The Taube-Baron Collection of Jewish History and Culture

"The first large collection acquired by the Stanford University Libraries to support the Jewish Studies Program was that of Professor Salo Wittmayer Baron (1895-1989), purchased in December 1985. Prof. Baron, of Columbia University, held the first Jewish History chair established in the United States (1930-1963). His 20,000-volume collection includes Hebrew editions of the Bible dating from the 15th century, rare volumes of Jewish literature and history from Eastern Europe and around the world, works on Jewish Americana, Jewish anthropology and sociology, and thousands of pamphlets and journals. It also includes Baron's own publications and the personal research files that he used to write his 18-volume Social and Religious History of the Jews.

The Baron collection was acquired with the generous support of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, and Marin and Sonoma Counties, and the family of Tad Taube. In recognition of Mr. Taube's appreciation of the need for a major collection of Judaica and Hebraica at Stanford University, the collection has been designated the Taube-Baron Collection of Jewish History and Culture. (Adapted from Nancy Henry, "University purchases Baron books," Stanford Daily, February, 18, 1986.)" (From the Stanford Judaica and Hebraica Collections site.)

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