A collection of the New York Public Library's Dorot Jewish Division, the Yiddish Theater Collection includes hundreds of manuscripts, photographs, oral histories, posters, playbills, books, periodicals, and sheet music, comprising one of the largest Yiddish theater collections in the world with more than 500 digitized documents. The collection's theater posters and placards are primarily centered on New York City and Buenos Aires, dating from approximately the early 1890s to the mid-1930s. Users can sort through content by title, date of creation, and date digitized.
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A collection of the New York Public Library's Dorot Jewish Division, the Yiddish Theater Collection includes hundreds of manuscripts, photographs, oral histories, posters, playbills, books, periodicals, and sheet music, comprising one of the largest Yiddish theater collections in the world with more than 500 digitized documents. The collection's theater posters and placards are primarily centered on New York City and Buenos Aires, dating from approximately the early 1890s to the mid-1930s. Users can sort through content by title, date of creation, and date digitized.
(Description adapted from information on project website)