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CUMBERLAND BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/137

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: CUMBERLAND BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION

Date(s): 1812-1927

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 5 production units.

Name of creator(s): Cumberland Benevolent Institution

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Institution assisted old and needy Cumbrians resident in London. Meetings were held at the Albion Hotel, Aldersgate Street.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Minute books of the Cumberland Benevolent Institution.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Minute books in chronological order.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.

Finding aids:

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

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

These volumes were donated to Guildhall Library in 1935. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1936. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: 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.

Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Benevolent societies | Societies | Associations | Organizations
Charities administration | Charities | Charitable organisations | Associations | Organizations
Charity records | Documents | Information sources
Poor relief | Social welfare
Nonprofit organizations

Personal names

Corporate names
Cumberland Benevolent Institution

Places
Cumberland | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe