IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 A/MC
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: MORDEN COLLEGE, BLACKHEATH
Date(s): 1828-1831
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.15 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Morden College | Blackheath
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Morden College was founded under the will of Sir John Morden, who died in 1708. It was originally a residential care home for 40 elderly merchants who had fallen on difficult times. The trustees of the College were members of the East India Company or the Company of Turkey Merchants. The College has subsequently expanded, and now allows the admission of women and married couples.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Morden College, Blackheath, including correspondence, financial statements, and papers relating to a dispute with the Charity Commissioners.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
A/MC/001-019: Administrative records.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
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 as a gift in October 1957.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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: June to August 2010.