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Mary and Harry Zimmerman were the founders of Service Merchandise retail stores, which evolved from a single store in Pulaski, Tennessee, in 1934 into the nation’s largest catalog showrooms in the 1960’s. Harry Zimmerman received the B'nai B'rith…

In fall of 1993, after 18 months of cataloging the 6,000 volumes in the Glatzer Collection and creating registries for the archival material, an exhibit was created to highlight some of the collection’s unique items. Included in the exhibit were an…

This article in the Vanderbilt Register, dated December 9, 1988, announced a gift from the Raymond Zimmerman Family Foundation of $500,000 to expand and enhance the Judaica Collection of the Jean and Alexander Heard Library. The gift was a tribute to…

A letter, dated November 16, 1993, from Joseph Hough to Raymond and Arlene Zimmerman, invited them to a small gathering on December 20 for lunch and a walk through the “Star of David” exhibit. The exhibit was organized to highlight acquisitions…

Shown is a program from the commemoration of the Mary and Harry Zimmerman Judaica Collection, held October 16, 1989, at the Vanderbilt Divinity School Library. Speakers at the commemoration were Liston O. Mills, ChancellorJoe B. Wyatt, H. Jackson…

The Judaica Collection achieved a new level of distinction in 1989 when the Raymond Zimmerman Family Foundation pledged $500,000 to honor the memory of Mary and Harry Zimmerman. A bookplate was created in expectation of a significant growth in…

Loventhal was a Nashville insurance executive and member of the Vanderbilt Board of Trust for 22 years. In 1944, the Joint University Libraries acquired a memorial fund from his family and friends to establish a collection of Jewish books in his…

Chancellor Oliver C. Carmichael saw the absence of any center of Jewish learning in the Southeast and the need for a library to ground a better understanding and appreciation of Judaism. In a thank-you letter on December 22, 1944, he expressed his…

Dr. Kuhlman wrote a letter to Mr. Howard Lehman Goodhart, dated July 5, 1951, expressing his gratitude for his gift of Philo material. Mr. Goodhart’s donation of 160 works (books and photostats) on the great Jewish philosopher Philo came about…

Professor Lou H. Silberman devoted himself to further the development of the collection. He worked many hours with catalogers and vendors to purchase or swap titles to enhance the Judaica Collection’s holdings. A book fund was established in his…