University of Sheffield Library. Special Collections and Archives Ref: MS 169 Title: East End Newspaper Reports

Scope: Notes, transcripts and xerox copies of reports relating to Jewish immigration from a range of London East End newspapers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Dates: 1880-1910 Level: Fonds Extent: 20 boxes (28 files) Name of creator: Joseph John Bennett

Administrative / biographical history: From the early 1880s, as a consequence of violent anti-semitism in some countries of Eastern Europe such as Russia and Bulgaria, the immigration of Jews into Britain assumed politically significant dimensions, and brought with it hostility and antagonism within some sections of the host population. The East End of London, in areas like Whitechapel, was the main focus of such immigration. East End newspapers of the period carried many reports of related incidents and opinions. In 1905 the Aliens Act, intended to restrict ‘pauper’ and ‘undesirable’ aliens was passed. The material in this collection of notes, transcripts and newspaper reports was compiled by Joseph John Bennett during research in pursuance of the degree of M.Phil. (1979) at the University of Sheffield (thesis entitled East End newspaper opinion and Jewish immigration, 1885-1905).

Related collections: Zaidman Papers Source: Presented to the University Library by the author on completion of his research. System of arrangement: As received

Subjects: Antisemitism - Great Britain; Jews in Great Britain; England - Emigration and immigration Names: Bennett, John Joseph; London - East End

Conditions of access: Academic researchers by appointment Restrictions: No restrictions Copyright: Copyright of the author’s work remains with the author; newspaper reports are covered by Copyright legislation Finding aids: There is a finding list of the files, the newspapers used and their dates, but no detailed index.

EAST END NEWSPAPER REPORTS (Ms 169) A finding list

Box 1. Eastern Argus 1888 (Jan) - 1895 (Aug) File 1 “ “ “ “ 1899 - 1906 (Dec) File 2 Box 2. Eastern Post 1888 (Jan) - 1895 (Dec) File 3 Box 3. “ “ “ “ 1896 (Jan) - 1899 (Sep) File 4 Box 4. “ “ “ “ 1899 (Oct) - 1900 (Dec) File 5 Box 5. “ “ “ “ 1901 (Jan) - 1903 (Dec) File 6 Box 6. Tower Hamlets Independent 1880 (Jan) - 1884 (Dec) File 7 East London Advertiser 1885 (Jan) - 1888 (Feb) “ “ “ “ “ “ 1888 (Jan) - 1892 (Dec) File 8 Box 7. “ “ “ “ 1893 (Jan) - 1895 (Dec) File 9 “ “ “ “ 1896 (Jan) - 1899 (Sep) File 10 Box 8. “ “ “ “ 1899 (Sep) - 1902 (Dec) File 11 “ “ “ “ 1903 (Jan) - 1909 (Aug) File 12 Box 9. Eastern Post 1880 (Jan) - 1888 (Feb) File 13 “ “ “ “ 1888 (May) - 1904 (Jly) File 14 Box 10. “ “ “ “ 1904 (Jan) - 1910 (Dec) File 15 Box 11. East End News 1880 (Jan) - 1888 (Feb) File 16 “ “ “ “ 1888 (Jan) - 1895 (Dec) File 17 Box 12. “ “ “ “ 1896 (Jan) - 1899 (Sep) File 18 “ “ “ “ 1899 (Oct) - 1902 (Dec) File 19 Box 13. “ “ “ “ 1903 (Jan) - 1906 (Oct) File 20 Box 14. East London Observer 1884 (Jan) - 1888 (Jan) File 21 Box 15. “ “ “ “ 1888 (Jan) - 1895 (Nov) File 22 Box 16. “ “ “ “ 1896 (Jan) - 1899 (Sep) File 23 Box 17. “ “ “ “ 1899 (Oct) - 1901 (Dec) File 24 Box 18. “ “ “ “ 1902 (Jan) - 1903 (Dec) File 25

Box 19. “ “ “ “ 1904 (Jan) - 1904 (Dec) File 26 Box 20. “ “ “ “ 1905 (Jan) - 1910 (Dec) File 27 East London Leader 1882 (Sep) - 1886 (Jly) File 28 Eastern Argus & Borough of Hackney Liberal / Times 1880 (Jly) - 1888 (Feb) “ “ East London Press 1883 (Aug) - 1886 (Jun) “ “