Archive of the History of Jerusalem in the Modern Era. Circa 1876-1930

Archive of the History of Jerusalem in the Modern Era. Circa 1876-1930
A large archive of the history of Jerusalem in the modern era. Circa 1876-1930.
A large archive which contains some 65 items, including booklets, ledgers and books of regulations of societies for establishing neighborhoods in Jerusalem, in some of the ledgers are the handwritten signatures of the heads of the societies.
Below is a partial and not representative list:
* Book of regulations for the Yishuv Eretz Yisrael in the Holy Land Society, which is called Chevrat Avodat Ha'Adamah V'Geulat Ha'Aretz. [1876]. * Book of Covenant and Memorial for the Agudat Mosdei Ha'Yishuv Society [for the establishing of Petach Tikva]. Jerusalem [1881]. * Kuntress Sha'arei Chessed…with the signature of Rabbi Chaim Yosef Sonnenfeld. * Ezrat Nidachim L'Tiferet Moshe V'Yehudit Society. Jerusalem, 1884, 5 booklets. *Regulations… of the thirty houses called by the name Sha'ar HaPina. Jerusalem, 1889. * A ledger of the Elef L'Matteh Society. Jerusalem, [1889].
*A transcription of the large ledger of the 'Derech Chaim U'Gemilut Chassadim' Society in the Or HaChaim Study Hall. Jerusalem, 1889. * Book of regulations of Me'ah She'arim. Jerusalem, [1889]. * Regulations and Laws of the Sha'arei Zedek Society. Jerusalem [1890]. *Regulations of the Yemin Moshe Society for the Natan Street department. Jerusalem. [1892]. *Regulations and Laws of the Adirah Knesset Yisrael… Society, Jerusalem, in the Solomon Brothers Printing Press, [1899]. * Regulations of the Sha'arei Chessed Society, Jerusalem, [1909]. *Regulations of the Jurat el Anab neighborhood committee. * Report of 'Bayit Ve'Gan' Jerusalem, 1925. Including the plans of the Bayit Ve'Gan neighborhood.
* Regulations of the Yafe Nof neighborhood, [1925]. *Shoshanat Zion, a society to establish a neighborhood around Jerusalem. [1922].
The archive was not properly investigated, it contains much material about the establishment of neighborhoods in Jerusalem. Without a doubt, it contains rare items which are not found at all in libraries and possibly even unique items.
A detailed list will be sent to anyone who requests.
 
Fine general condition.