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- 1854-1888 (Creation)
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2 volumes and 1 file
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The soup kitchen first operated in 1853 and was founded to relieve Jewish poor in Spitalfields, London, taking on premises and providing rations to local recipients.
Repository
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Deposited with the Mocatta Library at University College London by F W Samuel in 1932.
GB 0103 MS ADD 8 1854-1888 Collection (fonds) 2 volumes and 1 file Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor , Spitalfields
The soup kitchen first operated in 1853 and was founded to relieve Jewish poor in Spitalfields, London, taking on premises and providing rations to local recipients.
Deposited with the Mocatta Library at University College London by F W Samuel in 1932.
Transferred from the Mocatta Library (subsequently the Jewish Studies Library) of University College London.
Minute books of meetings of donors to the Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor, Spitalfields, London, 1854-1872, with minutes of Finance Committee meetings, 1858-1871; correspondence and papers, 1857-1888, including printed accounts, 1857-1858, 1869-1872, 1883-1884, letters, 1871, 1887, and printed notices of meetings, 1888.
Open.
Normal copyright restrictions apply.
English
Catalogued in Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935), p 113.
London Metropolitan Archives hold records, 1872-1980, including minutes, financial and distribution records, of Food for the Jewish Poor, Spitalfields (Ref: Acc 2942).
Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. May 2001 Associations Charitable organisations England Europe Jews London Organizations Religion Religious groups Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor , Spitalfields Spitalfields UK Western Europe Tower Hamlets
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Transferred from the Mocatta Library (subsequently the Jewish Studies Library) of University College London.
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Minute books of meetings of donors to the Soup Kitchen for the Jewish Poor, Spitalfields, London, 1854-1872, with minutes of Finance Committee meetings, 1858-1871; correspondence and papers, 1857-1888, including printed accounts, 1857-1858, 1869-1872, 1883-1884, letters, 1871, 1887, and printed notices of meetings, 1888.
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Open.
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Normal copyright restrictions apply.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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Finding aids
Catalogued in Dorothy K Coveney, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of University College London (London, 1935), p 113.
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London Metropolitan Archives hold records, 1872-1980, including minutes, financial and distribution records, of Food for the Jewish Poor, Spitalfields (Ref: Acc 2942).
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English