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East End Newspaper Reports

 Fonds
Reference code: 169

Scope and Contents

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

Dates

  • Creation: 1880 - 1910

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Available to researchers by appointment.

Copyright

Joseph John Bennett; Newspapers - various.

Biographical / Historical

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'.

Extent

20 Box(es) (28 files)

Language of Materials

English

Custodial History

Presented to the University Library by the Joseph John Bennett on the completion of his research.

Related Materials

Zaidman Papers

Description rules
International Standard for Archival Description - General
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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