IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/215-18
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: ALDGATE AND ALLHALLOWS BARKING EXHIBITION FOUNDATION
Date(s): 1533-1991
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 62 production units.
Name of creator(s): Aldgate and Allhallows Barking Exhibition Foundation
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Aldgate and Allhallows Barking Exhibition Foundation was established by a Charity Commissioners' Scheme of 1894 which combined three parish charities, Hickson's, Starling's and Death's charities. The income of the Foundation was to be applied in maintaining exhibitions at secondary schools and Oxbridge. Any residual income could be used for the purposes of the Sir John Cass Technical Institute. Records pre-dating 1894 are largely of Death's Charity and include minutes and title deeds.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Aldgate and Allhallows Barking Exhibition Foundation and predecessors Death's Charity and Starling's Trust, including minute books; conveyances; appointment of trustees; Chancery Court papers; financial accounts; schemes for management of the charity; litst of candidates and scholars; title deeds and other papers relating to properties owned by the Charity.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
CLC/215/MS31196 to MS31225.
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 this collection 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 archive was deposited in Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section by the Foundation in 1995 (apart from Ms 19627-8). The records were catalogued by a member of the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: August to October 2010.