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London Metropolitan Archives

ANGLO-AMERICAN DEBENTURE CORPORATION


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/008

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: ANGLO-AMERICAN DEBENTURE CORPORATION

Date(s): 1890-1960

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 3 production units.

Name of creator(s): Anglo-American Debenture Corporation | investment trust

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Corporation was founded in 1890. The offices were in 17 Lombard St 1891; 75 Lombard St 1892-1905; 20 Birchin Lane 1906-22; 3 Bank Buildings, Lothbury 1923; and 320 Gresham House, Old Broad St 1924-54. In 1960 it merged with other investment trusts to form the Anglo-American Securities Corporation.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of the Anglo-American Debenture Corporation, comprising scrapbooks containing papers relating to the company including the 1890 prospectus, reports from the directors, accounts, notices, and newspaper cuttings.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Three volumes in chronological order.

Conditions governing access:

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.

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:

The scrapbooks were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by Morgan Grenfell and Co in February 1992; the connection of the company with Morgan Grenfell is not known. 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: November 2010 to January 2011.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Business records | Documents | Information sources
Financial markets | Investment | Finance
Financial records | Documents | Information sources
Investment companies | Companies | Enterprises
Investment trusts | Investment | Finance
Financial resources

Personal names

Corporate names
Anglo-American Debenture Corporation | investment trust

Places
City of London | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
USA | North America