Archive / Collection of more than 350 items, letters, documents, ephemera, pamphlets, manuscript notes, receipts , manuscript letters from the private library of Providence (Rhode Island) lawyer, Arthur (Art) Joseph Levy. The collection includes an important, controversial typescript-essay (8 pages) on Israel Zangwill's address before the American Jewish Congress at Carnegie Hall on October 14th, 1923 ("Watchmen, what of the Night ?"); with manuscript annotations and remarks on Israel Zangwill's position "the hopes of Jewry for the establishment of a Jewish State in Palestine are doomed to disappointment". The collection includes a plethora of interesting letterheads of jewish organizations and also important documentation of Levy's contrib

Levy, Arthur Joseph / Zangwill, Israel.

Published by Providence (Rhode Island), Cambridge (Massachusetts), New York, 1917 - 1931., 1931

About this Item

Octavo and A4. Two heavy folders with original documents. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Documents / Letters and Ephemera also includes: Pamphlet by John Haynes Holmes - Can Jew and Christian worship together ? (New York, 1923) / Bar-Mitzvah-Invitation / Letter from S.S.Manchuria (America Line) on original America Line - Stationery from 1923 / Letter from Harvard Athletic Association (Cambridge, Mass., 1928) / Letter from The National Student Forum 2929 Broadway, New York, 1923 / Receipt for annual fee for Men's Club Temple Beth-El in Providence, Rhode Island, signed by Treasurer Growalter / Letterhead Hotel Dreyfus in Providence, Rhode Island / Statement for 1923 Alumni Dues on stationery of Phi Epsilon Pi Fraternity - Walnut St. Philadelphia - signed by Maurice Jacobs / Recipt of Oak Hill Tennis Club, Pawtucket in 1923 / Vintage Receipt for a contribution to the "Palestine Foundation Fund", Boston, Mass. June 1923 / Letters with reference to sport and athletics ("Dear Canoe-Paddler-Teacher") / Sprache: english.

Seller Inventory # 29298AB

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Archive / Collection of more than 350 items, letters, documents, ephemera, pamphlets, manuscript notes, receipts , manuscript letters from the private library of Providence (Rhode Island) lawyer, Arthur (Art) Joseph Levy. The collection includes an important, controversial typescript-essay (8 pages) on Israel Zangwill's address before the American Jewish Congress at Carnegie Hall on October 14th, 1923 ("Watchmen, what of the Night ?"); with manuscript annotations and remarks on Israel ...
• Publisher: Providence (Rhode Island), Cambridge (Massachusetts), New York, 1917 - 1931.
• Publication Date: 1931
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
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