Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/207-3 - BANK OF NIGERIA

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/207-3

Title

BANK OF NIGERIA

Date(s)

  • 1907-1940 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

2 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The bank was established in 1899 as the Anglo-African Bank Limited and changed its name in 1905 to the Bank of Nigeria Limited. It was an overseas bank, operating in Nigeria and the French Ivory Coast. Its head office was in Norfolk Street, Strand. It was taken over by the Bank of British West Africa in 1912.

Archival history

Not all of the records listed in L S Pressnell and J Orbell, Guide to the Records of British Banking (1985) were included in this deposit.

GB 0074 CLC/B/207-3 1907-1940 Collection 2 production units. Anglo-African Bank Ltd x Bank of Nigeria Ltd

The bank was established in 1899 as the Anglo-African Bank Limited and changed its name in 1905 to the Bank of Nigeria Limited. It was an overseas bank, operating in Nigeria and the French Ivory Coast. Its head office was in Norfolk Street, Strand. It was taken over by the Bank of British West Africa in 1912.

Not all of the records listed in L S Pressnell and J Orbell, Guide to the Records of British Banking (1985) were included in this deposit.

The records held by Guildhall Library were deposited in the Manuscripts Section by Standard Chartered Bank in August 1989. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of the Bank of Nigeria, comprising specimen signatures book and agenda book.

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

For the Bank of British West Africa see CLC/B/207-02.

For some details of the bank 1899-1912 see R Fry, Bankers in West Africa: the Story of the British Bank of West Africa Ltd (1976).

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.

January to May 2011. Information sources Documents Business records People People by occupation Business people Bank employees Bankers Overseas banks Banks Financial institutions Finance Banking Anglo-African Bank Ltd x Bank of Nigeria Ltd Nigeria West Africa Africa Occupations

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The records held by Guildhall Library were deposited in the Manuscripts Section by Standard Chartered Bank in August 1989. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Bank of Nigeria, comprising specimen signatures book and agenda book.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

For the Bank of British West Africa see CLC/B/207-02.

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

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.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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