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Zangwill, Israel

Type / Call #Personal / P-225The collection consists primarily of letters written by Zangwill to Philip Cowen (1897-1903) regarding the American Hebrew and social matters. Also includes letters to Philip Henry on the Jewish Territorial Organization (1905 & 1908), and a letter to Max. J. Kohler regarding an invitation to a meeting in his honor given by the Judaeans (1923). Also included are clippings from American periodicals, and the manuscript and typed copy of a speech given by Zangwill at a meeting given in his honor by the Judaeans (1898). The text differs somewhat from that published in The Judaeans, Vol.1 (1897-1898), pp. 115-138. Of special interest in the correspondence to Cowen are Zangwill's references to Mary Antin, and to the stage production of "Children of the Ghetto." Included in the collection is a scrapbook of clippings pertaining to the Zangwill centennial in 1964, and to reviews of Israel Zangwill: A Study, by Maurice Wohlgelernter.
Years1897-1964
Sizeca. 125 pp.

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