Includes clippings, manuscripts, autobiographical works, periodical clippings and notes in Yiddish, Hebrew, English, German, and Spanish, dating predominantly from 1893 to 1939. In addition to Brainin’s own writing, this group also includes clippings documenting Brainin’s Zionist activities as well as his involvement in the Jewish agricultural colonization in the Soviet Union.

The papers represent the scope of Brainin’s life endeavours as writer, editor, biographer, critic, translator, lecturer, Zionist and one of the founders of the Jewish Public Library. The Fonds is divided into five major series: Literary and editorial activities, Biography and criticism, Correspondence, Special Collections, and the records of the Jewish Public Library Archives Committee.