Collection GB 1556 WL 622 - Lander, Myer Jack (b 1874)

Identity area

Reference code

GB 1556 WL 622

Title

Lander, Myer Jack (b 1874)

Date(s)

  • 1900-1945 (Creation)

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Collection

Extent and medium

1 folder

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Myer Jack Landa was born in Leeds in 1874. He was a British Jewish writer and long time sketch writer in the Press Gallery at the House of Commons. He married Gertrude Gordon, sister of Samuel Gordon, the writer. The two of them published a number of novels and plays together; she often under the pseudonym of Aunt Naomi. His principal interests seem to have been the portrayal of the Jew and Jewish life in theatre and the importance of Palestine as the centre of Jewish life.

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Archival history

GB 1556 WL 622 1900-1945 collection 1 folder Lander , Myer Jack , b 1874 , writer

Myer Jack Landa was born in Leeds in 1874. He was a British Jewish writer and long time sketch writer in the Press Gallery at the House of Commons. He married Gertrude Gordon, sister of Samuel Gordon, the writer. The two of them published a number of novels and plays together; she often under the pseudonym of Aunt Naomi. His principal interests seem to have been the portrayal of the Jew and Jewish life in theatre and the importance of Palestine as the centre of Jewish life.

Received from the family, Dec 1983.

Papers of Myer Jack Landa, 1900-1945, including papers relating to Jewish organisations including the Jewish Association of Arts and Sciences, the Jewish Fund for Soviet Russia, the Refugee Industries Committee and the Israel Delivered from Bondage Society; correspondence, 3 Sep 1943-27 Feb 1945 and newspaper and journal articles, chiefly reviews of books with a Jewish theme, some of them by Landa, 1900-1943.

The papers have been arranged in the following order: 622/1 correspondence; -/2 papers relation to organisations; -/3 miscellaneous journal articles; 4 newspaper cuttings. In addition there are a number of journals which have been catalogued as part of the Wiener Library periodical series and have been listed at the end.

Open

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

English

Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Mar 2008 Cultural identity Europe Israel Delivered from Bondage Society Jewish Jewish Association of Arts and Sciences Jewish emancipation Jewish Fund for Soviet Russia Jews Lander , Myer Jack , b 1874 , writer Liberation movements Political movements Refugee Industries Committee Religious groups UK Western Europe London England

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received from the family, Dec 1983.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Papers of Myer Jack Landa, 1900-1945, including papers relating to Jewish organisations including the Jewish Association of Arts and Sciences, the Jewish Fund for Soviet Russia, the Refugee Industries Committee and the Israel Delivered from Bondage Society; correspondence, 3 Sep 1943-27 Feb 1945 and newspaper and journal articles, chiefly reviews of books with a Jewish theme, some of them by Landa, 1900-1943.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

The papers have been arranged in the following order: 622/1 correspondence; -/2 papers relation to organisations; -/3 miscellaneous journal articles; 4 newspaper cuttings. In addition there are a number of journals which have been catalogued as part of the Wiener Library periodical series and have been listed at the end.

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Conditions governing access

Open

Conditions governing reproduction

Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.

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Wiener Library

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Language(s)

  • English

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