IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/075
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: EAST INDIAN GRAIN AND OILSEED SHIPPERS' ASSOCIATION OF LONDON
Date(s): 1920-1950
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 3 production units.
Name of creator(s): East Indian Grain and Oilseed Shippers' Association of London
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The East Indian (ie Indian) Grain and Oilseed Shippers' Association of London was incorporated in 1920. It aimed to prevent the introduction of new bills of lading by shipping lines involved in the Indian homeward trade, which were considered unacceptable by importers of grain and oilseed. Based at Baltic Exchange Chambers, St Mary Axe.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the East Indian Grain and Oilseed Shippers' Association of London comprising minutes and agenda only. They are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access.
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 at Guildhall Library by the Grain and Feed Trade Association in 1987. 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: November 2010 to January 2011.