IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/207/SG03
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: STANDARD BANK OF GHANA LIMITED: ADMINISTRATION
Date(s): 1970-1972
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 0.5 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Standard Bank Ghana Limited | Standard Bank Limited
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
In 1896 the Bank of British West Africa (later the Bank of West Africa) opened in Ghana. In 1966 the Standard Bank merged with the Bank of West Africa and in September 1970 the Standard Bank Ghana Limited was incorporated, by virtue of government decree, as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Standard Bank. In 1969, the Standard Bank merged with Chartered Bank to become Standard Chartered Banking Group Limited, from 1985 the Standard Chartered Bank PLC which (as at 2013) owns 80% of the Standard Bank Ghana Limited with the remaining 20% being stock trading on the Ghana Stock Exchange.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Standard Bank Ghana Limited including inward and outward letter books.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Arranged as follows:
CLC/B/207/SG03/01: Director's office
Conditions governing access:
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.
48 hours notice required for access.
PLEASE NOTE: Permission for access to records less than 45 years old should be sought from the depositor.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright is held by 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 bank's archives were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1989 and after. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: Added January 2014