Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/021-2 - LONDON SHIPPING EXCHANGE

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/021-2

Title

LONDON SHIPPING EXCHANGE

Date(s)

  • 1892-1903 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

26 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The London Shipping Exchange was based at Billiter Street. It was registered in 1892, but merged with the Baltic Committee and the Baltic Mercantile and Shipping Exchange (later known as the Baltic Exchange) in 1903.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/021-2 1892-1903 Collection 26 production units. London Shipping Exchange , 1892-1903

The London Shipping Exchange was based at Billiter Street. It was registered in 1892, but merged with the Baltic Committee and the Baltic Mercantile and Shipping Exchange (later known as the Baltic Exchange) in 1903.

The records were deposited in Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section by the Baltic Exchange in 1994. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of the London Shipping Exchange, including financial accounts such as cash books, ledgers, and registers of shares; letter books; members' registers; and papers concerning the liquidation of the Exchange.

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

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. Exchanges Water transport Information sources Documents Business records Transport Maritime transport Shipping People People by occupation Personnel Mercantile personnel Merchants Financial markets Investment Finance London Shipping Exchange , 1892-1903 City of London London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The records were deposited in Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section by the Baltic Exchange in 1994. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the London Shipping Exchange, including financial accounts such as cash books, ledgers, and registers of shares; letter books; members' registers; and papers concerning the liquidation of the Exchange.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

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

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

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

Related units of description

Related descriptions

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

Access points

Place access points

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