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Identifier/Call Number: CLJ2
Title: The Louis Shub Documentation Center, American Jewish University
Date (inclusive): 1940-2003 inclusive
Collector:
Shub, Louis;
American Jewish University
Repository:
Ostrow Library, American Jewish University
15600 Mulholland Dr.
Bel-Air. California 90077
Extent:
20,479 digital files
Location: Digital copies of the physical files are housed at the Ostrow Library of the American Jewish University. Physical files have
been destroyed.
Abstract: The Louis Shub Documentation Center at the American Jewish University is a collection of thousands of articles from various
newspapers and periodicals covering a range of subjects. Gathered by Dr. Shub, the former library director of the University
of Judaism, the collection was used by students to research subjects such as Israeli and Jewish figures, Foreign Policy, Global
Jewish Communities, Israel, the Middle East and many other issues and subjects. The importance of this collection is the juxtaposing
of articles from major papers with those of small local papers both covering the same event.
Language: Materials are in English and Hebrew
Administrative Information
This collection is open for research with permission from the Ostrow Library staff.
No further materials are expected for this collection.
Conditions of Use
[Identification of item], Guide to the Louis Shub Documentation Center at the American Jewish University, American Jewish
University, Bel-Air, CA 90077.
Collected by Dr. Shub since 1940 for personal use and for the Ostrow Library
The Shub Documentation Center was created by Ostrow Library’s first director, Louis Shub. The collection began as a personal
hobby of Dr. Shub when he was with the American Jewish Committee in 1940. Once opened at the University of Judaism, this news
archive allowed students to research articles from newspapers and periodicals from the second half of the 20th century. Areas
covered are Israel and the Middle East, Global Jewish community life world wide, Foreign Policy, Israeli and Jewish personalities
and issues such as church and state. The beauty of this collection is that under any given topic, one is as likely to find
an article from a major newspaper next to another article on the same subject from a local community press. All of the thousands
of articles were indexed lovingly by hand by Dr. Shub before the widespread use of computers and the internet.
Thanks to the generosity of the Shub family, a major portion of this archive has been digitized and is now available to researchers
visiting the new Bel and Jack Ostrow Academic Library and the Burton Sperber Community Library. The Documentation Center consists
of over 170 drawers and thousands of folders. In 2010, The Ostrow Library digitized these records, and the collection now
consists of 20,479 digital files organized in twenty series.
The collection is organized in 20 series, with subseries when needed.
- 1. Aliyah
- 2. Authors
- 3. Begin Sadat 1977
- 4. Egypt Israel 1978
- 5. Foreign Policy
- 6. Global
- 7. Global Jewish Communities
- 8. Institutions and Organizations
- 9. Israel
- 10. Israeli Relations
- 11. Issues and Topics
- 12. Middle East
- 13. Palestine
- 14. Prime Ministers Israel
- 15. Public Figures-International
- 16. Public Figures-Israeli
- 17. Public Figures-Palestinian
- 18. West Bank
- 19. Yordim
- 20. Dr. Louis Shub Indexes and Files
American Jewish University History
American Jewish University, with its Familian campus in Bel Air, California and Brandeis-Bardin campus in Simi Valley, California,
is the outcome of the 2007 union of Brandeis-Bardin Institute (BBI) and the University of Judaism (UJ). For more information,
please see the history page at the following link:
http://aboutus.aju.edu/default.aspx?id=4742
The Bel and Jack M. Ostrow Library History
The
Ostrow Library , is designed to meet the needs of the University's faculty and students, as well as scholars conducting research in all fields
of Jewish culture and civilization. Members of the general public are also invited to use the Library’s materials for personal
enrichment and enjoyment. With approximately 110,000 print volumes, the library's collections have grown consistently through
endowments, gifts of major private collections and an ongoing acquisition program.
Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Shub, Louis
American Jewish University
Brandeis-Bardin Institute (Brandeis, Simi Valley, Calif.)
University of Judaism
Judaism.
Zionism and Judaism.
Jewish authors.
Israel.
Palestine.
Middle East.
International relations.
Jewish communities in the modern world
Politics--Israel.
Politics international
Prime ministers.
Emigration and immigration--Israel.
United States--Relations.
Education.
Authors.
Jewish authors.
Literature.