{"value"=>"<p>The bulk of the family correspondence is letters between Raphael Patai and his parents, József and Edith (Erenfeld) Patai; his sister, Eva Hirsch-Patai (later Koigen); and his brother, Saul Patai, a professor in the department of organic chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Much of the correspondence from the 1930s is between Dr. József Patai in Palestine and members of his family in Budapest and Paris. By the end of the 1930s, the Patai family had settled in Palestine. After 1947, the correspondence was between Raphael Patai in New York and members of his family in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa and Givataim (Israel). In addition to family matters, the correspondence relates to economic, social and political affairs in Israel. Correspondents include Raphael Patai's wives Naomi Tokowsky Patai, Irene Patai, Ann Uhl Drevet Patai and Frances Sheldon Patai. Letters are mostly written in Hungarian with some letters in Hebrew and English.</p> <p>The subseries contains correspondence, documents, photographs and printed matter. Early letters are fragile.</p>"}