Safranim / safranot, The following message was posted to the comix scholars listserv, but considering its relevance for Judaica librarians and scholars, I thought it appropriate to share with hasafran.
B'shalom, Steve ****** From: "Sara Willett Duke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [comixschl] Yiddish Cartoons by Josef Foshko I am writing to inform you that the Library of Congress recently acquired more than 500 Yiddish cartoons (with English translations provided on objects) created by Yosef Foshko for Der Tag (officially known as Der Yidishe Tog or Jewish Day) between 1919 and 1969, but mostly dating from the 1940s to his retirement in 1969. The collection arrived at the end of the year, and our registrar has accessioned it. I will provide a brief inventory list in Word for anyone who expresses interest. Because it is considered unprocessed, researchers wishing to see the cartoons must submit an "Access to Unprocessed Collections" request (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/info/022_unpr.html). This form is not meant to deter research, but to give the Prints & Photographs Division time to prepare the collection and to document its use. I am offering information about the Foshko cartoons to encourage researchers to come and use them. The collection of Foshko*s cartoons that the Library acquired deal with such issues as Hitler and World War II, the Soviet Union and the Iron Block countries, and international relations with such countries as the Soviet Union, China, Vietnam, Israel and the other countries of the Middle East. Cartoons that provide general commentary on contemporary issues include such topics as the advent of the television age, treatment of the elderly by the medical community, labor unions, the Ku Klux Klan, Civil Rights, and the treatment of Jews. Foshko also deals with such personalities as Gamal Abdel Nasser of Eygpt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and Richard Nixon. A selection of his work was exhibited in A People in Print: Jewish Journalism in America at the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia and the Jewish Museum in New York (1987-1988). Foshko was born in Odessa some time between 1885 and 1892 (although the latter is generally accepted as the date of his birth), and studied at the Russian Imperial Art School before moving to Paris. He lived in the latter city for eight years. He arrived in New York in 1912. In addition to working as an editorial cartoonist he painted set designs for Yiddish theater, and between 1931 and 1969 he exhibited his oils and watercolors in such fine art galleries as Boyer and Ferargil in New York. Sara Sara W. Duke Curator, Popular & Applied Graphic Art Prints & Photographs Division Library of Congress Washington, DC 20540-4730 (202) 707-3630 - voice (202) 707-6647 - fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (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
