Sid Leiman (Shneur) wrote an article on 3 Jewish booksellers on the Lower East
Side it was published in 'Tradition' can't remember exactly when (quite a few
years ago. It covered Biegeleisen, Rabinowitz and one other can't remember
Jonathan Jonathan Fishburn Fishburn Books 43 Ridge Hill Golders Green London
NW11 8PR United Kingdom www.fishburnbooks.com Tel +44 (0) 208 455 9139 Fax +44
(0) 208 922 5008
From: Michelle Chesner <michm...@gmail.com>
To: Rachel Leket-Mor <rachel.leket-...@asu.edu>
Cc: "hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu"
<hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, 27 June 2017, 19:56
Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Biegeleisen Books-Oral History
We have a small archive of booksellers' correspondence from the 30s-50s
(https://clio.columbia.edu/catalog/10723259 - it was literally processed this
spring, so I have an inventory list), and it's something I'm very interested in
as well. It would be an incredible student project to do a Biegeleisen history
- I'm going to see if there is anyone in the area interested.
Perhaps a working group?
Michelle
On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Rachel Leket-Mor <rachel.leket-...@asu.edu>
wrote:
Thank you so much for posting it, Gail! The idea of creating a digital archive
for Jewish bookstores came up in the Selling Jewish Books panel (thank you for
organizing it, Michelle Chesner!) during the conference (again, thank-you to
the organizing committee, it was remarkable!). The idea crossed my mind a few
months ago when I cleaned up my office and I had a draft email ready to go with
the following points (see below); Arthur Kiron had similar thoughts. It will be
nice to have a few articles on Jewish bookstores in Judaica Librarianship (one
essay will be published in JL 19), but a digital archive that all of us can
contribute to will make a beautiful collaborative project that may also evolve
into a grant proposal on behalf of AJL to include Jewish publishing houses.
Here’s what I had in that draft note: · The work of Michael Winship (U
of Texas in Austin) on American bookstores · Highland, Kristen Doyle.
2016. "In the Bookstore: The Houses of Appleton and Book Cultures in Antebellum
New York City." Book History 19 (1): 214-255. · Hagit Cohen’s book
(2005)At the bookseller's shop: the Jewish book trade in Eastern Europe at the
end of the nineteenth century· The Book Shook records (Magnes Museum),
OCLC #227005467· Weiss Family papers, OCLC #861796256· Books
Merkaz (Seattle, WA), http://archiveswest. orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/
xv98779/op=fstyle.aspx?t=k&q= WAUBooksMercazSeattleWash3817% 2f Thanks,Rachel
Rachel Leket-Mor, MA, MLISArizona State University Library
PO Box 871006
Tempe, AZ 85287-1006
Phone: 480-965-2618 Editor-in-Chief, Judaica Librarianship
Association of Jewish Libraries
http://ajlpublishing.org From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces@
lists.osu.edu]On Behalf Of Shirazi, Gail
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 9:01 AM
To: 'hasaf...@lists.service.ohio- state.edu' <hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-
state.edu>
Subject: [ha-Safran] Biegeleisen Books-Oral History While in NY, Galina and I
visited Biegeleisen Books in Brooklyn. We had the chance to meet Aaron
Biegeleisen (the nephew) and Mr. Biegeleisen (the senior-who just celebrated
his 90th birthday). We enjoyed listening to the stories he told about how his
grandfather came to this country and set up the business in the early 1900s.
They even have a file of letters, invoices and other ephemera dealing with the
store that dates back to the “early days”. It would be wonderful if someone in
NY could take senior Biegeleisen’s oral history and video it. The firm has
been such a part of the Judaica book scene, it would be a shame to miss this
opportunity. We did mention to both of the Biegeleisens that it would be a
wonderful thing to have done. I’m am hoping someone will like the idea and do
it. Maybe the NY Jewish Historical Society or some other organization-even a
senior high school project. It would be wonderful to have. Just a thought-Gail
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