STANDARD BANK OF SIERRA LEONE LIMITED: ADMINISTRATION

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/B/207/SL03
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: STANDARD BANK OF SIERRA LEONE LIMITED: ADMINISTRATION
Date(s)	: 1970-1972
Level of description	: sub fonds View parent record
Extent	: 0.5 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Standard Bank of Sierra Leone Limited | Standard Bank Limited

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

In 1897 the Bank of British West Africa established itself at Freetown, Sierra Leone. In 1957 the bank changed its name to the Bank of West Africa. In 1965 the bank merged with Standard Bank Limited which in 1971 voluntarily incorporated the business as the Standard Bank of Sierra Leone Limited as a wholly-owned subsidiary company of Standard Bank, later to be a wholly owned subsidary of Standard Chartered Banking Group following the 1969 merger of Standard and Chartered Bank.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Standard Bank of Sierra Leone Limited including correspondence between Sierra Leone Head Office, Freetown and Director's Office (London).

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

This sub-fonds is arranged as follows:
CLC/B/207/SL03/01/01 Director's office

Conditions governing access:

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

48 hours notice required for access.

PLEASE NOTE: Permission for access to records less than 45 years old should be sought from the depositor.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright is held by 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 bank's archives were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1989 and after. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

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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:
Added January 2014