Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/067 - DEBENTURE CORPORATION LIMITED

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/067

Title

DEBENTURE CORPORATION LIMITED

Date(s)

  • 1885-1959 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

21 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

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.

Archival history

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.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Minutes of the Debenture Corporation Limited, investment company.

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

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

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Notes area

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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

Script(s)

    Sources

    Accession area