Identity area
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Date(s)
- 1907-1940 (Creation)
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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.
Repository
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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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.
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English