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MITCHELL CITY OF LONDON CHARITY AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/124

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: MITCHELL CITY OF LONDON CHARITY AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

Date(s): 1828-1968

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 28 production units.

Name of creator(s): The Mitchell City of London Charity
Mitchell City of London Educational Foundation
Mitchell City of London Charity and Educational Foundation

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The charity was established in January 1883 as The Mitchell City of London Charity, whereby an endowment of c £120,000, bequeathed in the will of Thomas Alexander Mitchell M.P. (d 1875), was to be used for charitable purposes benefiting the City of London, providing educational grants and pensions for the elderly.

The fund was administered as The Mitchell City of London Charity until 1906, when by an Order of the Charity Commissioners part of the endowment was specifically assigned to educational purposes and the remainder assigned to eleemosynary (charity) purposes. The portion of the endowment set aside for educational purposes was to be administered under the title of the Mitchell City of London Educational Foundation. By 1939 the two aspects of the Foundation had rejoined under the title Mitchell City of London Charity and Educational Foundation. The Foundation is still active (2007) and continues to award grants.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Mitchell City of London Charity and Educational Foundation comprising Charity Commission schemes 1900-6, 1956 (Ms 24503); agendas and minutes 1931-60 (Ms 24504-7); annual statements of accounts 1932-68 (Ms 24508); out-letter book 1901-24 (Ms 24509); register of assignments of tenancies of Foundation properties ca. 1905-63 (Ms 24510); deeds and correspondence re Foundation properties 1828-1953 (Ms 24511-19); microfilm of deeds of Foundation properties 1895-1906 as at 1941 (Ms 24520).

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

The records have been sorted into an order which reflects divisions between the different functions and operations of the organisation and its administration.

Conditions governing access:

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the 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:

The records of the Foundation were deposited with the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in March 1990. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

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.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Charitable foundations | Charities | Charitable organisations | Associations | Organizations
Charities administration | Charities | Charitable organisations | Associations | Organizations
Charity accounts | Charity records | Documents | Information sources
Educational charities | Charities | Charitable organisations | Associations | Organizations
Nonprofit organizations

Personal names

Corporate names
Mitchell City of London Charity and Educational Foundation
Mitchell City of London Educational Foundation
The Mitchell City of London Charity

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