UNITED ASSOCIATIONS LIMITED

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/B/103-12
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: UNITED ASSOCIATIONS LIMITED
Date(s)	: 1923-1967
Level of description	: Collection View parent record
Extent	: 17 production units.
Name of creator(s)	: United Associations Ltd | provider of administrative services

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

United Associations Limited was set up in 1923 to provide administrative services and premises for societies and associations who wished to reduce their overheads. Its principal clients, who held two-thirds of its shares, were the London Cattle Food Trade Association (CLC/B/103-05) and the London Oil and Tallow Trades Association (CLC/B/103-04). Originally based at 84 Leadenhall Street, it subsequently moved to the Corn Exchange Building, Mark Lane (in 1923) and 5/7 Houndsditch (1959).

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

United Associations Limited records comprise: minutes of the board, 1923-1966 (Ms 23250); and financial accounts including ledgers and cash books, 1923-1967 (Ms 23251-5).

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 by the Grain and Feed Trade association in 1987. 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.