LONDON COPRA ASSOCIATION

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/B/103-06
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: LONDON COPRA ASSOCIATION
Date(s)	: 1913-1967
Level of description	: Collection View parent record
Extent	: 10 production units.
Name of creator(s)	: London Copra Association | society for traders in coconut kernels

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The London Copra Association was founded c 1913 to represent the interests of those trading in copra (dried kernels of coconut used to extract oils) by the establishment of uniform contracts, the implementation of a system of arbitration and the promotion of legislation and other measures on behalf of the trade. Initially it held its meetings principally at the offices of the London Cotton Brokers' Association, 24 Mark Lane, and the London Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing Lane. It subsequently acquired premises at 165 Fenchurch Street (until 1925), 79 Leadenhall Street (1922-5), 7 Mincing Lane (1926-34), 84 Leadenhall Street (1935-58), 5/7 Houndsditch (1959-67) and 24 St. Mary Axe (from 1968).

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

London Copra Association records comprising minutes of committees, general meetings and the board of appeal; and financial accounts.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Conditions governing access:

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection 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:

The archive was deposited at Guildhall Library in 1987 by the Grain and Feed Trade Association. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Other sub-fonds in this collection:
CLC/B/103-01: British Radio Cabinet Manufacturers Association;
CLC/B/103-02: Cattle Feeding Stuffs Central Advisory Committee;
CLC/B/103-03: Edible Oil Association;
CLC/B/103-04: London Oil and Tallow Trades Association;
CLC/B/103-05: London Cattle Food Trade Association;
CLC/B/103-06: London Copra Association;
CLC/B/103-07: London Corn Exchange Importers' Association;
CLC/B/103-08: London Corn Trade Association;
CLC/B/103-09: London Port Area Grain Committee;
CLC/B/103-10: National Association of United Kingdom Oil and Oilseed Brokers;
CLC/B/103-11: National Federation of Corn Trade Associations;
CLC/B/103-12: United Associations Limited;
CLC/B/103-13: National Lubricating Oil and Grease Federation.

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:
November 2010 to January 2011.