IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/082
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: FEDERATION OF COMMONWEALTH CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
Date(s): 1911-1975
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 36 production units.
Name of creator(s): Federation of Commonwealth Chambers of Commerce
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Federation was founded in 1911 as the British Imperial Council of Commerce, becoming the Federation of Chambers of Commerce of the British Empire in 1926; the Federation of Commonwealth and British Empire Chambers of Commerce in 1955; the Federation of Commonwealth and Empire Chambers of Commerce in 1961; and the Federation of Commonwealth Chambers of Commerce in 1963. The Federation operated from the premises of the London Chamber of Commerce. It was dissolved in 1975.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Federation of Commonwealth Chambers of Commerce, which comprise annual reports, minutes and reports of conferences.
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:
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 records were deposited in Guildhall Library in 1978. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2010 to January 2011.