Metadata: Jewish Bread Meat and Coal Society
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- London Metropolitan Archives, City of London
- Holding institution (official language):
- London Metropolitan Archives, City of London
- Postal address:
- 40 Northampton Road, London EC1R 0HB, United Kingdom
- Phone number:
- (+44) 20 7332 3820
- Email:
- ask.lma@cityoflondon.gov.uk
- Reference number:
- ACC/2944
- Title:
- Jewish Bread Meat and Coal Society
- Title (official language):
- Jewish Bread Meat and Coal Society
- Creator/accumulator:
- Jewish Bread Meat and Coal Society
- Date(s):
- 1797/1954
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 0.43 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- Records of the Jewish Bread Meat and Coal Society, 1797-1954. The collection consists of minutes, financial records including ledgers, cash books, general accounts and contributions received; correspondence and reports; copies of the Laws of the Society.
- Archival history:
- Deposited at London Metropolitan Archives in 1991.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Jewish Bread Meat and Coal Society was established in 1779 as the "Society for Distributing Bread Meat and Coal Amongst the Jewish Poor During the Winter Season" (Hebrew: Meshebat Naphesh). It is the oldest charity in the UK to be founded by the Ashkenazi Jews. Prominent among the founders of the charity were Mr Levy Barent Cohen, who became its first President. The charity was managed by a Committee, and subscribers had the chance to nominate deserving causes for aid. Also, large annual dinners were held, at which donations were made to charitable funds.
- Access points: locations:
- London
- United Kingdom
- System of arrangement:
- Catalogued in two sections: Administration; Finance
- Access, restrictions:
- These records are open to public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to closure periods.
- Finding aids:
- Please see online catalogues.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
- Yerusha Network member:
- London Metropolitan Archives
- Author of the description:
- Nicola Avery, London Metropolitan Archives, 2018
