Overview
The information that we currently have for the Glasgow Jewish Literary and Social Society comes from a 1904 catalogue of the society’s library. Use of the library was restricted to society members, but was free of charge. The library was relatively modest with only 60 items listed, 16 of which were ‘Novels and Tales’. Included in the catalogue is a list of the library’s regulations.
To date, it is unknown if the Glasgow Jewish Young Men’s Institute was related to the earlier group. Details on this society come from the Glasgow Post Office directories. The 1914-1915 directory gives the address as 4 Carlton Place (just south of the River Clyde), and lists the society’s objects: ‘
‘Objects — To provide the means of social and literary recreations by promoting lectures, debates, musical evenings, &c.’
(‘Glasgow Jewish Young Men’s Institute’, ‘Educational Institutions’, Glasgow Post Office Directory for 1914-1915… (Glasgow: Aird & Coghill Limited, 1914), p. 1831)
Date of Existence
1904?-?
Source of Information
1. Glasgow Jewish Literary and Social Society, Catalogue, Library (November 1904);
2. [Advertisements, Glasgow Jewish Literary and Social Society], Glasgow Herald, 27 November 1895, p. 8;
3. (For Glasgow Jewish Young Men’s Institute, see: ‘Glasgow Jewish Young Men’s Institute’, Educational Institutions’, Glasgow Post Office Annual Directory for 1913-1914… (Glasgow: William Mackenzie, 1913), p. 1828); also ‘Glasgow Jewish Young Men’s Institute’, ‘Educational Institutions’, Glasgow Post Office Directory for 1914-1915… (Glasgow: Aird & Coghill Limited, 1914), p. 1831)
Repository
Mitchell Library
Mitchell Library Special Collections (MLSC)
National Library of Scotland (NLS)
Reference Number
Mitchell (GC) 017.60941443 GLA 231828 (MLSC) (Catalogue, Library)
Additional Notes
The Glasgow Herald is available at the Mitchell Library and the National Library of Scotland in both hard copy and microfilm (check libraries for availability in both formats). Digitised issues are also available through the British Newspaper Archive: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/
The Glasgow Post Office directories are available at the Mitchell Library and the National Library of Scotland. Digitised copies are available through the NLS website: https://www.nls.uk/family-history/directories/post-office/index.cfm?place=Glasgow