Collection of Letters and Paper Items from the Archive of Klinger Family from Safed – Letters about the 1929 Riots ...

Collection of Letters and Paper Items from the Archive of Klinger Family from Safed – Letters about the 1929 Riots - 1920s-30s
About 120 letters, documents and paper items (most are letters), printed and handwritten, from the archive of Klinger family from Safed. Safed, Jerusalem, Haifa, Tiberias, London, New York and more places. 1920s-30s (a number of items from earlier or later years). Hebrew, English and some Arabic.
Among the items:
* Letter dated 7.11.1929, typewritten and hand-signed by Governor of Safed Disctrict, with list of Jewish businesses damaged during the 1929 riots and applied for compensations. English and Hebrew. Three pages.
* About 15 items concerning the "Klinger Bank" fire during the 1929 riots: the list, typewritten on official stationery of Eliyahu Klinger, records the property burnt and looted from the bank during the riots. Dated 22.9.1929. Five pages: "…request for payment", a printed form completed by typewriter – a request to collectively fine the Arab residents of Safed in order to compensate the bank; three official response letters on behalf of Palestine Government official entities; more.
* Tens of letters sent to family members from different personalities and entities: Henrietta Szold (then director of "Hadassa Medical Association"); Mayor of Tiberias Zaki Elhadif; thirteen letters from Josef Konvitz, president of "Union of Orthodox Rabbis"; JNF Chamber in Safed; " Rabbinical Office Bet-Din Ashkenasim, of Safed and District"; "Building Committee of The Jeshiva 'Tifereth Israel' Mount Carmel"; and more.
* Forms, bank orders, legal documents and more.
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.