Tuviyahu Archives of the Negev

General Information

Facility Director: Dr. Yehoshua Bar-On
Archivists: Ms. Mira Vasana (Archivist-Librarian)
Address: Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Mailing address: POB 653, Beer Sheva
Phone: 972-8-646-1425
Fax: 972-8-647-2940
E-mail: ybaron@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
Website: none
Hours of Operation: Sunday -Thursday 8:00-15:30
Closed on Fridays, Saturday and Jewish holidays.
An appointment is needed.
Closest Public Transportation:
Bus: 5, 16
Directions: Public bus, train to Northern Station, Beer Sheva
Access for Disabled: Yes

Description of Resources

Biographies/Autobiographies: Wide variety of documentary sources concerning the Negev

Directories:
Local telephone directories,
International phone directories,
voter registration,
business (merchants, teachers, lawyers etc.),
real estate,
name changes,
ship lists

Newspapers/periodicals: Local weeklies and newspaper clippings about a wide variety of subjects.

Photograph Collections: About 9,000 photographs of persons, places, events, etc.

Collection on Genealogy and Family History: Many documents shed light on the history and pioneers who settled Beer Sheva and the Negev

Name Indexes:
of photographs (personal, family)
of individuals interviewed (old timers, veterans of the Negev.)

Synagogues: Included in Photograph and documentary collections

Oral history collections: About 500 interviews with veteran residents.

Map/Postcard Collections: About 1,500 maps from many different places in Beer Sheva and the Negev

Cemeteries: Photographs of tombstones of old timers, persons buried in Beer Sheva/Negev

Electronic resources: Access to wide variety of internet sources and also “Aleph”

Manual: Indices, catalogues; Computer: access to “aleph” . Presently in the process of cataloguing
Archive’s documents on “Aleph”.