Here in Toronto, we have a collection of old important children's
books housed at one branch of thepublic library. Is there something
similar somewhere in the U.S?
Yes, the University of Minnesota has the Kerlan Collection.
Andrea
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Dear Fred,
Nice to hear your voice. Your e-mail got me thinking. Wouldn't it be
wonderful to have one place where early Jewish children's books could be
housed? That way, anyone doing research in that field could go there instead
of traveling about the country for bits and pieces. Here in Toronto,
Hi, Fred--
Since you're setting up an archive with books, I thought you might
appreciate a rare book librarian's perspective. Assuming that you are
talking about a situation where your library purchased multiple copies
of a particular title deemed to be popular, they are probably identical.
Jewish children's books, like all children's literature, present a
historical mirror of childhood. Children are indelibly molded by the
tales they read and
hear. These are also the stories that one day they will share with their
own offspring.
Jewish libraries should collect and preserve old
Andrea has raised an interesting question that I'm facing. My
library, as some of you know, was closed for the past 6 years, for a
variety of reasons. We've recently moved back into a new facility,
and there's a wonderful library.
The new room has much more shelf space than the former one
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