Sparks
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- Title (English):
- Sparks
- Title (Yiddish Romanized):
- Funken
- Title (Yiddish):
- פונקען
- Collection:
- International Workers’ Order (IWO) and Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO)
- Set:
- Education
Visual - Creator:
- Lekovitsky, A.
Schwartz, Chaim
- Creator:
- לעכאויצקי, א
- Organization:
- International Workers Order, Kinder Shul, Saint Louis
- Date:
- 1933-02
- Coordinates:
- 38.625,-90.21468
- Latitude:
- 38.625
- Longitude:
- -90.21468
- Location:
- Saint Louis, Saint Louis City, Missouri, United States
- ID Number:
- 5276b50f03_21
- File Name:
- 5276b50f03_21.pdf
- Address (creator):
- Saint Louis, Missouri
- Work Type:
- magazines (periodicals)
magazines (periodicals)
house organs
publications
journals (periodicals)
educating
authors
children's literature
historical figures
essays
poetry
communism
political ideologies and attitudes
curricula
political ideologies and attitudes
sketches - Subject:
- Pedagogy- Ordn Schools (Shule), other Education
Shule
Intelligentsia
IWO- Journals
Publications
Jewish Left
Youth
Publishing
Soviet Union
Political
Communism - Description:
- Translated Summary: Cover with hammer and sickle. Subtitle is "The First Children's Journal of the Yiddish Kinder Shuln of the International Workers Order- Saint Louis". The most frequent topic of the children's writings are about "Our School" or "The Children's Workers School", etc. and about the Soviet Union. Additional subjects are "I Became a Pioneer", "The Unemployed Council." Poems about pioneers, and about Marx and Lenin. The teacher's name is A. Lekovitsky לעכאוויצקי. School secretary, Chaim Schwartz was a poet and active Yiddishist. He is described in the photograph and on page 15 (where his poems for children are printed) as a Proletarian Youth Poet. Differs from some school 'children's journals' in including a long introductory section, partly about the school, and partly material that might usually be found in a branch newsletter. Offers insight into curriculum in 1933.
- Notes:
- The Spark was an official bi-monthly Yiddish publication of the I.W.O. The Spark (Der Funk) was named for Iskra (И́скра), Lenin's erstwhile newspaper. Sparks (as in multiple little sparks) is the name of this children's journal.
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. - Cite As:
- International Workers Order (IWO) Records #5276. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University
- Archival Collection:
- International Workers Order (IWO) Records, 1915-2002 (KCL05276)
- Box:
- 50
- Folder:
- 3
- Format:
- Image
- 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