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BRITISH BANKERS ASSOCIATION


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/029-01

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: BRITISH BANKERS ASSOCIATION

Date(s): 1920-1988

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: Circa 1145 production units.

Name of creator(s): British Bankers' Association | society promoting the interests of banks

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The British Bankers' Association was established in 1919 as a result of the merger of the Central Association of Bankers and the Association of English Country Bankers. Its object was to better promote the interests of the banking community by having just one responsible association.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the British Bankers' Association, including General Council, Executive Committee and Annual General Meeting minute books; annual reports; financial accounts; papers of Committees including the Foreign Exchange Committee and the Fiscal Committee; public relations papers including press releases and circulars; papers regarding bank employees; papers regarding the EEC Banking Federation; rules, regulations and other papers relating to membership; and papers relating to various matters of interest to the banking community including income tax, security, fraud, liquidity, clearing house payments, inter-bank cooperation, legislation, bankruptcy, credit, audits and taxation.

Restricted access to later records.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Conditions governing access:

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

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:

Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which 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: November 2010 to January 2011.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Bankers | Bank employees | Business people | People by occupation | People
Banking | Occupations
Banks | Financial institutions | Finance
Business practice and regulation | Business management | Management
Business records | Documents | Information sources
Finance legislation | Legislation | Law
Financial markets | Investment | Finance
Professional associations | Associations | Organizations
Public relations | Mass communication | Communication process
Banking x Banks

Personal names

Corporate names
British Bankers' Association | society promoting the interests of banks

Places
UK | Western Europe | Europe