Isak H. Prins Collection
Item
Country
IL
Name of institution (English)
The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People
Name of institution (official language of the state)
Language of name of institution
heb
Contact information: postal address
Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91010
Contact information: phone number
00972 2-6586249
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
cahjp@nli.org.il
Reference number
P87
Type of reference number
Call number
Title (English)
Isak H. Prins Collection
Title (official language of the state)
Isak H. Prins Collection
Language of title
eng
Creator / accumulator
Isak Haim Prins
Date note
16th century/20th century
Language(s)
deu
dut
fra
Extent
c. 400 files
Type of material
Photographic Images
Textual Material
Scope and content
This collection contains copies of documents on Jews in the Netherlands and Belgium gathered by Isak Haim Prins. It includes historical documents regarding the Prins family and Belgian Jews, including a vast collection of articles on the persecution of New Christians, as well as newspaper clippings and countless notes written by Prins.
The following are some examples of materials relating to the Sephardic Diaspora included in the collection:
36b: Excerpt from Jacob Tirado's synagogue prayer book in Amsterdam. 1608.
40 b-d: Contains newspaper clippings, articles, notes, and excerpts from the Archives générales du Royaume (National Archives of Belgium) about New Christian physicians in the Netherlands, namely Louis Fernandez Paramo and Francisco Lopez Fernandez.
41 a-c: Contains newspaper clippings, articles, notes, and manuscript excerpts from the Archives de l'État à Anvers (State Archives in Antwerp) regarding New Christian and Jewish suppliers to the army in the Netherlands, with references to Jozua Castaño, Emanuel Telles d'Acosta, Diego Gomez Silveyra, Pedro Alvarez de Luna, Joseph Cortissas, Juda Senior Henriques, Moses Nunes, Solomon Medina, Manuel De Lima, Isaac Lorenzo, Salvador & Lopez, Del Castillo, De Castro & Gonçales, Machado & Pereira, and De Arredondo de los Rios.
45: Contains newspaper clippings, notes, and excerpts from various archives (including Amsterdam, Leiden, and Antwerp) regarding business and trade, as well as family relations of the Marranos in Antwerp.
47: Extracts from various archives on the persecution of Conversos in Antwerp by the archdukes.
48: Contains newspaper clippings, notes, and excerpts from various archives regarding the Sephardic singer Francisca Duarte (1619–1678).
49: Excerpts of deeds regarding Conversos in Antwerp. 17th century.
50 a-b: Extracts from various archives regarding the New Christian nobility in the Netherlands, with references to the Castro, Castro y Toledo, Da Costa, Da Silva, Perez, Pinto, Rodrigues, and Spinoza families.
86: Chronologically arranged excerpts from notarised protocols regarding Jews in the Netherlands. 1593-1650.
101 a: Manuscript of William III and his Jewish agents regarding the diplomatic incident Francisco Schonenberg. 1695-1700.
333 a-b: Geneology of the Lopes Cardozo family.
370: Manuscript lists of baptised Jews from the Netherlands.
The following are some examples of materials relating to the Sephardic Diaspora included in the collection:
36b: Excerpt from Jacob Tirado's synagogue prayer book in Amsterdam. 1608.
40 b-d: Contains newspaper clippings, articles, notes, and excerpts from the Archives générales du Royaume (National Archives of Belgium) about New Christian physicians in the Netherlands, namely Louis Fernandez Paramo and Francisco Lopez Fernandez.
41 a-c: Contains newspaper clippings, articles, notes, and manuscript excerpts from the Archives de l'État à Anvers (State Archives in Antwerp) regarding New Christian and Jewish suppliers to the army in the Netherlands, with references to Jozua Castaño, Emanuel Telles d'Acosta, Diego Gomez Silveyra, Pedro Alvarez de Luna, Joseph Cortissas, Juda Senior Henriques, Moses Nunes, Solomon Medina, Manuel De Lima, Isaac Lorenzo, Salvador & Lopez, Del Castillo, De Castro & Gonçales, Machado & Pereira, and De Arredondo de los Rios.
45: Contains newspaper clippings, notes, and excerpts from various archives (including Amsterdam, Leiden, and Antwerp) regarding business and trade, as well as family relations of the Marranos in Antwerp.
47: Extracts from various archives on the persecution of Conversos in Antwerp by the archdukes.
48: Contains newspaper clippings, notes, and excerpts from various archives regarding the Sephardic singer Francisca Duarte (1619–1678).
49: Excerpts of deeds regarding Conversos in Antwerp. 17th century.
50 a-b: Extracts from various archives regarding the New Christian nobility in the Netherlands, with references to the Castro, Castro y Toledo, Da Costa, Da Silva, Perez, Pinto, Rodrigues, and Spinoza families.
86: Chronologically arranged excerpts from notarised protocols regarding Jews in the Netherlands. 1593-1650.
101 a: Manuscript of William III and his Jewish agents regarding the diplomatic incident Francisco Schonenberg. 1695-1700.
333 a-b: Geneology of the Lopes Cardozo family.
370: Manuscript lists of baptised Jews from the Netherlands.
Archival history
The CAHJP holds papers of numerous international, national and local organizations and over 300 private collections from the 16th to the 20th centuries from all over the world. It contains about 6,000 linear metres of documents, records and files (60,000,000 pages of documentation); 1,600 archives of communities, organizations and individuals; 18,000,000 frames of microfilmed documents; 2000 lists and inventories of documents and files concerning Jews, held in other archives; 15,000 photographs of Jewish personalities and sites; 8,000 printed statutes, reports, leaflets, posters and handbills; 1,200,000 newspaper clippings on various subjects; 15,000 books and publications on Jewish history.
Administrative / Biographical history
Isak Haim Prins was born in Dinxperlo on February 24, 1887. He was the youngest child of Maurits Prins and Martha (Frederika) Kalisch. His son, Ralph, was born in 1926. In 1948, Prins emigrated to Israel and died in Jerusalem ten years later, on March 9, 1968. He was a Master of Law, historian, and publicist. His legacy includes publications on the Marranos in the Netherlands, Jews and chocolate, and Jews in the Netherlands and Belgium, among others.
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System of arrangement
The collection is divided into 28 sections: (1) Belgische - Joodse geschiedenis; (2) B. L. Ritter; (3) Civet; (4) Correspondence; (5) Diversen; (6) Familie Lopes Cardozo; (7) Familie Prins; (8) Familie S.R. Hirsche; (9) Folklore, taal; (10) Joden en chocola - algemeen; (11) Joden en chocola - chocola en Israel; (12) Joden en chocola - Zwitserland; (13) Joden in Nederland - algemeen; (14) Joden in Nederland - emancipatie/assimilatie; (15) Joden in Nederland - Fransisco Schonenberg; (16) Joden in Nederland - Hugo de Groot; (17) Joden in Nederland - van Iberische immigranten tot Nederlandse onderdanen; (18) Liturgie; (19) Marranen - algemeen; (20) Marranen - Amsterdam - Antwerpen; (21) Marranen - in the Nederlanden; (22) Mystiek; (23) Naamkunde; (24) Persoonlijke; (25) Persoonlijke catalogi Prins; (26) Portugees - Joods Nederland; (27) Sephardim in the Nederland; (28) Uitgevers.
Finding aids
Inventory of the Isak H. Prins Collection – P87, The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People Jerusalem (CAHJP).
Links to finding aids
Existence and location of originals
The collection includes research notes and copies of documents from the Archives de l'État à Anvers (Les Arhives de l'État en Belgique), Archives générales du Royaume (Les archives de l'État en Belgique), Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken and Stadsarchief Amsterdam.
Author of the description
Joana Rodrigues, 2023
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