Online Auction 012 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Collection of Documents - Histadrut HaZionim HaKlali'im in Haifa, 1948

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Sold for: $250
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About 110 documents, handwritten and printed, recording the operations of the "Economic council" of "Histadrut HaZionim HaKlali'im, Haifa brach". Haifa, 1948-1952 (most from 1948). Hebrew, several documents in English and Polish.
Collection includes, among others:
• Tens of protocols of the council meetings, handwritten and typewritten, concerning transportation in Haifa, records of lawsuits against Arabs, Haifa port, "HaZionim HaKlaliyim" party and other subjects.
• Tens of letters, among them invitations to committees, announcements concerning appointments, letters to newspaper editorials and letters to various public institutions.
• Five notebooks with records of incomes and expenses printed and completed by hand.
• Documents about debts due to Jews by Arabs who fled the country, import and smuggling of tobacco and smoking supplies, closing shops in Haifa on regular hours, and more.
• Receipts, voters' lists, forms, broadsides and other items.
Most of the items are filed in eight cardboard folders according to subjects: "press and advertisement", "council meetings", "Administrative matters", and more. Total of about 110 items. Size and condition vary.
Palestine, Periodicals and Literature
Palestine, Periodicals and Literature