Salvatore Foa 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 02-6586249
Contact information: web address
Contact information: email
cahjp@nli.org.il
Reference number
P69
Type of reference number
Call number
Title (English)
Salvatore Foa Collection
Title (official language of the state)
Salvatore Foa Collection
Language of title
eng
Creator / accumulator
Salvatore Foa
Date note
1200/1900
Language(s)
ita
Extent
30 files
Type of material
Textual Material
Scope and content
This collection comprises materials collected by the Italian historian Salvatore Foà (1885-1962). It contains texts and notes from various sources relating to Italy's French and Restoration periods, texts concerning the activity of the Jewish guilds, texts and records concerning the Jews of Majorca residing in Villafranca Piedmonte, lists and biographies of Italian Jewish patriots and fighters in the Risorgimento, copies of 18th-century texts from the Archives of the Jewish Community of Turin, notes and copies of documents dating from the 16th to the 18th century from various sources regarding Jews in Piedmont, and also Foa's essays on Jews in Piedmont from the 16th to the 18th century.
Administrative / Biographical history
Salvatore Foà was born in Turin, Italy, in 1885. He was a literature teacher at the Liceo Ginnasio Massimo D'Azeglio high school until 1938 and then at the Jewish school in Turin. After World War II, he taught at the Manzoni middle school and then again at the Jewish school. In addition to his career as a teacher, Foà worked as a historian and researcher, leaving numerous publications on Jewish matters. Salvatore Foà passed away in 1962.
Access points: locations
Access points: subject terms
Access points: document types
Access, restrictions
The collection can be accessed in the reading room and in rooms with microfilm readers.
Links to finding aids
Author of the description
Joana Rodrigues, 2023
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| Title | Alternate label | Class |
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| הארכיון המרכזי לתולדות העם היהודי (The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People) | Collections (official language of the state) |