Joseph Jacob Cohen

He was escorting his sister-in-law Mary Kantorowicz, her children, Chaie and Isaak to David Kantorowicz in Trenton, NJ, and after them on the manifest is Sheine Kaplan who I think is Sophie, going to her brother David in Philadelphia. Apr 14 1903

on the SS Statendam from Rotterdam, Holland to the Port of New York, New York, NY, USA Occupation:	Publications: Cohen, Joseph J., "The Workmen's Circle, Philadelphia," published in Freedom, London, July, 1911; "Voltairine de Cleyre," published in Freie Arbeiter Stimme, June 29, 1912; The Modern School of Stelton: a sketch. Stelton, N.J.: Modern School Association of North America, 1925; Di yidish-anarkhistishe bavegung in Amerike. Historischer iberblik in perzenlekhe iberlebungen fun Yosef Kahan. [Philadelphia], 1945. English translation of title is: The Jewish-Anarchist Movement in America in 1945. [An English edition is being prepared]; Der urshprung fun gloybn [The origin of belief]. Tel-Aviv: E. Hirshugeh, 1950; The house stood forlorn; legacy of remembrance of a boyhood in the Russia of the late nineteenth century. Paris: Editions polyglottes, 1954 [the typescript manuscript and illustrations are in the possession of E.V. Conason]; In quest of heaven: the story of the Sunrise Co-operative Farm Community. New York: Sunrise History Pub. Committee, 1957 [Has been republished in a 1975 edition. A manuscript is in the Clements Library at the University of Michigan. An earlier typescript is now in the possession of Jenny Schwartzberg]; Di mishpochah Erlich, roman. Tel-Aviv: Naie Lebn, 1964 [Is this a Yiddish translation of The House stood forlorn?]. He translated: Berkman, Alexander. Die Rusishe tragedye: an iberblik un oysvikht: un Kronshtat-di Parizer komune fun Rusland. Nyu York: Aroysgegeben fun der Idisher anarkhistish-komunistisher federatsye, 1922; Thoreau, Henry David. Vegn der flikt fun umgehorkhzamkayt tsum shtot [On the duty of civil disobedience]. Los Angeles: Kropotkin Literary Society, 1950. In 1906 he edited Broyt un frayhayt [Bread and Freedom], Philadelphia, Pa. Between 1924 and 1933 he edited Freie Arbeiter Stimme, New York, NY; between 1946 and 1949 he edited Der frayer gedank = La pensee libre, Paris, 1949.|Ms. letters, etc.:|The Houghton Library, Harvard University:|Ishill, Joseph. Papers: Guide. Container List, Series I (25). Cohen, Joseph Jacob, 1878-1953. 1 letter, 1928. Additional papers. Series III, other correspondence (243). Cohen, Joseph Jacob. 1 letter to Alexis Ferm, 1944.|The International Institute of Social History (Amsterdam) has his correspondence in the following archives [alphabetized by last name]:|Inventory of the Papers of Alexander Berkman (1870-1936), 13. Cohen, Joseph J. 1924, 1931-1933, n.b. editor of the Freie Arbeiter Stimme (New York) 1924-1933; 22. Freie Arbeiter Stimme (New York). 1926-1927, 1930, 1934-1936, n.b. see also inv. no. 13, Joseph J. Cohen; inv. no. 50, Mark E. Mranyi.|Inventory of the Papers of Senya Flechine (1894-1981) and Mollie Steimer (1897-1980), II. Cohen, J.J., 1946, 1949, 1950, 1954.|Inventar Kautsky-Archiv (1873-1938), D II 146: Arbeiterstimme Freie (New York) siehe Cohen, Joseph J.; D VII 83. Cohen, Joseph J. (Freie Arbeiterstimme, New York). 1931. 1 brief.|Archiv Max Nettlau (1885-1944), 137. Cohen. 1 portefeuille; Microfilm, 9. Canadian-Cohen 1926 (Inv. Nrn. 136-137); 10. Cohen. 1927-Cohn (Inv. Nrn. 134-136).|Archiv Pierre Ramus (Rudolf Grossman) (1882-1942), Register, Cohen, Joseph J. (Freie Arbeiter Stimme) 230.|Inventar des Nachlasses von Rudolf Rocker (1873-1958), 432. Nettlau, Max, "Bakunin's 'Confession,' (Ispoved), 1851." Handschrift. Mit nachschrift von Max Nettlau an Joseph Cohen. 1932. 3 Seiten. 1 Umschlag.|Boris V. Yelensky Archive, letters of Joseph Cohen (also on behalf of La Pensee Libre, Paris), Fraye Arbeter Shtime, New York, 1947-1963, Francisco Ferrer Modern School, 1947-1958. Typescripts of 2 different works (one in photocopy on the Sunrise Cooperative Farm Community).|The Labadie Collection, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), William L. Clements Library has correspondence between J.J. Cohen and the librarian and the papers of the Sunrise Farm Community, including newsletters, ms. letters, ephemeral material, and the typescript of the entire court case concerning the end of Sunrise.|Rutgers University has the archives of the Stelton Modern School and Farm Community, which includes books, articles, manuscripts, photographs, etc. There is an online inventory.|University of California, Berkley, The Emma Goldman Papers has correspondence, which is indexed under Joseph Cohen, and contains letters from 1927 to 1934.|Mentions of J.J. Cohen in other records:|Graff, George P., The People of Michigan (2nd ed., rev., 1974), Index. Cohen, Joseph Jacob, p. 108. [Need to order photocopy of page].|Philadelphia Real Estate Record and Builder's Guide, v. 33, n. 18, p. 280 (5/1/1918) states that Jacob Ethan Fieldstein (fl. 1915-1954) an architect, was preparing plans for a dwelling with store for Joseph J. Cohen, the address of the building was 517 S. 5th Street, Philadelphia, PA. As of 2004, the building was still extant and valued at $175,000. [Perhaps this was a home for the Radical Library? Check with Bob Helms.] Between 1911 and 1952

a journalist, editor and writer Occupation:	Between 1924 and 1933

the editor of the Freie Arbeiter Stimme, New York, NY, USA