CITY OF LONDON DISCUSSION AND LITERARY SOCIETY

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/049
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: CITY OF LONDON DISCUSSION AND LITERARY SOCIETY
Date(s)	: 1853-1862
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 3 production units.
Name of creator(s)	: City of London Discussion and Literary Society City of London Elocution Society City of London Discussion Society

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The City of London Elocution Society met at the Mourning Bush Tavern in St Martin le Grand. It merged with the City of London Discussion Society, to become the City of London Discussion and Literary Society.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Minute books of the City of London Elocution Society and the City of London Discussion Society, later merged as the City of London Discussion and Literary Society.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Minutes in chronological order.

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:

These volumes were transferred to Guildhall Library prior to 1902. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1902. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

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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.