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FREE REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Digital archive of recordings and texts in more than 130 indigenous languages of Latin America and scholarship on those languages. AILLA provides audio recordings and transcripts of books, ceremonies, chants, commentaries, conversations, correspondence, curses, datasets, debates, descriptions, documents, drama, educational materials, ethnographies, field notes, grammars, greetings and leave-takings, histories, instructions, instrumental music, interviews, lexicons, meetings, myths, narratives, oratory, permissions, photographs, poetry, prayers, procedures, proverbs, readers, recipes, sketches, songs, speech plays, theses, unintelligible speech, and wordlists.
FREE REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Digital archive of recordings and texts in more than 130 indigenous languages of Latin America and scholarship on those languages. AILLA provides audio recordings and transcripts of books, ceremonies, chants, commentaries, conversations, correspondence, curses, datasets, debates, descriptions, documents, drama, educational materials, ethnographies, field notes, grammars, greetings and leave-takings, histories, instructions, instrumental music, interviews, lexicons, meetings, myths, narratives, oratory, permissions, photographs, poetry, prayers, procedures, proverbs, readers, recipes, sketches, songs, speech plays, theses, unintelligible speech, and wordlists.
Joe Fishstein Collection of Yiddish Poetry
The Joe Fishstein Collection of Yiddish Poetry, housed in the Division of Rare Books and Special Collections at McLennan Library, McGill University, is considered to be one of the finest private collections of its kind in the world. It consists of some 2300 Yiddish works, mostly poetry, and includes many rare volumes, most of which have been preserved in vintage condition by beautiful hand-made jackets fashioned by Joe Fishstein, the Bronx garment worker who amassed them. This extraordinary collection, which also includes unusual ephemeral items, such as albums of early 20th century postcards, photographs and trade union memorabilia, offers rich opportunities for research to scholars of Yiddish literature and 20th century social history. The catalogue of the Joe Fishstein Collection, A Garment Worker's Legacy, edited by Goldie Sigal, was published by McGill University Libraries as volume 11 of the Fontanus Monograph Series in 1998 (ISBN 0-7717-0511-5). The book launch in January of that year was accompanied by a major exhibit of highlights from this collection at McGill Redpath Library, from January to March 1998. The book and accompanying exhibit were prepared by editor/curator Goldie Sigal, who also acted as editor and curator of the present online catalogue and exhibit.
The Joe Fishstein Collection of Yiddish Poetry, housed in the Division of Rare Books and Special Collections at McLennan Library, McGill University, is considered to be one of the finest private collections of its kind in the world. It consists of some 2300 Yiddish works, mostly poetry, and includes many rare volumes, most of which have been preserved in vintage condition by beautiful hand-made jackets fashioned by Joe Fishstein, the Bronx garment worker who amassed them. This extraordinary collection, which also includes unusual ephemeral items, such as albums of early 20th century postcards, photographs and trade union memorabilia, offers rich opportunities for research to scholars of Yiddish literature and 20th century social history. The catalogue of the Joe Fishstein Collection, A Garment Worker's Legacy, edited by Goldie Sigal, was published by McGill University Libraries as volume 11 of the Fontanus Monograph Series in 1998 (ISBN 0-7717-0511-5). The book launch in January of that year was accompanied by a major exhibit of highlights from this collection at McGill Redpath Library, from January to March 1998. The book and accompanying exhibit were prepared by editor/curator Goldie Sigal, who also acted as editor and curator of the present online catalogue and exhibit.