Jewish Chronicle Ltd

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0097 JEWISH CHRONICLE
Held at	: British Library of Political and Economic Science   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.lse.ac.uk/library ›
Full title	: Jewish Chronicle Ltd
Date(s)	: 1947-1970
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 44 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Jewish Chronicle Ltd

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Jewish Chronicle was established in 1841, and is the world's oldest and most influential Jewish newspaper. Based in London, its news and opinion pages reflect the entire spectrum of Jewish religious, social and political thought.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

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.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Arranged according to the box list.

Conditions governing access:

Apply to Archivist.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright unknown. Most documents may be photocopied.

Finding aids:

A box list is available.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Given by the Jewish Chronicle Ltd in 1978.

Allied Materials

Related material:

The British Library of Political and Economic Science holds further material relating to the Jewish Chronicle in the papers of Professor Bronislaw Malinowski (Ref: Malinowski) and Emanuel Shinwell, Baron Shinwell (Ref: Shinwell). University of Southampton Library holds further administrative papers of Jewish Chronicle Ltd, 1841-1990 (Ref: MS 225); Glamorgan Record Office holds correspondence and papers of Henry Samuel, the Cardiff correspondent, 1926-1976 (Ref: D/D JR); the Jewish Chronicle Ltd holds later papers, 1941-1972.

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Publication note:

C. M. Woolgar, University of Southampton Library Archive Lists, Catalogues and Guides Series: 4 MS 225 Archives of the Jewish Chronicle, 1841-1990.

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Sources: British Library of Political and Economic Science Archives catalogue. Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

Rules or conventions:
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.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Nov 2000