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PARK, David Francis (fl 1857-1885)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/487

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: PARK, David Francis (fl 1857-1885)

Date(s): 1857-1885

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 2 production units.

Name of creator(s): Park | David Francis | fl 1857-1885 | banker

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

David Francis Park worked at the Credit Foncier de Mauritius, Limited, of 17 Change Alley, Cornhill. A credit foncier company provides mortgage finance and loans. The name derives from the Credit Foncier de France which was established in 1852.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of banker David Francis Park including correspondence, newspaper cuttings, notes and other material relating to banks and banking.

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 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:

Given to the Manuscripts Section in 1961 via the Business Archives Council, and catalogued in the same year by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note:

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: Records prepared May to September 2011.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Bankers | Bank employees | Business people | People by occupation | People
Banking | Occupations
Banks | Financial institutions | Finance
Personal archives | Archives
Personal papers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Banking x Banks

Personal names
Park | David Francis | fl 1857-1885 | banker

Corporate names
Credit Foncier de Mauritius Ltd

Places
City of London | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe