Leivick, H. (Halpern), 1888-1962

Person

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Biography

H. Leivick was the pen name for Leivick Halper (also Halpern), a Yiddish writer and poet. He was born December 15, 1887 and died in New york in December 1962.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Ben Glass with H. Leivick, Yiddish Poet, 1933

Item

Identifier: B063.05.0005.00005

Abstract Portrait of Ben Glass (at left) and H. Leivick (the pen name of Leyṿiḳ Halpern or Leivick Halper), Yiddish poet. Both men were patients at the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society (JCRS). Ben Glass was a printer at the JCRS bindery from 1928 to 1978 when it closed. The JCRS was a sanatorium for tuberculosis patients that was founded in 1904 by a group of immigrant Jewish working men along with the support of several leading physicians and rabbis in Denver, Colorado. It was located on West...

Dates: 1933

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B063, Beck Archives Photograph Collection / Families and Groups / Box 5

Box 2, 1910 - c.1975

File — Box B342.02.0002: Series B342.02 [Barcode: U186022263268]

Identifier: B342.02.0002

Abstract Box 2 contains personal/family objects as donated by Michael Saliman: 1. Memorial to Michael Saliman (1910); 2. June 1933 North High School Yearbook "The Viking" that belonged to Thelma Merlin, a cousin of the donor's mother; 3. 1 long-playing vinyl record with recording of Thelma Merlin talking about Jewish life in the West Colfax neighborhood. Thelma Merlin performed in plays in Denver's Yiddish Theatre; 4. 1 framed black & white original photograph of Ben Glass and Halpern Leivick; ...

Dates: 1910 - c.1975

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B342, Michael Saliman Papers and Religious Objects / Family Papers and Workmen's Circle

Box 360, 1952, 1919-1952

File — Box B002.04.0360: Series B002.04; Series B002.05; Series B002.06; Series B002.07; Series B002.08; Series B002.10 [Barcode: U186023246293]

Identifier: B002.06.0360

Scope and Contents

Four folders with article about H. Leivick, scrap in Yiddish from a tent, a medical report and biographical information about Philip Hillkowitz, M.D. The box contains 29 folders from series 4 through 8 and 10.

Dates: 1952; 1919-1952

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B002, Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records / General Papers

H. Leivick, 1935-1937

File

Identifier: B002.06.0360.0015

Scope and Contents

Folder contains a poem in Yiddish with English translation and an article about Halpern Leivick.

Dates: 1935-1937

Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B002, Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society Records / General Papers / Box 360