Collection GB 0074 CLC/134 - CORN EXCHANGE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/134

Title

CORN EXCHANGE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY

Date(s)

  • 1862-1963 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

16 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Corn Exchange Benevolent Society was established in 1862 to relieve need, hardship or distress amongst those who were or had been engaged in the corn or grain trades.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/134 1862-1963 Collection 16 production units. Corn Exchange Benevolent Society

The Corn Exchange Benevolent Society was established in 1862 to relieve need, hardship or distress amongst those who were or had been engaged in the corn or grain trades.

The surviving records of the Society were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by the Corn Exchange Company Ltd on 17 November 1994. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1996. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of the Corn Exchange Benevolent Society comprising rules, minutes, annual reports, a record of pensioners, and photographs and correspondence relating to the centenary.

The records have been sorted into an order which reflects divisions between the different functions and operations of the organisation and its administration.

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

English

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

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.

June to August 2010. Pensioners (older people) Health services Care Care of poor and aged Societies Benevolent societies Occupational benevolent societies Organizations Associations Charitable organisations Charities Charities administration Information sources Documents Charity records People by age group People Corn trade Food trade Trade (practice) Corn Exchange Benevolent Society London England UK Western Europe Europe Nonprofit organizations

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The surviving records of the Society were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by the Corn Exchange Company Ltd on 17 November 1994. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1996. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Corn Exchange Benevolent Society comprising rules, minutes, annual reports, a record of pensioners, and photographs and correspondence relating to the centenary.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

The records have been sorted into an order which reflects divisions between the different functions and operations of the organisation and its administration.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

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

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Related descriptions

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

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Name access points

Genre access points

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

Script(s)

    Sources

    Accession area