Thirty five photographs of clinics in Jerusalem and about 200 letters, from the archive of the Feigenbaum family. Jerusalem, Tel-Aviv, Haifa, Rehovot, Berlin and other places, ca. 1910s until the early 1970s. Hebrew, English and some German.
The archive includes:
• Album with thirty three photographs (mounted on album's leaves), of the Ophthalmology Department in the "Jewish Health Bureau" hospital in Jerusalem, directed by Aryeh Feigenbaum, ca. 1913-1916. The photographs show the medical team, treating patients, beds and hospital's room, laboratory tests and more. At the beginning of the album appears a photograph of the medical team at the entrance to "Meir Rothschild Hospital".
• Large group photograph (mounted on card) of participants in the "First Trachoma Convention" in 1914 in Jerusalem. Seen in the photograph are the physicians Aryeh Feigenbaum, Avraham Ticho, Naftali Weitz, Aryeh Goldenberg, Aharon Meir Mazia, Sonia Belkind, Miriam Nofech and others. Approx. 38.5X27.5 cm.
• Photograph of patients in the yard of one of the eye hospitals in Jerusalem in 1918. Titled and dated by hand on verso (Hebrew). Approx. 16X11 cm.
• About 200 handwritten letters (few of the letters are typewritten) exchanged between members of the Feigenbaum family. Most letters were sent to Hemda during the 1930s (when she stayed in the United States), and are written by more than one family member. Several letters were sent from Jerusalem during the 1948 War, some of them are from later years and some are from friends and acquaintances. Including eight letters from Yigael Sukenik - birth name of the IDF Chief of Staff and archaeologist Yigael Yadin who sent them in the 1930s (some are long and detailed and contain interesting facts about his life during that period).
Enclosed: about 35 paper items, including postcards, handwritten notes, invitations to events, and more.
Total of 35 photographs and about 200 letters. Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition. The album in fair-poor condition. Some photographs are damaged or faded. Some with stains, peelings and tears.

Baruch Agadati, Oman HaRikud Ha'Ivri [Baruch Agadati, a Hebrew Dance Virtuoso]. Tel-Aviv: Hedim, 1925. Hebrew.
An elegant book, printed on thick quality paper, about the artistic activity of the dancer, painter and film maker Baruch Agadati. The book contains thirty-two reproductions ("The Cliches of the Photographs by A. Suskin"), most of them featuring photographs and pictures of Agadati in his performances (the artists include Reuven Rubin, Pinchas Litvinovsky, Boris Aaronsohn and others). The reproductions are accompanied by three essays: "The Dance and the Dancer (On the Artistic Face of B. Agadati)" by Asher Barash; "The Art of Baruch Agadati" by Yitzchak Katz; "The Dances of Baruch Agadati" by Menashe Rabinovitz (Rabina);
Copy no. 26 of a limited edition of 100 copies. Artistic binding created in the studio of Elhanan Hefetz, with a gilt impression ("HaRikud HaIvri , Baruch Agadati") and a plate with a print by Pinchas Litvinovsky.
[3], 23, [1] pp. + 32 reproductions (mounted on blank pages), 33 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and creases (most of them minor). Blemishes and wear to binding. Abrasions to the printed plate and gilt on the binding.
Enclosed is the original advertising booklet of the publishing house, printed on orange paper, with a leaf from Barash's essay, illustration of the cover and three illustrations of dance performances (two of them do not appear in the book). On the last page - a form for ordering a copy of the book (rare, not in NLI).
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.

Two items documenting the public activity of Anitta Müller-Cohen. Austria and Palestine, [1920s-1940s].
Anitta Müller-Cohen (1890-1962), a social worker, journalist and politician, founded and managed various rescue, aid and welfare organizations in Europe during the interwar period, and later in Palestine. Headed the Mizrachi Women Organization and was the president of Hitachdut Olej Austria (Union of Austrian Immigrants).
These are two items documenting her work in Austria and Palestine:
1. Election-postcard issued by the Jewish national Party (Jüdischnationale Partei) in Austria towards the elections for the Austrian National Council (Nationalrat) that took place on October 7, 1920. Printed on the front are portrait pictures of Anitta Müller-Cohen and the party's leader Robert Stricker, alongside a description of their work and achievements. Printed on verso is a text dealing with the necessity of the existence of an independent Jewish party to represent the Jews in the national council.
Approx. 14X9 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and creases. Minor blemishes.
2. Large album, handwritten and hand-illustrated, made for the ceremony of the dedication of the convalescence home for mother and child named after Anitta Müller-Cohen. Palestine, [1940?]. German and some Hebrew.
The album contains seven large leaves; written on the last leaf: " A decision of the Mizrachi Women to establish a convalescence home for mother and child named after Anitta Müller-Cohen " (in Hebrew, on an entire page). On the other six leaves – a world map ("On Land and Sea"), depicting Müller-Cohen's diverse public activity; a map of Palestine ("In the Country"); drawings accompanying sheet music for compositions by Luigi Boccherini and Joseph Hayden, which were played during the dedication of the convalescence home, and more. Ten smaller leaves, written in German, are bound between these leaves – a kind of programme for the ceremony (the order of the ceremony, the various speakers who reviewed Müller-Cohen's activities and achievements during, and more). Possibly, the album was given to Müller-Cohen as a souvenir from the event.
The album refers to "Mrs. Zunz" as the one who wrote and sketched it (possibly, the ceramic artist Hanna Charag-Zuntz).
[17] leaves. Large leaves: 50 cm. (one of them folded, 62 cm.); small leaves: approx. 33 cm. Fair-good condition. Detached leaves. Fold lines and creases. Much foxing. Tears and minor blemishes. Thick paper cover. Album bound with string in its upper margins.
Enclosed: a studio photograph, presumably of Anitta Müller-Cohen and her husband (Cabinet Card of the studio of photographer Julius Gertinger in Vienna).