Letter to Yehoshua Gordon, towards the Inauguration of the Hebrew University – Jerusalem, 1925

A letter sent to Yeoshua Gordon of the "Committee organizing the inauguration ceremony" of the Hebrew University. Jerusalem, March 1, 1925.
Invitation to a joint meeting of the provisional council of the Hebrew University and the committee organizing the inauguration ceremony.
Typewritten on official stationery of the Hebrew University, and hand-signed by the secretary of the committee.
Yehoshua Gordon, (1889-1941), born in Lithuania, was a member of the Socialist-Revolutionary party in Russia and was arrested during the suppression of the Russian Revolution in 1905. After three months in prison he relocated to Germany. He studied law as well as literature and art, music and theater. Among other things, acted as a volunteer in Max Reinhardt's theater. When World War I broke out he immigrated to the United States and served in different positions in Zionist organizations. After immigrating to Palestine, served as head of the Aliya Chamber of the Zionist Commission and later director of security of the Yishuv on behalf of the Jewish Agency. Acted for the organization of Jewish Settlement Police.
26.5X20 cm. Good condition. Slight stains and creases. Folding marks. Filing holes.