"Public Appeal" Issued by the Committee for the Expansion of "Sha'ar Zion" Library - Signatures of Ahad Ha'am ...

"Public Appeal" Issued by the Committee for the Expansion of "Sha'ar Zion" Library - Signatures of Ahad Ha'am, Bialik, Dizengoff, Azar and Ravnitzky
Collection of items about the expansion of "Sha'ar Zion" library in Tel-Aviv, issued on behalf of the committee for the expansion of "Sha'ar Zion" library. [Tel-Aviv, ca. 1925].
"Sha'ar Zion" library was founded in Jaffa in 1886 and was named "Beit Eked Lesfarim". As of 1891 its name was changed to "Sha'ar Zion". In 1922 the Library gained the status of the Municipal Library of Tel-Aviv and between the years 1921-1936 it was located in "Beit Polack" on the corner of Herzl and Ahad Ha'am streets. At the same time when the documents presented here were written, Avraham Kahana served as the director of the library and A. Z. Rabinovich (Azar) was the chairman of the committee.
1. Three leaves written in Avraham Kahana's hand, including a draft for a printed public appeal regarding the expansion of "Sha'ar Zion" library in Tel-Aviv by donations of books. On the third leaf appear signatures of the committee members: Asher Ginzberg (Ahad Ha'Am), Chaim Nachman Bialik, Meir Dizengoff, Alexander Zueskind Rabinovich (Azar) and Yehushua Hana Ravnitzky.
[3] leaves, 27.5 cm. Fair condition. Filing holes, dark stains and dampstains. The first two leaves are written in ink while the third one is written in pencil. Signatures are in good condition, with some stains.
2. Al "Sha'ar Zion". Printed broadside (final version of the above manuscript) on behalf of the committee for the expansion of "Sha'ar Zion" library.
[1] leaf, 28 cm. Good condition.
3. Leaf handwritten by Alexander Zueskind Rabinovich (Azar) about the city of Tel-Aviv and its culture, Sha'ar Zion library and its development (not signed).
[1] leaf, 20 cm. Good condition. Filing holes and folding marks.
Provenance: Collection of Ben Zion Kahana.