SISSONS, BERSEY, GAIN, VINCENT AND COMPANY

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/B/199
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full 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 & 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.

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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:
January to May 2011.