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Papers of the Child and Jersey families, including household accounts of Robert Child comprising bills, receipts, and insurance policies for premises in St Clement Danes, Westminster; leases and agreements for premises in Westminster; household accounts for Lord Jersey including bills, receipts and expenses; papers relating to the Jersey estates including rentals, quit rents and fines for the manors of Northall, Norwood, Southall and Heston, and lists of the tenants; and maps of the Heston Enclosure Award 1818.

Records of the Jersey family including commonplace book of George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, 16---1687; letters and calling cards of Sarah Sophia Villiers, 5th Countess of Jersey, 1783-1843; correspondence of Francis Villiers including letters relating to property in Ceylon, 1842-1862; letters from Arthur Villiers to his mother, the 7th Countess of Jersey, while on active service in the First World War and afterwards, 1914-1927; racing and gambling papers of Victor Albert George Child-Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey, with social correspondence and papers relating to the sale of land, 1836-1914.

Records of the Child and Jersey families, including property transactions relating to properties in Norwood, Southall, Hanwell, Heston, Isleworth, and Saint George Hanover Square; sales particulars; tithe records; public utility undertakings; legal papers; estate papers; plans and rentals.

Papers of the Child and Jersey families comprising title deeds and property ownership documents for the Manor of Heston; the Manor of Wick, Isleworth; and lands in Heston, Norwood, Southall, Hayes and Isleworth.

Family papers of the Child and Jersey families of Osterley Park, including:

ACC/0510/097: volume of transcripts of the letters of Edward, Viscount Villiers (later 1st Earl of Jersey), then ambassador at The Hague and envoy to the peace conference at Rijswijk (Ryswick), to Richard Hill, an envoy in Brussels, 1696-1704;
ACC/0510/157-190: correspondence between William, 3rd Earl of Jersey, and Lady Anne Egerton, Duchess of Bedford, his wife, 1733-1750;
ACC/0510/191-234: correspondence of Thomas Villiers (brother of William, 3rd Earl of Jersey) envoy to the Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, 1739-1746;
ACC/0510/235-256: correspondence and journals of George Bussy Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey, while on Grand Tour in Europe, 1746-1798;
ACC/0510/257-272: correspondence of George Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey, relating to estates at Southall and Staines, 1822-1847;
ACC/0510/273-332: correspondence between George Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey, his wife Lady Sarah Sophia and their children, 1793-1847;
ACC/0510/333-698: correspondence of Lady Sarah Sophia, the wife of George Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey, with various members of the British and European Royal families and notable figures of the day including Lord Byron and the Duke of Wellington, 1812-1865;
ACC/0510/702-718: Child family wills, 1694-1793, including Francis Child, Samuel Child and Robert Child;
ACC/0510/719-726: Robert Child's household accounts, 1775-1790;
ACC/0510/727-739: Jersey household accounts, 1720-1726, including receipt books of William, 3rd Earl of Jersey.

PLEASE NOTE: Items ACC/0510/001-096 (original letters of Viscount Villiers to Richard Hill) and ACC/0510/098-156 (correspondence of Matthew Prior) were withdrawn by the depositor in March 2009.

Inventory of household and decorative furniture in No 38 Berkeley Square, property of Dowager Countess of Jersey, Lady Sarah Sophia Child-Villiers, 1867.

Rentals and accounts of estates of Earl of Jersey in Heston, Isleworth, Norwood, Southall, Hanover Square, St Martin in the Fields, Holborn, Kent, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Gloucestershire.

Records of the Child and Jersey families, including title deeds; settlements under the will of Robert Child and other family settlements; papers relating to the management of family estates including Osterley Park; Middleton Park, Oxfordshire; Briton Ferry, Glamorgan; and estates in County Meath, Ireland; household accounts and papers for Osterley Park and 38 Berkeley Square; papers of Sir Francis Child including a travel journal; volumes and albums of Lady Sarah Sophia Child Villiers, the 5th Countess of Jersey, including papers relating to her children, correspondence with family and friends including famous persons and European royalty, commonplace books, press cuttings, photographs, and essays; and papers of George Child Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey including letters from family and royalty; papers relating to Prince Nicholas Esterhazy and the Hungarian uprising of 1849; and correspondence of the 9th Earl.

This is a collection of 5 letters from Frances 4th Countess of Jersey, four of them signed and one endorsed "From Lady Jersey" in an unknown hand. None of the letters are dated, but it has been possible to put approximate dates to them, from internal evidence.

Records of the Jersey family of Osterley Park, including family correspondence; papers relating to property management; deeds; papers relating to the family pedigree; wills; legal papers; financial papers; papers relating to Child's Bank; papers relating to India, and poems and literature.

Records of the Jersey family of Osterley Park. This deposit forms a valuable addition to the extensive collection of records relating to the family and Middlesex estates of the Earls of Jersey already deposited in the London Metropolitan Archives. It consists of material that had remained in the Estate Office at Osterley House after the family had ceased living there. Estate records predominate in the deposit but it does include an interesting group of late nineteenth century solicitors' papers. The estate records in this deposit contain a large number of ledgers and other account books, reflecting in some detail the financial administration of the Osterley estate and the central London properties during the second quarter of the twentieth century.

Apart from the light thrown upon the financial management of the home farm and gardens at Osterley Park, and of the properties in Heston, Isleworth, Southall and Norwood, much can be discovered about the structure of the household responsible for the day-to-day running of Osterley House and the town house in Farm Street, Mayfair. The late nineteenth century papers include a valuable collection of accounts and specifications concerning repairs and renovations both interior and exterior to Osterley House and to the then town house, 38 Berkeley Square.

Most of the nineteenth century material contained in this deposit must at one time have been in the custody of Charles Fane. Correspondence is addressed to him and accounts for settlement directed to him. Charles Fane was one of the trustees of the settled estates of the 6th Earl of Jersey and seems to have acted as trustee for other members of the family (see Acc/1401/118). It is possible that he is the Charles Fane, born 1822, great-grandson of the 8th Earl of Westmorland and cousin to Sarah Sophia Fane, wife of the 5th Earl of Jersey. He was a partner in Childs Bank.

The maps and plans, leases and sale particulars are of considerable value as evidence of estate management with especial regard to urban development in the Heston and Southall area. One unusual item is the set of detailed plans of the Odeon Cinema in Southall, 1935, with its Art Deco elevation, typical of the period.

Records of the Child and Jersey families relating to their estates. Papers relating to the Manor of Osterley, Heston include wills, deeds, papers relating to the Jersey title to the manor, steward's accounts, fee books, quit rents, bailiffs bills, rent rolls, enclosure awards, plans, correspondence, sales particulars, court books, minute books, surrenders, licences to demise and warrants. Also papers relating to the Manor of Hayes with Norwood and Southall, including admissions, surrenders and enfranchisements, quit rents, and court papers; and "Isleworth Syon's Peace", volume of agreements dating to 1656.

Correspondence of Christians in Jerusalem, 1828-1904, comprising a printed letter from William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury, to the Prelates of the Eastern Churches, concerning the new Anglican Bishopric in Jerusalem, 1841, and article by A L Tibawi (The Muslim World, lxxix, no 1, 1979) concerning the letter; manuscript letter from the Agent of the Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem, 1868; manuscript letters from Arab Protestants, one to the Church Missionary Society and one to Bishop Barclay, 1880; correspondence and papers exchanged between George Blyth, Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem, and Khalil Sakakini, and Isa al-Isa, discussing activities of the Arabic Literary Club and various educational matters, 1903-1904.

Records of the Jerusalem Coffee House, later the Jerusalem Shipping Exchange, including registers and lists of sailings and shippings, including some East India Company shipping; log of the voyage of the ship 'Walmer Castle' from London to Penang, Malaysia; agreements; and financial accounts.

Papers of John Jervis, consisting of letters and copies of letters received from Lord Nelson, 1794 to 1804.

Papers of Jessop and Gough, solicitors, 1726-1920, including practice papers; papers arising from work as clerks to Edmonton petty sessions, relating to licensing, rates, school attendance and certain other matters; list of Guardians of Edmonton Union, elected between 1865 and 1879; vestry papers for Waltham Abbey parish, and correspondence. The papers relate mainly to Edmonton and Enfield, but also Wood Green, Kentish Town, Islington, Waltham Abbey, Hendon, Ponders End, Cricklewood, Lea Valley, Harrow, Lee, Catford and Tottenham.

Letter from William Henry Rowlestone Jessop of Grove House, St David's, Haverfordwest, [Pembrokeshire] to an unidentified correspondent, 17 Oct 1855. Accompanying a copy of his work on the decimal system: '... it is the first book which embraces the whole System of Money and Measures that has yet appeared ... You will perceive that this system is very superior to that in France [i.e. to the metric system]'.

Autograph, with signature.

Papers, 1870-1934, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to 178 and 180 High Street, Deptford; including leases and mortgages.

Records of Jesus Church, Enfield, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations, banns of marriage and church services; papers relating to the benefice and glebe lands; papers relating to the church building including correspondence regarding alterations and restorations, faculties, plans, reports and surveys; Churchwardens' annual reports; Vestry minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; financial accounts; papers relating to almshouses; and parish magazines.

The monumental inscriptions and armorial bearings in the churches within the City of London, a five volume work by Arthur Jewers, compiled for the Library Committee of the City of London, 1910-1919. Includes transcripts of monumental and other inscriptions in the churches, with drawings (many coloured) of armorial bearings, and extracts from wills and other genealogical notes about the persons and families commemorated. Also correspondence with the Library Committee relating to the preparation of the work, 1910-1919, and Library Committee report, 1924.

Records of Jewin Street Wesleyan Chapel, comprising annual chapel trust schedules.

Papers created by the the Sicherheitsdienst on the membership and activities of Jewish organisations in Erfurt, Germany, 1930s, including correspondence, reports, membership lists of organisations and questionnaires.

Records of the Jewish Bread Meat and Coal Society, 1797-1954. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, correspondence, reports, copies of the Laws of the Society and other general material.

Photocopies of material relating to the activities of the Jewish Brigade in Palestine, [1940-1980], including photographs, newspaper cuttings and a short essay.

Papers of the Jewish Chronicle Ltd, 1947-1970, mainly comprising financial material, such as account summaries, cash books, weekly estimates for production of newspapers, monthly statistics, income and outgoing statements, book costs and departmental operations, publications summaries, and Vallentine Mitchell Ltd working papers and accounts.

Papers of the Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad (JCRA) and the Jewish Relief Unit (JRU) including volume of original signed minutes of the JCRA; reports from individual JRU members covering a wide variety of JRU activities in various countries and 6 bundles of apparently original lists of Mauthausen Concentration Camp inmates.

Microfilms of the papers of the Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad, 1943-1960, including sub-committees; papers on liaising with Central British Fund for Relief and Rehabilitation of German Jewry; Jewish Relief Unit in the field; co-operation with other organisations including American Joint Distribution Committee, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration; reports on life for Jews in post-war Germany; reports on conditions in numerous displaced persons' camps including Bergen Belsen; papers regarding restitution; papers regarding anti-Semitism in post-war Germany and papers regarding emigration including to Palestine, USA and UK.

Reports of the Jewish Relief Unit and the Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad (JCRA) by Jewish relief workers on the conditions of Jews and other displaced persons at the end of the Second World War, including report on the conditions of Greek Jewry during and after the war, with a statistical breakdown of the losses of the Jewish population in the various regions of Greece, Apr 1946; report by H O Joseph on the condition of Italian Jewry, Apr 1946; report by H O Joseph, 'visit to Austria, 6 Dec 1946- 18 Dec 1946' on the activities of the JCRA personnel, to ascertain whether any could be deployed elsewhere and to investigate the situation of displaced persons in camps in the American Zone, Dec 1946; report describing the condition of Jewish displaced persons in Austria, Jan 1947; report by H O Joseph describing the condition of Jews and displaced persons in Austria and correspondence to interested parties enclosing the above reports, 27 Jul 1946-9 Aug 1946.

Papers concerning Jewish community election, 1925, comprise two election pamphlets addressed to the German Jewish community, Breslau.

Papers of The Jewish Community in Berlin, 1949, comprise a collection of stamps depicting the destroyed synagogues in Berlin, issued by the Jüdische Gemeinde Berlin for donations for their repair and upkeep.

Correspondence and papers of the head office of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde, Wien (IKW) (Jewish Cultural Community, Vienna), 1939-1942, including correspondence and statements from the housing and emigration departments of the IKW, which provide biographical details of Jews who have suffered persecution under the Nazis and have subsequently fallen on hard times; copies of letters sent from the head office of the IKW to various municipal authorities and the police regarding treatment of individual Jews; report (author unknown) entitled 'Zwölf Fragen über die Auswanderung aus Wien, 1 Januar bis 30 April 1940', in which many aspects of the Jewish emigration from Vienna are discussed; an original Jewish tram pass issued to Berta Brand and 2 pieces of 'Jude' badges (housed in the Wiener Library 'Special Collections').

Jewish Cultural Reconstruction Inc (JCR) records, 1943-1950, comprising: minutes of the JCR special meeting, 11 Jan 1949 (frames 7-10); summary of 3 reports, Apr, May and Jun 1949, (frames 11-14); report by M. Bernstein, library investigator, Sep-Oct 1949; two reports on ceremonial objects, 10 Jul 1949 (frames 20-24); ceremonial objects in German museum, preliminary findings by M Narkiss, (frames 25-28); minutes of an Advisory Committee meeting, 19 Sep 1949, (frames 30-33); minutes of the annual meeting of the corporation, 17 Oct 1949, (frames 47-50); minutes of a Special Meeting of the Board of Directors, 12 Apr 1950, (frames 55-58); memo on microfilming in German, 12 Apr 1950; confidential report on mission to Germany by Hannah Arendt, 12 Apr 1950, (frames 63-69); minutes of a special meeting of the Board of Directors, (frames 71-73); Confidential Field Reports: No. 8, author Bernard Heller, 25 Jul 1949, (frames 79-83); No. 9, author Bernard Heller, Sep 1949, (frames 84-87); No. 10, author E G Lowenthal, Oct 1949, (frames 89-92); No. 11, author E.G. Lowenthal, Nov 1949, (frames 94-97); No. 12, author Hannah Arendt, Dec 1949, frames (98-101); No. 14, author E G Lowenthal, Jan 1950, (frames 102-104); No. 15, author Hannah Arendt, Feb 1950, (frames, 105-110); No. 16, author Hannah Arendt, Feb 1950, (frames 111-113); No. 17, author E G Lowenthal, Feb 1950, (frames 114-117); No. 18, author Hannah Arendt, Mar 1950, (frames 118-122); No. 19, author E.G. Lowenthal, Mar-Apr 1950, (frames 123-124).

Papers of Walter Gordon and Max Nelki, 1933-1952 comprising personal and official correspondence and papers of Walter Gordon and other material relating to his status as a Jewish doctor, including a questionnaire with a note relating to ethnicity, [1936]; correspondence with former commanding officers relating to his military service in World War One; instructions from the Reichsärztekammer regarding his professional remit and printed list of non-aryan and 'staatsfeindlich' doctors and dentists, published by the Krankenkasse der deutschen Angestellten, arranged alphabetically by city/ region, 1934. Papers of Max Nelki comprising typescript personal account of his experiences, 1952.

Copies of papers documenting discrimination against Jewish educational institutions and professionals during the Nazi era, 1933-1967. The subject matter ranges from dismissal on racial grounds of Jewish academics from 1933, through the separation of aryan and non-aryan instruction, c1938, to the closure of Jewish schools, 1941-1942. A substantial part of the material relates to institutions in Cologne and Frankfurt am Main. Includes authorisation for the President of the Akademie der Künst to dismiss Professor Arnold Schonberg from his post as director of a Meisterschule für musikalische Komposition, 17 May 1933; dismissal of Professor Arnold Schönberg by the Preussische Akademie der Künst, 23 May 1933; circular stating that the main aim of lessons was the teaching of National Socialist philosophy and that it would be up to the discretion of individual heads of schools to decide whether non-aryans should be excluded from lessons, 18 July 1934; correspondence and references of Jüdisches Reformrealgymnasium mit Realschule und Lyzeum, Cologne, relating to the employment of Feodore Joseph, Apr 1936-1 Apr 1939; correspondence and papers concerning the fate of the Jewish school, Volkschule beim Philanthropin, Frankfurt, 5 Oct 1935-17 Sep 1941.

Records of the Association of Jewish Friendship Clubs, consisting of administrative and financial records (including minutes, enquiries and reports) for the association itself, and for specific areas and clubs. Also correspondence files for individual clubs, both overseas and in Britain.

A further deposit included an extensive run of office files regarding both the administration of the AJFC and relations with affiliated clubs; a large number of photographs of AJFC events such as a handicrafts exhibition, talent competitions, holidays, celebrations and meetings; copies of the "Friendship Club Magazine"; circular letters; club programmes; press cuttings; obituaries and club badges.

PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.

Records of the Jewish Health Organisation of Great Britain, comprising committees, case histories, personnel and general correspondence.

Records of the Jewish Historical Society of England including minutes, administrative papers and correspondence, finance, papers relating to articles, lectures, conferences and essay prizes offered by the society, printed material and a commemorative medallion.

Records of the Jewish Memorial Council, 1899-2001. The archive mainly consists of files and volumes of minutes and working papers. The records of the Reverend Malcolm Weisman are noteworthy for the detail they provide on the survival of Judaism in small, often isolated, communities.

Two volumes of press cuttings from Anglo-Jewish newspapers, concerning aspects of Jewish life; and from national and international newspapers concerning Chief Rabbi Nathan Adler and his successor Chief Rabbi Herman Adler, 1872-1901.

Correspondence and papers of the Leeds office of the Jewish Refugee Committee, 1938-1939, comprising letters from local businesses regarding the recruitment of trainees/ refugees and letters from family members and guardians.

Papers of Jewish refugees in Great Britain, 1939-1944, comprise reports regarding the plight of refugees in Great Britain during World War Two, notably including circulars from the Central Refugee Committee on the enlistment of tradesmen into the army and the RAF and the establishment of a women's foreign legion and a report entitled 'Facts concerning attempted disaffection among Jewish and orthodox in the Polish army in Great Britain'.

Papers relating to Jewish refugees in Portugal, 1930s, comprise reports documenting the situation of German Jewish refugees in Portugal in the 1930s, including reports from the Portuguese Committee for the Aid of Jewish Refugees and a biographical outline of the life and work of Augusto d'Esaguy.

Copies of correspondence between the Jewish Relief Unit and the Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad, 1946-1947, on the provision of relief parcels for non-Jewish Hamburg residents.

Papers of former members of the Jewish Relif Unit (JRU), 1945-1984. The bulk of the collections are from regular JRU volunteers and consist chiefly of copies of photographs and personal accounts. Notable collections include copies of the personal papers of Phyllis Gerson, the leader of the first Jewish Relief Unit sent to Egypt, Feb 1944, providing an account of the organisation and activities of the JRU units in Europe and original and contemporary copies of the papers of George Weis, former JRU legal adviser, documenting his involvement with post-war restitution claims, liaison between the JRU and the post-war occupying authorities and his efforts to resurrect the careers of Jewish lawyers in Germany who had survived the Holocaust.

Personnel files of former Jewish Relief Unit volunteers including reports of their activities.

Records of the Jewish Research Group including minute books and Annual general meeting minutes 1978 - 2011; 'Heritage' publication issues 1-6 1982 - 2007; Launch of 'Heritage 6' publication 2007; The first 100 meetings and day conference exhibition panels 1979 - 1988; Commemoration of VE Day and VJ Day 1995.

The papers comprise research material accumulated by Baruch Hirson and Riva Krut on Jews in South Africa, and include photocopy of a list of Jews resident in Johannesburg, c1915-1917; extract from memoir of Joseph Ratner (c1871-1960), a Jewish settler in South Africa, 1902; notes of interview with Izzy Rome (b 1892), who settled in South Africa in 1908; copy of memoirs of Morris (Maurice) Schmulian (b c 1903), who settled in Johannesburg, 1906; account by Mary Kropman of the life of Samuel Marks (1844-1920) who settled in South Africa in 1868; and articles about Jews in South Africa.

Copy of a list of Jewish shop owners in Salonika, based on information provided by the Jewish community in Salonika in March 1943 to the Axis authorities, comprising the names of shop keepers, their addresses and the nature of their businesses.

Papers relating to the International Conference for Jewish Social Work, Jul 1936, including reports on the state of Jewish social work in Europe and USA; letter from M J Karpf to Professor D Cohen of the Jewish Central Information Office expressing concern that the delegation to the Third International Conference from Germany was planning to use the conference for propaganda purposes and printed handbook entitled Social Work and the Community, studies in preparation for the International Conference on Social Work.

Records of the Jewish Vegetarian Society including copies of the quarterly Jewish Vegetarian Society magazine.