Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Photographs and architectural drawings from Israel
- Dates:
- 1930-1950
- Extent:
- 1 Linear Feet One box; two flat boxes; four map folders
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item], Photographs and architectural drawings from Israel (M1922). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California.
Background
- Biographical / historical:
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Collection of documents belonging to Yehuda Avissar, deputy municipal engineer of the city of Jaffa. Tel-Aviv-Jaffa, [1930s-40s]. The collection includes: thirty architectural drawings, including drawings of the Dajani Hospital, the first private hospital in Jaffa; the offices of ha-Mashbir ha-Merkazi; and other buildings and streets in Jaffa. There are also about 100 letters, receipts and official documents addressed to Avissar, as well as three small photographs depicting sewer pipe installation in Jaffa. Most of the documents are from the Jaffa Municipality and from the Association of Engineers and Architects.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchase, 2012. Accession 2012-226.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2018-09-21 10:40:13 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
- Terms of access:
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While Special Collections is the owner of the physical items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish.
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item], Photographs and architectural drawings from Israel (M1922). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California.
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022