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Kinderland, Volume 2 Numbers 8-9, August-September, 1922

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Title:
Kinderland, Volume 2 Numbers 8-9, August-September, 1922
Collection:
International Workers’ Order (IWO) and Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO)
Creator(s):
Steinbaum, Israel
Date:
1922-08
Description:
Children's magazine Kinderland published by the Arbeter Ring. Steinbaum is now the sole editor. Contents this issue: To our children in the schools. A note thanking children for their contributions, encouraging them to submit poems and stories, and asking for their of what they'd like to see in the magazine. Essays and poems: The White Hen. Nakhum I. (listed in cover contents as The Speckled Hen); In Kheyder. F. Bimko; Sametl and Zeydele; Poem by M. Broderzon; The Boy Who Heard Sarasaten [?]. Y. Krepliak; Lullaby, by N. Minkoff; The Book fo Knowledge. Henry Faber; The General and the Old Man. N. Baikin (listed in cover as The Jew and the General); The Little Bird; Verse by Sh. Landninsky, Music by Leo Leov; Children's Writings. Features: Interesting to Know; Games; Questions and Answers; News. What to Read; Recommendations of English and Yiddish children's books. Other notes: Cover stamped with Issaac Hurwitz's name and address.
Subject:
Pedagogy
Education- Shule
Political
Communism
Culture Front- Publishing
Poetry, Music, Art
Jewish Left- Arbeter Ring
Intelligentsia
Jewish Left
Youth
Language:
Yiddish
Set:
Culture Front
Education
Site:
New York, New York, United States
Note:
Beginning in January 1930, the Ordn Shuln briefly published an unrelated magazine also titled Kinderland.
Note:
The Jewish People’s Fraternal Order was the largest ‘national’ section of the International Workers Order (IWO) which focused on cultural awareness and celebration, mutual support especially in health insurance coverage, and anti-fascist activities. The IWO also gave particular emphasis to supporting the rights and interests of African Americans. Documents include language and representations which comprise the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that Cornell University or its staff endorse or approve of negative representations or stereotypes presented.
Archival Collection:
International Workers Order (IWO) Records, 1915-2002 (KCL05276)
Box Number:
50
Folder Number:
1
Cite As:
International Workers Order (IWO) Records #5276. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Creator (Yiddish):
שטיינבוים, ישראל
Title (Yiddish):
קינדערלאנד
Romanized Title (Yiddish):
Kinderland
Organization:
Arbeter Ring/Workmen's Circle; Workmen's Circle (U.S.) Arbeter Ring (U.S.) n00045546
Address (Creator):
175 East Broadway, New York, New York
Work Type:
magazines (periodicals)
children's literature
political ideologies and attitudes
graphic document genres
historical figures
authors
publications
essays
sketches
educating
logotypes
lithographs
advertisements
Rights:
The copyright status and copyright owners of most of the images in the International Workers Order (IWO) Records Collection (Kheel Center #5276) are unknown. This material was digitized from physical holdings by Cornell University Library in 2016, with funding from an Arts and Sciences Grant to Jonathan Boyarin. Documents include language and representations which comprise the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that Cornell University or its staff endorse or approve of negative representations or stereotypes presented. Cornell is providing access to the materials as a digital aggregate under an assertion of fair use for non-commercial educational use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Cornell would like to learn more about items in the collection and to hear from individuals or institutions that have any additional information as to rights holders. Please contact the Kheel Center at kheel_center@cornell.edu
Identifier:
5276b50f01_04
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University

About the collection

This bilingual project conserves, digitizes, and curates a portion of Cornell's International Workers Order (IWO) archives and most especially those of its Jewish division, known as the Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO). The IWO was founded in 1930 as an immigrant fraternal order that provided high-quality, low-cost health and burial insurance and other benefits for members. The origins of the IWO / JPFO arise from a decade of splits (1920-1930) concerning the U.S.S.R., the Bolshevik Revolution and Communism that consumed the Jewish Federation of Socialists and the Arbeter Ring (Workmens' Circle) groups associated with Eugene V. Debs' Socialist Party. While the vast majority of the IWO's members--200,000 at its peak right after World War II--did not belong to the Communist Party of the United States of America, the IWO's politics and leadership were largely aligned with those of the Party. The IWO was legally disbanded in 1953 due to the Cold War "Red Scare." This closure followed on a famous and unprecedented court case: its insurance funds and records were seized by New York State's Insurance Department. The presence of a goodly portion of the IWO's archives in the Kheel Center's 5276 Catherwood Library collection at Cornell's Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) School is a direct result of that seizure.