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A Finding Aid to the Moshe Pelli Papers. 1926-1998.
Manuscript Collection No. 798
Funding, in part, for the arrangement and description of this collection
was provided by the National Historical Publications and Records
Commission.
Introduction |
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| Repository: | The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives |
| Creator: | Pelli, Moshe, 1936– |
| Title: | Moshe Pelli Papers |
| Dates: | 1926-1998 |
| Quantity: | 9.0 linear feet (9 record cartons) |
| Abstract: | This collection consists of files relating to Professor Pelli’s 1998 book ha-Tarbut ha-Ivrit ba-America, Hebrew Culture in America: 80 Years of Hebrew Culture in America (1916–1995). |
| Collection Number: | MS-798 |
| Language: | Collection material in Hebrew and English. |
Biographical Sketch
Moshe Pelli, born in Israeli in 1936, is currently the Director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Judaic Studies and the Abe and Tess Wise Endowed Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Central Florida. His major area of specialization is Modern Hebrew Literature, with concentration on Hebrew Haskalah (Enlightenment) in the 18th and 19th centuries. In addition, he has written extensively on the literature of the Holocaust, and has taught courses on the Literature of the Bible. Prof. Pelli has published twelve scholarly books on Hebrew Enlightenment, Hebrew culture in America, and literature of the Holocaust, as well as two novels and eight children’s books.
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of files relating to Professor Pelli’s 1998 book ha-Tarbut ha-Ivrit ba-America, Hebrew Culture in America: 80 Years of Hebrew Culture in America (1916–1995). These files include handwritten notes, photocopied newspaper and journal articles, and nearprint. A full third of the collection is devoted to articles of Hadoar, a newspaper published by the Histadruth Ivrith, the Hebrew Language and Culture Association in the USA. The collection also contains extensive documentation on other publications by the Histadruth Ivrith, as well as articles on specific people associated with the Histadruth Ivrith and information on the Histadruth Ivrith’s Hebrew Youth Movement, Hanoar Haivri.
Arrangement Note
This collection is arranged in two (2) series:
Restrictions
Terms of Access and Use
This collection is open to all users. The original manuscript collection is available in the Barrows-Loebelson Reading Room of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives.
Property and Literary Rights
Moshe Pelli, by the act of donating the Moshe Pelli Papers to the American Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary rights are retained by Moshe Pelli or his heirs. Literary rights may also be retained by specific creators of materials.
Questions concerning rights should be addressed to the Executive Director of the American Jewish Archives. For more information see the American Jewish Archives copyright information webpage.
Related Material
Related Collections
Pelli, Moshe. Nearprint. Nearprint Biographies.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the Moshe Pelli Papers and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as follows:
[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-798. Moshe Pelli Papers. American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Provenance
The Moshe Pelli papers were received from Moshe Pelli, Orlando, Florida in January, 2009.
Processing Information
Processed by Michal Loving, August, 2011.
This collection was arranged and described according to minimal-processing standards. Funding, in part, for the arrangement and description of this collection was provided by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Accruals and Additions
No further accruals are expected to this collection.
Box Folder Listing
Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the American Jewish Archives's online catalog.