Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1885-1959 (Creation)
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21 production units.
Context area
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Biographical history
The Debenture Corporation Limited was set up as an investment company in 1885 to offer shareholders a return on investments spread over a number of industrial and manufacturing companies. It traded from 75 Lombard Street (1885-9); Worcester House, Walbrook (1889-1948); 24 Gresham House, 27 Old Broad Street (1949-63); 1 Union Court (1964-6) and Winchester House, 77 London Wall.
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GB 0074 CLC/B/067 1885-1959 Collection 21 production units. Debenture Corporation Ltd , investment company
The Debenture Corporation Limited was set up as an investment company in 1885 to offer shareholders a return on investments spread over a number of industrial and manufacturing companies. It traded from 75 Lombard Street (1885-9); Worcester House, Walbrook (1889-1948); 24 Gresham House, 27 Old Broad Street (1949-63); 1 Union Court (1964-6) and Winchester House, 77 London Wall.
Its surviving archives were presented to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by a director of the company in 1990. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Minutes of the Debenture Corporation Limited, investment company.
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
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.
November 2010 to January 2011. Information sources Documents Business records Financial institutions Enterprises Companies Investment companies Finance Investment Financial markets Debenture Corporation Ltd , investment company City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Its surviving archives were presented to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by a director of the company in 1990. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
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Scope and content
Minutes of the Debenture Corporation Limited, investment company.
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Accruals
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Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
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Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
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Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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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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- English