TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Restrictions

Administrative Information

Search Terms

A Finding Aid to the Allen Lesser Papers. 1932-1960.

Manuscript Collection No. 301



Introduction

Repository: The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Creator: Lesser, Allen, 1907-
Title: Allen Lesser Papers.
Dates: 1932-1960.
Quantity: 0.4 linear feet.
Abstract: Correspondence and other materials relating to Lesser's biography of Adah Isaacs Menken, an author, entitled Enchanting Rebel. Persons represented include Alexander Isaacs Menken.
Collection Number: MS-301
Language: Collection material in English.

Biographical Sketch

Resident of Washington, D.C.


Scope and Content Note

Correspondence and other materials relating to Lesser's biography of Adah Isaacs Menken, an author, entitled Enchanting Rebel. Persons represented include Alexander Isaacs Menken.


Restrictions

Terms of Access and Use

The Allen Lesser Papers are open to all users. The original manuscript collection is available in the Barrows-Loebelson Reading Room of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives.

Property and Literary Rights

Allen Lesser, by the act of donating the Allen Lesser Papers to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by Allen Lesser and his heirs. Literary rights may also be retained by specific creators of materials.

Questions concerning rights should be addressed to the Executive Director of the American Jewish Archives. For more information see the American Jewish Archives copyright information webpage.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the Allen Lesser Papers and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:

[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-301. Allen Lesser Papers. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Provenance

The Allen Lesser Papers were received from Allen Lesser, Washington, D.C., in 1968.

Processing Information

Processed by American Jewish Archives staff.

Accruals and Additions

No further accruals are expected to this collection.



Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the AJA's online catalog.

Biographers -- Washington (D.C.)
Jewish authors
Jewish women
Lesser, Allen, -- 1907- -- Manuscripts
Menken, Adah Isaacs, -- 1835-1868 -- Biography
Menken, Alexander Isaacs
Women authors, American