IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/026-1
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: BOOTH WHITE
Date(s): 1967-1986
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 4 production units.
Name of creator(s): Booth White | insolvency accountants
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Booth White was formed in 1967 as Booth White and Company as a result of a merger between Parkin S Booth and Company, insolvency accountants of London and Liverpool, and Francis Nicholls White and Company, insolvency accountants of London. The new firm moved to 1 Wardrobe Place, Carter Lane, St Pauls, London in 1967, and to 9 Raleigh House, Admirals Way, Waterside, London in 1989. Its name was shortened to Booth White in 1989. The firm has branches at Bristol, Chatham, Chester, Ipswich, Llandudno, Liverpool, Medway, Preston, Sidcup, Southend-on-Sea and Watford. The Liverpool office of the firm still practises under the name Parkin S Booth and Company.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Booth White, insolvency accountants, including annual accounts; and a history of the company and research notes by P. Granville White.
Access is restricted to records less than 30 years old where specified and 24 hours notice is required for access to all the records.
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:
The archives of Booth White together with those of Nicholls and Leatherdale, Francis Nicholls White and Company, the British Mercantile Agency and its trade protection associations, and Parkin S Booth and Company were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library on 12 November 1992 by Booth White through P. Granville White via the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Publication note:
For a brief history of Booth White and its constituent bodies see P. Granville White, Booth White and Co (1983) (available in the collection, see CLC/B/026/MS28898).
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: November 2010 to January 2011.