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'''Joseph Gaer''' (originally named '''Joseph Fishman''') (1897-1969) was a Russian-born Jewish man who immigrated to the United States, where he became a university lecturer of literature, and then worked a number of government jobs including for the [[Federal Writers' Project]]. He also wrote and published, and founded a press and a publishing company.
==Biography==
Joseph Fishman was born on March 16, 1897 in [[Edineț]], in what was then [[Bessarabia]], now Moldova. He immigrated to the US in 1917, and studied there and in Canada. He became a lecturer at [[University of California, Berkeley]], in 1930, and taught there until 1935, when he began working in a series of positions for the federal government--first, editor and field supervisor for the [[Federal Writers' Project]], until 1935, then a consultant for the [[Farm Security Administration]], until 1941, and he was a special assistant for the [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]], until 1943, when he joined the [[CIO-PAC]], the first political action committee in the United States, supporting the [[Congress of Industrial Organizations]], a federation of industrial unions.<ref name=oac/>
Already a writer and editor, in 1945 he founded the Pamphlet Press and was director until 1946, and became president of Boni & Gaer, a publishing company, until 1949. Books he published include ''The legend called Meryon'' (1928), ''How the great religions began'' (1929), and ''Our Jewish heritage'' (1957). He died died December 7, 1969.<ref name=oac></ref>
His papers are held at the [[Charles E. Young Research Library]], a collection that includes "manuscripts of books written or edited by Joseph Gaer, and includes typescripts with holograph corrections and corrected galley and page proofs."<ref name=oac/>
==References==
[[Category:1897 births]]
[[Category:1969 deaths]]
==Biography==
Joseph Fishman was born on March 16, 1897 in [[Edineț]], in what was then [[Bessarabia]], now Moldova. He immigrated to the US in 1917, and studied there and in Canada. He became a lecturer at [[University of California, Berkeley]], in 1930, and taught there until 1935, when he began working in a series of positions for the federal government--first, editor and field supervisor for the [[Federal Writers' Project]], until 1935, then a consultant for the [[Farm Security Administration]], until 1941, and he was a special assistant for the [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]], until 1943, when he joined the [[CIO-PAC]], the first political action committee in the United States, supporting the [[Congress of Industrial Organizations]], a federation of industrial unions.<ref name=oac/>
Already a writer and editor, in 1945 he founded the Pamphlet Press and was director until 1946, and became president of Boni & Gaer, a publishing company, until 1949. Books he published include ''The legend called Meryon'' (1928), ''How the great religions began'' (1929), and ''Our Jewish heritage'' (1957). He died died December 7, 1969.<ref name=oac></ref>
His papers are held at the [[Charles E. Young Research Library]], a collection that includes "manuscripts of books written or edited by Joseph Gaer, and includes typescripts with holograph corrections and corrected galley and page proofs."<ref name=oac/>
==References==
[[Category:1897 births]]
[[Category:1969 deaths]]
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