Mattityahu (Mathias) Strashun (1817-1885): Scholar, Leader and Book Collector

Mattityahu (Mathias) Strashun (1817-1885):
Scholar, Leader and Book Collector

Introduction
Mattityahu Strashun’s Biography
A Brief History of the Strashun Library
The Story of Hebrew Printing
Samuel and Mattityahu Strashun: Between Tradition and Innovation By Dr. Mordechai Zalkin
Exhibit
Credits
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Credits

An exhibition presented by the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research December 2001, at the Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street New York, New York 10011-6301

Made possible through the generous support of Tanya Corbin, Irwin Jacobs and the Waber Fund

CREDITS

CURATOR: Aviva E. Astrinsky
ASSISTANT CURATORS: Krysia Fisher, Marek Web
EXHIBITION DESIGNER: Krysia Fisher
EXHIBITION INSTALLATION: Stanley Bergman
CONSERVATOR: Stanley Bergman, Tatiana Alisonova
CATALOG AUTHORS: Aviva E. Astrinsky, Dr. Mordechai Zalkin
ESSAY TRANSLATOR: Dr. Dror Abend-David
CATALOG EDITOR: Yermiyahu Ahron Taub
PROOFREADER: Marilyn Goldfried
CATALOG DESIGN AND PRINTING: Sibyl North for CMJ Printing, Inc.
COVER ILLUSTRATION: Portrait of Mattityahu Strashun
ONLINE EXHIBIT DESIGN AND EDITING: Grigoriy Ratinov

Special Thanks to:
Dr. Carl J. Rheins, Nikolai Borodulin, Andrew Demers, Ella Levine, Dr. David Fishman, Samuel Goldenberg, Marilyn Goldfried, Dr. Chava Lapin, Herbert Lazarus, Alla Markova, Yeshaya Metal, Dr. Allan Nadler, and Oleg Vinogradov.

All materials exhibited in Mattityahu (Mathias) Strashun (1817-1885): Scholar, Leader and Book Collector are drawn from the holdings of the YIVO Library, Strashun Collection, and the YIVO Archives.