BLADES, EAST AND BLADES

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/B/227-026
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: BLADES, EAST AND BLADES
Date(s)	: 1926
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: One production unit.
Name of creator(s)	: Blades, East and Blades | stationers and printers

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Blades, East and Blades were stationers and printers of 17 Abchurch Lane.

Sir George Rowland Blades was Alderman of Bassishaw Ward, 1920-1948; Sheriff 1917-1918 and Lord Mayor of London 1926-1927.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Presentation volume given to Sir G Rowland Blades by the employees of Blades, East and Blades on his election to the mayoralty. Includes the employees' names.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

One item.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection 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:

Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Allied Materials

Related material:

See CLC/245 for personal papers of Sir George Rowland Blades.

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:
January to May 2011.