0 0 0 ▁volumes ▁was ▁purchased ▁in ▁part ▁thanks ▁to ▁a ▁National ▁End ow ment ▁for ▁the ▁Human ities ▁( NE H ) ▁Challenge ▁Grant ▁- ▁the ▁first ▁ever ▁awarded ▁to ▁a ▁United ▁States ▁Research ▁Library . ▁This ▁major ▁award ▁was ▁matched ▁by ▁the ▁first ▁State ▁of ▁Florida ▁Qu ality ▁Im prov ement ▁Fund s . ▁ ▁Two ▁large ▁collections ▁supp lement ed ▁and ▁complement ed ▁the ▁M ish kin ▁ac quisition : ▁Professor ▁Sh l omo ▁Mar en of ' s ▁personal ▁collection ▁with ▁its ▁strength s ▁in ▁Heb rew ▁literature ▁( p urch ased ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8 ), ▁and ▁Bernard ▁M orgen st ern ' s ▁book store ▁on ▁New ▁York ' s ▁Lower ▁East ▁Side ▁with ▁its ▁copies ▁of ▁major ▁and ▁less er ▁known ▁Y idd ish ▁works ▁( p urch ased ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 9 ). ▁A ▁smaller ▁collection ▁of ▁mostly ▁An cient ▁Near ▁Eastern ▁works ▁and ▁books ▁on ▁the ▁Dead ▁Sea ▁Scroll s ▁was ▁later ▁acquired ▁from ▁The odor ▁H . ▁G aster ' s ▁private ▁library ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 9 , ▁a ▁fund ▁was ▁established ▁to ▁support ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁J uda ica ▁library ▁by ▁Jack ▁and ▁Samuel ▁Price , ▁al umn i ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Florida . ▁Their ▁gift ▁of ▁$ 4 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁was ▁the ▁largest ▁single ▁gift ▁ever ▁given ▁to ▁the ▁U F ▁L ibr aries ▁up ▁to ▁that ▁point ,