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London Metropolitan Archives

WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF ENGINEERS


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/L/EB

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF ENGINEERS

Date(s): 1982-2008

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 8 production units

Name of creator(s): Worshipful Company of Engineers

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Worshipful Company of Engineers was formed in 1983 and incorporated by Royal Charter in 2004. Its members are all Chartered Engineers or Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering. The Company works to promote and develop all aspects of the science, art and practice of engineering.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Worshipful Company of Engineers, 1982-2008, comprising an official printed copy of the charter of incorporation with an associated letter, court minutes, 1982-2008, and annual reports and accounts, 1984-2007.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS: These records are stored at the Guildhall Library site rather than the LMA Clerkenwell site. Researchers wishing to access these records should do so at the Guildhall Library Rare Books table. The Library is open Monday to Saturday, 9:30 to 16:45. Researchers will need to have an Archives History Card or a Library Readers Card. An archivist will be available at Guildhall Library on Thursday mornings to answer any queries.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

To assist the user, the catalogue has been arranged in sections, each with an archival classification code, as follows (more sections will be added when additional material is deposited):
CLC/L/EB/A Constitutional records
CLC/L/EB/B Court records
CLC/L/EB/C Membership records

Conditions governing access:

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS: These records are stored at the Guildhall Library site rather than the LMA Clerkenwell site. Researchers wishing to access these records should do so at the Guildhall Library Rare Books table. The Library is open Monday to Saturday, 9:30 to 16:45. Researchers will need to have an Archives History Card or a Library Readers Card. An archivist will be available at Guildhall Library on Thursday mornings to answer any queries. For further information please see LMA Research Guide "Consulting Archives at Guildhall Library", available at http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/LGNL_Services/Leisure_and_culture/Records_and_archives/Visitor_information/free_information_leaflets.htm

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright: Depositor.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 2004 and 2009. The Manuscripts Section merged with London Metropolitan Archives in 2008. These records were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Publication note:

The Millennium book - the Worshipful Company of Engineers :its history and treasures published by the Company in 1967, is available in the Printed Books Section of Guildhall Library (Fo pam 7242).

For further information relating to Livery Companies, particularly using the company records for family history, please see Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section "Livery Company Membership Guide" and Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section "Leaflet Guides to Records: Searching for Members or those apprenticed to Members of City of London Livery Companies" (both available online).

For a general introduction to the history of the City of London Livery Companies please see entry in The London Encyclopaedia, ed Ben Weinreb and Christopher Hibbert.

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Oct-09


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Engineers | Scientists | Scientific personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Trade guilds | Guilds | Associations | Organizations
Engineering
Engineering personnel

Personal names

Corporate names
Worshipful Company of Engineers

Places
City of London | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe