IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/067
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: FLEET STREET CHOIR
Date(s): 1933-1951
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 6 production units.
Name of creator(s): Dorian Singers x Fleet Street Choir
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The choir was formed in 1929, and consisted mainly of men and women occupied in the newspaper and print trades. Its founder and conductor was T. B. Lawrence (d 1953). The choir gave at least 20 public performances in England each year, and also toured European countries including Germany, Denmark and Sweden. The choir continued during World War II, but closed at the end of it, or shortly after, to be reformed as the Dorian Singers.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Fleet Street Choir records comprising programmes, newspaper cuttings, song sheets and related papers.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged in chronological order.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
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 compiled by a member of the choir and was later donated to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 2004. It was catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in the same year. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
For the Dorian Singers see CLC/062.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.