Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1862-1963 (Creation)
Level of description
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.
Repository
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
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
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