IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/192-12
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: COLONIAL AND FOREIGN BANKS GUARANTEE FUND
Date(s): 1867-1963
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 5 production units.
Name of creator(s): Colonial and Foreign Banks Guarantee Fund
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The fund was established in 1866 under the control of the trustees who were incorporated in 1899 and took over the business of the fund as the Colonial and Foreign Banks Guarantee Corporation. The business of the Corporation was transferred to the Alliance Assurance Company in 1920, which merged with the Sun Insurance Office to form Sun Alliance. The fund was based at 86 King William Street (1866-1900), 94 Gracechurch Street (1900-8) and 16 St Helen's Place (1908-20).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Colonial and Foreign Banks Guarantee Fund, including Council and committee minutes, 1919-1955; attendance book, 1903-1963; ledgers, 1878-1946; and register of claims, 1868-1930.
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 alongside the records of Sun Alliance.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
See also CLC/133: Colonial and Foreign Banks Guarantee Fund; and CLC/B/192-02 for the Alliance Assurance Company.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.