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- 1829-1972 (Creation)
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199 production units.
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Biographical history
The National Provident Institution was formed in 1835 as a friendly society, modelled on the Friends Provident Institution, to offer life assurance to a wide range of people. Its first office was at 13 Nicholas Lane; in 1843 it moved to 48 Gracechurch Street and, in 1857 and 1859, 49 and 50 Gracechurch Street were acquired. The existing buildings were demolished and a new office constructed on the site which was opened on 15 December 1862. A new building, incorporating 3 Eastcheap, was erected on the site and opened as the Institution's Head Office in 1960.
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Archival history
Since the records were catalogued, the following have been permanently withdrawn by the depositor: Ms 20257; Ms 20260 (item 6 of 9); Ms 20261; Ms 20262 (items 1, 3 and rules 1835, 1836 from 2); Ms 20265, Ms 20266; Ms 20267/1, 3, 34, 42-43, 48-49, 51; Ms 20278 (report on interim bonuses only); Ms 20294; and Ms 20299.
GB 0074 CLC/B/167 1829-1972 Collection 199 production units. National Provident Institution , friendly society
The National Provident Institution was formed in 1835 as a friendly society, modelled on the Friends Provident Institution, to offer life assurance to a wide range of people. Its first office was at 13 Nicholas Lane; in 1843 it moved to 48 Gracechurch Street and, in 1857 and 1859, 49 and 50 Gracechurch Street were acquired. The existing buildings were demolished and a new office constructed on the site which was opened on 15 December 1862. A new building, incorporating 3 Eastcheap, was erected on the site and opened as the Institution's Head Office in 1960.
Since the records were catalogued, the following have been permanently withdrawn by the depositor: Ms 20257; Ms 20260 (item 6 of 9); Ms 20261; Ms 20262 (items 1, 3 and rules 1835, 1836 from 2); Ms 20265, Ms 20266; Ms 20267/1, 3, 34, 42-43, 48-49, 51; Ms 20278 (report on interim bonuses only); Ms 20294; and Ms 20299.
National Provident Institution deposited its archives in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in September 1982. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
National Provident Institution records comprise: records relating to registration and regulation, 1829-1964; annual reports, 1838-1931; minutes, 1835-1936; financial records, 1836-1948; correspondence, 1844; policy and claims registers, 1837-38; reports, 1835-1948; records relating to staff, 1836-1902; and miscellaneous papers, 1838-c 1960.
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
A brief history of the Institution can be found in A Record of the First Hundred Years of the National Provident Institution, 1835-1935 by Stanley Hazell (Cambridge, printed for the NPI, 1935).
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
National Provident Institution deposited its archives in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in September 1982. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
National Provident Institution records comprise: records relating to registration and regulation, 1829-1964; annual reports, 1838-1931; minutes, 1835-1936; financial records, 1836-1948; correspondence, 1844; policy and claims registers, 1837-38; reports, 1835-1948; records relating to staff, 1836-1902; and miscellaneous papers, 1838-c 1960.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
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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
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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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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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- English