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- catalog abstract "This collection contains seventeen documents created by Judah Monis and the Harvard Corporation pertaining to the financing and publication of Monis's Hebrew Grammar and his position as instructor of Hebrew at Harvard. The documents include accounting records, correspondence, petitions from Monis to the Corporation, and copies of votes and a report related to the preparation and printing of the Hebrew Grammar. The collection also includes five documents related primarily to Monis's requests to the Harvard Corporation for salary increases. There are documents in both series in the hand of Harvard President Benjamin Wadsworth, and the signatures of Tutor Henry Flynt, Professor Edward Wigglesworth, Tutor Nathan Prince, and the Reverend Nathaniel Appleton appear on two documents in the collection. Edward Hutchinson, the College Treasurer from 1721 to 1752, is the recipient of many of the documents.".
- catalog contributor b756079.
- catalog contributor b756080.
- catalog contributor b756081.
- catalog contributor b756082.
- catalog contributor b756083.
- catalog contributor b756084.
- catalog contributor b756085.
- catalog contributor b756086.
- catalog contributor b756087.
- catalog date "1725".
- catalog description "Detailed inventory available electronically: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.ARCH:hua43011".
- catalog description "Judah Monis (1683-1764), a Jewish scholar and educator, was an instructor of Hebrew at Harvard College between 1722 and 1760. Monis was born on February 4, 1683, likely in Italy or the Barbary States. He was educated at Jewish academies in Leghorn, Italy and Amsterdam, Holland. Monis immigrated to New York City in the early 1700s, and later moved to Massachusetts where he petitioned the Harvard Corporation in 1720 to appoint him an instructor of Hebrew. Monis converted to Christianity and, on April 30, 1722, the Corporation appointed Monis an "instructor of the Hebrew Language." In 1723, Monis received an AM from Harvard, becoming the first Jewish person to receive an advanced degree in the colonies. In the 17th and early 18th centuries, Harvard's undergraduate curriculum included regular Hebrew course work to facilitate close reading and interpretation of the Old Testament and rabbinical writings, and Monis compiled a Hebrew Grammar textbook for students. Students initially copied Monis's Hebrew Grammar by hand into personal notebooks, but by 1726, Monis began working to raise money to publish the textbook. Finally, in 1735, with the financial support of the Corporation, Monis published the first Hebrew textbook in America: "Dickdook leshon gnebreet, A Grammar of the Hebrew tongue." Monis taught at Harvard for almost forty years, but his teaching responsibilities waned over time and Monis struggled with a reputation as an ineffective teacher and disciplinarian. Monis retired from Harvard in 1760 and died on April 25, 1764.".
- catalog description "Monis, Judah, 1683-1764. Judah Monis collection, 1725-1735. HUG 1580.5, Harvard University Archives.".
- catalog description "This collection contains seventeen documents created by Judah Monis and the Harvard Corporation pertaining to the financing and publication of Monis's Hebrew Grammar and his position as instructor of Hebrew at Harvard. The documents include accounting records, correspondence, petitions from Monis to the Corporation, and copies of votes and a report related to the preparation and printing of the Hebrew Grammar. The collection also includes five documents related primarily to Monis's requests to the Harvard Corporation for salary increases. There are documents in both series in the hand of Harvard President Benjamin Wadsworth, and the signatures of Tutor Henry Flynt, Professor Edward Wigglesworth, Tutor Nathan Prince, and the Reverend Nathaniel Appleton appear on two documents in the collection. Edward Hutchinson, the College Treasurer from 1721 to 1752, is the recipient of many of the documents.".
- catalog extent ".26 cubic feet (1 half-legal document box)".
- catalog isPartOf "Collections of the Harvard University Archives. Faculty archives. hua".
- catalog isPartOf "Collections of the Harvard University Archives. Personal archives. hua".
- catalog isPartOf "Collections of the Harvard University Archives. University records. hua".
- catalog isPartOf "Colonial North American Project at Harvard University. net".
- catalog isPartOf "Harvard in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. hua".
- catalog issued "1725".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog language "engheb".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts Cambridge".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts Cambridge.".
- catalog spatial "Massachusetts".
- catalog spatial "New England".
- catalog subject "Cost and standard of living Massachusetts 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Education New England 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Harvard College (1636-1780) Administration.".
- catalog subject "Harvard College (1636-1780) Faculty.".
- catalog subject "Harvard College (1636-1780) Finance.".
- catalog subject "Harvard University Curricula 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Harvard University Faculty Salaries, etc. 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Harvard University. Board of Overseers.".
- catalog subject "Harvard University. Corporation. Committee on revision of Judah Monis' Hebrew Grammar.".
- catalog subject "Harvard University. Corporation.".
- catalog subject "Harvard University. Treasurer.".
- catalog subject "Hebrew language Grammar Early works to 1800.".
- catalog subject "Hebrew language Study and teaching History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Hebrew type.".
- catalog subject "Jewish college teachers Massachusetts Cambridge.".
- catalog subject "Jews Massachusetts Cambridge.".
- catalog subject "Monis, Judah, 1683-1764.".
- catalog subject "Printing Massachusetts Cambridge 18th Century.".
- catalog subject "Printing, Hebrew.".
- catalog subject "Universities and colleges Administration.".
- catalog title "Judah Monis collection, 1725-1735.".
- catalog type "Financial records. aat".
- catalog type "collection".