EDMUND SCHLUTER AND COMPANY
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0074 CLC/B/077 |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full title | : EDMUND SCHLUTER AND COMPANY |
Date(s) | : 1873-1971 |
Level of description | : Collection |
Extent | : 36 production units. |
Name of creator(s) | : Edmund Schluter and Co | merchants |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Edmund Schluter and Company were general merchants (particularly in rubber, tea and coffee) with trading links in France, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Italy, Austria, Poland, and the United States and Brazil. The business was founded in 1858. In 1988 the company moved to Switzerland, and the London office was renamed E.D.M. and Company. (London) Ltd. It was based at 35 Mincing Lane (1858-9), 24 Mark Lane (1860-1941), 4 Cullum Street (1942-1955), 15/18 Lime Street (1956), 30 Mincing Lane (1957-60), 37 Mincing Lane (1961-1975), and 20 Eastcheap (1976-).
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Edmund Schluter and Company, general merchants, including letter books; ledgers; cash books; journals; sales books; purchase books; and waste books.
Access & 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 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:
The company's archives were donated to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 2004. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
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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:
November 2010 to January 2011.
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