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- 1668-1929 (Creation)
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0.07 linear metres
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Biographical history
Albert Edwin Johannes Hollaender was the first Keeper of Manuscripts at Guildhall Library.
Hollaender was born in Vienna in 1908. He was forced to flee to England in 1938 after writing negative articles about Adolf Hitler in the newspaper 'Wiener Zeitung'.
After serving in the Intelligence Corps during the Second World War, Hollaender became Keeper of Manuscripts at Guildhall Library in 1945. He built up the collections of the Manuscripts Section, taking in archives from City of London livery companies, parishes and businesses as well as the Diocese of London. He retired in 1973 after which he became a volunteer at the Public Record Office (now The National Archives).
Hollaender was also a founder member of the Society of Archivists, now the Archives and Records Association and was editor of the society's journal for many years, as well as editing Guildhall Library's own scholarly journal, Guildhall Miscellany.
Hollaender died in 1989.
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GB 0074 LMA/4714 1668-1929 Collection 0.07 linear metres Hollaender , Albert Edwin Johannes , 1908-1989 , archivist and first Keeper of Guildhall Library, London
Albert Edwin Johannes Hollaender was the first Keeper of Manuscripts at Guildhall Library.
Hollaender was born in Vienna in 1908. He was forced to flee to England in 1938 after writing negative articles about Adolf Hitler in the newspaper 'Wiener Zeitung'.
After serving in the Intelligence Corps during the Second World War, Hollaender became Keeper of Manuscripts at Guildhall Library in 1945. He built up the collections of the Manuscripts Section, taking in archives from City of London livery companies, parishes and businesses as well as the Diocese of London. He retired in 1973 after which he became a volunteer at the Public Record Office (now The National Archives).
Hollaender was also a founder member of the Society of Archivists, now the Archives and Records Association and was editor of the society's journal for many years, as well as editing Guildhall Library's own scholarly journal, Guildhall Miscellany.
Hollaender died in 1989.
Donated in 1989.
Rate books, apprentice indentures and other items relating to Saint Bartholomew the Great and other City of London parishes and institutions.
Arranged in two sections as follows:
LMA/4714/01 - Saint Bartholomew the Great
LMA/4714/02 - Other institutions
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 rests with the City of London.
English
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
For further records of Saint Bartholomew the Great see P69/BAT3;
For further records of the Hamburg Lutheran Church see CLC/024, CLC/189 and ACC/2622;
For further records of the charities and estates of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers see CLC/L/FE/G;
For further records of Saint Margaret Pattens see P69/MGT4
For further records of All Hallows the Less see P69/ALH8
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.
Added October 2016. Guildhall Library City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe Hollaender , Albert Edwin Johannes , 1908-1989 , archivist and first Keeper of Guildhall Library, London Parish records Information sources Documents Primary documents
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Donated in 1989.
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Scope and content
Rate books, apprentice indentures and other items relating to Saint Bartholomew the Great and other City of London parishes and institutions.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged in two sections as follows:
LMA/4714/01 - Saint Bartholomew the Great
LMA/4714/02 - Other institutions
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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 rests with the City of London.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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For further records of Saint Bartholomew the Great see P69/BAT3;
For further records of the Hamburg Lutheran Church see CLC/024, CLC/189 and ACC/2622;
For further records of the charities and estates of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers see CLC/L/FE/G;
For further records of Saint Margaret Pattens see P69/MGT4
For further records of All Hallows the Less see P69/ALH8
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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