IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 2107 Smythe
Held at: City University
Title: Sir Thomas Smythe's Charity: residue of the poor fund
Date(s): 1903-1923
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 3 volumes
Name of creator(s): Sir Thomas Smythe's Charity
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Sir Thomas Smythe (?1558-1625) was a merchant and governor of the East India Company, a Sheriff of London in 1599 and a member of the Haberdashers' Company and the Skinners' Company. He amassed a large fortune part of which he devoted to charitable purposes.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Minutes of the meetings of the trustees of Sir Thomas Smythe's Charity, held at the Skinners' Hall, 1903-1923.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English.
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
On written application to the University Librarian.
Conditions governing reproduction:
At the discretion of the University Librarian.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
No further accruals are expected.
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Internal accumulation during the course of business.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
See City University collection level description for relevant related material.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Robert Baxter as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project, based on survey information by Janet Foster.
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: Mar 2001