▁located ▁on ▁the ▁first ▁floor ▁of ▁Library ▁West . ▁The ▁J uda ica ▁special ▁collections ▁are ▁held ▁in ▁the ▁J uda ica ▁Su ite ▁in ▁S math ers ▁Library ▁( E ast ). ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁The ▁core ▁collection ▁of ▁the ▁Is ser ▁and ▁R ae ▁Price ▁Library ▁of ▁J uda ica ▁was ▁formed ▁from ▁the ▁private ▁collection ▁of ▁Rab bi ▁Leonard ▁C . ▁M ish kin ▁of ▁Chicago , ▁Illinois . ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁its ▁purchase ▁by ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Florida ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 , ▁M ish kin ' s ▁library ▁was ▁the ▁largest ▁private ▁collection ▁of ▁J uda ica ▁and ▁Heb ra ica ▁in ▁America . ▁This ▁collection ▁covered ▁many ▁different ▁areas ▁of ▁Jewish ▁scholar ship ▁in ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁languages ▁but ▁had ▁a ▁particular ▁focus ▁on ▁Jewish ▁period ical s . ▁M ish kin ' s ▁collection ▁also ▁contained ▁a ▁wide ▁variety ▁of ▁fest sch riften , ▁books ▁produced ▁to ▁honor ▁sch ol ars , ▁usually ▁created ▁by ▁the ▁scholar ly ▁community . ▁M ish kin ▁collected ▁fest sch rif ts ▁of ▁all ▁types , ▁including ▁ones ▁about ▁events , ▁rabb is ▁and ▁leaders , ▁and ▁Jewish ▁community ▁members . ▁He ▁also ▁collected ▁Y iz kor ▁books , ▁which ▁celebr ate ▁the ▁anni versary ▁of ▁a ▁persons ▁death . ▁For ▁instance , ▁one ▁of ▁M ish kin ' s ▁Y iz kor ▁books ▁was ▁about ▁a ▁young ▁Jewish ▁girl ▁on ▁Ell is ▁Island . ▁ ▁The ▁M ish kin ▁collection ▁of ▁around ▁ 3 5 ,