I'm pleased to announce that The Lawrence Marwick Collection of Copyrighted Yiddish Plays: An Annotated Bibliography, is now accessible via the Library of Congress website: http://www.loc.gov/rr/amed/marwick/marwickbibliography.pdf . The bibliography was compiled by Zachary M. Baker (Yrs Truly), with the assistance of Bonnie Sohn.
The more than 1,200 scripts included in the bibliography were deposited by their authors or theatrical producers, at the U.S. Copyright Office between 1909 and roughly 1950. The contents of the bibliography are as follows: The Lawrence Marwick Collection of Copyrighted Yiddish Plays at the Library of Congress: Introduction to the Annotated Bibliography, by Zachary M. Baker The Yiddish Theater In America: A Brief Historical Overview, by Edna Nahshon Yiddish Plays From The Lawrence Marwick Collection [the bibliography proper] Index to Yiddish Titles Index to Yiddish and English Titles in Roman Characters Index to Names of Persons Other Than Primary Authors Several years ago, 77 of these play scripts were digitized and made accessible via LC's American Memory website: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vshtml/vsyid.html. The bibliography was made possible by a generous grant from Claire Marwick, whose late husband Dr. Lawrence Marwick was head of LC's Hebraic Section for many years. Over 20 years ago Dr. Marwick discovered these scripts in the Copyright Office's files and he and his successor, the late Myron Weinstein, arranged for their transfer to the Hebraic Section. Myron Weinstein, Dr. Michael Grunberger, and their co-workers in the Hebraic Section organized the collection and did some preliminary cataloging of the scripts, thereby making it possible for work on the annotated bibliography to proceed. Bonnie Sohn, who assisted in its compilation, is a retired librarian who resides in the Washington, DC area. Also, she is connected to the Yiddish theater through her brother, the noted actor Zvee Scooler. The expert typographer William F. (Fred) Hoffman, turned a series of raw computer files into a handsome publication. Zachary Baker Stanford University Libraries Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
