Conrad Schick Library is a small

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located at the Christ Church, in

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History

Established in 2007, the library is named in honor of the

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Conrad Schick Conrad Schick (1822–1901) was a German architect, archaeologist and Protestantism, Protestant missionary who settled in Jerusalem in the mid-nineteenth century.Perry & Yodim (2004) For many decades, he was head of the "House of Industry" at the ...

, who was an

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, Jerusalem's first

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and an important early

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. Schick was employed by the

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from 1850 until his death in 1901 and many of those years he worked at Christ Church. The library has a number of Schick's architectural plans as well as some personal correspondence. Christ Church owns three of his large models: The

Christian Quarter The Christian Quarter (Hebrew: הרובע הנוצרי, romanized: ''Ha-Rova ha-Notsri;'' ) is one of the four quarters of the walled Old City of Jerusalem, the other three being the Jewish Quarter, the Muslim Quarter and the Armenian Quarte ...

, the

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and the

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. The library specializes in

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involvement in the modern

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; specifically in the field of politics, education, medical work and the exploration of the

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. It also holds a number of letters, papers and journals connected with the local philanthropic activities of the LJS, including the establishment of clinics and the English Mission Hospital in 19th-century

Palestine Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a country in West Asia. Recognized by International recognition of Palestine, 147 of the UN's 193 member states, it encompasses the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and th ...

. This includes the records of Christ Church Jerusalem, the oldest

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Church in the Middle East, along with material about LJS hospitals, mission stations, schools, book depots and workshops. Other core subject areas include the work of the London Jews' Society in other countries such as

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and

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. The origins and growth of the Messianic Jewish movement, Arab Anglicanism and the scholarly study of

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are also areas of interest for the library. It also houses early 19th-century maps of Jerusalem, the partial archive of the Palestine Exhibition and 6,000 glass slides mostly of Palestine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The library is housed in the building that was the first British Consulate in Jerusalem, and later used as a school. It is open by appointment to university students, licensed guides and researchers. The Conrad Schick Library also serves visiting clergy studying Biblical subjects and the Jewish roots of Christianity at Christ Church.

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