Identity area
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Date(s)
- 1817-1901 (Creation)
Level of description
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16 production units.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The London Provident Institution was a savings bank, of Bishopsgate Churchyard (1816-32), 1-3 Blomfield Street (1833-99) and 119 Middlesex Street, Stepney (1900-17).
Repository
Archival history
GB 0074 CLC/B/154 1817-1901 Collection 16 production units. London Provident Institution , savings bank
The London Provident Institution was a savings bank, of Bishopsgate Churchyard (1816-32), 1-3 Blomfield Street (1833-99) and 119 Middlesex Street, Stepney (1900-17).
These records were acquired in 1991, Ms 24521 by purchase and Ms 28944 by gift. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Records of the London Provident Institution, savings bank, comprising: book of rules, 1817-99 (Ms 24521) and depositors' signature books, 1857-1901 (Ms 28944).
Three volumes of customer ledgers, also donated in 1991, were destroyed because they were in an extremely poor condition and offered very little information.
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
Available for general access.
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
English
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
The Bishopsgate Institute holds some further records of the Institution.
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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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
These records were acquired in 1991, Ms 24521 by purchase and Ms 28944 by gift. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Records of the London Provident Institution, savings bank, comprising: book of rules, 1817-99 (Ms 24521) and depositors' signature books, 1857-1901 (Ms 28944).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Three volumes of customer ledgers, also donated in 1991, were destroyed because they were in an extremely poor condition and offered very little information.
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
Available for general access.
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
The Bishopsgate Institute holds some further records of the Institution.
Finding aids
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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Description control area
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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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Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English