IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/049
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: CITY OF LONDON DISCUSSION AND LITERARY SOCIETY
Date(s): 1853-1862
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 3 production units.
Name of creator(s): City of London Discussion and Literary Society
City of London Elocution Society
City of London Discussion Society
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The City of London Elocution Society met at the Mourning Bush Tavern in St Martin le Grand. It merged with the City of London Discussion Society, to become the City of London Discussion and Literary Society.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Minute books of the City of London Elocution Society and the City of London Discussion Society, later merged as the City of London Discussion and Literary Society.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Minutes 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 transferred to Guildhall Library prior to 1902. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1902. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.