Hebraica
Collection materials in format
The Hebraica Collection contains works in Hebrew and Yiddish published in Russian empire from 1828 to 1917 which the library received as deposit copies.
Collection description
The Hebraica Collection contains works in Hebrew and Yiddish published in Russian empire from 1828 to 1917 which the library received as deposit copies.
Among the collection's 5,000 titles are fiction and poetry, religious literature, literature in the Humanities and Sciences, textbooks, dictionaries, children's books, almanacs and calendars, and newspapers and periodicals.
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Temporal coverage of the collection
beginning of the modern age modern age (turn of the 18th and 19th century to the 20th century) modern times (1900-)Main collection
Special CollectionsParent collection
The legal deposit collections from the period of Russian ruleRestrictions of use
Only for Special Collections Reading RoomCataloguing principles
A. The Bible
B. Prayer books (siddur, mahzor, haggada sel pesah, etc.)
C. Rabbi literature (Mishnah, Talmud, midras, responsa, halacha, commentaries, etc.)
D. Humanities literature (history, philosophy, socialism, Zionism)
E. Fiction and poetry
F. Textbooks (in Hebrew and Yiddish)
G. Medicine, technology, agriculture, etc.
H. Dictionaries and reference books
I. Serial publications
J. Varia
Catalogue information
More information about cataloguing
The alphabetised and systematic card catalogue is in the Special Collections Reading Room. Cataloguing is unfinished.
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Provenance
Legal deposit collection 1828–1917.
Collector
Helsinki University Library