Collection GB 0074 LMA/4714 - HOLLAENDER, ALBERT EDWIN JOHANNES {KEEPER OF MANUSCRIPTS, GUILDHALL LIBRARY}

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Reference code

GB 0074 LMA/4714

Title

HOLLAENDER, ALBERT EDWIN JOHANNES {KEEPER OF MANUSCRIPTS, GUILDHALL LIBRARY}

Date(s)

  • 1668-1929 (Creation)

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Collection

Extent and medium

0.07 linear metres

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Name of creator

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.

Archival history

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

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Donated in 1989.

Content and structure area

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

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 rests with the City of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

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

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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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.

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Language(s)

  • English

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