I found the story. I checked several books of I.L. Peretz stories and didn't find "My Mother's Kerchief." I concluded this was not a Peretz story. With the help of Dr. Google I found a story with the words "kerchief" and "mother." I went to my shelves and found a story called "The Kerchief" by S.Y. Agnon that talked about a kerchief owned by the narrator's mother. I sent a copy of the story to the patron and she said, "That's the story."
To summarize : The patron had the wrong author, the wrong title, and the wrong original language. Many catalog records have formatted contents notes. This helps patrons find stories in anthologies. I asked for help and no one was able to give even a reasonable suggestion. Suggesting that I contact XYZ Library is not much help. This was a published story, not an archival or unique story. *From:* Daniel Stuhlman via Hasafran <hasafran@lists.osu.edu> > *To:* Hasafran <hasafran@lists.osu.edu> > *Sent:* Sunday, June 11, 2023, 08:50:50 PM EDT > *Subject:* [ha-Safran] Story request > > Hello Colleagues, I have a reader looking for the short story "My Mother's > Kerchief" by I. L. Peretz. It does not appear in any anthology that I own > or have in the library where I work. I can't find the story in any > online > > Hello Colleagues, > > I have a reader looking for the short story "My Mother's Kerchief" by I.L. > Peretz. It does not appear in any anthology that I own or have in the > library where I work. I can't find the story in any online source. I > don't have *Short Story Index* to look up a source. I know the story > exists as I saw it on a list of Peretz stories. > > Does anyone have a clue as to how to find the story? > > Thanks, > > Donnie > > > -- Daniel D. Stuhlman Chicago, IL dstuhlman at gmail.com Blog: Kol Safran <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://kol-safran.blogspot.com/__;!!KGKeukY!0niIXmhtM_eNzOWl7o9Rzq_PfHNV0z4dBAoqc_tEkvo8a5nAGKUnCwxogMlSpSb-BAVJffBYnljNOGWVGACLGA$ > LinkedIn profile.https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-d-stuhlman-b49a187/__;!!KGKeukY!0niIXmhtM_eNzOWl7o9Rzq_PfHNV0z4dBAoqc_tEkvo8a5nAGKUnCwxogMlSpSb-BAVJffBYnljNOGWZnHFFyg$ <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-d-stuhlman-b49a187/__;!!KGKeukY!0niIXmhtM_eNzOWl7o9Rzq_PfHNV0z4dBAoqc_tEkvo8a5nAGKUnCwxogMlSpSb-BAVJffBYnljNOGWZnHFFyg$ >
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