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ST BRIDE FOUNDATION INSTITUTE


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/151

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: ST BRIDE FOUNDATION INSTITUTE

Date(s): 1647-1902

Level of description: Collection

Extent: Three production units.

Name of creator(s): St Bride Foundation Institute

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Saint Bride Foundation Institute was formed in 1891. It provided technical classes in letterpress printing and lithography, and an extensive library on the subject of printing and book making. The classes were moved to the London College of Printing, but the library is still situated off Fleet Street.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Leases relating to properties owned by the St Bride Foundation Institute, in Stonecutter Street, Fleet Market, Farringdon Street, Fountain Court, Shoe Lane, Salisbury Court and St Bride's Churchyard.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Three files of leases.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Finding aids:

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

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which 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
Leases (documents) | Title deeds | Deeds | Documents | Information sources
Printing industry | Manufacturing industry | Industry

Personal names

Corporate names
St Bride Foundation Institute

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