London Provident Institution

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0372 LONDON COLLECTION MANUSCRIPTS/6
Held at	: Bishopsgate Institute   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/library ›
Full title	: London Provident Institution
Date(s)	: 1821-1864
Level of description	: Fonds
Extent	: 4 large volumes
Name of creator(s)	: London Provident Institution

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

No further information available.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Four large registers of depositors of the London Provident Institution recording depositor, address, occupation and age and sum deposited, 1821-1864, including volumes covering the following dates: Volume 1 (18 June 1821-30 Dec 1822), Volume 2 (1 Jan 1850-22 Apr 1851), Volume 3 (15 Sept 1858-15 Jan 1860), Volume 4 (29 Aug 1863-10 May 1864).

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

No further arrangement.

Conditions governing access:

Open

Conditions governing reproduction:

Documents cannot be photocopied at present. Digital photography (without flash) is permitted for research purposes on completion of the Library's Copyright Declaration form and with respect to current UK copyright law.

Finding aids:

Collection Level Description.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Collected by C.W.F.Goss as part of the Institute's London Collection.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Other records concerning the London Provident Institution are held at the following repositories: London Metropolitan Archives: minutes, financial statements and reports (1816-1932); Guildhall Library: ledgers and rule books (1817-1899); Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives: register of depositors (1895- 1897).

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Stefan Dickers.

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:
9 January 2006.