ROBACK, Abraham Aaron.
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- Collection
- ROBACK, Abraham Aaron.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 0.22 metres of textual records. - 3 photographs. - 3 sound elements. - 13 textual records.
- Fonds No.
- P0124
- Date
- 1910-1965.
- Scope and Content
- Biographical press clippings. Photocopies of articles in Yiddish. Photocopies of personal correspondence. Original letters to B.G. Sack in Yiddish. Pamphlets. Periodicals containing his articles. P87/23 : Articles by and about A.A. Roback. 3 photos.Additions 1987: 2 postcards from A.A. Roback to M …
- Collection
- ROBACK, Abraham Aaron.
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 0.22 metres of textual records. - 3 photographs. - 3 sound elements. - 13 textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Biographical press clippings. Photocopies of articles in Yiddish. Photocopies of personal correspondence. Original letters to B.G. Sack in Yiddish. Pamphlets. Periodicals containing his articles. P87/23 : Articles by and about A.A. Roback. 3 photos.Additions 1987: 2 postcards from A.A. Roback to M (Michael?) Roback, 1930. Article by A.A.Roback "A Psychologist evaluates Peretz", Jewish Observer. Verse by Michael Roback. A.A. Roback, THE YIDDISH EMPIRE (Di Imperye Yiddish), Mexico: Solomon Mendelson Fund, 1958. Clippings, publications by A.A.Roback: WHY YIDDISH?, CONTEMPORARY YIDDISH LITERATURE, "Being Polite in Yiddish", etc. Publication announcements, ephemera, eulogiesAdditions 1988 : 3 Long-playing records 78 rpm on 33-1/3 format. A.A. Roback reading "Back from the Draft Board" by Sholem Aleichem. Produced by Harvard University. 10 books. Albert Schweitzer Jubilee Book; 2 Yiddish booklets. 3 books by A.A. Roback. Jewish Observer, Peretz issue, 1945
- Date
- 1910-1965.
- Fonds No.
- P0124
- History / Biographical
- Abraham Aaron Roback was born in 1890. He was a psychologist, educator, author, Yiddishist; early editor of the Keneder Adler; authored more than 30 books on psychology, Yiddish language and literature. He died in 1965
- Custodial History
- This fonds is composed of several small collections donated by various Roback family members. Leah Roback, niece, made two donations in 1987 (P87/41 and P87/23). Mrs. Rose Mergler, niece, made two donations on December 22, 1987 (P87/42) and on January 18, 1988 (P88/04). R. Helfield made a donation on March 24, 1988 (P88/27). Annie Pedvis made two donations in 1988 (P88/45 and P88/31)
- Notes
- P87/23, P87/41, P87/42, P88/04, P88/27, P88/31, P88/45.Yiddish and English.Roback's books in Archives Library.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
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