Fifty Years of Jewish Life in Philadelphia translations

Creator(s)
Greifer, Julian L.
Scarf, Maxwell

Language
Materials in English.

Historical Note
The book Fuftsig yohr geshikhṭe fun Idishen leben in Filadelfya or Fifty Years of Jewish Life in Philadelphia chronicles Moses Freeman’s eyewitness account of the East European Jewish immigrant experience in Philadelphia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The book was published in two volumes: the first, published in 1929, covers the period 1879–1929 and the second, published in 1934, covers 1929–1934.

Collection Overview
Fifty Years of Jewish Life in Philadelphia translations, 1984, undated, consist of two sets of translations for volume 1, 1879–1929. One translation was completed by Maxwell Scarf in 1984, and consists of chapters 1, 2, 7–11, 13 and 14. The second translation, completed by Julian L. Greifer is undated and includes the entire text of volume 1 as well as the table of contents. For volume 2, 1929–1934, there are translations for chapters 8, 12, 13, 15, and 18 of the 19 total chapters and the table of contents, all completed by Maxwell Scarf.

Restrictions on Access
Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Information
Found in collection, source unknown. 

Processing Information
Collection processed and guide prepared in 2012 by Jessica Lydon, Project Archivist.

Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Fifty Years of Jewish Life in Philadelphia translations, 1984, undated, Acc. Temp 2012.3, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Related Material
Volumes 1 and 2 of Fuftsig yohr geshikhṭe fun Idishen leben in Filadelfya = Fifty Years of Jewish Life in Philadelphia by Moses Freeman are cataloged separately.

Access Points
The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in the Temple University Libraries’ electronic catalog.

Personal Name(s)
Freeman, Moses
Greifer, Julian L.
Scarf, Maxwell

Subject(s)
Jews--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia—History
Yiddish--Translations into English

Form/Genre Term(s)
Printouts
Typescripts
Xerographic copies

Collection Inventory

Box Folder Description

1   1    Fifty Years of Jewish Life in Philadelphia translation vol. 1, 1984, undated
1   2    Fifty Years of Jewish Life in Philadelphia translation vol. 2, 1984