CIVIL CLUB

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/053
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: CIVIL CLUB
Date(s)	: 1856-1877
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: One production unit.
Name of creator(s)	: Civil Club | social club

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Civil Club was established in 1669, but the whereabouts of any earlier records are not known. The club met at the Old Ship Tavern in Water Lane for many years and then at the New Corn Exchange Tavern. The City Glee Club was founded by several of the members of the Civil Club.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Cash book of the Civil Club social club.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

One item catalogued as CLC/053/MS02835.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records 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:

This volume was donated to Guildhall Library in 1927, and was catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in the same year. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Allied Materials

Related material:

For the City Glee Club, see CLC/047.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

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:
June to August 2010.