The home of the late Dr. A.S. W. Rosenbach, Jewish historian and philanthropist, and internationally famed bibliophile, was opened as a museum here today with a special exhibit of rate letters written by George Washington and documents concerning him.
The museum was established by the Rosenbach Foundation–set up by Dr. Rosenbach and his brother Philip in 1950–and will house part of the famous Rosenbach book collection. The emphasis of the museum will be on Americana, of which the Foundation has the best known collection. It will also house Dr. Rosenbach’s collection of Judaica, which was one of the collector’s favorites.
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