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MS 140 AJ 175 Archives of the West Synagogue

1/1 Correspondence: A 1924-1925

1/2 Correspondence: B 1924-1925

1/3 Correspondence: C - D 1924-1925

1/4 Correspondence: H 1924-1925

2/1 Correspondence: H 1924-1925

2/2 Correspondence: I - K 1924-1925

2/3 Correspondence: L 1924-1925

2/4 Correspondence: M 1924-1925

3/1 Correspondence: N - R 1923-1925

3/2 Correspondence: S 1922-1925

3/3 Correspondence: T - Z 1924-1925

3/4 Correspondence regarding resignation of membership 1924

4/1 Correspondence: A - B 1925-1926

4/2 Correspondence: C - D 1925-1926

4/3 Correspondence: E - G 1924-1926

4/4 Correspondence regarding donations to the Building Freehold 1925 Fund for the purchase of the freehold of the synagogue and the adjoining houses in Seymour Place

5/1 Correspondence: H 1925-1926

5/2 Correspondence: I - K 1923-1926

5/3 Correspondence: L 1925-1926

5/4 Correspondence: L - M 1924-1926

5/5 Correspondence: M - N 1925-1926

6/1 Correspondence regarding applications for the position of minister 1925

6/2 Correspondence: O - R 1925-1926

6/3 Resignations of membership 1925

6/4 Correspondence: S Jan - Jun 1925

6/5 Correspondence: S Jul 1925-Jan 1926 MS 140 2 AJ 175

6/6 Correspondence: T - V 1925-1926

6/7 Correspondence: W - Z 1925-1926

71 Correspondence: A 1925-1926

7/2 Correspondence: B 1925-1927

7/3 Correspondence: C 1925-1926

7/4 Correspondence: D - E 1926-1927

7/5 Correspondence: F - G 1925-1927

8/1 Correspondence: H 1925-1927

8/2 Correspondence: I - J 1926-1927

8/3 Correspondence: K - L 1926-1927

8/4 Correspondence: M 1925-1927

8/5 Correspondence: N 1926-1927

9/1 Correspondence: O - Q 1926-1927

9/2 Correspondence: R 1926-1927

9/3 Correspondence: S 1926-1927

9/4 Correspondence: J Samuel and Son Monumental Masons 1926-1927

9/5 Correspondence: T - Z 1926-1927

10/1 Correspondence: A 1927-1928

10/2 Correspondence: B 1927-1928

10/3 Correspondence: C 1924-1928

10/4 Correspondence: D 1927-1928

10/5 Correspondence: E - G 1927-1928

11/1 Correspondence: H 1926-1928

11/2 Correspondence: I - J 1922-1928

11/3 Correspondence: K 1927-1928

11/4 Correspondence: L 1926-1928

11/5 Correspondence: M 1927-1928

11/6 Correspondence: N 1927-1928

12/1 Correspondence: O - Q 1927-1928

12/2 Correspondence: R - S 1927-1928 MS 140 3 AJ 175

12/3 Correspondence: S 1926-1928

12/4 Postcards sent in response to the proposition to hold a trial service 1928 in the newly revised format on a Saturday morning

12/5 Correspondence: T - V 1927-1928

12/6 Correspondence: W 1922-1928

13/1 Correspondence: A - B 1924-1929

13/2 Correspondence regarding the death of Rabbi Dr J Blau 1927

13/3 Correspondence relating to the appointment of a keeper at Ball's 1928 Pond Cemetery

13/4 Correspondence: C 1927-1929

13/5 Correspondence: D - E 1928-1929

13/6 Correspondence: F - G 1928-1929

13/7 Correspondence: H 1928-1929

14/1 Correspondence: I - J 1928-1929

14/2 Correspondence: Revd M Joseph, including material relating to 1928 his eightieth birthday presentation; K

14/3 Correspondence: L 1928-1929

14/4 Correspondence: M 1928-1929

15/1 Correspondence: N - R 1928-1929

15/2 Correspondence: J Samuel and Son, Monumental Masons; Revd 1926-1929 V Simmons

15/3 Correspondence: S 1928-1929

15/4 Correspondence: T - V 1928-1929

15/5 Correspondence: W - Z 1928-1929

15/6 General correspondence concerning seats and membership; 1926-1929 enquiries regarding copies of the new prayer books; correspondence and papers relating to recommendations put forward by the ministers, on education, the barmitzvah ceremony and services; completed offering forms for the Hospital Sunday Fund

16/1 Correspondence: A; Ball's Pond Cemetery 1929

16/2 Correspondence: B; 1927-1929

16/3 Correspondence: C - D 1929

16/4 Correspondence: E - G 1924-1929 MS 140 4 AJ 175

16/5 Correspondence: H 1928-1929

16/6 Correspondence regarding seats for the holidays 1928

16/7 Bills and receipts, specifications for repairs, and details of 1919-1928 expenses relating to the joint account between the West London Synagogue and the Spanish and Portuguese Congregation for the administration of Golders Green Cemetery (Hendon Cemetery)

17/1 Corespondence: I - K 1929

17/2 Correspondence: L 1928-1929

17/3 Correspondence: M 1929

17/4 Correspondence: N - R; Dr P Ridout 1929

17/5 Correspondence and completed offering forms, including 1929 those for the Hospital Sunday Fund

17/6 Correspondence: S 1928-1929

18/1 Correspondence regarding applications for the position of 1929 secretary, following the death of the previous post holder, Mr A Myer

18/2 Correspondence: Revd VG Simmons; J Samuel and Son, 1928-1929 Monumental Mason; T - V

18/3 Correspondence: W - Z 1928-1929

18/4 Correspondence relating to members' seats and accounts, including 1924-1929 requests for the reservation of temporary seats during festivals and grants of permission from members' for their seats to be let

18/5 Correspondence relating to members' seats and accounts, including 1929 requests for the reservation of temporary seats during festivals and grants of permission from members' for their seats to be let

19/1 Correspondence: A 1929-1930

19/2 Correspondence: members' accounts; members' accounts in arrears 1930

19/3 Correspondence: list of members and their addresses, together with 1928-1930 correspondence relating to the operation of the Addressograph, including updates and orders for new plates

19/4 Wardens' meeting agenda 1930

19/5 Correspopndence: aids for the deaf; Alliance Assurance Co 1930

19/6 Correspondence: annual report; Ball's Pond Cemetery 1930

20/1 Correspondence: Ba - Be 1930

20/2 Correspondence: Bi - Bri 1929-1930

20/3 Correspondence: Mr AI Belisha; Bro - By 1930 MS 140 5 AJ 175

20/4 Burial permits 1930

20/5 Correspondence: Ca - Ci 1930

20/6 Correspondence: Co - Cy, includes some council meeting minutes 1930 and list of council members

20/7 Correspondence: religious education classes; Mr E Cohen; D 1930

20/8 Correspondence: D 1930

21/1 Correspondence: Mr A Davis; Mr D Davis; E 1930

21/2 Correspondence regarding the work of the education committee, 1930 including some minutes and memoranda expressing views on the practice of barmitzvah and the place of young peaple at the synagogue

21/3 Correspondence: election to council sub-committee; extension of 1930 activities committee; executive committee

21/4 Correspondence: F - Gl 1930

21/5 Correspondence: Go - Gy 1929-1930

21/6 Correspondence relating to Golders Green Cemetery, concerning 1930 upkeep and repairs and changing from the employment of contractors to direct labour

21/7 Correspondence regarding applications for the position of head 1930 gardener at Golders Green Cemetery

22/1 Correspondence: Ha - Hd 1930

22/2 Correspondence regarding organizing a Haftorah rota for the 1930-1931 sabbath reading of holy prophets and writings

22/3 Correspondence: He - Hi 1929-1930

22/4 Correspondence: Ho - Hy 1929-1930

22/5 Completed offering forms for the Metropolitan Hospital Sunday 1930 Fund

22/6 Correspondence relating to the high festivals, with timetables for 1930 the Day of Atonement services and instructions for stewards

22/7 Correspondence: Sir S Instone 1929-1930

22/8 Correspondence: investments; Jewish Chronicle; Jewish Lads 1930 Brigate

22/9 Correspondence: I 1926-1930

23/1 Correspondence: J 1929-1930

23/2 Correspondence: K 1929-1930

23/3 Correspondence: La - Le 1930 MS 140 6 AJ 175

23/4 Correspondence: La - Le; returned correspondence 1930

23/5 Correspondence: Li - Ly 1930

23/6 Correspondence: Li - Ly; Mr ED Lowy, treasurer 1929-1930

23/7 Correspondence regarding the West London Synagogue magazine, 1930, Mar 1930 together with proofs and a copy of Volume 4 Number 7

23/8 Correspondence: Manchester Congregation; completed 1930 authorization forms

24/1 Correspondence: Ma - Me 1930

24/2 Correspondence: Me - Mi; completed membership forms 1929-1930

24/3 Correspondence: Mo - My 1929-1930

24/4 Correspondence regarding applications for the position of lady 1930 secretary for the ministers

24/5 Correspondence: Mr LG Montifiore, warden; N 1929-1930

24/6 Completed offering forms 1930

24/7 Correspondence: O - Pe 1929-1930

25/1 Correspondence: Pl - Py; prayer book 1930-1931

25/2 Correspondence with the Jewish Guardian and the Jewish 1930 Chronicle

25/3 Correspondence: Q - Ri; Revd HF Reinhart, including a list of 1929-1930 barmitzvah candidates, 1919-1929

25/4 Correspondence: Re - Ru 1930

25/5 Correswpondence: Dr P Ridout; draft copies of the annual report 1930, 1929-1930 and accounts, with related correspondence and papers

25/6 Correspondence: Sa - Sc 1929-1930

25/7 Correspondence: St George's Settlement; scroll bearers; vacant 1929-1930 seats

25/8 Correspondence: Sc - Sm; Revd VG Simmons 1929-1930

26/1 Correspondence: Sn - Ste 1929-1930

26/2 Correspondence: Spanish and Portuguese Congregation; St - Sy; 1930 Stephenson, Harwood and Tatham, Solicitors; T

26/3 Correspondence regarding applications for the position of teacher 1930 for the Synagogue classes

26/4 Correspondence: tombestone permits; Tombestone Preservation 1930 Fund MS 140 7 AJ 175

26/5 Correspondence: U, including posters advertising lectures of the 1929-1930 Union of Jewish Literary Societies and the United Synagogues' syllabus for proselytes; V - We

26/6 Correspondence: Mr PS Waley; West London Synagogue 1930 Association

26/7 Correspondence: Wadsworth and Co, Printers; World Union for 1930 Progressive Judaism, including conference programmes and papers, some in German

26/8 Correspondence: Wh - Wy 1929-1930

26/9 Correspondence: V - Z 1930

27/1 Correspondence: A 1930-1931

27/2 Correspondence: member's accounts in arrears; Mr A Alexander, 1930-1931 deceased; wardens' meeting agenda

27/3 Correspondence: Alliance Assurance Co; annual report and 1930-1931 financial statement; Armistice Service Roll of Honour

27/4 Correspondence: Ba - Be 1931

27/5 Correspondence: Ball's Pond Cemetery; Bank of England 1929-1931

27/6 Correspondence: Mr AI Belisha; Bi - Bri 1931

28/1 Correspondence: Bro - By; Building Fund; building committee; 1930-1931 burial permits; business cards, correspondence regarding applications for the position of caretaker

28/2 Correspondence: Ca - Cl 1931

28/3 Correspondence: Co - Cy 1930-1931

28/4 Correspondence: religious education classes including examination 1931-1932 papers and pupils' reports

28/5 Agenda, minutes and correspondence relating to the synagogue 1930-1931 council and general meetings, incomplete series

28/6 Correspondence: D 1930-1931

28/7 Correspondence: D; Mr A Davis, Architect 1930-1931

28/8 Correspondence: D; J Davy and Sons, Printers 1930-1931 and Stationers

29/1 Correspondence: education committee; Emanuel and Simmonds, 1923-1931 Solicitors; Executive Committee; extension of activities committee

29/2 Correspondence: E 1930-1931

29/3 Correspondence: F - Gl 1930-1931

29/4 Correspondence: Go - Gy 1931 MS 140 8 AJ 175

29/5 Correspondence: Golders Green Cemetery; Gundry, Straus and Co, 1931 Accountants; Hampstead religious education classes

29/6 Correspondence: Ha - Hd 1931

29/7 Correspondence: Haftorah services; Haftorah rota; He - Hi 1931

30/1 Correspondence: K; Mrs Kaye, gallery attendant 1930-1931

30/2 Correspondence: La - Le 1931

30/3 Correspondence: La - Le; lecturers 1931

30/4 Correspondence: Li - Ly 1931

30/5 Correspondence: Li - Ly; Mr C Lousada; Mr ED Lowy 1931

30/6 Returned correspondence 1931

31/1 Correspondence: Ma - Mc 1931

31/2 Correspondence: magazine committee; magazine contents; 1931 completed marriage authorisation forms

31/3 Wardens' meeting minutes Feb 1930 - Nov 1930

31/4 Wardens' meeting minutes Mar 1931 - Dec 1931

31/5 Correspondence: Me - Mi 1931

31/6 Correspondence: Mo - My 1931

31/7 Correspondence: musical committee, including text selected for the 1930-1931 new hymnal; Mr LG Montifiore

32/1 Correspondence: N - O 1928-1931

32/2 Completed offering forms and correspondence 1931

32/3 Correspondence concerning the overflow services held at Wigmore 1931 Hall for the holy days

32/4 Correspondence: Oxford University Press; list and payment of the 1931-1932 bequest of Maurice B Worms; correspondence with publishers regarding book reviews for the synagogue magazine

32/5 Correspondence relating to the revised edition of the new prayer 1931 book, including observations on and acknowledgements of complementary copies, some in German; orders for copies of the new prayer book

32/6 Correspondence: Pa - Pe 1931

32/7 Correspondence: correspondence with the press; Pl - Py 1931

33/1 Correspondence: St George's Settlement; Q - Ri; Dr P Ridout, 1930-1931 Choirmaster MS 140 9 AJ 175

33/2 Correspondence: Revd HF Reinhart; Ro - Ry 1930-1931

33/3 Correspondence: Sa - Sc 1930-1931

33/4 Correspondence: scroll bearers; list of vacant seats; Seder service 1931

33/5 Correspondence concerning the seven year covenant scheme to 1931 reclaim income tax, including material debating the legality of the scheme as well as certificates of deduction of income tax

33/6 Correspondence regarding Seymour Place: the synagogue's plans 1929-1931 to obtain vacant possession of the properties 27 - 37 (odd numbers only) Seymour Place

33/7 Correspondence regarding Seymour Place: providing for Mr Cole 1930-1931 to vacate 37 Seymour Place and for Mr Slot to take on a short term tenancy of 33 and 35 Seymour Place

34/1 Correspondence: Se - Sm 1931

34/2 Correspondence: Revd VG Simmons; Sn - Ste 1930-1931

34/3 Correspondence: Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue; Stephenson, 1931 Harwood and Tatham,Solicitors; notes regarding the Succot; Sti - Sy

34/4 Correspondence: T; Tombstone Preservation Fund 1931

34/5 Correspondence: tombstone permits 1930-1931

35/1 Correspondence: U - We 1930-1931

35/2 Correspondence: Wh - Wy 1930-1931

35/3 Correspondence: Mr PS Waley; West London Synagogue 1931 Association; World Union for Progressive Judaism; Y - Z

36/1 Correspondence: A; Alliance Assurance Co 1931-1932

36/2 West London Synagogue membership list, list of magazine 1928, 1931 recipients, updates and additions for the Addressograph plates -1932

36/3 Correspondence: members'accounts in arrears 1931-1932

36/4 Correspondence: Mewes and Davis, Architects; Armistice service; 1932 Ba - Be

36/5 Correspondence: Ball's Pond Cemetery; Bank of England 1931-1932

36/6 Correspondence: Mr AI Belisha, Treasurer; Bi - Bri 1932

37/1 Correspondence: Bro - By; building scheme adjacent to the 1932 Synagogue; building committee; Building Fund Appeal committee

37/2 Correspondence: burial permits; Ca - Cl 1932

37/3 Correspondence: Co - Cy 1931-1932 MS 140 10 AJ 175

37/4 Correspondence: business cards; choir; applications for the 1932 position of choirmaster

37/5 Correspondence: religious education classes; council meeting 1931-1932 minutes and related correspondence

37/6 Correspondence with Dr SA Cook and others, relating to the 1932 publication of his paper 'ethical monotheism in the light of comparitive religion' (41/2 below contains a copy of the paper)

38/1 Correspondence: D 1930-1932

38/2 Correspondence: Mr AS Diamond, Warden; Sir B Drage, Warden; 1932 E; education Committee

38/3 Correspondence: executive committee; F - Gi; Mr TH Gaster 1931-1932

38/4 Correspondence: applications for the position of head gardener at 1932 Golders Green Cemetery (Hendon Cemetery)

38/5 Notes on New Year and Day of Atonement services, labelled 1931 Glasgow Reform Congregation, correspondence with the developing Glasgow Progressive Synagogue (previously Glasgow Reform Congregation)

38/6 Correspondence with the Glasgow Progressive Synagogue 1932-1933 regarding its progress and its support by the West London Synagogue

38/7 Various publications including financial statements, annual reports, 1927-1931 laws and sermon relating to synagogues and Jewish institutions in Glasgow

39/1 Correspondence: Go - Gy 1932

39/2 Correspondence: Golders Green Cemetery (Hendon Cemetery), 1931-1932 includes list of repairs to the lodge ar Ball's Pond Cemetery; Mr AJ Greenbaum; Gundry, Straus and Co, Accountants; Guardian Assurance Co

39/3 Correspondence: Ha - Hd 1931-1932

39/4 Correspondence: Haftorah; Hampstead religious education classes; 1932 attendance cards and programme for the Chanucah celebration

39/5 Correspondence: He - Hi; Mr EFQ Henriques, Warden; high 1932 festivals

40/1 Correspondence: Ho - Hy; Hospital Sunday Fund; hostess; I 1932

40/2 Correspondence: Sir S Instone; investments; income tax 1932

40/3 Correspondence: J 1931-1932

40/4 Correspondence: Mr M Jacobson, Choirmaster; Jewish Lads' 1932 Brigade

40/5 Correspondence: Junior membership; Mrs FC Krasa (deceased) 1932 MS 140 11 AJ 175

40/6 Correspondence: La - Le 1931-1932

41/1 Correspondence: Li - Ly 1932

41/2 Correspondence: lecturers; returned correspondence (includes a 1932 copy of 'ethical monotheism in the right comparative religion' by Dr SA Cook)

41/3 Correspondence, itineraries and explanatory notes relating to the 1932 'little journey', a tour of London, organized for the religious education classes, to visit places of Jewish historical interest

41/4 Correspondence: Mr C Lousada; Ma - Mc 1932

41/5 Correspondence: magazine committee, includes a list of synagogue 1932 committees; magazine contents; Manchester Congregation of British Jews; completed marriage authorisation forms

41/6 Correspondence: Me - Mi; Mr E,D Lowry, includes a copy of the 1932 resolutions adopted in 1841 for the government of the congregation

42/1 Correspondence: Mo - My 1932

42/2 Wardens' meeting minutes 1931-1932

42/3 Correspondence: Mr LG Montifiore; musical committee; 1932 needlework section; N;

42/4 Correspondence: O; completed offering forms 1931-1932

42/5 Correspondence: organ; overflow services held at Wigmore Hall 1932-1933 for the holy days; Oxford University Press; Pa - Pe

43/1 Correspondence: Pi - Py; correspondence relating to the poor list 1932 and payment of the bequest of Maurice B Worms; prayer book revision committee; press

43/2 Correspondence with publishers regarding book reviews for the 1932 synagogue magazine

43/3 Correspondence relating to the Portman estate; the letting of 1932 properties in Upper Berkeley Street, and correspondence with the tenents

43/4 Correspondence relating to the Portman estate; the purchase of 1930-1931 freehold property adjoining that owned by the synagogue in Upper Berkeley Street and Seymour Place; the synagogue's new building scheme in Seymour Place

43/5 Correspondence relating to the Portman estate; the synagogue's 1932 new building scheme in Seymour Place and correspondence with tenents

43/6 Correspondence: Q - Ri; Mr C Rabinovitch; Revd HF Reinhart; Dr 1932 Ridout, Organist

43/7 Correspondence: Ro - Ry; J Samuel and Son, Monumental 1931-1932 Masons; scout troop; scroll bearers; vacant seats; New Year and MS 140 12 AJ 175

Atonement services; St George's Settlement 1931-1932

44/1 Correspondence: Sa - Sc; Seder service; Seymour Place 1932

44/2 Correspondence: seven year covenants; Revd VG Simmons; Mr 1931-1932 LM Slot; Se - Sm

44/3 Correspondence: Sn - Ste 1932

44/4 Correspondence regarding the social service branch of the West 1932 London Synagogue Association and opportunities for service in response to a national appeal for social service volunteers

44/5 Correspondence: Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue; Sti - Sy; 1932 correspondence regarding the provision of stewards for the festival services, (includes posters for the Wigmore Hall services

44/6 Correspondence: Stephenson, Harwood and Tatham, Solicitors; 1932 Succot; superannuation scheme

45/1 Correspondence: T; applications for the position of teacher 1932

45/2 Correspondence: tombestone permits; transport system for the 1931-1932 children’s religious education classes

45/3 Correspondence: U - We 1932

45/4 Correspondence: Mr PS Waley; West London Synagogue 1931-1932 Association, (includes annual report and accounts)

45/5 Correspondence: Wh - Wy 1931-1932

45/6 Correspondence: Mr BM Woolf; Mr S Woolf, Golders Green 1931-1632 Cemetery superintendant; World Union for Progressive Judaism; Y - Z

46/1 Correspondence: A 1933

46/2 Correspondence: members' accounts in arrears 1933-1934

46/3 Correspondence: updates and additions for the Addressograph 1932-1933 plates; Alliance Assurance Co; notes relating to the annual report; Mewes and Davis, Architects

46/4 Correspondence: Ba - Be 1932-1933

46/5 Correspondence: Ball's Pond Cemetery; Bank of England 1931-1933

46/6 Correspondence: Berkeley Boys' Club; Berkeley Girls' Club 1933-1934

47/1 Correspondence: Berkeley Players; Mr AI Belisha; Bi - Bri 1933

47/2 Correspondence regarding the proposed new building scheme, 1931-1932 estimates and alterations MS 140 13 AJ 175

47/3 Correspondence regarding the building scheme for Synagogue Jan 1932- House, Seymour Place Jun 1933

47/4 Correspondence regarding the building scheme for Synagogue Jul 1933- House, Seymout Place Apr 1934

47/5 Correspondence: Building Fund Appeal committee;building 1933 committee; building scheme adjacent to the synagogue; finance for the building scheme; correspondence relating to the ceremony for the laying of the foundation stone of the synagogue extension, including invitations, orders of service, texts of speeches and press releases

47/6 Correspondence: burial permits; Bro - By 1932-1933

48/1 Correspondence: business cards; choir; choral group; religious 1933 education classes

48/2 Correspondence: council meeting minutes (incomplete series); 1932-1933 committee appointed to consider the constitution of the council; Ca - Cl

48/3 Correspondence: Co - Cy 1932-1933

48/4 Correspondence: confirmation services; lecture given by Dr SA 1933 Cook; Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths and Co; Mr AS Diamond; Sir Benjamin Drage

48/5 Correspondence: D 1932-1934

49/1 Correspondence: E; executive committee; education committee; 1933 extension of activities committee

49/2 Correspondence: F - Gi 1933-1934

49/3 Correspondence: Go - Gy; Glasgow Progressive Synagogue 1932-1933

49/4 Correspondence relating to the relief of German refugees: with the 1933 Central British Fund for German Jewry, along with completed donation forms and lists of contributors (including lists of contributors printed in the Jewish Chronicle, May - Jul 1933), also with the Jewish refugees hospitality committee and other organisations

49/5 Completed donation forms for the synagogue collection in aid of 1933 the Central British Fund for British Jewry, with correspondence

50/1 Correspondence relating to the appeal for hospitlaity for German 1933 refugees: donations, offers and refusals of hospitality

50/2 Correspondence: Golders Green Cemetery (Hendon Cemetery); 1932-1933 Guardian Assurance Co; Gundry, Straus and Co, Accountants; Mr EFQ Henriques

50/3 orrespondence: Ha 1931-1933 MS 140 14 AJ 175

50/4 Correspondence: Hampstead religious education classes; 1931-1933 Hampstead Reform Synagogue (which became the North Western Reform Synagogue); Haftorah; high festivals; He - Hi

50/5 Correspondence: H0 - Hy; hospitality committee; completed 1933 offering forms and correspondence relating to the Hospital Sunday Fund; hostesses

50/6 Correspondence: I; income tax; Sir Samuel Instone, Warden; 1933 investments

51/1 Correspondence: J 1933

51/2 Correspondence: Mr M Jacobson, Choirmaster; junior membership 1933-1934

51/3 Correspondence: La - Le 1932-1934

51/4 Correspondence: synagogue laws revision committee 1933

52/1 Correspondence: lectures; Dr A,H Levy, Warden; ‘little journey’ the 1932-1934 tour of London organised for the religious education classes, visiting places of Jewish historical interest; Mr C Lousada

52/2 Correspondence: Li - Lo 1932-1934

52/3 Correspondence: Ma - Mi 1933-1934

52/4 Correspondence: magazine; magazine committee; completed 1933 marriage authorisation forms

52/5 Wardens’ meeting minutes, including some minutes of the 1932-1933 committees for building, education and the magazine

53/1 Correspondence: Mo - My 1932-1934

53/2 Correspondence: Mr LG Montefiori; musical committee; N - O 1932-1934

53/3 Completed offering forms and correspondence relating to the organ 1933

53/4 Correspondence: overflow services; Oxford University Press; poor 1933 list

53/5 Correspondence: Pa - Py; Portman Estate 1933

54/1 Correspondence: prayer book revision committee; press; 1932-1934 PrudentialAssurance Co And the new building; publishers; Purim party

54/2 Correspondence: Q - Ri; Mr C Rabinovitch; Revd HF Reinhart; rent 1933-1934 from tenents Dr P Ridout, Organist

54/3 Correspondence: Ro - Sc 1933-1934

54/4 Correspondence: St George’s Jewish Settlement; J Samuel and Son, 1932-1934 Monumental Masons; Sassoon family graves; Se - Sm; scroll bearers MS 140 15 AJ 175

54/5 Correspondence: revision of seating; Seder service; seven year 1932-1934 covenants

54/6 Correspondence: Revd VG Simmons; Mr LM Slot 1933

55/1 Correspondence: Sn - Ste 1932-1933

55/2 Correspondence: social service section, (with a list of Jewish and 1933-1934 other institutions in London, concerned with social work, 1924); Stephenson, Harwood and tatham, Solicitors; stewards for the high festival services; Succot; Sti - Sy

55/3 Correspondence: T; tombstone permits 1933-1934

55/4 Correspondence: transport for the religious education classes; Mr 1933 BT Travis; U - V

56/1 Correspondence: Wa - Wy 1933-1934

56/2 Correspondence: Wadsworth and Co; Mr PS Waley; Mr J Walsh, 1933 Superintendant at Ball’s Pond Cemetery

56/3 Correspondence: West London SynagogueAssociation; Mr S 1931-1933 Woolf, Superintendant at Golders Green Cemetery

56/4 Correspondence: Mr BM Woolf; Mr B Woolf and Partners, 1933 Monumental Masons World Union for Progressive Judaism; Y - Z

57/1 Correspondence: members’ accounts in arrears 1934

57/2 Correspondence: updates and additions for the Addressograph 1933-1934 plates; Alliance Assurance Co,; Ball’s Pond Cemetery; Bank of England

57/3 Correspondence: Ba - Be 1933-1934

57/4 Correspondence: Mr AI Belisha; Berkeley Boys’ Club 1933-1934

57/5 Correspondence: Berkeley Girls’ Club; Berkeley Players; Bethnal 1934 Green Jewish Girls’ Club

58/1 Correspopndence: building scheme 1932-1934

58/2 Correspondence: building scheme; building committee 1934

58/3 Correspondence: Building Fund Appeal; Building Fund Appeal 1932-1934 committee; the opening ceremony of the new building

58/4 Correspondence: the provision of curtains for the new building; Bro 1934 - Ci

59/1 Correspondence: the Board of Deputies of British Jews; Bradford 1933-1934 Reform Congregation; Bi - Bri; business cards; Central British Fund MS 140 16 AJ 175

for German Jewry

59/2 Correspondence: the seating for the new building; choir; choral 1933-1934 group; religious education classes; Major J Brunel Cohen

59/3 Correspondence: synagogue committees; council 1934

59/4 Correspondence: Co - Cy 1933-1934

59/5 Correspondence: D Jan - Aug 1934

59/6 Correspondence: D; Mr AS Diamond; Sir B Drage 1934

60/1 Correspondence: education committee 1933-1934

60/2 Correspondence: executive; extension of activities committee; E 1933-1934

60/3 Correspondence: F; furnishing committee 1933-1934

60/4 Correspondence: Ga - Gi; General Electric Co,; Glasgow 1934-1935 Progressive Synagogue; Golders Green Cemetery

60/5 Correspondence: Guardian Assurance Co 1934

60/6 Correspondence: Go - Gy 1933-1934

61/1 Correspondence and papers relating to North Western Reform 1933-1934 Synagogue (formerly Hampstead Reform Synagogue), including the annual report

61/2 Correspondence: Chanucah; Ha 1933-1934

61/3 Correspondence: Hart and Sons Limited, Printers and Bookbinders; 1931-1934 He - Hi

61/4 Correspondence: Mr RDQ Henriques, Printer and Publisher; high 1932-1934 festivals Hospital Sunday Fund correspondence, with some completed offering forms; Ho - Hy; hostesses

62/1 Correspondence relating to the work of the hospitality committee, 1934 mainly regarding the organisation of receptions

62/2 Correspondence relating to the work of the hospitality committee, 1934 including lists of German refugees and correspondence with refugees

62/3 Correspondence: income tax; investments; Sir S Instone; I 1934-1935

62/4 Correspondence: J 1934

62/5 Correspondence: Mr M Jacobson, Choirmaster; joint burial 1934 committee; junior membership

63/1 Correspondence: K 1933-1934

63/2 Correspondence Mrs SE Karminski; League of Nations; lecturers 1934 MS 140 17 AJ 175

63/3 Correspondence: returned correspondence 1934

63/4 Correspondence: La - Le 1933-1934

63/5 Correspondence: Li - Ly 1933-1934

63/6 Correspondence: Mr AV Levy; ‘little journey’, the tour of London 1934 organized for the religious education classes; Mr C Lousada

64/1 Correspondence: magazine, magazine committe; Manchester 1934 Congregation; Mr HC Marks; Mrs HC Marks

64/2 Correspondence: completed marriage authorisation forms; Ma - Mc 1933-1934

64/3 Correspondence: Me - Mi; Mr LG Montefiore 1933-1934

64/4 Correspondence: M0 - My; music committee 1933-1934

64/5 Wardens’ meeting notes Dec1933 - Aug 1934

64/6 Wardens’ meeting notes Sep 1934 - Dec 1934

65/1 Correspondence: N - O; needlework; completed offering forms 1933-1934

65/2 Correspondence: organ; overflow services; Pa - Pe 1933-1934

65/3 Correspondence: Pentecost; poor list; Portman Estate; Press; 1934 Prudential Assurance Co

65/4 Correspondence: publishers; replies to invitations to the Purim 1933-1934 celebration

65/5 Correspondence:Q - Ri; rating of the building; Revd HF Reinhart; 1934 rents from tenants; requests for estimates for repairs to the synagogue; revision of the laws committe; Dr P Ridout, Organist

66/1 Correspondence: Ro - Ry 1934

66/2 Correspondence: Sa - Sc 1933-1934

66/3 Correspondence: St George’s Jewish Settlement; J Samuel and Son, 1934 Monumental Masons; scroll bearers

66/4 Correspondence: Se - Sm 1934

66/5 Correspondence: Seder service; seven year covenants; Revd VG 1934 Simmons

66/6 Correspondence: Mr LM Slot; Sn - Ste 1933-1934

67/1 Correspondence: St - Sy; Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue; social 1933-1934 service section

67/2 Correspondence: Stephenson, Harwood and Tatham, Solicitors; 1933-1934 stewards; Succot MS 140 18 AJ 175

67/3 Correspondence: T; tombstone permits 1933-1934

67/4 Correspondence: transport; U - V; United Synagogue 1933-1934

67/5 Correspondence with the tenents of 28, 30 and 32-3 Upper 1933-1934 BerkeleyStreet

68/1 Correspondence: Wa - We; Wadsworth and Co, Printers; Mr PS 1933-1935 Waley, President

68/2 Correspondence: Mr J Walsh, Superintendant at Ball’s Pond 1933-1934 Cemetery; West London Synagogue Association

68/3 Correspondence: Wh - Wy 1933-1934

68/4 Correspondence: Mr S Woolf, Superintendent at Golders Green 1934-1935 Cemetery; Mr BM Woolf; BM Woolf and Parters, Monumental Masons; World Union for Progressive Judaism

68/5 Correspondence: Mrs KM Yates, manager of Berkeley Girls’ Club; 1934 Z

69/1 Correspondence: A 1935

69/2 Correspondence: member’s accounts in arrears; updates and 1935 additions for the Addressograph plates; Alliance Assurance Co

69/3 Correspondence: annual report and accounts; Mewes and Davis, 1934-1935 Architects; Ba - Be;

69/4 Correspondence: Bank of England; Mr AI Belisha 1935

69/5 Correspondence: Berkeley Boys’ Club 1934-1936

69/6 Correspondence: Berkeley Girls’ Club; Berkeley Players; Bethnal 1934-1936 Green Girls’ Club

70/1 Correspondence: Bri - By 1935

70/2 Correspondence: building committe; correspondence relating to 1934-1935 legal disputes about work on the new building

70/3 Correspondence relating to furnishing the new building, including 1934-1935 estimates and drawings

70/4 Correspondence:Ca - Cl; business cards; Rabbi LJ Cashdan, 1935 appointed as assistant minister

70/5 Correspondence: choir; choral group and orchestra; religious 1935 education classes

71/1 Correspondence: Co - Cy 1935

71/2 Correspondence: Major J Brunel Cohen; council 1935

71/3 Correspondence relating to a conference on Jewish instruction in 1934-1935 public and secondary school MS 140 19 AJ 175

71/4 Correspondence:D Mar 1934 - Jul 1935

71/5 Correspondence: D; Mr AS Diamond 1935

72/1 Correspondence: E; education committee 1934-1935

72/2 Correspondence: Edgeware and District Reform Synagogue and 1935 Progressive Fellowship; executive; extension of activities committee; furnishing committee

72/3 Correspondence : F 1934-1935

72/4 Correspondence: Ga - Gl; hospitality for German Refugees 1934-1935

72/5 Correspondence: Glasgow Progressive Synagogue; Golders Green 1934-1935 Cemetery; list of gramophone recoreds

72/6 Correspondence: Guardian Aszsurance Co; Gundry, Cole, Bond, 1934-1935 Straus and Manning, Accountants; Go - Gy

73/1 Correspondence: Ha 1933-1935

73/2 Correspondence: Chanucah; high festivals; correspondence and 1935 completed offering forms for the Hospital Sunday Fund

73/3 Correspondence: He - Hi 1934-1935

73/4 Correspondence: H0 - Hy; hostesses 1935

73/5 Correspondence: I; income tax Sir S Instone; investments 1934-1935

73/6 Correspondence: J 1934-1935

74/1 Correspondence: K; Mrs SE Karminski 1935

74/2 Correspondence: La - Le Dec 1934 - Jul 1935

74/3 Correspondence: La - Le Aug 1935 - Dec 1935

74/4 Correspondence relating to the revision of the laws 1933-1935

75/1 Correspondence: returned correspondence 1935

75/2 Correspondence: League of Nations Union junior branch; lectures; 1934-1935 legacies book; Dr AH Levy

75/3 Correspondence: Li - Ly Mar ‘34-Sep ‘34

75/4 Correspondence: Li - Ly; synagogue library; ‘little journey’ a tour 1935 organized for the religious education classes; Mr JG Lousada

75/5 Correspondence: Ma - Mc 1935

76/1 Correspondence: magazine; magazine committee; Mr HC Marks; 1934-1935 Mrs HC Marks MS 140 20 AJ 175

76/2 Correspondence: completed marriage authorization forms; Me - Mi 1934-1935

76/3 Warden’s meeting minutes 1935

76/4 Correspondence: Mo - My Dec 1934 - Aug 1935

76/5 Correspondence: Mo - My; Mr LG Montefiore; music committe; 1935 reprinting of the choristers music

77/1 Correspondence; N; needlework section 1934-1935

77/2 Correspondence: North Western Reform Synagogue; O 1935

77/3 Correspondence: completed offering forms and correspondence; 1935 overflow services and the choir

77/4 Correspondence: Pa - Pe 1935

77/5 Correspondence: Pi - Py; poor list; Purim 1935

77/6 Correspondence: Q; Mr C Rabinovitch; rates; Ra - Ri; Revd HF 1934-1935 Reinhart; repairs; Dr P Ridout

78/1 Correspondence: Ro - Ry 1935

78/2 Correspondence: Sa - Sc 1935

78/3 Correspondence: St George’s Settlement; J Samuel and Son, 1935 Monumental Masons; scroll bearers; seats; Seder service

78/4 Correspondence: Se - Sm 1934-1935

78/5 Correspondence: seven year covenants; Revd VG Simmons 1935

78/6 Correspondence: Sn - Ste 1935

79/1 Correspondence: social service section 1935

79/2 Correspondence: Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue; Stephenson, 1935 Harwood and Tatham, Solicitors; stewards for the high festivals; Ste - Sy

79/3 Correspondence: tombstone permits 1935

79/4 Correspondence: transport for the religious education classes; 1935 trustees

79/5 Correspondence: T - U; United Synagogue 1935

79/6 Correspondence: 28-33 Upper Berkeley Street 1935

80/1 Correspondence: V - We 1935

80/2 Correspondence: VWH Press Limited; Mr PS Waley; Mr J Walsh, 1935 Superintendent at Ball’s Pond Cemetery

80/3 Correspondence: West London Synagogue Association 1934-1935 MS 140 21 AJ 175

80/4 Correspondence: Wh - Wy 1935

80/5 Correspondence: Mr S Woolf, Superintendent at Golders Green 1935 Cemetery; Mr BM Woolf; BM Woolf and Partners, Monumental Masons; Y - Z

81/1 Correspondence: A 1936

81/2 Correspondence: members’ accounts in arrears; updates and 1936 additions for the Addressograph plates

81/3 Correspondence: applications for the post of assistant to the 1936-1937 secretary; architects; Ball’s Pond Cemetery; Bank of England

81/4 Correspondence: Ba - Be 1936

81/5 Correspondence: Berkeley Boys’ Club 1936-1937

82/1 Correspondence: Berkeley Girls’ Club 1936

82/2 Correspondence: Berkeley Players; Board of Deputies; Bradford 1936 Congregation

82/3 Correspondence: Bi - By; carpets for the new building; building 1935-1936 committee

82/4 Correspondence and documents relating to the new building, 1932-1936 including the building contract with WH Gaze and Sons, January 1933

82/5 Correspondence Ca - Cl; Caribonum, Stationery Supplies; business 1936 cards; Rabbi LJ Cashdan

83/1 Correspondence: choral group and orchestra; choir and applications 1936 for the post of choirmaster

83/2 Correspondence relating to the religious education classes, 1936 including approaches made to non-members whose children attended classes

83/3 Correspondence: Co - Cy Jan 1935 - Aug 1936

83/4 Correspondence: Co - Cy; Major J Brunel Cohen; committee for 1936-1937 Jewish religious education in public schools; correspondence regarding the possibility of building a columbarium, with details of the crematrium at Golders Green

83/5 Correspondence concerning the synagogue council, election of 1935-1936 councillors and revision of the laws

84/1 Correspondence: D 1935-1936

84/2 Correspondence: E; Edgeware and District Progressive Jewish 1935-1936 Fellowship; education committee; executive; extension of activities committee

84/3 Correspondence: F - Gi; the work of the hospitality committee for 1936 German refugees MS 140 22 AJ 175

85/1 Correspondence: Go - Gy 1936

85/2 Correspondence: Golders Green Cemetery; Guardian Assurance Co 1936 Ltd; Ha

85/3 Correspondence: Ha - Hi 1936

85/4 Correspondence: Ho - Hy; Chanucah; high festivals 1935-1936

85/5 Correspondence and completed offering forms for the Hospitality 1936 Sunday Fund

86/1 Correspondence: hostesses; I; income tax 1936

86/2 Correspondence: investments; J 1935-1937

86/3 Correspondence: K 1936

86/4 Correspondence: Mr M Jacobson, Choirmaster; Jewish Board of 1935-1936 Guardians; joint committee with the Liberal Jewish Synagogue

86/5 Correspondence: junior membership 1936

86/6 Drafts and copies of the revised laws of the synagogue 1935-1936

87/1 Correspondence: League of Nations; lectures 1935-1937

87/2 Correspondence: Dr HA Levy; La - Le 1935-1936

87/3 Correspondence: La - Le Jul-Dec 1936

87/4 Correspondence: ‘little journey’ a tour organised for the religious 1936 education classes

87/5 Correspondence: Li - Ly 1936

87/6 Correspondence: Ma - Mc 1935-1936

88/1 Correspondence: magazine; magazine committee; Manchester 1935-1936 Congregation

88/2 Correspondence: Mr HC Marks; Mrs HC Marks; completed 1936 marriage authorization forms

88/3 Wardens’ meeting minutes, (until Oct 1936, the executive meeting 1935-1937 minutes)

88/4 Correspondence: Me - Mi; Mr LG Montefiore 1936

88/5 Correspondence: Mo - My 1935-1936

88/6 Correspondence: music committee; N 1935-1937

88/7 Correspondence: needlework section; North Western Reform 1935-1936 Synagogue; O

89/1 Correspondence: offerings 1936

89/2 Correspondence: overflow services; Pa - Py 1936 MS 140 23 AJ 175

89/3 Correspondence: Mr IM Phillips; poor list; press; Purim; Q; Revd 1936 HF Reinhart; repairs

89/4 Correspondence: Dr P Ridout, Organist; Ra - Ri 1935-1937

89/5 Correspondence: Ro - Ri 1935-1936

89/6 Correspondence: Sa - Sc 1936

90/1 Correspondence: St Georges’ Jewish Settlement; J Samuel and Son, 1935-1936 Monumental Masons; scroll bearers; seats; Seder service; Lady Seligman

90/2 Correspondence: Se - Sm 1934-1936

90/3 Correspondence: senior discussion group; seven year covenants; 1935-1937 Revd VG Simmons; social service section; Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue; Stephenson, Harwood and Tatham, Solicitors

90/4 Correspondence: Sn - Ste 1936

90/5 Correspondence: Sti - Sy; stewards 1936-1937

91/1 Correspondence: Succot; T 1936

91/2 Correspondence: tombstone permits 1936

91/3 Correspondence: Thirty Three Club, a social club for German 1936 refugees; transport for the religious education classes

91/4 Correspondence: trustees; 28 - 33 Upper Berkeley Street; U 1935-1936

92/1 Correspondence: V - We 1936

92/2 Correspondence: Wh - Wy 1935-1936

92/3 Correspondence: VWH Press ltd,; Mr PS Waley; Mr J Walsh, 1936 Superintendent at Ball’s Pond Cemetery

92/4 Correspondence: West London Synagogue Association 1935-1936

92/5 Correspondence: Mr S Woolf, Superintendent at Golder Green 1936 Cemetery; Mr BM Woolf, (includes texts of addresses); BM Woolf and Partners, Monumental Masons

92/6 Correspondence: World Union for Progressive Judaism; V - Z 1936-1937

93/1 Correspondence: A 1936-1937

93/2 Correspondence: members’ accounts in arrears; updates and 1937 additions for the Addressograph plates; applications for the post of assistant to the secretary

93/3 Correspondence: relating to an American tea held in aid of the 1936-1937 West London Synagogue Association hospitality committee; Ba - Be

93/4 Correspondence: Ba - Be Jun - Dec 1937 MS 140 24 AJ 175

93/5 Correspondence: Ball’s Pond Cemetery; Bank of England 1936-1937

93/6 Correspondence: Berkeley Boys’ Club; Berkeley Players 1937

94/1 Correspondence: Bi - Bri; Board of Deputies of British Jews, 1937 (including a copy of their constitution, 1934)

94/2 Correspondence: Jewish Board of Guardians; Bro - Cl; Rabbi LJ 1936-1937 Cashdan; choir

94/3 Correspondence: Co - Cy Nov ‘36 - Jun ‘37

94/4 Correspondence: Co - Cy; choral group and orchestra 1937

94/5 Correspondence: relating to the religious education classes, 1937 including texts of lessons and test questions, and approaches made to non-members whose children attended the classes; Major J Brunel Cohen

94/6 Correspondence regarding invitations to meet con firmation 1937 candidates

95/1 Correspondence: committees; relating to the council, including 1936-1937 draft minutes of council meetings Oct 1936 - Nov 1937

95/2 Papers and correspondence relating to the annual election of 1937 wardens and councillers

95/3 Correspondence: D Dec ‘36 - Aug ‘37

95/4 Correspondence: D 1937

95/5 Correspondence: E; education committee 1937

95/6 Correspondence: Edgeware Reform Congregation; executive 1936-7

96/1 Correspondence: F; festival prayer book revision committee 1937

96/2 Correspondence: Ga - Gl; Golders Green Cemetery; Guardian 1936-1937 Assurance Co Ltd; Gundry, Cole and Co, Accountants

96/3 Correspondence: Go - Gy; Chanucah 1937

96/4 Correspondence: Ha 1936-1937

97/1 Correspondence: Mr EFQ Henriques; high festivals, includes 1937 ladies’ seat book and details of those acting as wardens and readers at the different services; requests for the use of members’ seats if they are not attending the high festival services

97/2 Correspondence: applications for seats for the high festivals Jul - Aug 1937

97/3 Applications for seats for the high festivals; correspondence and 1936-1937 completed offering forms for the Hospital Sunday Fund

97/4 Correspondence: He - Hi (two letters are in German) 1936-1937

97/5 Correspondence: Ho - Hy 1936-1937 MS 140 25 AJ 175

97/6 Correspondence: hospitality committee, with lists of German 1936-1937 refugees and booklets on the Jews in Germany, 1935; hostesses

98/1 Correspondence: I; income tax 1936-1937

98/2 Correspondence: investments; J 1937

98/3 Correspondence: Mr M Jacobson, Choirmaster; joint committee 1936-1937 with the Liberal Jewish Synagogue; K

98/4 Correspondence:junior membership 1936-1938

98/5 Correspondence: La - Le Dec ‘36 - Jul ‘37

98/6 Correspondence: La - Le Aug - Dec 1937

99/1 Correspondence: Mr RB Langer; League of Nations Union, 1937 relating to the annual junior rally; lectures; returned correspondence

99/2 Correspondence: Li - Ly, (includes copies of the Liberal Jewish 1936-1937 Monthly Dec 1936 and Jan 1937)

99/3 Correspondence: ‘little journey’, a tour organised for the religious 1937 education classes; Mr JG Lousada

99/4 Correspondence: Ma - Mc 1937

99/5 Correspondence: magazine committee; magazine contents; 1936-1937 Manchester congregation

99/6 Correspondence: Mr And Mr HC Marks; Manchester 1937 congregation; completed marriage authorization forms

100/1 Correspondence: Me - My 1937

100/2 Correspondence: Mo - My Jun - Dec 1937

100/3 Executive meeting minutes 1936-1937

100/4 Correspondence: Mr LG Montefiore; music committee; Mrs L 1937 Myer

100/5 Correspondence: N; North Western Reform Synagogue 1937

100/6 Correspondence: O 1937

101/1 Correspondence and completed offering forms 1937

101/2 Correspondence: overflow services; Pa - Pe 1937

101/3 Correspondence: Pi - Py; pension scheme; Mr IM Phillips 1936-1937

101/4 Correspondence: poor listl press; Purim; Q 1937

101/5 Correspondence: Ra - Ri (includes souvenir booklets for the 1937 coronation of King Geotge VI and Queen Elizabeth, 1937); Mr M Raphael, Choirmaster; Revd HF Reinhart MS 140 26 AJ 175

102/1 Minutes of the organizing committee for Jewish religious 1936-1937 education in schools and colleges (formerly the representative committee for Jewish religious education in public schools)

102/2 Correspondence: Dr P Ridout, Organist; Ro - Ry 1937

102/3 Correspondence: Sa - Sc; St George’s Jewish Settlement 1937

102/4 Correspondence: J Samuel and Son, Monumental Masons, scroll 1937 bearers; rescheduling seats; Seder service; Lady Seligman; senior discussion group; seven year covenants;, applicants for the position of Baal Tekiah to sound the shofar at the high festivals; Revd VG Simmons

102/5 Correspondence: Se - Sm 1936-1937

102/6 Correspondence: Sn - Ste 1936-1937

103/1 Correspondence: Mr DL Solomon, Surveyor; Spanish and 1937 Portuguese Synagogue; Stephenson, Harwood and Tatham, Solicitors

103/2 Correspondence: stewards; Sti - Sy; Succot 1936-1937

103/3 Correspondence: applications for the position of lady 1937 superintendent; Thirty Three Club, a social club for German refugees

103/4 Correspondence: tombstone permits 1937

103/5 Correspondence: transport for the religious education classes; T 1936-1937

104/1 Correspondence: U; 30 Upper Berkeley Street; V; VWH Press Ltd 1936-1937

104/2 Correspondence: Wa - We 1936-1937

104/3 Correspondence: Wadsworth and Co, Printers; Mr PS Waley; 1937 Correspondence concerning the presentation to be made to Mr PS Waley on his retirement from the position of President of the Synagogue and Chairman of the Council, March 1937; Mr J Walsh, Superintendent at Ball’s Pond Cemetery

104/4 West London Synagogue Association minutes 1936-1937

105/1 Correspondence: Wh - Wy 1937

105/2 Correspondence: Mr S Woolf, Superintendent at Golders Green 1937 Cemetery; Mr BM Woolf, including texts of talks and addresses for daily services and schools

105/3 Correspondence: BM Woolf and Partners, Monumental Masons; 1936-1937 World Union for Progressive Judaism; Y

106/1 Correspondence: A 1938

106/2 Correspondence: updates and additions for the Addressograph 1938 plates; air raid precautions

106/3 Correspondence: Ba - Be 1938 MS 140 27 AJ 175

106/4 Correspondence: Bi - Br; Ball’s Pond Cemetery 1938

106/5 Correspondence:Bank of England; Berkeley Boys’ Club; Berkeley 1938 Players

106/6 Correspondence: correspondence relating to a complaint from Mr 1938 A Blum, a German refugee, regarding his treatment by the officials of the Thirty Three Club, who had refused his application to join the club; Board of Deputies of British Jews; Board of Jewish Guardians

107/1 Correspondence: Bro - By; Bradford Congregation; building fund; 1937-1938 Ca - Cl

107/2 Correspondence: Rabbi LJ Cashdan; centenary committee; choir; 1938 choral group and orchestra; religious education classes

107/3 Correspondence: clerical assistance; Major J Brunel Cohen; list 1937-1938 of honorary officers and committees, 1938-1939; candidates for confirmation, 1937-1939

107/4 Council correspondence and minutes (incomplete series) 1938

107/5 Council Annual General Meeting minutes and associated 1938 correspondence and papers relating to the election of wardens and councillors

108/1 Correspondence: D Jan ‘37 - May ‘38

108/2 Correspondence: D Jun - Dec 1938

108/3 Correspondence: Mr AS Diamond; Sir B Drake; Edgeware 1937-1938 Reform Synagogue

108/4 Correspondence: education committee; executive; E 1937-1938

108/5 Correspondence: F 1938

108/6 Correspondence: festival prayer books revision committee 1938

108/7 Correspondence: Friday evening services; Ga - Gl (two letters in 1937-1938 German)

109/1 Correspondence: Go - Gy 1936-1938

109/2 Correspondence: Golders Green Cemetery, including a report 1938 which covers staff, upkeep of there grounds and policy regarding the adjoining allottments; Mr HF Goldschmidt; Guarding Assurance Co Ltd; Gundry, Cole and Co, Accountants

109/3 Correspondence: Ha 1938

109/4 Correspondence: Miss DL Haldin; Chanucah; He - Hi 1938

109/5 Correspondence: Mr EFQ Henreques 1937-1938

110/1 Correspondence: high festivals; applications for seats at the high 198 festivals MS 140 28 AJ 175

110/2 Correspondence: H0 - Hy 1938

110/3 West London Synagogue Association hospitality committee; 1938 Hospital Sunday Fund lists of contributors

110/4 Correspondence: hostesses; I; income tax; services of intercession 1938 for those suffering persecution

111/1 Correspondence: J; Jewish Lads’ Brigade 1937-1938

111/2 Correspondence: junior membership 1938

111/3 Correspondence: K 1937-1938

111/4 Correspondence: La - Le Dec ‘37 - Aug ‘38

111/5 Correspondence: La - Le Sep - Dec 1938

111/6 Correspondence: Mr RB Langer; League of Nations Union; 1938-1939 lectures; London Organising Council for Jewish Education annual report and accounts, with a report on their lectures on Jewish history

112/1 Correspondence: Li - Ly Dec ‘37 - Sep ‘38

112/2 Correspondence: Li - Ly; ‘little journey’, a tour organized for the 1938 religious education classes

112/3 Correspondence: returned correspondence; Ma - Mc 1937-1938

112/4 Correspondence: magazine; magazine committee; Mr H Magus; 1938 Manchester Congregation; Mr HC Marks

112/5 Correspondence: Mr JG Lousada 1937-1938

112/6 Correspondence: Mrs HC Marks; completed marriage 1937-1938 authorisation forms

113/1 Executive meeting minutes Dec ‘37 - Jun ‘38

113/2 Executive meeting minutes Jul - Dec 1938

113/3 Correspondence: Me - Mi; Mr OE 1938

113/4 Correspondence: Mr LG Montefiore; music committee; Mrs L 1938 Myer

113/5 Correspondence: Mo - My 1937-1938

113/6 Correspondence: N; needlework section 1938

113/7 Correspondence: North Western Reform Synagogue 1938

114/1 Correspondence: completed offering forms and correspondence 1937-1938

114/2 Correspondence: organising committee for Jewish religious 1937-1938 education in schools and colleges, minutes and correspondence

114/3 Correspondence:organ music society; overflow services; O 1937-1938 MS 140 29 AJ 175

114/4 Correspondence: Pa - Py 1938

114/5 Correspondence: Mr IM Phillips; poor list; press; replies to 1938 invitations to the Purim party; Q

114/6 Correspondence: seven year convenants 1938

115/1 Correspondence: Ra - Re; MrM Raphael, Choirmaster 1938

115/2 Correspondence: Revd HF Reinhart (with a note on his career); Dr 1938 P Ridout, Organist; J Samuel and Son, Monumental Masons; scroll bearers

115/3 Correspondence: Ro - Ry 1938

115/4 Correspondence: Sa - Sc 1938

115/5 Correspondence: Se - Sm Jun ‘37 - Aug ‘38

115/6 Correspondence: Se - Sm; Seder service; senior discussion group 1938

116/1 Correspondence: Revd VG Simmons; Mr D Solomon, Architect 1938 and Surveyor; Spanish and Portuguese Synagohue; special committee of the council (including a list of synagogue employees and their duties)

116/2 Correspondence: St George’s Jewish Settlement; stewards 1938

116/3 Correspondence: Sn - Ste 1937-1938

116/4 Correspondence: St - Sy; Succot; superannuation scheme; T 1936-1938

116/5 Correspondence: changes in staffing arrangements for the 1938 telephone switchboard; Thirty Three Club, a social club for German refugees, with lists of hosts and revisions of the club rules

116/6 Correspondence: tombstone permits 1937-1938

116/7 Correspondence: tombstones and tombstone preservation fund; 1937-1938 transport for the religious education classes

117/1 Correspondence: 29, 30, 32, and 33 Upper Berkeley Street, with 1938 correspondence and newspaper articles relating to the occupants of 30 Berkeley Street, and the court case accusing the tenant William Edward Mountain of permitting the house to be used for improper purposes

117/2 Correspondence: United Synagogue; U - V; Wa - We 1938

117/3 Correspondence: Wadswoth and Co, Printers, Mr PS Waley; Mr 1938 J Walsh, Superintendent at Ball’s Pond Cemetery

117/4 Correspondence: West London Synagogue Association 1937-1938

117/5 Correspondence: Wh - Wy Dec ‘37 - Sep ‘38

117/6 Correspondence: Wh - Wy; B Woolf and Partners, Monumental 1938 Masons MS 140 30 AJ 175

117/7 Correspondence: Mr BM Woolf, including correspondence, 1937-1938 relating to his proposed visit to Vienna, representing the Council for German Jewry, to help with the organisation of assistance and emigration, with letters requesting assistance, some in German, also a confidential report on relations between the secretary and senior minister

118 Correspondence: Mr S Woolf, Superintendent at Golders Green 1937-1938 Cemetery; World Union for Progressive Judaism; Y - Z

119/1 Correspondence: A Jan - Jul 1939

119/2 Correspondence: A; accounts including members’ accounts and 1939 proposals for increased subscriptions

119/3 Correspondence: updates and additions for the Addressograph 1939 plates

119/4 Correspondence: air raid precautions 1939

119/5 Correspondence: public air raid shelter in the basement of the 1938-1939 synagogue; applications for the post of assistant organist

120/1 Correspondence: Ba - Be 1937-1939

120/2 Correspondence: Ball’s Pond Cemetery; Bank of England; Bank 1939 of England

120/3 Correspondence: Bi - Bri 1939

120/4 Correspondence: Berkeley Players; Board of Deputies including 1939 material relating to the formation of the central Jewish committee for problems of evacuation; Board of Guardians; Bro - By

120/5 Correspondence: Ca - Cl; Rabbi LJ Cashdan; choir; choral group 1939 and orchestra

120/6 Correspondence: religious education classes; committees; 1939 correspondence relating to confirmation candidates including a list of the dates of confirmation services 1842-1937 and a questionnaire on Jewish beliefs

120/7 Council minutes and papers relating to the annual election of 1938-1940 council members

120/8 Correspondence: Co - Cy Jun ‘38 - Jun ‘39

120/9 Correspondence: Co - Cy Jul ‘39 - Dec ‘39

121/1 Correspondence: D Jan - May 1939

121/2 Correspondence: D Jun - Dec 1939

121/3 Correspondence: Sir B Drage; E; Edgeware Reform Synagogue; 1938-1939 education committee; executive

121/4 Correspondence: F 1939

121/5 Correspondence: Ga - Gl; Glasgow Progressive Synagogue 1939 MS 140 31 AJ 175

122/1 Correspondence: Go - Gy 1939

122/2 Correspondence: Mrs HF Goldschmidt; Guardian Assurance Co 1939 Ltd,; Gundry, Cole and Co, Accountants; Miss DL Haldin; Chanucah

122/3 Correspondence: Ha 1939

122/4 Correspondence: He - Hi; Mr EFQ Henriques 1939

122/5 Correspondence relating to the high festivals, requests for seats for 1939 the high festival services and memoranda on holding overflow services and the prayer books

123/1 Correspondence: Ho - Hy; hospitality committee 1938-1939

123/2 Correspondence: Hospital Sunday Fund; hostesses; I; income tax 1938-1940

123/3 Correspondence: investments; J 1939, Nov ’38 Apr ‘39

123/4 Correspondence: J May - Dec 1939

123/5 Correspondence: Jewish Lads’ Brigade 1939

123/6 Correspondence: junior membership 1939

124/1 Correspondence: K 1939

124/2 Correspondence: La - Le Jan - Sep 1939

124/4 Correspondence: |La - Le; returned correspondence; Mr D Levy 1939

124/5 Correspondence: Li - Ly Jan - Jul 1939

124/6 Correspondence: Li - Ly; synagogue lift; ‘little journey’, a tour 1939-1940 organised for the religious education classes; London organising ccouncil for Jewish education

124/7 Correspondence: Mr JG Lousada 1939

125/1 Correspondence: Ma - Mc 1937-1939

125/2 Correspondence: magazine; magazine committee; Mr H 1938-1939 Magnus; list of names and addresses of the members of the Manchester Congregation of British Jews ; Mr HC Marks; Mrs HC Marks

125/3 Correspondence: completed marriage authorization forms 1938-1940

125/4 Correspondence: Me - Mi 1939 - 1940

125/5 Executive meeting minutes Jan - May 1939

125/6 Executive meeting minutes Jun - Dec 1939

126/1 Correspondence: Mo - My Jan - May 1939

126/2 Correspondence: Mo - My Jun - Dec 1939 MS 140 32 AJ 175

126/3 Correspondence: Mr OE Mocatta; music committee 1939

126/4 Correspondence: N; needlework section; North Western Reform 1939 Synagogue (includes copies of the weekly newsletter)

126/5 Correspondence: O; completed offering forms and 1939 correspondence

126/6 Correspondence: organising committee for Jewish religious 1938-1939 education in schools; overflow services

126/7 Correspondence: Pa - Pe 1939

127/1 Correspondence: poor lists; press; Purim; Pi - Py 1939-1940

127/2 Correspondence: Mr M Raphael, Choirmaster; Ra - Ri; Revd 1939 HF Reinhart; Dr P Ridout, Organist

127/3 Correspondence: Ro - Ry 1939

127/4 Correspondence: Sa - Sc Jan - Jul 1939

127/5 Correwpondence: Sa - Sc; J Samuel and Son, Monumental 1939 Masons; Major AM Sassoon; St George’s Settlement

128/1 Correspondence: Se - Sm 1938-1939

128/2 Correspondence: Seder service; seven year covenants 1939

128/3 Correspondence: Sn - Ste 1938-1939

128/4 Correspondence: Mr DL Solomon, Architect and Surveyor 1938-1939

128/5 Correspondence: Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue; staff; 1938-1940 stewards; Sti - Sy; notes on correspondence arising from the increase in subscriptions

129/1 Correspondence: T 1938-1939

129/2 Correspondence: the synagogue telephone and instructions for 1939 the switchboard operators; Thirty Three Club, a social club for German refugees

129/3 Correspondence: tombstone permits; tombstone preservation 1938-1939 fund; transport for the religious education classes

129/4 Correspondence: Mr BM Tyler, including a copy of the 1940-1941, 1939 warden’s report with remarks on the effect of the war; U; United Synagogue

129/5 Correspondence: 29, 32 and 33 Upper Berkeley Street; 30 1938-1939 Upper Berkeley Street

129/6 Correspondence: V; Mr AH Valentine, Superintendent at 1939 Golders Green Cemetery

130/1 Correspondence: Wa - We 1939

130/2 Correspondence: Wadsworth and Co, Printers; Mr J Walsh, 1938-1938 MS 140 33 AJ 175

Superintendent at Ball’s Pond Cemetery

130/3 Correspondence: West London Synagogue Association 1938-1939

130/4 Correspondence: Wh - Wy 1938-1939

130/5 Correspondence: Mr S Woolf, Superintendent at Golders Green 1938-1939 Cemetery; Mr BM Woolf; World Union for Progressive Judaism

130/6 Correspondence: Y - Z; correspondence with Lewis and Lewis, 1938-1939 and Solicitors, mainly relating to the interment of Catherine Esther 1921-1935 Howard, 1921; mixed correspondence regarding, finance and furnishings, 1933-1935

131/1 Correspondence, estimates and receipts relating to work on the 1841-1842 and Burton Street Chapel and the burial hall at Balls Pond; letter 1843 announcing the presentation of a silver lamp by Mr B Elkin as a token of thanks to God for fulfilling spiritual aspirations through the establishment of the synagogue; list of propositions suggesting that a committee of ladies should be appointed annually to oversee the synagogue charitable fund and that lady seat holders should pay a subscription to it

131/2 Correspondence, estimates and accounts regarding various 1841-1859 1860 alterations repairs and building work, largely to the Margaret 1861-1863 Street synagogue, including material on internal decoration, as well as the burial hall, Ball’s Pond; correspondence with the New Hebrew Congregation in Liverpool who were appealing for aid owing to the collapse of the synagogue roof; some general correspondence covering resignations, applications for marriage, services and the Secretary of State’s reply to the synagogue’s loyal address on the occasion of the marriage of the Prince of Wales

131/3 Correspondence regarding Ball’s Pond Cemetery 1842-1859, 1842-1866 mainly concerning repairs, with a book recording burial ground debentures, 1843-1866

131/4 A letter written to the wardens of the West London Synagogue 9 March 1842 by Mr H Montefiore announcing the birth of his son as ‘the first male child born in our new congregation’ (132/1 contains the birth certificate

131/5 Correspondence and receipts for work done at the burial hall 1842-1859 and Burton Street Synagogue, 1842-1844; certificate signed by Revd DW Marks and members of the congregation declaring the Burton Street Synagogue to be a place of meeting for religious worship, 1846; letter from Baron De Goldsmid accepting the honour of laying the first stone of the new synagogue, 24 Sept 1847; correspondence with the Canterbury Synagogue who were appealing for financial aid to rebuild the synagogue, under the ‘universal bond of brotherhood’, despite their different opinions over observances, 1847; documents and correspondence regarding the proposed new synagogue at Margaret Street, including plans of the proposed building, 1848, with reports of the building committee, material relating to income and expenditure and repairs, 1848 - 1859; some correspondence on general synagogue matters including gifts, MS 140 34 AJ 175

burial, official positions within the synagogue, the choir especially with regard to the work of C Salaman and a report of the organ committee, one letter in German; letter from H Joseph condemning the behaviour of the synagogue and their procedures for accepting proselytes, 1 April 1850

131/6 Correspondence relating to the interference of Dr Adler,, Chief 1845 Rabbi in the marriage of Jane Angel, the daughter of Daniel Angel, the burial ground keeper for the West London Synagogue

131/7 Documentation relating to the certificate of the synagogue as a 1848-1850 place of religious worship and registered for the solemnisation of marriages

131/8 Correspondence relating to the elopement of Clementina 1860 Mendel, an orphaned heiress from Milan, with Seigfried Neuberger of Munich, two letters in French, one in Italian; general correspondence concerning resignations (including that of the burial ground keeper), burials, marriages, legacies, increase of salary for the organist and the ministers, an appeal from the committee of the intended synagogue of Sunderland, an order of prayer books by the Manchester congregation, a donation from J Goldsmid, applying to become a member of the council of founders and a congratulatory address to Sir FH Goldsmid on becoming a Menber of Parlement

131/9 Applications for the post of burial ground keeper and material 1860 relating to repairs

131/10 General correspondence regarding seats, donations ministers’ leave of absence, marriages, musical committe report, 1860- 1862, memorandum on the desirability of training youths for the ministry who would be able to stand in for the ministers and eventually replace them, discussion on synagogue accommodation,

131/11 General correspondence regarding alterations to the Margaret Street premises, seats, marriages, resignations including the resignation of DJ Benhouliel, an Arab who had joined the West London Synagogue for the ‘privilege of liberalism’, tendering his resignation, complaining of insults and intolerance towards his dress and that of his servants, both inside and outside the synagogue from other members, 5 June 1863

131/12 Correspondence regarding the marriage of Mr J Greebe, of 1861 Holland

131/13 Application for the post of beadle, by Mr A Isaacs 1861

131/14 Correspondence concerning reserved graves and burial ground 1861 repairs

131/15 Correspondence relating to the choir; report of the music 1861-1863 committee and correspondence considering the inclusion of female voices; agreements on copyright of compositions; agreements and related correspondence with Gerard De Beer and two of his sons, on singing in the choir, five letters in French MS 140 35 AJ 175

131/16 General correspondence relating to seats, prayer books, 1862 reserved graves, circumcision, legacies, ministers salaries, payment by AQ Henriques to gain a seat on the council and an application to receive aid from the Ministers’ Training Fund

131/17 Correspondence discussing the content of festival services 1862

131/ 18 Correspondence regarding drainage and repairs at Ball’s Pond 1862-1863 burial ground

131/19 General correspondence relating to marriages, seats, graves, 1863 acknowledgement of the testimonial presented to D Q Henriques for his services to the synagogue and the address offered on the occasion of the marriage of the Prince of Wales

131/20 Correspondence with the chairman of the musical committee, 1863 Mr SH Godefroi

132/1-6 Birth certificates (AJ 59 also,contains various birth certificates 1842-1880 and correspondence relating to registration of births, 1867- 1908)

133/1-5 Birth certificates 1883-1937

134/1-8 Marriage certificates, including a ketubah in Aramaic, signed by 1844-1883 the Rabbi of Bombay 1909 (134/8)

135/1-7 Marriages certificates 1886-1905

136 Marriage services booklets 1898-1946

137/1-3 Memorial services booklets (including bound copies of the form 1910-1932 of the burial service used by the West London Synagogue, 1898 and 1919 edition, (137/3)

138/1-10 Membership application forms (applications for membership 1860-1878 are also to be found in the general correspondence)

139/1-6 Membership application forms 1878-1889

140/1-7 Membership application forms 1890-1903

141/1-6 Membership application forms 1913-1921

142/1-6 Membership application forms 1922-1927

143/1-5 Membership application forms 1928-3