IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/134-04
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: GORDON L. JACOBS AND COMPANY
Date(s): 1886-1964
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 61 production units.
Name of creator(s): Gordon L Jacobs and Co | stockbrokers
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Gordon Lewis Jacobs (b 1880) first appears in the directories as a stockbroker in 1904 at 61 Old Broad Street. In 1910 the firm is listed as Gordon L Jacobs and Company at 3 Tokenhouse Buildings, moving to 2 Austin Friars in 1922, and to 123 Old Broad Street in 1927. The firm merged with Nathan and Rosselli and James Capel and Company in 1961.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Gordon L Jacobs and Company, stockbrokers, including partner and private client ledgers, share certificates and other financial material, correspondence, reports and agreements.
The records are held off-site and require 24 hours notice for access. Some records are subject to a 75 year closure period.
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:
James Capel and Company deposited the records at Guildhall Library in 1975. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
The fonds level record for this collection is CLC/B/134.
Sub-fonds in this collection are:
CLC/B/134-01: James Capel and Company;
CLC/B/134-02: Clayton, Byng and Paget;
CLC/B/134-03: Cruikshank and Company;
CLC/B/134-04: Gordon L Jacobs and Company;
CLC/B/134-05: Holland and Balfour;
CLC/B/134-06: Nathan and Rosselli.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.