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Jack R. Dichter Papers

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Call Number:
SCRC 374
Repository:
Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
Extent:
1.25 linear feet (2 boxes)
Language:
English and Yiddish
Preferred Citation:
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Jack R. Dichter Papers, SCRC 374, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date:
1913-1980 (inclusive)
Form:
Clippings, Correspondence, Ephemera, Legal documents, Manuscripts, Negatives, Photographs, School records, Scores (documents for music), Scrapbooks, and Sheet music
Abstract:

Jack Robert Dichter (1903-1980) was an elementary school teacher, principal, and musician in Philadelphia. Jack married Mollie Prager in 1928 with whom he had two sons, Joel and Scott.

The Jack R. Dichter Papers consist primarily of popular and Yiddish sheet music and lyric sheets from the 1920s. Sheet music and lyrics written by Dichter and others in the collection include "Why So Blue" and "I Still Believe in You" (Frank Capano, Dichter, and Harry Steinhouse), "I Want You Most of All" and You Remind Me of My Old Girl (Moret Shea and Dichter), and "You Tell 'Em" (Dichter and Dave Hoffman) as well as many lyric sheets for songs composed by Mildred Greenberg. The collection also includes correspondence, course grades, and other documents pertaining to Dichter's studies in the graduate program at Temple University's Teachers College; photographs and other records from the Hebrew Sunday School Society's Ephraim Lederer School, Ellwood Elementary School, and other Philadelphia public schools where Dichter served as either teacher or principal; correspondence and legal documents related to his ownership of Bob White Day Camp; and a bound manuscript of a children's story "Bobbie and Anne in Radio Land" written by Dichter and Lena M. Bixler.

Collection is arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Collection has been assessed for possible mold and boxes have been marked; precautions will be offered at time of access.

Donated by Scott W. Dichter in June 2018.

Collection processed and finding aid prepared in July 2018 by Jessica M. Lydon, Associate Archivist.

Dichter, Jack R. Radio As an Instrument in the Education of Physically Handicapped Children. Thesis (Ed.M.)--Temple University, 1938, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Publisher
Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
Finding Aid Author
Machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan, Sky Global Services India (P) Ltd.
Finding Aid Date
March 2024
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

The Jack R. Dichter Papers are the physical property of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. The donor has not assigned rights to Temple University Libraries. Other creators' intellectual property rights, including copyright, belong to them or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.

Collection Inventory

Bob White Day Camp, 1945-1958.
Box 1 Folder 1
Bob White Gift Shop, 1955, undated.
Box 1 Folder 2
"Bobbie and Annie in Radio Land" bound manuscript, 1939.
Box 1 Folder 3
Correspondence, 1927-1930, undated.
Box 1 Folder 4
Dance programs, 1927-1932.
Box 1 Folder 5
Ellwood Elementary School, 1943-1960.
Box 2 Folder 1
Ephraim Lederer School, 1927-1941, undated.
Box 1 Folder 6
Jack Dichter Orchestras' fliers, business and advertising cards, 1925-1931.
Box 1 Folder 7
Lyric sheets, manuscript, undated.
Box 1 Folder 8
Lyric sheets, manuscript: music composed by Mildred Greenberg, undated.
Box 1 Folder 9
Mollie Prager autograph book, 1921-1922.
Box 1 Folder 10
Movie-Stamp Klub logo design, 1938.
Box 2 Folder 2
Musicians Protective Association, Local 77, 1927, 1935.
Box 1 Folder 11
Newspaper clipping scrapbook, 1926.
Box 1 Folder 12
Newspaper clippings including obituaries, 1927, 1980, undated.
Box 1 Folder 13
Philadelphia Teachers Association, 1941, 1943.
Box 1 Folder 14
Photographs and negatives of the Jack Dichter Orchestra and members of the Dichter and Prager families, 1923-1944, undated.
Box 1 Folder 15
Radio station WIAD, 1927, undated.
Box 1 Folder 16
School District of Philadelphia, 1923-19??.
Box 1 Folder 17
Schoolmen's Club of Philadelphia, 1962.
Box 1 Folder 18
Scrapbook, 1927-1931.
Box 1 Folder 19
Sheet music, manuscript, circa 1925, undated.
Box 1 Folder 20
Sheet music, printed, 1920-1932.
Box 1 Folder 21
Sheet music, printed: music composed by Moret Shea, Frank Capano, and Lou Herscher, 1925-1930.
Box 1 Folder 22
Temple University Guidance Special Education Association, 1938-1939.
Box 1 Folder 23
Temple University Teachers College, 1933-1940.
Box 1 Folder 24
Yiddish sheet music, printed, 1913-1929.
Box 2 Folder 3

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