About 50 documents and paper items from the estate of Leyzer Ran, historian and researcher, author of "Yerushalayim DeLita" and other books about Lithuanian Jewry, [mid 19th through mid 20th century].
Amongst the documents: * Letter handwritten by Leyzer Ran. * Collection of handwritten leaves (19 leaves), copy of the composition "Makel Hovlim" – "folk songs (folks lider) in a language spoken by Jews in Poland and Moldava" by the poet Benjamin Wolf Ehrenkrantz nicknamed Velvel Zbarjer + a notebook with satiric compositions in his handwriting, including the satires "dos zukhen di khasidim", "meshikhes tsaytn", "di khasidishe medilke" and "geshikhte fun golyat shpil". * Program and entrance-tickets to parties of Jewish students, 1916. * A letter handwritten by Rabbi Shlomo Ibn Makhluf Amsalem of Morocco asking "Rosenkrantz and Shriftzetser" printing press to send him a catalogue of books and praying shawls (1922). * Invitations to events, Polish patriots organization (Russian). * "Petek S'gira" for a JNF box. * Advertisement notices for cultural events and proclamations. * Negatives of photos of gravestones in the old cemetery of Vilnius and notes handwritten by Ran, with biographic notes or copies of inscriptions on tomb stones and memorial signs, photos of historic documents, and more. Sizes and conditions vary.