Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1896-1926 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
2 production units.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The company was established in 1896. Later, it changed its name to Great Western and General Insurance Company and also became a subsidiary of Sun Insurance Office. Sun Insurance merged with Alliance Assurance Company to form Sun Alliance Insurance in 1959.
Repository
Archival history
GB 0074 CLC/B/192-34 1896-1926 Collection 2 production units. Reading and District Mutual Plate Glass Insurance Co
The company was established in 1896. Later, it changed its name to Great Western and General Insurance Company and also became a subsidiary of Sun Insurance Office. Sun Insurance merged with Alliance Assurance Company to form Sun Alliance Insurance in 1959.
The records were deposited by Sun Alliance in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1979 and catalogued the same year. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
The Reading and District Mutual Plate Glass Insurance Company records comprise a policy register 1896-1918; and a ledger 1896-1926.
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
48 hours notice required for 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.
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The records were deposited by Sun Alliance in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1979 and catalogued the same year. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The Reading and District Mutual Plate Glass Insurance Company records comprise a policy register 1896-1918; and a ledger 1896-1926.
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
48 hours notice required for 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
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