IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/017-07
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: COAL POOL
Date(s): 1907-1934
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 3 production units.
Name of creator(s): Coal Pool | insurance for collieries x Colliery Pool | insurance for collieries
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Coal Pool was established circa 1907 for sharing and adjusting colliery claims. It was known as the Colliery Pool from 1935 when it seems to have been taken over by the Accident Offices Association.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Minutes and financial records of the Coal Pool, later the Colliery Pool, an association for sharing colliery insurance claims.
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 City of London.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Accident Offices Association records, and those of the other associations it managed, were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library on 27 June 1985. In June 1994, the deposit was converted to a gift by the Association of British Insurers. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
See CLC/B/017-02 for the Accident Offices Association.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2010 to January 2011.