• Building the Foundations of Scholarship at Home: Salo Baron and the Judaica Collections at Columbia University Libraries

    Author(s):
    Michelle Margolis Chesner (see profile)
    Date:
    2022
    Subject(s):
    Jews--Study and teaching, Reading, Libraries, History, Books
    Item Type:
    Book chapter
    Tag(s):
    Jewish studies, Reading and library history, Book history
    Permanent URL:
    https://doi.org/10.17613/q8me-sq24
    Abstract:
    Salo Baron’s impact on Judaic scholarship in the 20th century is hardly unknown. Moreover, his leadership of the Jewish Cultural Reconstruction Project solidly places him in the annals of the history of bibliography as well. Less well-known, however, is the outsized impact Baron had on the collections at his home institution. In this chapter, I will discuss how Salo Baron’s connections and advocacy for the Judaica collections at Columbia University ensured its place as a top primary source collection of Judaica in the United States.
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    Pub. DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.7312/kobr20484
    Publisher:
    Columbia University Press
    Pub. Date:
    2022
    Book Title:
    Salo Baron The Past and Future of Jewish Studies in America
    Author/Editor:
    Rebecca Kobrin
    Chapter:
    7
    Page Range:
    153 - 173
    ISBN:
    9780231555708
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    12 months ago
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