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Date(s)
- 1868- 2007 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
2 linear metres
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Swiss Benevolent Society was founded as Fonds de Secours pour les Suisses Pauvres a Londres on 1 January 1870, although its history can be traced back to the Société de Secours Mutuels des Suisses a Londres (Société des Suisses), which was founded in 1703. It has undergone many transformations throughout its history, but its main aim of providing help to its compatriot members in cases of illness and hardship has remained the same and continues to this day. Those receiving help have included 19th-century economic migrants, 1960s' au pairs, and now, increasingly, the elderly.
For more information about the Society's history and activities please see their website: https://swissbenevolent.org.uk
Repository
Archival history
GB 0074 LMA/4669 1868- 2007 Collection 2 linear metres Swiss Benevolent Society
xx Fonds de Secours pour les Suisses Pauvres a Londres
The Swiss Benevolent Society was founded as Fonds de Secours pour les Suisses Pauvres a Londres on 1 January 1870, although its history can be traced back to the Société de Secours Mutuels des Suisses a Londres (Société des Suisses), which was founded in 1703. It has undergone many transformations throughout its history, but its main aim of providing help to its compatriot members in cases of illness and hardship has remained the same and continues to this day. Those receiving help have included 19th-century economic migrants, 1960s' au pairs, and now, increasingly, the elderly.
For more information about the Society's history and activities please see their website: https://swissbenevolent.org.uk
Deposited in 2014.
Records of the Swiss Benevolent Society including statutes and regulations, annual reports, minutes, membership records, registers and case files of grant recipients, financial records including legacies, property records relating to the Society's offices and Hendon Cemetery grave plots, printed material and publications. The collection also contains records of related Swiss charity organisations.
The records are arranged as follows:
LMA/4669/A: Administration
LMA/4669/B: Grants
LMA/4669/D: Finance
LMA/4669/E: Property
LMA/4669/F: Related organisations
LMA/4669/G: Printed material and publications
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the Data Protection Act, 2018.
Copyright is held by the depositor.
French, German and English. Until 1933, all records were kept in French, after that they are mostly in English unless otherwise stated.
Please see online catalogues at: https://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
Deposited in 2014.
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Scope and content
Records of the Swiss Benevolent Society including statutes and regulations, annual reports, minutes, membership records, registers and case files of grant recipients, financial records including legacies, property records relating to the Society's offices and Hendon Cemetery grave plots, printed material and publications. The collection also contains records of related Swiss charity organisations.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
The records are arranged as follows:
LMA/4669/A: Administration
LMA/4669/B: Grants
LMA/4669/D: Finance
LMA/4669/E: Property
LMA/4669/F: Related organisations
LMA/4669/G: Printed material and publications
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the Data Protection Act, 2018.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright is held by the depositor.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
French, German and English. Until 1933, all records were kept in French, after that they are mostly in English unless otherwise stated.
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Finding aids
Please see online catalogues at: https://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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Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English