Jewish Lads' Brigade
1908-1965
Archives
Total copies: 1
Officers' minutes, 1908-1934; Officers' and Managers' Executive and Subscribers' minutes, 1934 -1939; Grove House Lads' Club Managers' and Subscribers' minutes, 1916 -1934; correspondence with Grove House Lads' Club, 1920s; ledger, 1935 -1948; Annual reports, 1907 -1935, 1957 -1965 (some gaps); scrapbooks, 1906-1940s; printed papers, 1954
Related Material:Annual reports 1899-1903 are held in the Local Studies Library (369.43 Ma).
The University of Southampton Special Collections hold the papers of Stanley Rowe (1924-92) relating to his work with the Manchester Jewish Lads' Brigade and Club. These include committee minutes and minute books, 1941-86 (26 vols. and files); attendance and financial records, 1961-9 (6 files); reports, newsletters, activities sheets and other papers, 1954-71 (15 files); scrapbooks, 1954-69 (49 vols.); photographs and postcards, 1917-1980s (17 files), and newspaper cuttings, c. 1955-91 (5 files); annual reports, 1898-1905, 1928-38 and 1957-70, the earliest relating to the Grove House Lads' Club; sports medals, 1921-54; gift book for Grove Lads' Club, 1907-59 (ref MS 223). They also hold the main archive of the Jewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade (ref MS 223).
Place:/Manchester/Manchester/Lancashire/England
Title:
Jewish Lads' Brigade
Date of work:
1908-1965
Reference number:
GB127.M130
Level of description:
Fonds
Includes:
Custodial history:
The Jewish Lads' Brigade was founded in London in 1895 by Colonel Albert Goldsmid, a British Army Officer who wanted Jewish boys to enjoy similar facilities as offered by the Boys Brigade. In December 1898 Colonel E.C.Q. Henriques formed a company in Manchester.
Access restrictions:
Unrestricted
Use restrictions:
Unrestricted
Record types:
Manchester Archives and Local Studies
Language:
English
Record number:
7189824