Yeshayahu Jelinek papers

Collection

Identifier: IHRC1136

Staff Only

Abstract

Collection consists of research notes on Eastern European immigrants, lecture and course notes, and documents concerning Hungarian, Slovak, and Greek Catholic immigrants.

Dates

Creation: 1891-1979

Creator

Jelinek, Yeshayahu (Person)

Language of Materials

English, Hebrew, Hungarian, Slovak, German

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS

Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.

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HISTORICAL SKETCH

Yeshayahu Jelinek was born on July 16, 1933 in Czechoslovakia. His family emigrated to Israel in 1949. He studied at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and received his Ph.D. from Indiana University. He began teaching in 1966 as a visiting assistant professor at the University of Denver and the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. He continued to teach at various universities including the University of Haifa, Columbia University in New York, and Denison University in Ohio. He taught courses in history regarding eastern Europe, Russia, Germany, contemporary Israel, modern Jewish history, and the Holocaust. Jelinek conducted research on immigrants from Eastern Europe.