ASSOCIATIONS: SMALL COLLECTIONS

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/113
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: ASSOCIATIONS: SMALL COLLECTIONS
Date(s)	: 1679-1902
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 8 production units.
Name of creator(s)	: Various.

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The documents in this collection all relate to associations but have not been assigned separate fonds due to their size or because the originator cannot be identified.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of associations, usually associations with some connection to the City of London. The collection includes:
minute book of the HS Club, a Whig political club, 1714-1716;
records of several unidentified clubs including a City of London dining club, 1687-1815;
notices regarding the activities of various clubs and societies, 1838 and 1870;
and minutes of the Metropolitan Contractors and Town Carmen, establishing a provident institution, 1864-1876.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Records listed in manuscript number order (manuscript numbers were assigned as part of Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section cataloguing).

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 these records 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:

Records deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section at various dates. The Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Allied Materials

Related material:

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.