Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/192-34 - READING AND DISTRICT MUTUAL PLATE GLASS INSURANCE COMPANY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/192-34

Title

READING AND DISTRICT MUTUAL PLATE GLASS INSURANCE COMPANY

Date(s)

  • 1896-1926 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

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.

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

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