Papers of Harold Levy

Scope and Content

Reports of visits across the country, 1951-76; annual and conference reports, 1951-74, and statistical information, including questionnaires on the number of children attending classes in specified age ranges, 1959-67. Reports for Aberdeen, Amersham, Ayr, Basildon, Bedford, Birkenhead, Birmingham, Blackpool, Bognor Regis, Bournemouth, Bradford, Brighton and Hove, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Chatham, Cheltenham, Chester, Clacton, Colchester, Colwyn Bay, Coventry, Darlington, Derby, Doncaster, Dundee, Eastbourne, Edinburgh, Exeter, Gateshead (Training College), Glasgow (general, Calderwood Lodge, Garnethill, Giffnock and Newlands, Hebrew College, Langside, Netherlee and Clarkston, Newton Mearns, Queen's Park), Harrogate, Hereford, Hoylake, Huddersfield, Hull, Jesmond, Leamington Spa, Leeds, Leicester, Letchworth, Liverpool (general, amalgamated classes, Childwall, King David Schools, Talmud Torah, Yeshiva), Llandudno, Llanelli, Luton, Maidstone, Manchester (general, Broughton, Cassell Fox, High School for Girls, King David Schools, Sha'are Zedek, Withington), Margate, Merthyr Tydfil, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Newport, Northampton, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxford, Peterborough, Plymouth, Porthcawl, Portsmouth, Potters Bar, Preston, Reading, Rhyl, Lytham St Anne's, Sheffield, Slough, Southampton, Southend and Westcliff, Southport, South Shields, South Wales, Stockport, Stockton, Stoke, Sunderland, Swansea, Torquay, Wallasey, West Hartlepool, Wey Valley, Whitley Bay, Wolverhampton, Worcester and York.

Administrative / Biographical History

Harold Levy was Inspector of Hebrew classes in London and the provinces for the Central Council of Jewish Religious Education.

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