RE: Bertha Kalich & Recordings of the Yiddish Theater

[Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky <reyzl...>]

Robert,

In Joel's message, there was the following paragraphs about an album that 
Kalich's husband and daughter donated to the library:


>Summary: The Bertha Kalich papers consist of correspondence, posters, 
>programs, flyers, business records, clippings, scripts, sides, scrapbooks, 
>photographs and three-dimensional images pertaining to her career in the 
>theater during the years 1905-1935. There are also the papers of both her 
>husband Leopold Spachner and her daughter Lillian Kalich Spachner which 
>cover the years 1882 to 1955.
>Notes: The majority of the materials are in English, though a great many 
>clippings and some scripts are in Yiddish, and some early official 
>documentss are in German and Hebrew.
>  Finding aid available in repository: folder level control.
>  Catalog cards in Cage catalog....

>Notes: I. Personal Papers; II. Professional Papers; III. Photographs; IV. 
>Three-Dimensional Images; V. Clippings; VI. Originals; VII. Papers of 
>Lillian Kalich Spachner; VIII. Papers of Leopold Spachner.
>  One oversize scrapbook of clippings [1918-1922] is available on 
>microfilm; The Billy Rose Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library 
>for the Performing Arts; call number *ZC-342.
>Original was discarded after filming.


See the last line on top?


Reyzl 



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From:  Robert Cohen [SMTP:rlcm17 (at) hotmail(dot)com]
Sent:  Wednesday, January 05, 2000 11:53 PM
To:  World music from a Jewish slant
Subject:  RE: Bertha Kalich & Recordings of the Yiddish Theater

Who threw out what album?


>From: Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky <reyzl (at) flash(dot)net>
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: RE: Bertha Kalich & Recordings of the Yiddish Theater
>Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 13:14:20 -0500
>
>AND THEY THREW OUT THE ALBUM AFTER FILMING IT????????
>
>How disgusting!!!   I hope that anyone who ever considers donating anything
>there, will always remember that.
>
>They could have offered it to other libraries, to YIVO, to universities, or
>even sold it at auction houses to raise money for the library, returned it
>to the family, given it to Jewish museums, etc., etc,.
>
>It tells you how little they understand and appreciate the Yiddish
>material.  Bertha Kalich was a major Yiddish star.
>
>We should really warn everyone about what they do with such precious
>material.
>
>
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