Collection GB 0074 CLC/144 - HUGUENOT FRIENDLY BENEFIT SOCIETY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/144

Title

HUGUENOT FRIENDLY BENEFIT SOCIETY

Date(s)

  • 1797-1912 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

16 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Huguenot Friendly Benefit Society was founded in 1687 as the Society of Parisians. It met at the Norfolk Arms in William Street in the parish of St Matthew Bethnal Green and the membership was limited to 61 persons.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/144 1797-1912 Collection 16 production units. Huguenot Friendly Benefit Society

The Huguenot Friendly Benefit Society was founded in 1687 as the Society of Parisians. It met at the Norfolk Arms in William Street in the parish of St Matthew Bethnal Green and the membership was limited to 61 persons.

The records were donated to Guildhall Library in 1957 and were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in the same year. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of the Huguenot Friendly Benefit Society comprising minutes, lists of members, and financial records.

The records have been sorted into an order which reflects divisions between the different functions and operations of the organisation and its administration.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.

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.

June to August 2010. Christians Huguenots Finance Financial institutions Friendly societies Organizations Associations Societies Benefit societies Religious groups Huguenot Friendly Benefit Society London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The records were donated to Guildhall Library in 1957 and were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in the same year. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Huguenot Friendly Benefit Society comprising minutes, lists of members, and financial records.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

The records have been sorted into an order which reflects divisions between the different functions and operations of the organisation and its administration.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.

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

Related units of description

Related descriptions

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

Access points

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Name access points

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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