IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/227-116
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: LIGHTNING (FIRM)
Date(s): 1891-1893
Level of description: Collection
Extent: One production unit.
Name of creator(s): Lightning | magazine for the electrical trade
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
A magazine entitled Lightning was established in 1891, based initially at Faraday House, Charing Cross Road. At the end of 1891 it moved to 117 Bishopsgate Street. By 1900 it was based at 18 Bream's Buildings. From January 1902 it was titled the Electrical Times, the name it continues under to date (2011). It described itself as the newspaper for 'engineers and technical management'.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Board minutes relating to production of the trade magazine Lightning.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One volume.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection 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:
Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.