print email comment close A Garment Worker's Legacy: The Joe Fishstein Collection of Yiddish Poetry URL: http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/fishstein/ Description: This digital version of a 1998 exhibition allows the world to see the catalog of a remarkable collection of Yiddish books that belonged to Joe Fishstein, an active member of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. The 2300 works are mostly poetry; there are also photographs, union memorabilia, early twentieth-century postcards, and theater programs. Fishstein's hand-made dust jackets kept everything in mint condition. Searchable. From McGill University Libraries. Author: Sigal, Goldie Publisher: McGill University Library of Congress Subject Headings: Book collecting Research libraries -- Book collections Yiddish literature Yiddish poetry -- Bibliography LII Database Information: Record 4674 created by Barbara Bibel on 06/11/2002 Last modification on 06/18/2002 Published: 06/11/2002   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/4674