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05. Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica

 Classification
Identifier: 05
With holdings of over 100,000 volumes, the Isser and Rae Price Library of Judaica at the University of Florida, is considered the foremost Jewish studies research collection in the southeastern United States. In terms of many of its scarce late 19th to early 20th century imprints, it ranks among the top 20 academic libraries in the world. Furthermore, many thousands of its titles in Hebrew and Yiddish are held by less than 10 libraries in the United States. Below is a listing of the archival holdings of the Price Library.

Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:

Morton D. Winsberg Photographs of Colonia Baron Hirsch

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 170
Abstract

Photographs of the Colonia Baron Hirsch, primarily of the Jewish settlers, in Argentina.

Dates: 1930-1960

Transcript of Emanuel Synagogue Seminar on Martin Buber

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0473
Abstract

Typescript transcript of two seminar sessions on Jewish religious philosopher Martin Buber held at the Emanuel Synagogue in Hartford, Connecticut.

Dates: 1964

Records of the University of Florida Price Library of Judaica

 Series
Identifier: Series 005
Abstract

Correspondence, collection inventories, reports, forms, working papers documenting the administration of the Price Library.

Dates: 1972-1995

Joseph Weil Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms Coll. 042
Abstract

Speeches, articles, personal correspondence and material related to Weil's academic career. Included in the collection are records related to the social fraternity, Pi Lambda Phi, and Technion (Hebrew Institute of Technology).

Dates: 1915-1977

Paul L. Hanna Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms Coll. 120
Abstract

Correspondence, writings, speeches, and general files of historian, Paul L. Hanna. The majority of the files pertain to Palestine, Israel and the Middle East, including his work with the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry in 1946.

Dates: 1931-1972

Estelle Aden Theater Teaching Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0639
Abstract

Performing Arts research collection comprising materials collected by Professor Estelle Aden related to her own research and for theater classes she taught with materials on artists, entertainers, writers, and playwrights.

Dates: 1917 - 2019; Majority of material found within 1966 - 2019

Bruce and Stacey Goldring Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0382
Abstract

This collection reflects Jewish life in Jacksonville during the twentieth century. Included in the collection are postcards, newsletters, photographs, flyers, and vinyl disks highlighting institutions and individuals who contributed to the lives of the Jewish residents of Jacksonville.

Dates: 1923-2014; Majority of material found in 1970s-1990s

Yemenite Liturgical Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0400
Abstract

Hebrew hymns for mourning and the Ninth of Av, including lamentations (qinot), penitential hymns (selichot), and other non-liturgical texts.

Dates: circa 1830

José Moskovits Antisemitism Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0402
Abstract Correspondence collected by Argentinian reparation lawyer and president of the Jewish Association of the Survivors of Nazi Persecution, José Moskovits, as part of a world-wide survey on antisemitism and attitudes toward Jews and Israel in the second half of the 1970s. Included are letters from various politicians, artists, scholars, literary authors, religious dignitaries, and others. Together with Asher Mibashan (1914-2005), the Buenos Aires bureau chief of JTA (Jewish Telegraphic Agency),...
Dates: 1976-2017; Majority of material found within 1976-1979

Sara Gaíl de Farber and Bess de Farber Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0416
Abstract

This collection holds materials created by Joseph Farber, father, and mother and daughter, Sara Gaíl de Farber and Bess Gaíl de Farber, respectively. The larger part of the collection includes materials that relate to Sara Gaíl's life and work in Argentina and the US. Separate folders hold materials relating to Bess de Farber's performance commemorating her mother's and father's emigration to the US from Poland, and Argentina, respectively, and her family and genealogical research.

Dates: 1918-2006; Majority of material found within 1950s-1970s