Kaufmann

[The Good Michael]

Der Arbeter Fraint is in Yiddish obviously. Can you read the Hebrew script? I haven't been able to find any translations in the Latin alphabet.

Mike

[mariab]

Thank you so much for identifying John Williams and for all the information, Debs! By the way, I forgot to ask if The Commnweal is available online (at www.newspaperarchive.com)?
I have a very long but fascinating spy report about Russian/Polish anarchists (called “nihilists“) in Paris, but I'm not sure if it's relevant at this point. I'd rather send over a xerox copy to Lynn than post a translation here. Or what do you think?

[mariab]

The Good Michael wrote:
Der Arbeter Fraint is in Yiddish obviously. Can you read the Hebrew script? I haven't been able to find any translations in the latin alphabet.
I've located a lady Jewish translator at Northwestern in Chicago and Lynn has contracted her. Only she happens to be slower that the slowest of snails. (Though it has to be admitted that it's a complex task, apparently.)

[Debra A]

Thank you so much for identifying John Williams and for all the information, Debs! By the way, I forgot to ask if The Commnweal is available online (at www.newspaperarchive.com)?

That's ok, Maria.
Re., Commonweal archives. There are selected articles from various years transcribed on this website:

http://www.marxists.org/history/international/social-democracy/commonweal.htm

I don't know what is on there exactly,I haven't checked it out so not sure how useful it will be for you.
The home page Marxists Internet Archive list of archived periodicals, newspapers and journals also contains links to various other newspaper article archives.

http://www.marxists.org/glossary/periodicals/archive/index.htm

[lynn cates]

Mrs Schwartz

Hello Maria and Debs. Here is an interesting cutting about a Mrs. Schwartz. Notice that:

1. Her husband went to America.

2. She lives in St. Georges.

Cutting is from The Echo, December 2, 1903.

Cheers.
LC

[The Good Michael]

I hope you read this dissertation. Near the bottom is Schwartz' family.

Mike

[mariab]

To Drebra A:
Thank you SO much, Debs! I had a quick look and both links feature The commonweal from 1885-1890, so no help for checking the no-first-name Schwartz in the 1900s. But I'm sure I'll be checking these newspapers often in the next years to come, so thank you so very much again.

To Lynn and Michael:
Since The Echo cutting is from 1903, maybe this is the wife of the Jacob Schwartz who went to NY with the Russians? Wasn't it you, Lynn, who said that the puzzle must fit together with a nice zip?

To The good Michael:
Actually I have Gavin Bromley's (superlatively praised) article on my computer and I've been meaning to read it since about 2 weeks. I might manage to do this much-much later tonight. Possibly... Plus I have other IWEC-related old articles, sent to me by some very nice people. At some point no doubt I'll manage to read them.

[lynn cates]

immigration records

Hello Maria.

"Since The Echo cutting is from 1903, maybe this is the wife of the Jacob Schwartz who went to NY with the Russians?"

Makes sense to me. Perhaps the immigration records could be searched?

Cheers.
LC

[mariab]

Lynn Cates wrote:
Perhaps the immigration records could be searched?
Oh, this I don't know how to do, Lynn. I've done this only for Naples for the 1810s, where you go to a basement at the Archivio di Stato and grab huge super dusty parchments of applications made by Neapolitan citizens to leave the city to go to Rome (for 3 days) in 1813.
Surely Debs has files on immigration records?
I'll try to finally read the Gavin Bromley piece much later tonight, though. And I'll also try to get hold of the Edoardo Zinna piece on the IWEC.

[lynn cates]

communist library

Hello Maria and Debs. Here is a communist library that has decent search function and a few good articles.

http://libcom.org/library

Cheers.
LC

[mariab]

Lynn,
did you attempt a search for Schwartz inside the communist library?
I think the most sensible thing for me to do now is to carefully study the Bromley article first things first. It's like the basics.

[lynn cates]

commies

Hello Maria. No, but there is a Schwarz there. (heh-heh)

Yes. Do your homework first.

Cheers.
LC

[Debra A]

3) I was very surprised to see a box mentioned as containing reports on the London anarchists which was NOT known to me from the Archives Nationales inventaries. I'll most certainly order this box when in Paris in March. Otherwise (on a very quick look) the shelf marks look identical to what I have.

I might even arrange to meet Michel Lesure himself, as I strongly suspect that HE was the OTHER researcher keeping the boxes away from me (as mentioned in my previous post). After googling him I see that he has worked extensively on the matter of Russian pre-revolutionary socialists.
At any rate, thank you SO much again, Debs.

Maria, that other box may not exist anymore, Lesure's index is dated 1964. Would he still be working on it 46 years years later do you think?!

[lynn cates]

Jacob Schwartz

Hello Michael, Maria and Debs. Permit me to paraphrase:

"Some men are born to stupidity whilst others have it thrust upon them." Seems I was born this way.

Here are some questions designed to see how well you paid attention in Sunday School.

1. Who was Abraham's youngest grandson (by Isaac)?

2. To what did he change his name AFTER his encounter with the angel?

If your answers were:

1. Jacob

and

2. Israel

score full points. But I take a zero for not seeing this before.

Cheers.
LC

[The Good Michael]

lynn,

the meds are wearing off.

mike