Guide to the Gella Schweid Fishman Teaching materials for Yiddish language and culture, 1940-1990
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Guide to the Gella Schweid Fishman Teaching materials for Yiddish language and culture, 1940-1990
Collection number: M0809
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford, California
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- Department of Special Collections
- Green Library
- Stanford University Libraries
- Stanford, CA 94305-6004
- Phone: (650) 725-1022
- Email: speccoll@sulmail.stanford.edu
- URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Gella Schweid Fishman Teaching materials for Yiddish language and culture,
Date (inclusive): 1940-1990
Collection number: M0809
Creator:
Fishman, Gella Schweid.
Extent:
13 linear ft.
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
Abstract: The first part of the collection consists of material pertaining to the Jewish holidays in the order they occur during the
year. Included here are also materials on the Holocaust (for Holocaust Remembrance Day) and Israel (for Israel Independence
Day). This is followed by material organized by type and level of class, individual Yiddish writers, and finally on women
and Judaism. The material includes pamphlets, articles, and clippings from both children's and adult publications. There are
materials for use in the classroom such as children's stories, handouts, homework exercises, and songbooks. Also included
are materials for teachers such as lesson plans and teacher's guides.
Languages:
English,
and [code "yi" not found in ISO 639-2 list].
Administrative Information
Access
None.
Publication Rights
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Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Preferred Citation
Gella Schweid Fishman Teaching materials for Yiddish language and culture. M0809. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Acquisition Information
Deposited by Dr. and Mrs. Joshua A. Fishman, 1993.
Biography
Teacher of Yiddish language and culture.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The first part of the collection consists of material pertaining to the Jewish holidays in the order they occur during the
year. Included here are also materials on the Holocaust (for Holocaust Remembrance Day) and Israel (for Israel Independence
Day). This is followed by material organized by type and level of class, individual Yiddish writers, and finally on women
and Judaism. The material includes pamphlets, articles, and clippings from both children's and adult publications. There are
materials for use in the classroom such as children's stories, handouts, homework exercises, and songbooks. Also included
are materials for teachers such as lesson plans and teacher's guides.
Access Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Schools.
Teaching--Aids and devices.
Yiddish language.
Yiddish literature.
Collection Contents
Box 1
Jewish Holidays - general
Box 8
Life and destruction in Eastern Europe (East European Jewish history and the Holocaut)
Box 9
Life and destruction in Eastern Europe (East European Jewish history and the Holocaut)
Box 10
Life and destruction in Eastern Europe (East European Jewish history and the Holocaut)
Box 11
Life and destruction in Eastern Europe (East European Jewish history and the Holocaut)
Box 14
Yiddish kingergarten & pre-school classes
Box 15
Material for Yiddish workshops
Box 15
Yiddish classes in modern Orthodox schools
Box 15
Yiddish classes in one-day-a-week secular schools
Box 15
Yiddish classes in suburban Jewish schools
Box 16
Yiddish classes in Yeshiva College (Yeshiva University)
Box 16
Yiddish classes in Stern College (Yeshiva University)
Box 17
Yiddish classes in Yeshiva College (Yeshiva University)
Box 17
Yiddish classes in Stern College (Yeshiva University)
Box 17
Yiddish workshop at Hebrew Home for the Aged
Box 17
Certificates for students
Box 18
Songs & poems for Yiddish classes (general topics)
Box 19
Dance, art, music, film, theater, press
Box 21
About the Yiddish language
Box 22
About the Yiddish language
Box 23
Teaching the Yiddish language
Box 23
Yiddish folklore / proverbs
Box 24
Teaching Yiddish literature
Box 25
Yiddish writers - general
Box 25
Yiddish writers - Sh. An-ski
Box 25
Yiddish writers - Sholem Asch
Box 25
Yiddish writers - Yankev Glatstein
Box 25
Yiddish writers - Chaim Grade
Box 25
Yiddish writers - Alef Katz
Box 25
Yiddish writers - Rokhl Korn
Box 25
Yiddish writers - Mani Leyb
Box 25
Yiddish writers - H. Leivik
Box 25
Yiddish writers - Avrom Liesin
Box 26
Yiddish writers - Kadia Maladowsky
Box 26
Yiddish writers - Itsik Manger
Box 26
Yiddish writers - Mendele Moykher-Sforim
Box 26
Yiddish writers - Avrom Reisen
Box 26
Yiddish writers - Morris Rosenfeld
Box 26
Yiddish writers - Y.L. Peretz
Box 27
Yiddish writers - Sholem Aleichem
Box 27
Yiddish writers - Eliezer Shteynberg (fables)
Box 28
Yiddish writers - Avrom Sutzkever
Box 28
Yiddish writers - Malke Heifetz-Tusman
Box 28
Yiddish writers - Yehoyesh
Box 28
Yiddish writers - Isaac Bashevis Singer
