IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/B/199
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SISSONS, BERSEY, GAIN, VINCENT AND COMPANY
Date(s): 1895-1970
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 6 production units.
Name of creator(s): Sissons, Bersey, Gain, Vincent and Co | chartered accountants
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
These papers were accumulated by Joseph Walter Vincent and retained by his son Basil Walter Vincent. They were partners in the firm of Sissons, Bersey, Gain, Vincent and Company, chartered accountants of 53 New Broad Street. This became, in 1943, Farrow, Bersey, Gain, Vincent and Company.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Sissons, Bersey, Gain, Vincent and Company, chartered accountants, comprising articles of partnership and related deeds and papers, 1895-1953, a balance sheet, 1934, menus for staff dinners and other occasions, 1919-70, and correspondence to do with the accountancy careers of Joseph Walter Vincent, 1895-1902.
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:
Available for general access.
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 papers were deposited by a family member in April and September 2003 and catalogued immediately by Philippa Smith. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to May 2011.