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The two biographical notes below are from the resources of the Perry Casteñada Library and are published here by permission of The General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin.

David Fram, b. 1903, d. 1988.

David Fram papers [microform], 192- --1984. 6 in.

Organized in three series: I. Correspondence. II. Literary works. III. Biography and assorted. Correspondence arranged chronologically. Literary works arranged by genre. With: Samuel Leibowitz papers. In Yiddish or English or French.

Yiddish author; born Panevezys, Lithuania, Oct. 14, 1903 ; died Johannesburg, South Africa, July 10, 1988. Having been exiled to Russia during World War I, Fram returned to Lithuania in 1921. He emigrated to South Africa in 1927 but also lived for many years in London and Rhodesia.

He took a four-month trip beginning in Nov. 1946 to Paris, Basel, Antwerp, and New York in order to meet with other Yiddish writers and to discuss his writings. He began publishing in 1923 in Yiddish newspapers and journals in Kovno, Lithuania. He published two anthologies of his poetry--Lider un poemes (Vilna: Johannesburg, 1931) and A sh?valb oyfn dakh (Johannesburg, 1983)--as well as two long poems, Efsher and Dos Lets?te ?Kapi?tl (both London, 1947). A significant amount of his work remains unpublished.

Collection consists of correspondence, drafts (many incomplete) of Fram's literary works, clippings, and publications. Time span is 1920s to 1980s. Most of the collection is in Yiddish, but some items are in English or French. Correspondence to Fram includes business colleagues; family members; Hebrew writer, Yosi Gamzu; Yiddish writers, H. Erlikh, Yudel Mark, Nachman Mayzel, Chaim Sacks and David Wilkin; P.E.N. South African Centre; Dorem-afri?kaner Yidishe ?kul?tur-federatsye (South African Yiddish Cultural Federation) and Yidishe ?kul?tur-federatsye, Capetown, South Africa (Yiddish Cultural Federation).

Correspondence from Fram includes business colleagues; family members; Jewish artists, Alva and Bencjon Benn; Fram's translator, Joseph Leftwich; Yiddish writers, Meilech Bakalczuk-Felin, Jonathan Batnitzky, Leah Benson-Rink, Leon Bernstein, Benjamin Jacob Bialostotzky, Hirsh Bloshtein, Jacob Botoshansky, Richard Feldman, Jacob Glatstein, I?tshe Goldberg, S.J. Goldsmith, Chaim Grade, Zalman Levi, Chaim Sacks, Israel Jacob Schwartz, Levi Shalit, M. Tabatznik and David Wilkin; P.E.N. South African Centre; and Dorem-afrikaner Yidishe kultur-federatsye (South African Yiddish Cultural Federation). His literary works include poetry, prose and literary criticism.

Microfilm. Austin, Tex. : General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin, 1997.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utlac/00205/lac-00205.html
2 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
Inventory prepared by Jane Garner and Nathan Snyder.
Microfilm of papers presented by Joseph Sherman.
Call Number FILM 22,481 REEL 1 Microforms PCL Level 1
Call Number FILM 22,481 REEL 1 GUIDE Index Tables Microforms PCL Level 1

Samuel Leibowitz, 1912-1976

Samuel Leibowitz papers [microform], 1933-1943. 3 in.

Organized in two series: I. Short stories. II. Assorted. With: David Fram papers, folders 15-21. In Yiddish or English.

Yiddish author; born Panevezys, Lithuania, 1912; died Johannesburg, South Africa, June 16, 1976. Leibowitz emigrated to the Johannesburg, South Africa, area in 1929. In 1931 he began publishing in Yiddish newspapers and journals in South Africa. Most of his work remains unpublished.

Collection consists of drafts of Leibowitz's literary works. Time span is the 1930s to the 1940s. Most of the collection is in Yiddish, but some items are in English. Microfilm. Austin, Tex. : General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin, 1997. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

Sherman, Joseph; Dept. of English Studies, Univ. of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Gift; 1996.
Samuel Leibowitz papers, 1933-1943, Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin. http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utlac/00184/lac-00184.html
Inventory prepared by Jane Garner and Nathan Snyder.
Microfilm of papers presented by Joseph Sherman.
Call Number FILM 22,481 REEL 2 Microforms PCL Level 1 USE IN LIBRARY ONLY
Call Number FILM 22,481 REEL 2 GUIDE Index Tables Microforms PCL Level 1