IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/116
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: HIDE SHIPPERS AND AGENTS ASSOCIATION
Date(s): 1925-1955
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 5 production units.
Name of creator(s): Hide Shippers and Agents Association
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Hide Shippers and Agents Association was formed in 1925 to represent importers of hides, and their agents in the United Kingdom, who were dissatisfied with existing methods of arbitration employed by the trade. They based the form of their association upon the associations formed by the oil, tallow and grain trades, and, in addition to appointing a panel of arbitrators to hear disputes, introduced uniform printed contracts and promoted the general interests of their trade. Originally based at 84 Leadenhall Street, the association subsequently moved to 5/7 Houndsditch (1959) and Baltic Exchange Chambers, 24 St. Mary Axe (1968).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Hide Shippers and Agents Association, comprising minutes of council, committee and members' meetings, and financial accounts.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
Conditions governing access:
Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection 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:
This archive was deposited at Guildhall Library in 1987 by the Grain and Feed Trade Association. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
See CLC/B/103 for the records of predecessors of the Grain and Feed Trade Association.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2010 to January 2011.