IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/2712/MBS
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: MILE END AND BOW SYNAGOGUE
Date(s): 1928-1976
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.2 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Mile End and Bow Synagogue
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Mile End and Bow Synagogue was formed in 1927, when it occupied the premises of the former Harley Street Congregational Chapel. It was admitted as a District member of the United Synagogue in 1927. In 1979 the building was sold and became a gurdwara.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Mile End and Bow Synagogue, consisting of minutes, a kethuba register [marriage contracts] and a register of donors to the Building Fund.
PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged in two series: Membership (ACC/2712/MBS-1) and Synagogue records (ACC/2712/MBS-2).
Conditions governing access:
Membership records are closed to public inspection. Other material is available only by written permission of the United Synagogue's Chief Executive.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.
Physical characteristics:
Fit.
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. The minutes (items 1-2) form part of the original deposit, while the registers (items 3-4) are part of an additional deposit.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
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: Description prepared in March 2010.