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(CHABAD). Barry S. Gourary. From Lubavitch to “770.” “Unpublished Work. Review Draft of Partially Completed Book.” Photostat copy of typescript. Ten chapters, with appendices. Sm. folio. Montclair, NJ: 1986 Barry (Shalom Dov-Baer “Berke”) Gourary (1923-2005) was the only grandchild of the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn. Gourary’s relationship with his grandfather’s successor, R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson, was a source of struggle and friction to himself, the wider Gourary-Schneerson family, and ultimately the Chabad-Lubavitch community as a whole. The present volume is Gourary’s version of his family’s dynastic history, along with a detailed account of the civil lawsuit concerning the famed Lubavitch library. The memoir was never published. Barry (Shalom Dov-Baer “Berke”) Gourary (1923-2005) was the only grandchild of the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn. Gourary’s relationship with his grandfather’s successor, R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson, was a source of struggle and friction to himself, the wider Gourary-Schneerson family, and ultimately the Chabad-Lubavitch community as a whole. The present volume is Gourary’s version of his family’s dynastic history, along with a detailed account of the civil lawsuit concerning the famed Lubavitch library. The memoir was never published.