IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/008
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: ANGLO-AMERICAN DEBENTURE CORPORATION
Date(s): 1890-1960
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 3 production units.
Name of creator(s): Anglo-American Debenture Corporation | investment trust
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Corporation was founded in 1890. The offices were in 17 Lombard St 1891; 75 Lombard St 1892-1905; 20 Birchin Lane 1906-22; 3 Bank Buildings, Lothbury 1923; and 320 Gresham House, Old Broad St 1924-54. In 1960 it merged with other investment trusts to form the Anglo-American Securities Corporation.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of the Anglo-American Debenture Corporation, comprising scrapbooks containing papers relating to the company including the 1890 prospectus, reports from the directors, accounts, notices, and newspaper cuttings.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Three volumes in chronological order.
Conditions governing access:
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.
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 scrapbooks were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by Morgan Grenfell and Co in February 1992; the connection of the company with Morgan Grenfell is not known. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
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: November 2010 to January 2011.