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Reuben Brainin Fonds

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Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
6.625m textual records
Fonds No.
1010
Date
1893-1940
Scope and Content
The papers represent the scope of Brainin’s life endeavours as writer, editor, biographer, critic, translator, lecturer, Zionist and one of the founders of the Jewish Public Library. The Fonds is divided into five major series: Literary and editorial activities (Gr. I), Biography and critici…
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
6.625m textual records
Scope and Content
The papers represent the scope of Brainin’s life endeavours as writer, editor, biographer, critic, translator, lecturer, Zionist and one of the founders of the Jewish Public Library. The Fonds is divided into five major series: Literary and editorial activities (Gr. I), Biography and criticism (Gr. II), Correspondence (Gr. III), Special Collections (Gr. IV), and the records of the Jewish Public Library Archives Committee (Gr. V). Each group is further divided by subseries. In addition to this groups, the fonds also includes approximately fifty photographs, all arranged and described in the JPL Photograph Database.
Responsibility
Records of the Reuben Brainin Archives Committee created by the Jewish Public Library
Date
1893-1940
Fonds No.
1010
Storage Location
JPL
Creator
Reuben Brainin
History / Biographical
The Hebrew writer, biographer, critic and Zionist leader Reuben Brainin was born in Lyady, Belorussia in 1862. After receiving a traditional Jewish education he left his parents’ home at the age of 16 and went to Horki to study agronomy. From there he moved to Moscow, where he resided from 1880 to 1888. During that period (1881) he made his literary debut, with articles published in the Hebrew journal Hamelitz. In 1892 Brainin settled in Vienna, where he studied at university and served as editor of an influential Hebrew periodical Mimizrach Umima’arav (1894-1899), and as co-editor of Zion. While in Vienna and Berlin (1895-1909) he published numerous essays, including important critiques of the Hebrew authors Judah Leib Gorden, Peretz Smolenskin, Abraham Mapu, and Saul Tschernichowsky. The central theme of Brainin’s critical opus was Hebrew literature in the chosen media. Brainin was also active in the Zionist movement during these years. In 1909 Brainin came to the United States, and three years later settled in Montreal, where he edited the Yiddish newspapers Der Veg (1915-1916) and Der Keneder Adler (1915-1916). He was one of the founders (1914) and leaders of the Jewish Public Library and People’s University. Brainin returned to New York in 1916, where he resided until his death in 1939. He edited the Hebrew journal Hatoren (1919-1925) and contributed to numerous Hebrew and Yiddish periodicals, including the Jewish Daily News (1916-1920) and The Day (1921-1939). During the 1920s Brainin became an active supporter of Jewish agricultural colonization in the Soviet Union, and went on lecture tours throughout North America and South Africa to raise funds in support of this cause. Brainin published several books in Hebrew and Yiddish during his lifetime, including two on Smolenskin (Warsaw, 1896 and Vilna, 1901), one on Theodor Herzl (New York, 1919), plus selected writings in Hebrew (Warsaw, 1909) and Yiddish (New York, 1917) as well as collected works in three volumes (New York, 1922-1940). He edited a collection of Hebrew poems (Jerusalem, 1910) and a commemorative volume on Eliezer Ben Yehuda (New York, 1915). Brainin also translated into Hebrew three German books: Der Prophet Jeremias by M. Lazarus (Warsaw, 1897), Das neue Ghette, by Theodor Herzl (Warsaw, 1898) and Paradoxes, by Max Nordau (1901). In 1922 a festschrift appeared, in honour of Brainin’s 60th birthday. His diary was published posthumously in Yiddish (New York, 1946).
Language
English, French, German, Hebrew, Russian, Spanish, Yiddish
Custodial History
Transferred from the Brainin family in 1940.
Finding Aid
Index to Hebrew and Yiddish correspondence available in JPL-A.
Related Material
Judy King Fonds; Jewish Public Library Collection
Name Access
Brainin, Reuven, 1862-1939
Subjects
Agricultural colonies
Keneder Adler
Jewish Public Library (Montreal, Quebec) - Founders
Birobidzhan (Russia)
Herzl, Theodor, 1860-1904
ICOR, Organization for Jewish Colonization in the Soviet Union
Zionism
Shapiro, Chava, 1876-1943
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Literary and editorial activities

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Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
2.2m textual records
Fonds No.
1010; 1
Date
1893-1939
Scope and Content
Includes clippings, manuscripts, autobiographical works, periodical clippings and notes in Yiddish, Hebrew, English, German, and Spanish, dating predominantly from 1893 to 1939. Not just Brainin’s own writing, this group also includes clippings documenting Brainin’s Zionist activities …
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
2.2m textual records
Scope and Content
Includes clippings, manuscripts, autobiographical works, periodical clippings and notes in Yiddish, Hebrew, English, German, and Spanish, dating predominantly from 1893 to 1939. Not just Brainin’s own writing, this group also includes clippings documenting Brainin’s Zionist activities as well as his involvement in the Jewish agricultural colonization in the Soviet Union.
Date
1893-1939
Fonds No.
1010
Series No.
1
Storage Location
JPL
Creator
Reuben Brainin
Physical Condition
Newspaper clippings in fragile state
History / Biographical
See fonds description.
Language
English, German, Hebrew, Spanish, Yiddish
Notes
Arranged under "Group I"
Related Material
Judy King Fonds; Jewish Public Library Collection
Name Access
Brainin, Reuven, 1862-1939
Subjects
Agricultural colonies
Birobidzhan (Russia)
ICOR, Organization for Jewish Colonization in the Soviet Union
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Biography and criticism

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16740
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.5m textual records
Fonds No.
1010; 2
Date
1909-1939
Scope and Content
This group includes three subgroupings under the headings Biography and Criticism, Travels and Leisure and Obituaries.
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
0.5m textual records
Scope and Content
This group includes three subgroupings under the headings Biography and Criticism, Travels and Leisure and Obituaries.
Date
1909-1939
Fonds No.
1010
Series No.
2
Storage Location
JPL
Creator
Reuben Brainin
History / Biographical
See fonds description
Language
English, Hebrew, German, Spanish
Notes
Arranged under "Group II"
Related Material
Judy King Fonds; Jewish Public Library Collection
Name Access
Brainin, Reuven, 1862-1939
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Correspondence

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16741
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
2.6m textual records
Fonds No.
1010; 3
Date
1900-1939
Scope and Content
Predominance of letters after Brainin settled in North America. The correspondence includes letters from the famous and the obscure in all parts of the Jewish diaspora, plus Palestine. A majority are written in Hebrew and thus document the renascence of Hebrew as a modern language. Many of the l…
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
2.6m textual records
Scope and Content
Predominance of letters after Brainin settled in North America. The correspondence includes letters from the famous and the obscure in all parts of the Jewish diaspora, plus Palestine. A majority are written in Hebrew and thus document the renascence of Hebrew as a modern language. Many of the letters were accompanied by manuscripts submitted to Brainin as editor of various Hebrew publications (manuscripts located in Gr. I). Of great interest in this group is the collection of letters from Chava Shapiro to Brainin during their long relationship (Box t). Correspondence is arranged alphabetically in the Hebrew alphabet (Boxes a-t) and then in the Roman alphabet for all other languages (Boxes s-x). The last box in the Group (Box y) contains Brainin family correspondence.
Date
1900-1939
Fonds No.
1010
Series No.
3
Storage Location
JPL
Creator
Reuben Brainin
History / Biographical
See fonds description
Language
English, German, Hebrew, Russian, Yiddish
Arrangement
Correspondence arranged alphabetically in Hebrew alphabet for Yiddish and Hebrew letters, and for all other languages in Roman alphabet.
Notes
Arranged under "Group III"
Finding Aid
Detailed index to Yiddish and Hebrew correspondence available.
Related Material
Judy King Fonds; Jewish Public Library Collection
Name Access
Brainin, Reuven, 1862-1939
Subjects
Palestine - Emigration and immigration
Zionism
Writers, Hebrew
Writers, Yiddish
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Special Collections

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn16742
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
.5m of textual records
Fonds No.
1010; 4
Scope and Content
Subdivided on their own due to importance and volume, this group includes boxes with material and correspondence just on Theodor Herzl (includes the Zionist leader’s correspondence copy book for 1903), Professor David Neumark of Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, the non-Jewish Russian Hebrew …
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
.5m of textual records
Scope and Content
Subdivided on their own due to importance and volume, this group includes boxes with material and correspondence just on Theodor Herzl (includes the Zionist leader’s correspondence copy book for 1903), Professor David Neumark of Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, the non-Jewish Russian Hebrew writer Elisheva Ben Zion Ben Yehuda (son of the Hebrew lexicographer Eliezer Ben Yehuda), Medle Mokher Seforim (Shalom Jacob Abramowitz) and Russian-Jewish author Vassily Behrman.
Fonds No.
1010
Series No.
4
Storage Location
JPL
Creator
Reuben Brainin
History / Biographical
See fonds description
Notes
Arranged under "Group IV"
Related Material
Judy King Fonds; Jewish Public Library Collection
Name Access
Brainin, Reuven, 1862-1939
Subjects
Herzl, Theodor, 1860-1904
Writers, Hebrew
Writers, Yiddish
Zionism
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Papers of the Reuben Brainin Archives Committee of the Jewish Public Library

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Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1010; 5
Scope and Content
Consists of the records of the Reuben Brainin Archives Committee.
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
Series
Material Type
textual record
Scope and Content
Consists of the records of the Reuben Brainin Archives Committee.
Fonds No.
1010
Series No.
5
Storage Location
JPL
Notes
Arranged under "Group V"
Related Material
Judy King Fonds; Jewish Public Library Collection
Subjects
Brainin, Reuben, 1862-1939
Jewish Public Library (Montreal, Quebec)
Jewish Public Library (Montreal, Quebec) - Archives
Jewish Public Library (Montreal, Quebec) - Founders
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Manuscript essays in Yiddish

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn17540
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1010; 1; 001
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1010
Series No.
1
File No.
001
Storage Location
1-1A, Ctn.001
Subjects
Brainin, Reuben, 1862-1939
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Manuscript essay, "Briefe fun Berlin"

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Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1010; 1; 002
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1010
Series No.
1
File No.
002
Storage Location
1-1A, Ctn.001
Subjects
Brainin, Reuben, 1862-1939
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Manscript essay, "Mentshn un bikher"

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Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1010; 1; 003
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1010
Series No.
1
File No.
003
Storage Location
1-1A, Ctn.003
Language
Yiddish
Subjects
Brainin, Reuben, 1862-1939
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Typescript essays in Yiddish

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn17543
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1010; 1; 004
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1010
Series No.
1
File No.
004
Storage Location
1-1A, Ctn.001
Language
Yiddish
Subjects
Brainin, Reuben, 1862-1939
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Typescript essays in Yiddish

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn17544
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1010; 1; 005
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1010
Series No.
1
File No.
005
Storage Location
1-1A, Ctn.001
Language
Yiddish
Subjects
Brainin, Reuben, 1862-1939
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Manuscript and typescript essays in Hebrew

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Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1010; 1; 001
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1010
Series No.
1
File No.
001
Storage Location
1-1A, Ctn.002
Language
Hebrew
Subjects
Brainin, Reuben, 1862-1939
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Manuscript in Hebrew, "Ha-tragizim ba-sifrut"

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn17546
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1010; 1; 002
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1010
Series No.
1
File No.
002
Storage Location
1-1A, Ctn.002
Language
Hebrew
Subjects
Brainin, Reuben, 1862-1939
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Manuscript and typescript essays in German, English, Russian

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn17547
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1010; 1; 003
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1010
Series No.
1
File No.
003
Storage Location
1-1A, Ctn.002
Language
German; English; Russian
Subjects
Brainin, Reuben, 1862-1939
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Galleys of Hebrew essays

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn17548
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1010; 1; 004
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1010
Series No.
1
File No.
004
Storage Location
1-1A, Ctn.002
Subjects
Brainin, Reuben, 1862-1939
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Lecture manuscript in Yiddish

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn17549
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1010; 1; 005
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1010
Series No.
1
File No.
005
Storage Location
1-1A, Ctn.002
Subjects
Brainin, Reuben, 1862-1939
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Lecture manuscript in Hebrew (on Chaim Nachman Bialik)

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn17550
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1010; 1; 006
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1010
Series No.
1
File No.
006
Storage Location
1-1A, Ctn.002
Subjects
Brainin, Reuben, 1862-1939
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Announcements and printed programs of Brainin's lectures (in various languages)

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn17551
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1010; 1; 007
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1010
Series No.
1
File No.
007
Storage Location
1-1A, Ctn.002
Subjects
Brainin, Reuben, 1862-1939
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Typescript of Hebrew autobiography, "Reshimot me-pinkasi"

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn17552
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1010; 1; 001
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1010
Series No.
1
File No.
001
Storage Location
1-1A, Ctn.003
Subjects
Brainin, Reuben, 1862-1939
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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Autobiographical manuscripts and typescripts in Hebrew

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn17553
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1010; 1; 002
Collection
Reuben Brainin Fonds
Description Level
File
Material Type
textual record
Fonds No.
1010
Series No.
1
File No.
002
Storage Location
1-1A, Ctn.003
Subjects
Brainin, Reuben, 1862-1939
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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