British Banking: A Guide to Historical Records (Studies in British Business Archives)

This expanded guide represents over 700 archive collections in record offices, university and local libraries, and the banks themselves. Notable features include expanded coverage of the records of major domestic banks, British overseas banks, merchant banks and discount houses and additions to listings of records of long-defunct banks. There is also the provision, for most entries, of brief histories to illuminate the often bewildering name changes, especially of local banks, before their disappearance or amalgamation. Along with that aid are, in many cases, references to existing studies of particular banks or groups of banks. A new section describes the functions and records of collective banking activities: the committees and associations of clearing banks, merchant banks and discount houses; the English and Scottish Institutes of Bankers; and associations of bank employees.