London Metropolitan Archives

BARTHOLOMEW CLUB

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/029

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: BARTHOLOMEW CLUB

Date(s): 1859-1939

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 7 production units.

Name of creator(s): Bartholomew Club | discussion group

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Bartholomew Club met at 38 Cloth Fair to discuss topics of current political and historical interest.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Minutes books of the Bartholomew Club, discussion group.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Minute books arranged in chronological order.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Finding aids:

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

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The volumes were donated to Guildhall Library in 1948, and were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in the same year. 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
Debating | Group communication | Communication process
Debating societies | Societies | Associations | Organizations
Discussion groups | Groups
Historic interest | Cultural interest
Learned societies | Associations | Organizations
Social clubs | Clubs | Leisure time activities | Leisure
Political events

Personal names

Corporate names
Bartholomew Club | discussion group

Places
City of London | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe