ARC.1000.114 - Michael M. Zagayski Papers
Abstract/Description: | The Michael M. Zagayski Papers consists of correspondence documenting Zagayski's wartime involvement in Polish government affairs, Zionist affairs, and matters having to do with Polish Jewry; the proposed Holocaust memorial, 1960s; Zagayski's dealings with artists, notably Ossip Zadkine, from whom he made purchases, and Nathan Rapoport, and with art galleries and museum directors. Clippings, auction catalogs, bills for purchases of art, photographs, and printed material are also included. |
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Subject(s): | Rapoport, Nathan, 1911-1987 Zadkine, Ossip Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.) Jewish Theological Seminary of America Art, Jewish Holocaust memorials Jews -- Poland Zionism |
Date Issued: | 1934 |
Title: | Guide to the Michael M. Zagayski Papers, 1934-1977. | |
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Name(s): | Zagayski, Michael, creator | |
Type of Resource: | mixed material | |
Genre: | Correspondence | |
Issuance: | monographic | |
Date Issued: | 1934 | |
Abstract/Description: | The Michael M. Zagayski Papers consists of correspondence documenting Zagayski's wartime involvement in Polish government affairs, Zionist affairs, and matters having to do with Polish Jewry; the proposed Holocaust memorial, 1960s; Zagayski's dealings with artists, notably Ossip Zadkine, from whom he made purchases, and Nathan Rapoport, and with art galleries and museum directors. Clippings, auction catalogs, bills for purchases of art, photographs, and printed material are also included. | |
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Michael M. Zagayski Papers, The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, N.Y., ARC.1000.114, (Box #, Folder #). Funding for the retrospective conversion of the original finding aid documents to produce this guide using Archivists’ Toolkit was made possible by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). Michael (originally Mieczyslaw) M. Zagayski was a wealthy Warsaw industrialist and collector of art and Judaica who emigrated to the United States in 1940. Zagayski was prominent in Warsaw's organized Jewish community, and in 1940 he came to New York as a consul for the exiled Polish government. In 1958, Zagayski joined with the Jewish Theological Seminary in a plan to erect a holocaust memorial. JTS agreed to donate the empty site it owned adjacent to the Jewish Museum at Fifth Avenue and 92nd St., Albert A. List agreed to fund the construction of a building, and Zagayski agreed to donate his collection, to be housed in the building. In 1960, JTS officers concluded that only a portion of the building would be devoted to a holocaust memorial, and that the building would remain part of JTS rather than a separate institution. At this point, Zagayski withdrew from the project. English, German, Hebrew, Polish |
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Subject(s): |
Rapoport, Nathan, 1911-1987 Zadkine, Ossip Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.) Jewish Theological Seminary of America Art, Jewish Holocaust memorials Jews -- Poland Zionism |
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Library Classification: | ARC.1000.114 | |
Restrictions on Access: | Materials are available by appointment only. To make an appointment and request materials in advance, contact the Librarian in charge of archival materials at: 212.678.8973 or via E-mail: archives@jtsa.edu. Reproduction of fragile items is not permitted; consult the Librarian about literary rights. | |
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