Gedalyahu Wilbushevitz Archives

Gedalyahu Wilbushevitz Archives
Archives of Gedalyahu Wilbushevitz.
Includes hundreds of letters sent to him, photographs, plans, price quotes that he got, letters from engineers and architects, as well as from Zionist figures (Levontin, Rupin, Ussishkin) and letters from his family. Letters were sent to Wilbushevitz in Eretz Yisrael (mainly in Haifa), to Damascus during First World War and to Alexandria. Most of the letters are in Russian, German and Hebrew. Few documents in Arabic, Turkish and English; the letters concern various topics: plans for a synagogue in Tel Aviv, renovation of buildings, Zionist activity, finances, donations, production of glyzerin, "Shemen" factory, concrete casting and more.
Attached is a volume with copies of letters which Wilbushevitz sent to different addressees during the years 1911-1912. The collection includes a few photographs of "Shemen" factory in its early days, and a photograph of the construction of the first concrete building in Eretz Yisrael, the pump house on the Yarkon river, that Wilbushevitz planned.
Wilbushevitz (1865-1943) – engineer and architect, one of the founders of Jewish industry and building in Eretz Yisrael, a member of the "Chovevei Tzion". Born in Belarus, trained as a civil engineer at the High Technical School in Berlin. Arrived in Eretz Yisrael with the First Aliya, founded "The company for the development of industries in Eretz Yisrael", established the first iron-casting factory in Eretz Yisrael, and other factories.
The archive contains hundreds of letters.