IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/134
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: CORN EXCHANGE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
Date(s): 1862-1963
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 16 production units.
Name of creator(s): Corn Exchange Benevolent Society
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Corn Exchange Benevolent Society was established in 1862 to relieve need, hardship or distress amongst those who were or had been engaged in the corn or grain trades.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Corn Exchange Benevolent Society comprising rules, minutes, annual reports, a record of pensioners, and photographs and correspondence relating to the centenary.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The records have been sorted into an order which reflects divisions between the different functions and operations of the organisation and its administration.
Conditions governing access:
Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records 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 surviving records of the Society were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by the Corn Exchange Company Ltd on 17 November 1994. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1996. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.