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Shabsai Perel

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Collection
Shabsai Perel Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 file of textual material
Fonds No.
1154
Date
ca1933-ca1976
Scope and Content
Consists of one folder of correspondence and ephmera.
Collection
Shabsai Perel Fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Material Type
textual record
Physical Description
1 file of textual material
Scope and Content
Consists of one folder of correspondence and ephmera.
Date
ca1933-ca1976
Fonds No.
1154
Storage Location
7-6C, SC2
Physical Condition
Poor
Conservation
Four "get well" cards were removed from the collection and destroyed due to mould.
History / Biographical
Shabsai Perel was a left-wing Yiddish poet, born in Yarmolintsy, Poland, September 18, 1906. From a traditional Hassidic family, Perel was educated by his father and grand-father. His education was interupted by pogroms and the Russian revolution. He moved to Montreal in 1927, where he lived until his death on April 22, 1976. Perel published his poetry in varous Yiddish journals including the Keneder Adler and the Keneder Yidishe Vokhnblat.
Language
English; Yiddish
Acquisition Source
Shloime Perel, son of Shabsai Perel
Subjects
Poetry
Writers, Yiddish
Perel, Shabsai
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Jewish Public Library Archives
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