Samuel Rothbort papers, 1941-1961

Rothbort, Samuel, b. 1882 d. 1971
Painter, Muralist, Sculptor
Brooklyn, N.Y.

Collection size: 26 items (partially filmed on 1 microfilm reel)

Collection Summary: Biographical data; exhibition catalogs; an article on actors and artists by Rothbort; a clipping, 1954; printed material on his film The Ghetto Pillow later named Memories of the Shtetl; 9 photographs of Rothbort's paintings; and 1 book, unmicrofilmed, "Out of Wood and Stone," 1952.

Biographical/Historical Note: Painter, sculptor; Brooklyn, N.Y.

Donated 1963 by Samuel Rothbort via Harriet R. Barry, Wonderwomen Enterprises.

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