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NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INLAND WHOLESALE FISH MERCHANTS


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/151-07

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INLAND WHOLESALE FISH MERCHANTS

Date(s): 1938-1977

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 6 production units.

Name of creator(s): National Federation of Inland Wholesale Fish Merchants

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Federation was established to represent inland wholesale fish merchants of Great Britain, to promote commerce and to protect the rights and interests of members.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

National Federation of Inland Wholesale Fish Merchants records comprise rules (Ms 19848), consitution and rules (Ms 19849), minutes (Ms 19850) and annual accounts and balance sheets (Ms 19851).

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:

Available for general access.

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 records were deposited by the London Fish Merchants' Association (Billingsgate) Ltd in 1982 and catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note:

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: January to May 2011.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Business records | Documents | Information sources
Fish | Aquatic animals | Animals | Zoology
Fish trade | Trade (practice)
Fishmongers | Mercantile personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Trade associations | Associations | Organizations

Personal names

Corporate names
National Federation of Inland Wholesale Fish Merchants

Places
UK | Western Europe | Europe