Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/102 - GOSCHENS AND CUNLIFFE

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/102

Title

GOSCHENS AND CUNLIFFE

Date(s)

  • 1903-1941 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

13 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The firm was established by German merchants in London in 1814 as Fruhling, Goschen and Company to act as commission agents exporting colonial produce and cotton to Germany. It later acted as merchant and foreign bankers, and merged in 1920 with Cunliffe Brothers to form Goschens and Cunliffe. The firm ceased trading in 1940. It was based at 12 Austin Friars.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/102 1903-1941 Collection 13 production units. Goschens and Cunliffe , merchants and bankers
Fruhling, Goschens and Co , merchants and bankers

The firm was established by German merchants in London in 1814 as Fruhling, Goschen and Company to act as commission agents exporting colonial produce and cotton to Germany. It later acted as merchant and foreign bankers, and merged in 1920 with Cunliffe Brothers to form Goschens and Cunliffe. The firm ceased trading in 1940. It was based at 12 Austin Friars.

The archives of the firm were deposited with the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1963 by Antony Gibbs and Sons. H K Goschen had become a partner of Antony Gibbs in 1947. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of Goschens and Cunliffe, merchants and bankers, comprising out-letter books, telegram books and register of policies. Also records of predecessor Fruhling, Goschens and Company, comprising letters to their agent in Germany.

CLC/B/102-01: Goschens and Cunliffe; CLC/B/102-02: Fruhling, Goschens and Company.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

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. Business records Trade International trade Exports Personnel Mercantile personnel Merchants Business people Bank employees Bankers People People by occupation Agents Documents Information sources Overseas trade Trade (practice) Goschens and Cunliffe , merchants and bankers Fruhling , Goschens and Co , merchants and bankers Germany Western Europe Europe City of London London England UK

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The archives of the firm were deposited with the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1963 by Antony Gibbs and Sons. H K Goschen had become a partner of Antony Gibbs in 1947. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Goschens and Cunliffe, merchants and bankers, comprising out-letter books, telegram books and register of policies. Also records of predecessor Fruhling, Goschens and Company, comprising letters to their agent in Germany.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

CLC/B/102-01: Goschens and Cunliffe; CLC/B/102-02: Fruhling, Goschens and Company.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

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

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    Accession area