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Rukhl Fishman collection

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Fishman, Rukhl, 1935-1984 (Creator of the archive)
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The collection includes photocopies of manuscripts of poems, including English translations and transliterations.

Reference Code
ARC. 4* 1704
Dates
1955-1984
Consists of
0.2 m..
Languages
Yiddish; English;
location
  • The Archives Collection of the National Library of Israel The Archives Collection of the National Library of Israel
Title Rukhl Fishman collection.
Additional Titles כותרת בעברית: אוסף רחל פישמן.
Collection of Rukhl Fishman.
Notes The original archive is owned by Stanford University Libraries, Stanford CA. The material, named The Poetry Manuscripts of Rukhl Fishmanl, is one section of the entire Rukhl Fishman Colection, that is part of the Joshua A. Fishman and Gella Schweid Fishman Family Archive.
Citation Note ARC. 4* 1704, Rukhl Fishman Archive, Archives Department, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem
Host Item Rukhl Fishman collection.
Level of Description Fonds Record
Biographical summary Rukhl Fishman (Philadelphia 10.6.1935-Kibbutz Beit Alpha? 26.8.1984), Yiddish poet. Born to a Yiddish-speaking secular family, she grew up in Philadelphia, Los Angeles (1949-1953) and New York, where she met Theodor Holdheim, whom she married in 1954. In 1978 won the Itzik Manger Prize.
Ownership history The material was received from Stanford University Libraries.
Language Note The material is in English and Yiddish.
National Library system number 990027166760205171

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פישמאן, רחל, 1935-1984

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