WILLS, FABER AND DUMAS LIMITED

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/B/224
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: WILLS, FABER AND DUMAS LIMITED
Date(s)	: 1916-1954
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 4 production units.
Name of creator(s)	: Wills, Faber and Dumas Ltd | insurance brokers

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

This firm of insurance brokers has its origins in three firms founded in the nineteenth century: Henry Willis and Company, Dumas and Wylie and Faber Brothers. Willis, Faber and Company Limited was formed by merger in 1898 with premises at 32 Cornhill and, from 1924, at 54 Leadenhall Street. Willis, Faber and Dumas Limited was formed by merger in 1928 and traded from 54 Leadenhall Street. The firm and its predecessors initially concentrated on marine insurance. This is reflected in the records.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Wills, Faber and Dumas Limited comprising sea casualty books, 1916-20 and 1930-50; and a register of claims, 1932-54.

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:

Available for general access.

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:

Presented by the firm to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1973 and catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts 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:
January to May 2011.