Great Synagogue (Sydney, N.S.W.) records, architectural plans, 1832-1976
Great Synagogue (Sydney, N.S.W.) records, architectural plans, 1832-1976
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Author / Creator
Date
1832-1976
Call Numbers
MLMSS 3740
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Physical Description
Contents
126 volumes, 26 boxes and 11 folders of textual material, including outsize material - manuscript, typescript, carbon typescript, processed, typescript, clippings, printed
architectural drawings
photographs
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Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Access Conditions
Restricted : - - Records are to be issued only with the written authority of the Great Synagogue
Issue Copy
Partially Microfilmed : Note: microfilm copies of selected records all have RESTRICTED ACCESS
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
VOLUME 1
Guide compiled in the Mitchell Library, 14 pages
SERIES 01
Financial records, 1832-1970
SERIES 02
Correspondence, 1846-1965
SERIES 03
Records of meetings, 1837-1963
SERIES 04
Records of building funds appeals, 1871-1878, 1944-1967
SERIES 05
Shechita Committee records, 1925-1961
S...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Great Synagogue (Sydney, N.S.W.) records, architectural plans, 1832-1976
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Notes
General note
In 1980, the Mitchell Library acquired from the Great Synagogue, Sydney, reference copies of 6 microfilm reels (filmed by Ebco Pty. Ltd.) relating to records of births, deaths and marriages, as follows: BIRTHS, 1826-1976 (Restricted: MAV/FM4/7966-7967), MARRIAGES, 1828-1963 (Restricted: MAV/FM4/7963-7965), and DEATHS, 1867-1943 (Restricted: MAV/FM4...
Description source
Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (1-319C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
The Great Synagogue, Sydney, was designed by Thomas Rowe, a leading Sydney architect, and opened in 1878. It replaced two previous Jewish Synagogues, at York Street (1844) and Macquarie Street (1859). These in turn had been preceded by Sydney's first Synagogue, at Bridge Street (1837).
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MLMSS 3740
Record Identifier
9WZMdW0Y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9WZMdW0Y
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Reference code
422995
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