IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/103-12
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: UNITED ASSOCIATIONS LIMITED
Date(s): 1923-1967
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 17 production units.
Name of creator(s): United Associations Ltd | provider of administrative services
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
United Associations Limited was set up in 1923 to provide administrative services and premises for societies and associations who wished to reduce their overheads. Its principal clients, who held two-thirds of its shares, were the London Cattle Food Trade Association (CLC/B/103-05) and the London Oil and Tallow Trades Association (CLC/B/103-04). Originally based at 84 Leadenhall Street, it subsequently moved to the Corn Exchange Building, Mark Lane (in 1923) and 5/7 Houndsditch (1959).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
United Associations Limited records comprise: minutes of the board, 1923-1966 (Ms 23250); and financial accounts including ledgers and cash books, 1923-1967 (Ms 23251-5).
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:
The archive was 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
Related material:
Other sub-fonds in this collection:
CLC/B/103-01: British Radio Cabinet Manufacturers Association;
CLC/B/103-02: Cattle Feeding Stuffs Central Advisory Committee;
CLC/B/103-03: Edible Oil Association;
CLC/B/103-04: London Oil and Tallow Trades Association;
CLC/B/103-05: London Cattle Food Trade Association;
CLC/B/103-06: London Copra Association;
CLC/B/103-07: London Corn Exchange Importers' Association;
CLC/B/103-08: London Corn Trade Association;
CLC/B/103-09: London Port Area Grain Committee;
CLC/B/103-10: National Association of United Kingdom Oil and Oilseed Brokers;
CLC/B/103-11: National Federation of Corn Trade Associations;
CLC/B/103-12: United Associations Limited;
CLC/B/103-13: National Lubricating Oil and Grease Federation.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2010 to January 2011.