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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:

Sanehiko Yamamoto Collection Regarding Albert Einstein

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0399
Abstract

This collection chronicles the 30 year relationship between Albert Einstein and Sanehiko Yamamoto (President of Japan's renowned publishing house Kaizosha) that was formed during Einstein's 1922 trip to Japan. Included are photographs, letters, and artwork given to Yamamoto by Einstein during his trip, as well as a 1949 letter and photographs documenting Yamamoto's continued friendship with Einstein after World War II.

Dates: 1922, 1949

Relacion de la orden y manera de proceder del Santo Officio... de la Inquisicion

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0466
Abstract

Manuscript copy of a 1559 relacion by Philip II of Spain and Pope Paul IV relating the procedures to be followed by the Holy Office of the Inquisition (Santo Officio).

Dates: 1700-1799?

Bergen-Belsen Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MS Group 137
Abstract

Photographs taken following the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany during World War II.

Dates: 1945

Rabbi Max Lipschitz Sermons

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0463
Abstract

Edited drafts of sermons written by South Florida Rabbi Max Lipschitz.

Dates: 1968 - 1986

Isidor Reisman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0619
Abstract

Articles, instructional materials, correspondence, and newsletters produced by and about Hebrew teacher, calligrapher, and Holocaust survivor Isidor Reisman.

Dates: 1971 - 2020

National Jewish Women's Council Jacksonville Section Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0617
Abstract

Scrapbooks, photographs, news clippings, meeting minutes, reports, project files, awards, and other documents pertaining to the Jacksonville, Florida Section of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW).

Dates: 1939 - 2019; Majority of material found within 1939 - 2006

Harry Z. Cohen Collection on the Workmen's Circle in Rochester, New York

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0620
Abstract

Speech on the "History of the Workmen's Circle in Rochester, New York" by Harry Z. Cohen and materials related to Cohen's work with the Workmen's Circle.

Dates: 1936 - 2020; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1976

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

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