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I'm pleased to announce that the Stanford University Libraries have just acquired the Eliasaf Robinson Collection on Tel Aviv, which documents the founding and early history of Tel Aviv, the first modern Jewish city. Robinson, an antiquarian bookseller in Tel Aviv, built the extensive collection over nearly four decades, concentrating on materials that date from before 1948, the year that the State of Israel proclaimed its independence with Tel Aviv as its first capital. In addition to books, the collection holds thousands of archival documents and photographs of institutions, individuals, political activities and public events, as well as ephemera related to business, entertainment and culture. It also contains maps, architectural plans and proclamations and posters created for political and civic events, including the first posters created by Tel Aviv's municipal government. The acquisition was made possible in part with the support of the Koret Foundation Funds and the Jewish Community Endowment Fund of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties. Additional details may be found in the Stanford Report online: http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2006/march22/telaviv-032206.html. Zachary Baker Stanford University Libraries Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
