Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1940-1945 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
3 production units.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
London Wholesale Fish Trade Limited was formed in 1940 to make contingency arrangements for the distribution of fish in the London area in the event of the market being damaged or destroyed by enemy action. The company never came into business and was wound up in 1945.
Repository
Archival history
GB 0074 CLC/B/151-06 1940-1945 Collection 3 production units. London Wholesale Fish Trade Ltd
London Wholesale Fish Trade Limited was formed in 1940 to make contingency arrangements for the distribution of fish in the London area in the event of the market being damaged or destroyed by enemy action. The company never came into business and was wound up in 1945.
The records were deposited in Guildhall Library by the London Fish Merchants' Association in 1982, and were catalogued by Guildhall Library staff in the same year. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
London Wholesale Fish Trade Limited records comprise: memorandum and articles of association, 1940 (Ms 19815); minutes 1940-5 (Ms 19816); and accounts 1940-1 (Ms 19817).
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
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.
January to May 2011. Trade (practice) Fish trade Commercial premises Fishmarkets Zoology Animals Aquatic animals Fish Information sources Documents Business records Fishmongers Mercantile personnel Personnel People by occupation People London Wholesale Fish Trade Ltd London England UK Western Europe Europe
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The records were deposited in Guildhall Library by the London Fish Merchants' Association in 1982, and were catalogued by 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
London Wholesale Fish Trade Limited records comprise: memorandum and articles of association, 1940 (Ms 19815); minutes 1940-5 (Ms 19816); and accounts 1940-1 (Ms 19817).
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
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
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Finding aids
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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