radio writers, performers, and programs; 3: Organizations and committees; 4: Print publications; 5: Interview transcripts, logs, and related documentation; 6: Manuscripts accompanying sound recordings; 7: "The Stations that Spoke Your Language": Yiddish-American Radio 1925-1955; 8: Sound recordings; 9: Photographic materials; 10: Artifacts.
Henry Sapoznik; 2010, 2012.
The 2012 accrual consisted of three items: the cut-out and mounted photo of Al Entin, the hand chimes and mallet, and a ticket stub.
The collection was processed by Marcia K. Segal.
Hear, O Israel, Yiddish-American Broadcasting 1925-1965, Lecture by Henry Sapoznik (AFC 2009/013), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Duplication of the collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.
Collection is open for research. Access may be restricted. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.contact
Selected analog disc recordings have preservation tape masters in the collection.
Henry Sapoznik collection (AFC 2010/003), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Henry Sapoznik was born in Brooklyn, New York City, in 1953. He is an author, record and radio producer, scholar, and performer of klezmer music. He directed the Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, until his retirement in 2017.
Collection of Yiddish radio broadcasts on transcription discs and audio tape; plus sheet music, manuscripts and photographs documenting Yiddish culture, theater, and music, primarily in the New York City area, but also including documentation from other parts of the United States, from the 1920s to circa 1960, collected by Henry Sapoznik. Manuscripts include correspondence, manuscript music, photocopies, and other material.
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/2010655233
Documentation includes original materials and photocopies, as well as faxes and ditto copies. If no date is given then the information was not available. Materials in Yiddish and English. Includes correspondence, the background and history of stations, publicity for stations and featured performers, continuity guidelines, radio licenses and applications for renewal,
Materials in Yiddish and English. Includes correspondence, the background and history of stations, publicity for stations and featured performers, continuity guidelines, radio licenses and applications for renewal.
Original documents and photocopies.
Photocopies.
Original documents.
Original documents.
Original documents and copies.
Photocopies, plus one original brochure (circa 1930s).
Photocopies.
Photocopies.
Original documents and photocopies.
Original documents and photocopies.
Original documents and photocopies.
Original documents and photocopies.
Original documents and photocopies.
One original document and a newspaper clipping.
Photocopied documents on the background of WEVD as a radio station operating in memory of Eugene Debs. Includes a 1992 letter to Henry Sapoznik from Paul F. Gullifor, Bradley University.
Includes originals and copies of newspaper clippings, correspondence and radio license renewal documents. A fax to Henry Sapoznik (1992) is also included.
Includes a program from the dedication of the new WEVD building (1938). See description for box-folder 2/6.
Includes a verified reception stamp and handwritten notes on yellow legal paper. See description for box-folder 2/6.
Bound oblong volume with original stock certificates (some detached), bearing stock transfer tax stamps.
Bound oblong volume with original stock certificates (some detached).
Includes originals and photocopies of FRC and FCC documents, radio licenses and applications for license renewals, correspondence, newspaper articles, financial information regarding the Debs Memorial Fund, Inc., program information, and related documentation.
The contents date primarily from the 1920s. See description for box-folder 3/1.
The contents date primarily from the 1920s. See description for box-folder 3/1.
The contents date primarily from the 1920s. See description for box-folder 3/1.
The contents date primarily from the 1920s. See description for box-folder 3/1.
The contents date primarily from the 1920s. See description for box-folder 3/1.
Documents are from 1953-1991.
Two issues of the news flyer, "What's Nu!" (one from 1954, the other undated).
Includes original letter from the FBI to Andy Lanset, who had requested the report. The report is photocopied, with information redacted in the source copy.
Original documents. Includes correspondence to Sapoznik while he worked at WEVD, and a program script in transcribed Yiddish.
Copy of a letter from the Yiddish Radio Guild of America, an original page and two photocopies from WEVD English and foreign language program schedules, and an original document called "Who's Who among advertisers on WEVD."
Originals and photocopies.
Photocopies of license application documents, program analysis sheet, and related materials.
45th anniversary program schedule for the station, legal papers, correspondence, and newspaper articles. Original documents and photocopies.
Two-page photocopy of
Original documents. Master program schedule for September 1942, and an radio station profile prepared for Sapoznik.
Original documents and photocopies. Correspondence to Victor Packer, program advertisements, a songster in Yiddish and English, with music; program schedules, a station profile created for Sapoznik, and related documents.
Overview of WNYC's history.
Original copy of the text delivered on WRNY radio.
Radio station profiles prepared for Sapoznik, newspaper articles, and related documents. Original documents and photocopies.
Original copy of a small book on finding a job in the radio industry.
Talk delivered by Sholom Rubinstein.
Unpublished research report by Beatrice Goldsmith on Jewish radio stations. Faxed document, printed on regular bond paper.
Materials are in Yiddish.
Original copy of a script for the radio play, in Yiddish.
Original copy of a script for the radio play, in Yiddish.
Includes scripts, correspondence, and related documentation.
Original, typed copy of a script for the program, in Yiddish; pencilled notations throughout, and housed in a black paper binder. The name of Max Friedlander is handwritten in pencil on the last page, with further notes. The folder also includes the typing paper package in which AFC received the document.
Original, typed copy of the radio play, in Yiddish; pencilled writing and notations throughout, and housed in a tan paper binder.
Original, typed, unbound copy of the radio play, in Yiddish. This may be a draft or revision of the play. The folder also includes the typing paper package in which AFC received the document.
Photocopy of the radio play, with handwritten notations and orange highlighting.
See description for box-folder 5/2.
Original, typed text in Yiddish with handwritten notations. The folder also includes the typing paper package in which AFC received the document. This was the Brooklyn Jewish Sanitarium, now called Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center.
Original documents and photocopies. Includes publicity and articles about Stutchkoff.
These manuscripts were received as a group from the donor. Wolf Younin was, at one point, the secretary for the Yiddish Radio Guild of America.
Original documents; in Yiddish and English. Most are typed, with some documents and notes handwritten in pencil.
Original documents; in Yiddish.
Original documents, typed and handwritten; in Yiddish and English.
Original documents, typed and handwritten; in Yiddish and English.
See description for box-folder 6/4.
See description for box-folder 6/4. Includes bills signed by Younin for fees charged to translate particular texts from English to Yiddish.
Embossed image (on paper) of Misha Rapel; 2 1/3 in. x 2 1/2 in. Rappel, also known as Maurice Rappel and as Morris Rappaport, was a Yiddish-language radio and stage personality.
Postcards and brief notes with envelopes, plus other materials related to the radio stations. Some notes do not have an accompanying envelope, and some envelopes are empty. A significant number of items are specifically addressed to Wolf Younin, who worked both at WARD and WBYN radio stations.
Correspondence from listeners in response to trivia questions or requests for stories, or requesting publications.
See description for box-folder 7/1.
Includes newspaper clippings, handwritten notes, and one two-page typed document. Almost all texts in Yiddish.
Correspondence, as brief notes or as postcards, from WBYN listeners to WBYN or Wolf Younin, to request tickets to a radio show, or to send stamps to him to cover postage for a Purim Megillah in Yiddish to be sent to them, as Younin had announced on the air. Some messages are in Yiddish, but most are in English. Some envelopes are empty. Note: some people write Younin's name as "Union," or similar variations. WBYN existed as such from 1941-1946.
See description for box-folder 7/8. Also included: an invitation from Mr. and Mrs. Sholom Secunda to the Bar Mitzvah of their son, Sheldon. Shalom Fecundate was a noted Yiddish composer, and his son later became a songwriter.
See description for box-folder 7/8.
See description for box-folder 7/8.
See description for box-folder 7/8.
See description for box-folder 7/8.
See description for box-folder 7/8.
See description for box-folder 7/8.
See description for box-folder 7/8.
Includes typed radio dialog and correspondence. Originals and photocopies.
Typed biography by Patricia J. Priest and a newspaper clipping.
One-page texts in Yinglish of humorous radio copy, ultimately used to advertise products made by CeCo Manufacturing Co. Photocopies.
See note for box-folder 12/8. Photocopies of credits and narration, in English.
Original program from the Mensch of the Year Award buffet luncheon, in honor of Gebiner.
Publicity for radio shows and events, and four business cards, including one for Gross. Originals, plus a few photocopies. In Yiddish and English.
Includes correspondence, an original copy of
See description for box-folder 12/13.
Includes original advertisements, advertising rates, and a letter of correspondence from Jacobs to Alexander Kahm (of The
A newspaper obituary for Kaplan, a typed program list for WEVD (on the radio station's letterhead), a handwritten letter from Kaplan to Andy Lanset (accompanied by photocopied newspaper articles). A photograph was relocated to Series 3.
Includes correspondence, published materials, pages from a calendar, and a synopsis of Lutsky's radio segments. Originals and photocopies; in English.
Two pages (both photocopies) of radio station advertisements. In Yiddish.
An advertisement for a play, which includes Packer's name and image (the advertisement, dated 1958, is in Yiddish and English), and a 7-page typed document in Yiddish (undated).
One photocopied item of publicity (in Yiddish and English), and a handwritten letter from Regenberg's daughter Juliet Halpern (original; in English). A photo was relocated to Series 3.
Publicity (original; in Yiddish and English), and several pages of handwritten musical notation, including the following compositions: "L'chaim Rosy-Vilner," "Kinder Yorn," "Mother's Day," "Vera Vilner," "Mazel Tov Mames," "Leby," and "My Yiddishe Mame." Some notations pencilled in Yiddish.
Photocopied materials, including Scooler's obituary and the transcript of an interview with Scooler (1977). Also includes a program for a 1982 event honoring Zvee Scooler. In Yiddish and English.
An original pamphlet, in Yiddish, celebrating the life and achievements of Chaim Towber.
Photocopy of a biography of Vladeck, published in
Includes printed advertising Zalmen and Celia's radio show, photocopied obituaries for Celia, a program for the fiftieth anniversary of their radio show, and correspondence. In Yiddish and English.
Includes photocopied documents from the papers of Rabbi J.K. Cohen, and a handwritten (original) note from Daniel Soyer (researcher). The original copies of Rabbi Cohen's documents are held at Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, in folder 164.
Photocopy of a typed letter from an individual (Robert A. Bo--?) to William F. Keohan, at the Department of Justice, regarding the potential Communist sympathies of the FLIS.
Minutes of meetings (photocopies).
Includes photocopied correspondence, newspaper and media coverage, information on foreign-language radio broadcasts in the United States, scripts for radio programs, and documentation to support the mission and work of the CCAU through radio broadcasts.
Original brochure, published by the Jewish Labor Committee.
Original, typed copies of seven radio scripts for the program
Includes correspondence, an interview transcript, memos, and newspaper clippings related to the radio broadcast content. Originals and photocopies.
See description for box-folder 14/6.
Includes correspondence, programming information, scripts of radio plays, documents pertaining to the Jewish Division of the Federal Theatre of the Air, and a copy of a report on "Cultural Diversity in the Federal Theatre Project." Originals and photocopies.
See description for box-folder 14/8.
Includes publicity, graphics, and sheet music from various publications, grouped by name, then by general categories.
Photocopies of several pages. Primarily in Yiddish, with some English.
The periodical was the official organ of the Radio Synagogue of America. Photocopy of complete issue.
See note for box-folder 13/13,
Includes typed research reports on the
Photocopies, almost entirely in Yiddish.
Photocopies of a front page (1951), an original page (1954), and a letter from Annette (last name not given) to Sapoznik regarding the photocopied pages.
Typed, original research report for Sapoznik, written by Daniel Soyer.
See description for box-folder 15/7.
Photocopies of the songbook, with text in Yiddish and English. Publication sponsored by Passover product manufacturer Horowitz-Margareten (the hyphen is still present in the songbook's name).
Original research report.
Original issue of the magazine, in Yiddish and English.
Five photocopied pages, primarily in Yiddish.
Six original copies from different dates in 1926.
Original, printed sheet music, in Yiddish and English. Music by Nahum Stutchkoff and lyrics by Sholom Secunda.
Includes photocopied sheet music for "Libby's March," along with photocopies of research in printed sources about Libby's Hotel (New York), and a color postcard.
Photocopies of pages from the Yiddish daily newspaper, with handwritten notations. Box-folder 16/1 includes a research report (possibly by Daniel Soyer) about the newspaper's history.
See description for box-folder 16/1.
Photocopied pages from this issue. In Yiddish.
Photocopied pages from various years.
Pamphlet, with music and lyrics. The text is primarily in Yiddish.
April 1935 (original issue), and photocopied pages from the October 1935 and April 1936 issues. In Yiddish and English.
Photocopied pages from various issues.
In Yiddish and English.
In Yiddish and English.
Originals, in Yiddish and English. Box-folder 16/10 includes material with a small amount of Russian text.
See description for folder 16/10.
Photocopies, in Yiddish and English. Box-folder 16/12 includes correspondence and a printout of typed research notes (the latter undated).
Originals and photocopies, in Yiddish and English. Handwritten research notes in Yiddish and English, circa 2002.
Photocopies. Received and maintained as a separate group of photocopies. In Yiddish and English.
Reprints from
Newspaper clippings regarding WLTH (radio station) and also the Yiddish Art Quartet. In Yiddish and English. Less than 1/2 inch of the scrapbook has been used.
All documents are typed (unless otherwise noted), with instances of handwritten notations.
Two transcripts (different versions of the same interview) and highlights.
Transcript.
Transcript and highlights.
Transcript and highlights.
Two transcripts (different versions of the same interview) and highlights. The accompanying photo has been relocated to Series 3.
Transcript and highlights.
Transcript.
Two transcripts (different versions of the same interview), and highlights with a different transcription.
Transcript and log of highlights.
Transcript and biography.
Transcript.
Transcript and highlights.
Incomplete transcript.
Transcript and highlights.
Transcript.
Two transcripts (different versions of the same interview).
Two transcripts (different versions of the same interview) and highlights.
Two transcripts (different versions of the same interview).
Two transcripts (different versions of the same interview).
Transcript.
Two transcripts (different versions of the same interview) and highlights.
Two transcripts for the answers only (different versions of the same interview).
Transcript.
Transcript.
Two transcripts (different versions of the same interview) and highlights.
Two transcripts (different versions).
Transcript.
Transcript and highlights.
Transcript.
Transcript.
Quotations and logged selections.
Includes disc labels that have detached from the disc centers, correspondence, logs, inventories, and related materials.
Texts are primarily in Yiddish. Housed in a flat, square document box.
Paper labels that have detached from sound disc centers. Primarily typed information.
Includes materials from SR2001-SR2099.
Includes materials from SR2101-SR2126.
Includes materials from SR2247-SR2347.
Includes materials from SR2356-SR2386.
Includes materials from SR2389-SR2450.
Includes materials from SR2451-SR2467.
Includes materials from SR2468-SR2485.
Includes materials from SR2486-SR2516.
Includes materials from SR2517-SR2539.
Includes materials from SR2540-SR2549.
Project proposal documentation and correspondence.
Application made by Sapoznik and Andy Lanset to Corporation for Public Broadcasting for funding, plus the project and budget summary, correspondence, and related documentation. Includes documentation regarding efforts to have the results of the project broadcast on National Public Radio (NPR) and other efforts to gain funding and support.
An extensive description of the projected one-hour documentary. Typed document.
Typed document, with handwritten notes in blue ink; accompanied by a few photocopies of music, photos, and other documentation.
Typed document, with handwritten notes in red ink; accompanied by a few photocopies of music, photos, and other documentation.
Documentation includes original materials and photocopies, as well as faxes and ditto copies. If no date is given then the information was not available.
Numbering for discs begins with SR0001. See Appendix A for a partial list of items. The sound discs were received at AFC in approximate numerical order (when there was a YIVO number). The processor organized the discs by program (if there were three or more items per program), by purpose (discs with the Kole Recording label were compiled from various recordings for convenient playback on the radio), by the type of program (a designation received from the donor; used here when a program title was not known), and the remaining discs were grouped together in alphabetical order.
The YIVO number indicates a disc that was formerly in the custody of YIVO (Yiddish Institute of Yiddish Research), during the time when Henry Sapoznik was employed there, and had donated the discs to the Institute. When he left his position there, he was allowed to take the discs with him. The so-called "catalog number" reflects Sapoznik's work to continue cataloging the discs, using YIVO's numbering system. The "ID number on the sleeve" was the number written on the disc sleeve in which the discs were received at AFC. The number sometimes matches the YIVO number, sometimes the catalog number, and sometimes is different from both.
Content on the discs is sometimes listed as separated by numbers (e.g., 1, 2, 3, etc.). This reflects the information on disc labels or from the donor's original inventory. For the Kole Recording subseries numbers indicate cuts. For other discs the numbers may indicate either cuts or multiple selections within a longer cut.
See Appendix A, pages 1-5.
See Appendix A, pages 6-66.
See Appendix A, pages 67-79.
See Appendix A, pages 80-85.
See Appendix A, pages 86-88.
See Appendix A, pages 89-107.
See Appendix A, pages 108-125.
See Appendix A, pages 126-133.
See Appendix A, pages 134-138.
See Appendix A, pages 139-148.
See Appendix A, pages 149-161.
See Appendix A, pages 162-169.
See Appendix A, pages 170-173.
See Appendix A, pages 174-182.
See Appendix A, pages 183-197.
See Appendix A, pages 198-202.
See Appendix A, pages 203-211.
See Appendix A, pages 212-230.
See Appendix A, pages 231-236.
See Appendix A, pages 237-240.
See Appendix A, pages 241-264.
See Appendix A, pages 265-307.
According to the donor, these discs are a "combination of radio excerpts (Shikoff, Secunda, etc) and dubs of commercial 78s (Jolson, Mickey Katz, etc.), Yiddish theater, novelty, and cantorial" recordings. See Appendix A, pages 308-367.
Numbering begins with SR2000. Preservation reels received from the donor. ID numbers are YIVO numbers or another system, and are concorded in the sound disc inventory. See Appendix B for a list of items.
See Appendix B, pages 1-12.
Documentation includes original materials and photocopies, as well as faxes and ditto copies. If no date is given then the information was not available.
The photo is a copy of an earlier photo, which had a small closed tear.
Relocated from box-folder 18/5.
Photographer: Albert J. Winn; photo copyright 1989.
Original photo, with a small chip to the top edge, and other wear from handling.
Original photo. Relocated from materials now housed in box-folder 12/13-14.
Relocated from box-folder 13/2.
There are two copies each of PH007 and PH008. The photocopy was relocated from box-folder 13/4.
Relocated from box-folder 18/23.
PH012-PH014 are from a live broadcast of
Two copies of PH019, three copies of PH020, two copies of PH021, and three copies of PH022. PH023 (dated March 7, 1937, and possibly the original photograph) and PH024 are similar. PH025 (dated September 13, 1933?) and PH026 were taken on the same day. Relocated from box-folder 13/7.
Autographed by Simonoff.
Relocated from box-folder 13/10
A photograph of a woman at the microphone, but signed by Morris B. Sachs.
PH047 has a quarter-sized piece missing from the right-hand edge. The source image from which it was copied had two closed tears along the bottom edge. PH048 is an undamaged version of PH047; it still has the marks where the source had closed tears but the right side of the image is not damaged.
Two versions of PH050 (most of copy 2 has a faded or sunned area). In these two images, Wolf Younin is at left, and Victor Packer is third from the right. In PH052 Victor Packer is third from the left and Wolf Younin is in the front row, second from the right (with arms folded). All photos taken on the occasion of WBYN's "birthday" party.
PH060 has a closed tear on the bottom edge. The folder includes photos of Victor Packer, Bella Meisel, Irving Grossman, and A. Alchanesky.
The folder has two copies of PH075.
Three images on one postcard; the image at right shows a radio performer. Pre-printed text in Yiddish on the image side. Text at right indicates good wishes for the New Year.
Probably intended for a display. Al Entin was associated with the business side of Yiddish radio. No copies of the show are in this collection.
One of the sounding bars is missing. The items were found in a dumpster behind the WEVD offices.
A ticket for the Sunday, May 17, 1942, broadcast.
Information in this section is based on information provided by the donor, plus details from disc labels, sleeves, and accompanying documentation.