IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/039
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: BRITISH HOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE
Date(s): 1949-1953
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1 envelope.
Name of creator(s): British Horological Institute
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The British Horological Institute was founded in 1858 in reaction to the large number of foreign clocks and watches entering Britain, and to improve standards of British clock-making.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Antiquarian section of the British Horological Institute, including minutes and papers.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One envelope of papers, catalogued as CLC/039/MS20574.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
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:
These papers were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by the Clockmakers' Company in 1983. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in the same year. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
See also CLC/002: Antiquarian Horological Society.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.