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Abraham Barmad Typescripts

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Call Number:
SCRC 468
Repository:
Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
Extent:
0.4 linear feet (1 box)
Language:
Hebrew, Yiddish, and English
Preferred Citation:
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Abraham Barmad Typescripts, SCRC 468, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date:
1928-1929, undated (inclusive)
Creator:
Barmad, Abraham
Form:
Correspondence, Manuscripts, and Poems
Abstract:

The collection contains nine bound typescripts in Hebrew and Yiddish, translated from German, written, or edited by Abraham Barmad. Typescripts are primarily on philosophy and religious topics including translations of The Apology of Socrates by Plato and essays by Arthur Schopenhauer. One typescript contains articles and letters that appeared in the Yiddish newspaper, Idishe Velt. Each volume contains an insert in the front cover with an English translation of the title. The translated titles appear in the collection inventory below.

Donated by Gratz College in April 1975. Collection previously administered by the Philadelphia Jewish Archives Center, acquired by Temple in June 2009.

Three of the bound typescripts have been digitized. Contact the Special Collections Research Center for more information.

Finding aid prepared in October 2020 by Jessica M. Lydon, Associate Archivist.

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Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
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Machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan, Sky Global Services India (P) Ltd.
Finding Aid Date
September 2023
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

The Abraham Barmad Typescripts are the physical property of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. The creators have not assigned their rights to Temple University Libraries. Other creators' intellectual property rights, including copyright, belong to them or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.

Collection Inventory

Apology of Socrates, 1929.
Box 1 Folder 1
Apology of Socrates, 1929.
Box 1 Folder 2
Ask Your Elders and They Will Tell You: Sayings and Articles from Great People of Past Generations That Make the Heart of Man Happy, 1928 or 1929.
Box 1 Folder 3
Collected Works by A. Barmad, undated.
Box 1 Folder 4
Precious Verse from the Depths of the Talmud, undated.
Box 1 Folder 5
A Timely Explanation for One-Hundred and Thirteen Legends, undated.
Box 1 Folder 6
Two Debators Who Contradict Each Other Until the Reader Decides Between Them, undated.
Box 1 Folder 7
The Wisdom of Life by Arthur Schopenhauer, 1928.
Box 1 Folder 8
Excerpts from the Idishe Velt, 1929.
Box 1 Folder 9

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