Two ledgers recording the income and expenditures of the Bussermin Jewish community (Hajdúböszörmény, Hungary), 1910-1943. Hungarian and Yiddish.
The ledgers contain thousands of meticulous records of the accounts of the Bussermin community (near Debrecen, north eastern Hungary), filled-in by hand (first ledger - 1910-1928, in Yiddish and Hungarian; second ledger 1937-1943, in Hungarian).
One side of each spread contains records of the community's revenue and its source (donations, meat tax, mikvah fees, and more), while the other side details the various expenditures (various charity funds, synagogue expenses, printing the newspaper, and more).
Tall narrow ledger (1910-1928): [198] pages. Approx. 44 cm. Good condition. Filing holes. Stains. Minor wear. New leather binding. Regular format ledger (1937-1943): 192, 197-200 pages. Lacking pp. 193-196. Approx. 29.5 cm. Good condition. Filing holes. Large open tears to approx. 10 leaves (with loss of approx. half the leaf). Minor stains. Old binding, damaged and slightly worn.