Eight notebooks handwritten by Yehoshua Hana Ravtnitzky (1859-1944), author, publisher and editor; editor of "Pardess" periodical, one of the founders of "Moriya" publishing house and editor of "Sefer HaAgada" together with Haim Nahman Bialik, who said about him: " when I think about my life I feel that without Ravnitzky I would not have done what I did…we are so close that I cannot imagine my existence without him..". (Yochanan Pogravinsky, "Five Years with Bialik", HaDoar, year 24, issue 23, 1945, p.485).
The notebooks presented, include comments about poems, glosses, comments and additions to compositions by Ravnitzky and by others, citations from the Sages, HaZohar, Rambam, Poets of Spain, as well as copying of manuscripts by poets of Spain; memories and reflections.
In one of the notebooks appear memories of Bialik's arrival to Eretz Israel; memories about Dubnov and Mendele Moicher Seforim; substitute for the word Fountain Pen (in Hebrew), and more. Attached is a membership card of the World Confederation of HaZionim HaKlaliyim – National Union in Eretz Israel, in the name of Ravnitzky. Sizes and conditions vary.