- YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
- Ruth Rubin
Where
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- Held by
- YIVO Institute for Jewish Research via YIVO Institute for Jewish Research — Archives guide
- Creator
- Rubin, Ruth (1906-)
- Dates
- 1947-1966 (indexed as 1947–1966)
- Level
- collection
- Extent
- 58'6"; 9 5"lgl; 3 2.5"ltr;1'5" sound recordings, 50 bankers boxes
- Scope & content
- The collection consists of tapes and record albums of Jewish music made by Ruth Rubin as part of her research in Yiddish musical folklore. The songs are sung by informants in New York, Montreal, Toronto, London. Song types include: hasidic, ballads, children's songs, lullabies, drinking songs, dances, riddles, love songs, humorous songs, anti-hasidic songs, songs about poverty, work, Zionism. Yiddish folksinger, folklorist, poet. Born in Montreal, Canada. Settled in New York in 1924.
- Location
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- Subjects
- Canada; Children; England; Folklore and Ethnography; Great Britain; Hasidism; Music; United States; Zionism
- Genre / form
- Documents - Collection
- Access & use
- YIVO Archives collections are open to researchers only by appointment with an archivist. To inquire about papers and records, write to Chief Archivist, archives@yivo.cjh.org. To inquire about photographs and films, write to Photo and Film Archivist at Photofilm@yivo.cjh.org. To inquire about sound recordings, write to Sound Archivist, lsklamberg@yivo.cjh.org. For art works and artifacts, write to Chief Archivist at archives@yivo.cjh.org.
- Harvested
- 2026-10-17T06:33:23Z · source datestamp n/a · yivo