IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/2712/HAS
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: HACKNEY AND EAST LONDON SYNAGOGUE
Date(s): 1892-2008
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1.94 linear metres.
Name of creator(s): Hackney and East London Synagogue x South Hackney Synagogue x Hackney Synagogue
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Hackney and East London Synagogue has its origins in prayer meetings held at a private house from 1881. By 1885 funds had been raised to construct a Synagogue on Devonshire Road (now known as Brenthouse Road), which was completed in 1897. At this date it was known as South Hackney Synagogue and became a constitutent of the United Synagogue. In 1936 the Synagogue was enlarged and the name changed to Hackney Synagogue. Since 1993 it has been known as the Hackney and East London Synagogue.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Hackney and East London Synagogue including Board of Management minute book; committee meeting minute books; administrative correspondence; legal papers; insurance policies; agreements; financial accounts; membership registers; registers of seatholders; marriage registers [kethubot]; religious class registers; decorated prayer book; history of the Hackney Synagogue by Reverend Dr Barnett Joseph; orders of service; newsletters; fundraising; papers of the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women Hackney Branch; youth activities; plan of the seating galleries; plan of the Synagogue; and photographs.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The records have been divided into 5 sections:
ACC/2712/HAS/01: Administration;
ACC/2712/HAS/02: Finance;
ACC/2712/HAS/03: Membership;
ACC/2712/HAS/04: Printed Items;
ACC/2712/HAS/05: Visual Material.
Conditions governing access:
Access by written permission only.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited as part of a larger accession of material from the United Synagogue in 2009 and 2010.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
Part of the ACC/2712 collection of records of the United Synagogue.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: Records prepared May to September 2011.