Collection GB 0074 LMA/4025 - METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATION FOR IMPROVING THE DWELLINGS OF THE INDUSTRIOUS CLASSES

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GB 0074 LMA/4025 1841-1873 Collection 0.07 linear metres Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes

The Metropolitan Association (founded 1841, incorporated by Royal Charter 1845) was the first organisation to build 'social' housing on a large scale. It was part of the philanthropic movement which reserved the right to profit for the investor (commonly known as Five Per Cent Philanthropy). Its pioneering block dwellings in Old Pancras Road, London were completed in 1848 and acted as a model for future developments in other big cities. Indeed the Association had branches in Liverpool, Newcastle, Torquay, Bristol, Wolverhampton, Sunderland, Brighton, Dudley, Ramsgate and Southampton.

This small manuscript archive was purchased in 1997.

Records of the Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes. The minutes (LMA/4025/01) describe in detail the foundation of the Association, its aims and objectives. They document its development from a well-intentioned philanthropic organisation to a major provider of housing (12 substantial blocks by 1873). The activities recorded range from fund-raising to land acquisition and from collections of mortality statistics to estate management.

The visitors book (LMA/4025/03) records the important visitors to Old Pancras Road including Prince Albert, Lord Shaftesbury, Mr Gladstone, Charles Kingsley and Dr Southwood Smith.

These manuscripts have not been accessible to researchers before and are an exciting discovery. They were purchased with assistance from the Purchase Grant Fund administered by the Victoria and Albert Museum.

LMA/4025/01: Minutes; LMA/4025/02: Annual report; LMA/4025/03: Visitors Book.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.

English

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

These records complement the records of housing already at LMA both in the official records (of the Greater London Council, London County Council, Metropolitan Board of Works, Metropolitan Buildings Office) and the deposited records, of Peabody Trust (ACC/3445/PT), Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes (ACC/3445/SIC), the Sutton Dwellings Trust (ACC/2983), and the Improved Industrial Dwellings Co. Ltd. (LMA/4013).

Burnett, John; A Social History of Housing (LMA Library ref: 28.6 BUR).

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. Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes Housing construction Housing needs Housing maintenance Social housing Social and economic rights Organizations Right to housing Associations Housing associations Construction engineering Building design Building standards Accommodation Housing Housing provision London England UK Western Europe Europe Housing policy

This small manuscript archive was purchased in 1997.

Records of the Metropolitan Association for Improving the Dwellings of the Industrious Classes. The minutes (LMA/4025/01) describe in detail the foundation of the Association, its aims and objectives. They document its development from a well-intentioned philanthropic organisation to a major provider of housing (12 substantial blocks by 1873). The activities recorded range from fund-raising to land acquisition and from collections of mortality statistics to estate management.

The visitors book (LMA/4025/03) records the important visitors to Old Pancras Road including Prince Albert, Lord Shaftesbury, Mr Gladstone, Charles Kingsley and Dr Southwood Smith.

These manuscripts have not been accessible to researchers before and are an exciting discovery. They were purchased with assistance from the Purchase Grant Fund administered by the Victoria and Albert Museum.

LMA/4025/01: Minutes; LMA/4025/02: Annual report; LMA/4025/03: Visitors Book.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.

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• latin

English

These records complement the records of housing already at LMA both in the official records (of the Greater London Council, London County Council, Metropolitan Board of Works, Metropolitan Buildings Office) and the deposited records, of Peabody Trust (ACC/3445/PT), Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes (ACC/3445/SIC), the Sutton Dwellings Trust (ACC/2983), and the Improved Industrial Dwellings Co. Ltd. (LMA/4013).

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.

• anglais