Interviews by Jerry R White used for research for 'Rothschild Buildings: life in an East End tenement block, 1887-1920' Interview recordings by Jerry White on audio cassette tapes with transcripts used for research for his publication 'Rothschild Buildings: life in an East End tenement block, 1887-1920'. These are copies made in the 1980s of Jerry White's original recordings of interviews conducted between 1973 and 1977. Many individuals were from the Jewish community, born between the 1880s and the 1930s. Most had emigrated to England from areas of Eastern Europe including Austria, Lithuania and Poland. The transcripts include childhood memories and cover housing conditions, social life, events, education and religion. For some interviewees only the transcript survives. In other cases, the tape recordings have no transcript. 1980s