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LMA/4575 Reference Description Dates ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY: CORPORATE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS Minutes
LMA/4575/A/01/01/001 Minute book 1944 Mar - Signed 1982 Apr 1 volume Addresses
LMA/4575/A/01/02/001 Addresses to shareholders/members 1961 - 1969 1961-1963, 1967-1969. Printed 6 documents Press cuttings
LMA/4575/A/01/03/001 Press cuttings 1943 Sep - Notices, proceedings, speeches and company 1944 performance 1 file
LMA/4575/A/01/03/002 Press cuttings 1945 - 1949 Notices, proceedings, speeches and company performance. Mainly Jan-Apr each year 1 file
LMA/4575/A/01/03/003 Press cuttings 1950 - 1954 Notices, proceedings, speeches and company performance. Mainly Jan-Apr each year 1 file
LMA/4575/A/01/03/004 Press cuttings 1955 - 1959 Notices, proceedings, speeches and company performance. Mainly Jan-Apr each year 1 file
LMA/4575/A/01/03/005 Press cuttings 1960 - 1964 Notices, proceedings, speeches and company performance. Mainly Jan-Apr each year 1 file BOARD MEETINGS Minutes LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 2 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/A/02/01/001 'Private Minutes' 1944 - 1959 Not available for general access Includes Directors' fees and renumeration and staff matters including named senior staff. Handwritten. Signed. Latter half blank 1 volume Former Reference: '1'
LMA/4575/A/02/01/002 'Private Minutes' 1959 May - Not available for general access Includes Directors' fees and renumeration and 1978 Dec staff matters including named senior staff. Typewritten. Signed 1 volume Former Reference: '2'
LMA/4575/A/02/01/002/A Minute book 1949 Jan - Signed. Indexed at back 1959 Dec 1 volume Former Reference: '2'
LMA/4575/A/02/01/003 Minute book 1960 Jan - Typewritten. Signed 1965 Dec 1 volume Former Reference: '3'
LMA/4575/A/02/01/004 Minute book 1966 Jan - Signed 1971 Dec 1 volume Former Reference: '4' Attendance
LMA/4575/A/02/02/001 Directors attendance register 1944 - 1960 Includes record of various committee meeting including the Board/Directors meetings. 1 volume
LMA/4575/A/02/02/002 Directors attendance register 1944 - 1978 Includes record of special committee meetings. 1 volume FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes
LMA/4575/A/03/01/001 Minute book 1944 Jan - Not available for general access 1 volume 1944 Nov Former Reference: 'F1' LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 3 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/A/03/01/002 Minute book 1944 Nov - Not available for general access 1 volume 1945 Oct Former Reference: 'F2'
LMA/4575/A/03/01/003 Minute book 1945 Nov - Not available for general access 1 volume 1946 Aug
LMA/4575/A/03/01/004 Minute book 1947 Aug - Not available for general access 1 volume 1947 May
LMA/4575/A/03/01/005 Minute book 1947 May - Not available for general access 1 volume 1948 Feb Former Reference: 'F5'
LMA/4575/A/03/01/006 Minute book 1950 Mar - Not available for general access 1 volume 1951 Jan
LMA/4575/A/03/01/007 Minute book 1951 Jan - Not available for general access 1 volume 1951 Nov
LMA/4575/A/03/01/008 Minute book 1951 Nov - Not available for general access 1 volume 1952 Sep
LMA/4575/A/03/01/009 Minute book 1952 Sep - Not available for general access 1 volume 1953 Jul Former Reference: 'F11'
LMA/4575/A/03/01/010 Minute book 1953 Aug - Not available for general access 1 volume 1954 Jun Former Reference: 'F12'
LMA/4575/A/03/01/011 Minute book 1954 Jul - Not available for general access 1 volume 1955 May Former Reference: 'F13'
LMA/4575/A/03/01/012 Minute book 1955 Jun - Not available for general access 1 volume 1956 Apr
LMA/4575/A/03/01/013 Minutes 1957 Jul - Not available for general access 1 file in 5 parts 1957 Dec
LMA/4575/A/03/01/014 Minutes 1958 Jan - Not available for general access 1 file in 4 parts 1958 Apr LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 4 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/A/03/01/015 Minutes 1958 May - Not available for general access 1 file in 4 parts 1958 Aug
LMA/4575/A/03/01/016 Minutes 1959 Oct - Not available for general access 1 file in 4 parts 1959 Dec
LMA/4575/A/03/01/017 Minutes 1960 Jan - Not available for general access 1 file in 5 parts 1960 Jun
LMA/4575/A/03/01/018 Minutes 1960 Jul - Not available for general access 1 file in 6 parts 1960 Nov
LMA/4575/A/03/01/019 Minutes 1961 Jun - Not available for general access 1 file in 5 parts 1961 Nov
LMA/4575/A/03/01/020 Minutes 1961 Nov - Not available for general access 1 file in 5 parts 1962 Apr
LMA/4575/A/03/01/021 Minutes 1962 May - Not available for general access Loose leaf minutes originally together in one 1962 Oct file. 1 file in 5 parts MORTGAGE ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE Minutes
LMA/4575/A/04/01/001 Minute book 1953 Aug - Not available for general access Signed 1954 Feb 1 volume RULES AND RELATED PAPERS
LMA/4575/A/05/001 Instrument of Union 1943 1 volume
LMA/4575/A/05/002 Rules 1949 1 volume
LMA/4575/A/05/003 Rules and index 'for use of directors and 1949 officers of the society only' 1 volume LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 5 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/A/05/004 Delegation of Authority memorandum 1985 J M Tyrell to B J Ellis, General Manager and Secretary concerning new system of monitoring and controlling operations (annotated). With 'aide memoire' for meeting with chairman 1 file ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY: FINANCE, SHARES AND OPERATIONS ANNUAL BALANCE SHEETS, REPORTS AND ANNUAL RETURNS
LMA/4575/B/01/001 'Annual reports and balance sheets' 1944 - 1973 Unsigned full balance sheets and reports from 1944. Includes annual returns (1960-1973) 1 volume
LMA/4575/B/01/002 'Balance Sheets' 1944 - 1965 Balance sheets only (1944-1948) reports included from 1949. Includes annual returns (1960-1965). Duplicates LMA/4575/B/01/001 but signed and audited. Latter half blank 1 volume
LMA/4575/B/01/003 Annual returns 1974 - 1979 Includes Directors' reports and accounts (1974- 1976); leaflets results for the first six months of 1974, and results for 1974 6 volumes and 5 documents
LMA/4575/B/01/004 Annual returns 1980 - 1984 1980, 1982 and 1984 only. Includes leaflet for results for half year ended 30 Jun 1983 3 volumes and 1 document MORTGAGES Account register
LMA/4575/B/02/01/001 Mortgage Account Register 1946 - 1948 Not available for general access Includes borrower number, name and amount borrowed. 1 volume DEPOSITS Account register LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 6 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/B/03/01/001 Deposit account register 1939 - 1949 Not available for general access Begins as a record of deposit accounts with the Abbey Road Building Society and continued after the merger. Gives depositor number, name, address, amount, date, remarks and occupation 1 volume Former Reference: '6' ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY: STAFF AND EMPLOYMENT RULES, DIRECTORIES AND ORGANISATIONAL CHART
LMA/4575/C/01/001 Staff rules booklet 1944 Printed. Includes amended annotated version 2 volumes
LMA/4575/C/01/002 Mortgage options and rates information booklet 1968? Printed 1 volume
LMA/4575/C/01/003 'Investment Information' booklet 1972? Printed. Instructions on share and deposit accounts, 'save as you earn', bounty and growth bonds 1 volume
LMA/4575/C/01/004 'Head Office Telephone Directory' 196- - 197- Typescript. Arranged by department and section. Gives staff name and position/responsibilities 1 volume
LMA/4575/C/01/005 Organisational chart 195- - 196- Managing Director (Sir Bruce Wycherley), General Managers down to heads of departments with description of their responsibilities. Names given 1 document EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION Rules
LMA/4575/C/02/01/001 Rule booklets 1944, 1951 Printed 2 volumes MAGAZINES LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 7 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/C/03/001 'Abbey National Review and Bulletin' 1944 Jan - 1 file 1947 Feb
LMA/4575/C/03/002 'Abbey National Review and Bulletin' 1948 Apr - Bound 1949 Dec 1 volume
LMA/4575/C/03/003 'Abbey National Review' 1951 Jan - Bound. From "Planning and Research Library" 1951 Dec 1 volume
LMA/4575/C/03/004 'Abbey National Review' 1952 Jan - Bound. From "Planning and Research Library" 1952 Dec 1 volume
LMA/4575/C/03/005 'Abbey National Review' 1960 Dec - Bound. From "Planning and Research Library" 1961 Dec 1 volume
LMA/4575/C/03/006 'Abbey National Review' 1953 - 1967 March 1953 May 1960 August 1964 December 1965 August 1966 December 1966 May 1967 1 file of 7 volumes
LMA/4575/C/03/007 'Abbey National Review' 1967 - 1972 From "Reference Library" December 1967 April 1969 March 1970 November 1970 June 1971 1 file of 6 volumes
LMA/4575/C/03/008 'Rooftop' 1973 - 1977 October 1973 June 1974 Summer 1977 1 file of 3 volumes INDIVIDUAL STAFF D R Baker LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 8 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/C/04/01/001 'Personal file' 1943 - 1963 Not available for general access Company circulars, internal and personal correspondence. Also list of senior staff at head office, employee pay scales and exam taken by job applicants. Includes staff circular notice of opening and rates and attached application form for new Holiday Centre, Trevilling, Wadebridge, Cornwall (1946); also Senior Staff Conference, Queenswood, Hatfield, Hertfordshire printed programme with illustration of school buildings (1949) 1 file
LMA/4575/C/04/01/002 'Personal file' 1961 - 1975 Not available for general access Includes company circulars, internal and personal correspondence. Also "branch handing over certificate". 1 file
LMA/4575/C/04/01/003 'General Bumph' collected papers 1946 - 1961? Contains: 'The Establishment Officer's Annual Report to the Joint Managing Directors' (1946 Dec); 'The Building Society Movement - Its Evolution and Future' by S W G Morton (circa 1961), 'Mortgage Practice', Worcester College by L E A Lewis (1957 Sep) 1 file Stanley William Gibson Morton LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 9 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/C/04/02/001 Royal Air Force scrapbook 1928, 1939 - Unfit Mainly concerns his war service in United 1944 Not available for general access States of America as Squadron Leader later Wing Commander: photographs including Officer group shots, Easter Day parade and service Christ Episcopal Church, Dayton, Ohio; letters, typed poems, menus, programmes, newspaper cuttings, collected printed holiday postcards from California. Includes Metropolitan Opera House Season programme 1943-1944; 'The Doughgirls' Playbill for the Lyceum Theatre, New York (1943 Dec). Also photograph of Stanley Morton, 8th Hendon (St. Johns) Scouts (1928);
Includes letter from R Bruce Wycherley, National Building Society congratulating Morton on achieving rank of Flying Officer (1940 Dec); copy letters from Harold Bellman requesting Mr Brock and Hermann Cellarius to assist Morton in learning saving and loan work in United States of America; letter from Harold Sutcliffe, Chief Manager, City Office to 'Ted' concerning the merger and new staff appointments (1944 Feb), with staff notice circular (1943 Dec) 1 volume
LMA/4575/C/04/02/002 'Chairman National House-Builders Registration 1970 - 1971 Council' photograph album Concerning Morton's appointment and first year of activities: Biography, press cutting and black and white photographs of annual staff conference, press conferences, opening of 'Britain's first practical training school for building inspectors' at Lea, Preston, Lancashire, and annual luncheon 15 photographs and 9 documents [formerly 1 volume] Sir Robert Bruce Wycherley LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 10 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/C/04/03/001 'This is your life with the Abbey National 1945 - 1963, Building Society' 1965 Newspaper cuttings, invitations, letters concerning his knighthood, menus including 'Complimentary' dinner, and luncheon 'to Mr. & Mrs. R Bruce Wycherley' and marking his knighthood organised by Abbey National and Building Societies Association at Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, Westminster (1953). Also includes various City event programmes including The Overseas Bankers Club, City Livery Club; signed menu The Lodge of St. Julian Ladies' Festival, Innholders' Hall (1961); Skipton Road Methodist Church, Settle, Yorkshire Jubilee Souvenir 1909-1959 brochure. Includes 'Information Letter' volume 22 number 4 on his death issued by Building Societies Association and order of service for thanksgiving, Saint Marylebone Parish Church (1965 Apr).
Photographs are missing. Latter half blank 1 volume Sir Harold Bellman
LMA/4575/C/04/04/001 'Sir Harold Bellman' 1963 Summarises career and achievements with copy articles from 'Building Societies Who's Who' and article 'The Elder Statesman. An Appreciation' by G E Franey from 'The Building Societies' Gazette' 1 file
LMA/4575/C/04/04/002 'Sir Harold Bellman 1886-1963' 1963 Published by Worcester Federal Savings and Loan Association 1 volume PHOTOGRAPHS
LMA/4575/C/05/001 Stanley William Gibson Morton, Deputy 196- - 197- Chairman and Managing Director Portrait. Seated at desk. Black and white. Taken by Clifford Photography 1 photograph
LMA/4575/C/05/002 Sir Geoffrey Shakespeare, Deputy Chairman 196- - 197- Portrait 1 photograph LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 11 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/C/05/003 Sir Geoffrey Shakespeare, Deputy Chairman 1965 Approved portrait. By Baron Studios Limited. Black and white 1 photograph
LMA/4575/C/05/004 Oil painting portraits: George Elkington, Sir 196- - 197- Robert Bruce Wycherley, Sir Harold Bellman, Sir Stanley Morton Colour reproductions. Mounted on card 4 photographs
LMA/4575/C/05/005 Oil painting portrait: Harold Bellman 194- Seated. Reproduction of painting by James [?]. Black and white. Photographer: Paul Laib. Mounted on card 1 photograph
LMA/4575/C/05/006 Oil painting portrait: Robert Bruce Wycherley 194- Seated. Reproduction of painting by James [?]. Black and white. Photographer: Paul Laib. Mounted on card 1 photograph
LMA/4575/C/05/007 Lord Hill 197- Close up with pipe. Colour. In card frame signed by Tom Hustler, photographer 1 photograph
LMA/4575/C/05/008 Unknown man 1961 Close up side view. Black and white. Photographer: Baron Studios 1 photograph CARIACATURES
LMA/4575/C/06/001 'Sir Harold Bellman' 193- Original watercolour drawing by Fred May. Later published in 'The Tatler'. In mount with label (194-) 1 document
LMA/4575/C/06/002 'Sir R Bruce Wycherley' 193- Original watercolour drawing by Fred May. Later published in 'The Tatler'. In mount with label (194-) 1 document ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY: PUBLICITY LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 12 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
LMA/4575 Reference Description Dates ADVERTISING Press advertising
LMA/4575/D/01/01/001 Press adverts 1944 - 1945
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LMA/4575/D/01/01/002 Press adverts 1946
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LMA/4575/D/01/01/003 Press adverts 1951 - 1954 Includes "Street Cries of Old London" series with illustrations by J S Goodall; "A New Microcosm of Old London" and "The Englishman's Home" series 1 file
LMA/4575/D/01/01/004 Press adverts 1954 - 1956 Includes "The Englishman's Home"; "Thrift through the ages" and "Traditional Harvest Customs" series. 1 file
LMA/4575/D/01/01/005 Press adverts 1956 - 1957 Includes "Traditional Harvest Customs"; "Portrait of a Man/Lady..." and animals series. 1 file
LMA/4575/D/01/01/006 Press adverts 1957 - 1958 Includes "Portrait of a Man/Lady..."; animals and "National Institutions" series 1 file
LMA/4575/D/01/01/007 Press adverts 1958 - 1959 Includes "National Institutions" series 1 file
LMA/4575/D/01/01/008 Press adverts 1960 - 1967 Includes "National Trust", and "Abbey/Happy..." series 1 file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 13 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/D/01/01/009 Press adverts 1968 - 1969 Some not labelled and dated. Includes 'Saving the Abbey National Way' series and branch directories 1 file
LMA/4575/D/01/01/010 Press adverts 1970 Some not labelled and dated. Includes "Get the Abbey habit" series 1 file
LMA/4575/D/01/01/011 Press adverts - master proofs 1960 - 1966 Includes advertising branch openings, savings Some Welsh and making money. Includes colour posters 1 volume
LMA/4575/D/01/01/012 Press adverts - master proofs 197- Master references: AN/1-61. Mainly 'Get the Abbey Habit' 'Interesting Habits' series. Gives proof code, job number and sizes for each 1 volume
LMA/4575/D/01/01/013 Press adverts - master proofs 197- Master references: AN/001-068. Local branch openings and changes. Each shows hand 'placing' the new branch building with street scene. Black and white 1 volume Report
LMA/4575/D/01/02/001 'Advertising Developments 1970/71' 1970 1 item Sign
LMA/4575/D/01/03/001 'In the Service of Thrift and Home Ownership. 195- Deposits in this Society are Trustee Investments' Depicts Male and female customer with umbrella with house roof 1 plastic sign PUBLICATIONS LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 14 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/D/02/001 Customer information leaflets 194- - 1964 'Make your ideal home your real home'; A roof for a rainy day - without rent'; 'The combined Scheme: a simple plan for complete mortgage protection (1951); 'Safety-first investment'; 'Investment Service' (2 versions, 1947 and undated); 'Home Ownership' mortgage service guide; '115 years of growth' (1964) 1 file of 9 volumes
LMA/4575/D/02/002 'Policy and Management of Building Societies 1964 Apr in the United Kingdom' by S W G Morton, Chief General Manager Printed paper presented at the First International School of The Building Societies Institute, Lincoln College, Oxford, Oxfordshire. Issued by Abbey National Building Society 1 volume
LMA/4575/D/02/003 'Design for 'Housing Action' by Trog' (alias 1981 Wally Fawkes, cartoonist) Pen and ink. Man and woman with umbrella demolishing Victorian terrace houses. Proof with compliment slip and envelope sent to Sandy McLachlan, author of 'Housing Action: The Potential for Private Sector Involvement in Solving Urban Housing Problems' published by Abbey National Building Society, 1982 2 documents and 1 envelope EVENTS Menus and programmes
LMA/4575/D/03/01/001 Lunch and dinner menus from celebratory 1949 - 1976 occasions Includes Bellman Memorial Lecture dinners 1 file of 20 documents
LMA/4575/D/03/01/002 'Abbey House Reopening' programme 1984 Sep 12 Illustrated. Gives description, lists names of guests and management staff attending. Photocopy 1 document of 2 sheets Photographs LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 15 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/D/03/02/001 Centenary Dinner, Dorchester Hotel, Park 1949 Oct 3 Lane, Westminster Labelled. Depicts senior management, guests and speakers. Supplied by LNA 15 photographs
LMA/4575/D/03/02/002 Dinner [in Birmingham?] 1965 Signing visitor book, senior management, guests and speakers. Photographer: Logan, Birmingham. Complete 45 photographs
LMA/4575/D/03/02/003 Dinner [in Harrogate, Yorkshire?] 196- Guests and seated at tables. Includes Stanley Morton. Photographer: R Ackrill Limited, Harrogate, Yorkshire 13 photographs
LMA/4575/D/03/02/004 Drinks reception, presentation and signing 196- - 197- visitors book [?in Bolton, Lancashire] Includes Stanley Morton. Photographers: Kay, Winter and Foley Limited, 23 Oxford Street, Bolton, Lancashire 13 photographs
LMA/4575/D/03/02/005 Drinks reception [place unknown] 1966 Mar 3 Some labelled. Incomplete 54 photographs
LMA/4575/D/03/02/006 Visit and dinner in London 1966 Jun 24 Includes Stanley Morton and others arriving at Abbey National, and staff seated. Photographer: Clifford Photography. Incomplete 27 photographs
LMA/4575/D/03/02/007 Visit and drinks in London 196- Includes Stanley Morton and others arriving at Abbey National, and staff group. Photographer: Clifford Photography. Incomplete 3 photographs
LMA/4575/D/03/02/008 'Sir Henry Wells Dinner of Honour' to mark his 1970 retirement from the Board Dinner and drinks. Photographer: Clifford Photography. Incomplete 19 photographs LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 16 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/D/03/02/009 Presentation of cheque by Stanley Morton to 1970 unknown recipient Photographer: Clifford Photography 2 photographs
LMA/4575/D/03/02/010 'Portrait Lunch Sir Roy Matthews' 1971 Sep 28 Photographer: Clifford Photography. Complete 25 photographs
LMA/4575/D/03/02/011 'Dinner of Honour' 1971 Nov 4 "by the Board of the Abbey National Building Society to mark the retirement from Executive Office of Stanley Morton, Managing Director, and Norman Gosden, Joint General Manager." [see menu in LMA/4575/D/03/01/001]. Photographer: Clifford Photography 35 photographs
LMA/4575/D/03/02/012 Dinner, Carpenters' Hall, London Wall, City of 1972 London Meeting guests, dinner and speeches. Some named. Photographer: Clifford Photography. Incomplete 34 photographs
LMA/4575/D/03/02/013 'Bellman Lecture Dinner, The Berkeley', Wilton 1972 Oct 12 Place, Knightsbridge, Westminster Speakers: Right Honourable Malcolm McDonald, Stanley W G Morton and H I P Timberlake. Shows guests and lecture audience. Taken by Clifford Photography. Incomplete 40 photographs
LMA/4575/D/03/02/014 Sir Stanley Morton Knighthood Dinner, 1973 Mar 28 Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, Westminster Guests with drinks talking and group shots. Photographer: Clifford Photography. Complete 36 photographs
LMA/4575/D/03/02/015 'Board Luncheon for G H Opitz and Denis 1974 May 21 Ryan, Dorchester Hotel', Park Lane, Westminster Guests with drinks talking and group shots. Photographer: Clifford Photography. Incomplete 24 photographs LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 17 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/D/03/02/016 'Bellman Lecture Dinner' 1974 Oct 10 Speakers, guests with drinks talking and group shots. Photographer: Clifford Photography. Complete 28 photographs EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENTS Bellman Memorial Lecture
LMA/4575/D/04/01/001 Printed lectures 1968 - 1974 "The Future of the Individual" by Lord Redcliffe- Maud "Housing in Britain - Successes, Failures and the Future" by Lady Evelyn Sharp "Building Societies and the Changing Capital Market" by Professor Harold Rose 1 file of 3 pamphlets Bruce Wycherley Travelling Scholarship
LMA/4575/D/04/02/001 Printed essays 1969, 1971 "To the Point of Sale" by A J T Barnwell "Organisational Management" by I Bell 1 file of 2 items HISTORY
LMA/4575/D/05/001 History of merged companies Abbey Road 192- - 194- Building Society and National Building Society: display material All items compiled and captioned post-merger (for centenary 1949?). Includes exterior photograph of Abbey House, Baker Street (192- ); Lord Josiah Stamp, President and R Bruce Wycherley, Managing Director of National Building Society; photographic copies of Abbey Road's first page of minute book (1874) and balance sheet (1875); minutes of National Freehold Land Society (1849 Oct); first balance sheet, and newspaper notice (1850), portraits of Richard Cobden, Joseph Hume and John Bright (photographic reproductions issued by National Portrait Gallery) 1 file ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY: PREMISES PLANS Abbey House, Baker Street, Westminster LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 18 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/E/01/01/001 Floor plans 1965 DJSB 1'':8' 1 file of 4 plans
LMA/4575/E/01/01/002 "Alterations to existing premises" 1974 Ormrod & Partners, Liverpool 1:50 Includes "Suggested sheme phasing layout" and "Electrical" 1 file of 2 plans
LMA/4575/E/01/01/003 "Plans showing use of floors" 1975 DJSB 1:20 Annotations made in 1975 by the "Telephone Supervisor". Notes include uses of rooms and names of employees 1 file of 11 plans National House, Moorgate, City of London
LMA/4575/E/01/02/001 Floor plans 196- - 1970 Two ground floor plans (1/4 '': 1' and 1'':8'). The larger scale plan includes architectural details and labels of functions for areas/desks. Smaller scale plan includes employee names. One basement plan (1'':8') 1 file of 3 plans ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY: BRANCHES INSTRUCTIONS TO BRANCHES
LMA/4575/F/01/001 "Local Office Procedure Notes" 1946 Printed with some handwritten annotations. 1 volume
LMA/4575/F/01/002 "Branch Procedure Notes" 195- - 197- 1 volume PHOTOGRAPHS
LMA/4575/F/02/001 Staff and customers at counters 196- - 197- Black and white. Includes cheque signing and gift voucher account scheme. Photographers include: Richards Brothers, 2 Queen Street, Penzance, Cornwall and Clifford Photography, 6/7 Upper Harley Street, Westminster 4 photographs LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 19 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/F/02/002 New branch and 'rush to open accounts' 197- Black and white. Exterior with signage and queues inside. Branch at 92 [street, place unknown] 6 photographs NATIONAL PERMANENT MUTUAL BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY: CORPORATE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS Minutes with annual reports and balance sheets
LMA/4575/G/01/01/001 Minute book 1862 Aug - Indexed 1874 Aug 1 volume
LMA/4575/G/01/01/002 Minute book 1875 Feb - Indexed 1895 Feb 1 volume Former Reference: '2'
LMA/4575/G/01/01/003 Minute book 1896 Feb - Indexed 1918 Oct 1 volume Former Reference: '3'
LMA/4575/G/01/01/004 Minute book 1920 Jan - Indexed. Includes schedules of mortgages 1943 Jan (customer and property names not given) statistics 1 volume Former Reference: '4'
LMA/4575/G/01/01/005 Minute book 1943 Jan - Indexed. Includes schedules of mortgages 1943 Sep (customer and property names not given) statistics. Latter half blank 1 volume Former Reference: '5' BOARD MEETINGS Reports and minutes LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 20 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/G/02/01/001 Reports and special minutes 1878 Jul - Reports not recorded in minute book (1878- 1943 Dec 1894); Special Board minutes including Finance Committee (1901-1914); minutes of Committee considering staff salaries with annual returns giving staff name, office and salary amendments (1917-1928); minutes of Board concerning 12-18 Moorgate and White House, 17-18 Telegraph Street, City of London premises (1927-1928); brief reports (to 1943) 1 volume Standing orders
LMA/4575/G/02/02/001 Standing orders 1897 - 1920 1 volume FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes
LMA/4575/G/03/01/001 Minute book 1933 Dec - Not available for general access 1 volume 1935 Dec
LMA/4575/G/03/01/002 Minute book 1935 Dec - Not available for general access 1 volume 1937 Jul
LMA/4575/G/03/01/003 Minute book 1937 Jul - Not available for general access 1 volume 1939 Mar
LMA/4575/G/03/01/004 Minute book 1939 Mar - Not available for general access 1 volume 1941 Mar PROPERTY COMMITTEE Minutes
LMA/4575/G/04/01/001 Minute book 1852 May - Indexed 1854 Mar 1 volume MERGER Minutes
LMA/4575/G/05/01/001 Meeting of boards of directors 1942 Minutes of one meeting held at National House and copy of "Memorandum A" 1 file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 21 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/G/05/01/002 Co-ordination committee minutes 1943 Oct - Correspondence and the committee's report 1943 Dec including the Board of Management, Staff Welfare and Finance 1 file Former Reference: CFA Draft rules
LMA/4575/G/05/02/001 Draft rules for merged building society 1943 Includes drafts and correspondence. Most documents are labelled 'CFA' indicating that they are linked to LMA/4574/G/05/01/002. One item is labelled 'CSF' 1 file Information collected on merging companies
LMA/4575/G/05/03/001 Material facts 1942 - 1943 Includes drafts of instrument of union, "Memorandum A", branch information and staff information 1 file Correspondence and other papers
LMA/4575/G/05/04/001 "Drafts, notes, instructions etc re procedure, 1943 organisation and policy" Mainly initialled by R Bruce Wycherley 1 file
LMA/4575/G/05/04/002 Coat of arms for newly formed Abbey National 1943 - 1945 Building Society R Bruce Wycherley's correspondence mainly with H Ellis Tomlinson. Also with Paul Vincze, sculptor medallist, and Anthony R Wagner. Includes sketches and drawings 1 file H Sutcliffe, Chief Accountant
LMA/4575/G/05/05/001 Correspondence 1943 - 1944 Includes sample cheques, accounting and banking arrangements 1 file
LMA/4575/G/05/05/002 Sample accounting forms, cheques, 1943 memoranda and collected copy minutes and reports 1 file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 22 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
LMA/4575 Reference Description Dates NATIONAL PERMANENT MUTUAL BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY: FINANCE AND OPERATIONS ANNUAL REPORTS AND BALANCE SHEETS
LMA/4575/H/01/001 Annual reports and balance sheets 1931 - 1943 Bound. Printed 1 volume GENERAL LEDGER
LMA/4575/H/02/001 'General Ledger Accountant' 1914 - 1929 Indexed. Includes audited balance statements (1915-1929) 1 volume DEPOSITS Deposit accounts
LMA/4575/H/03/01/001 Account instructions book 1937 - 1940 Not available for general access Signed letters of instruction from customer companies holding accounts, authorising the Society to make deposits and withdrawals with related correspondence and specimen signatures. No index 1 volume NATIONAL PERMANENT MUTUAL BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY: STAFF AND EMPLOYMENT DECLARATION BOOK
LMA/4575/I/01/001 Signed declaration book 1889 - 1921 Includes office held and how the employee left the Society (pensioned, resigned, absconded) 1 volume NEWSLETTERS 'Bulletin'
LMA/4575/I/02/01/001 'Bulletin' 1935 - 1936 1 volume
LMA/4575/I/02/01/002 'Bulletin' 1937 1 volume
LMA/4575/I/02/01/003 'Bulletin' 1938 1 volume LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 23 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/I/02/01/004 'Bulletin' 1939 1 volume
LMA/4575/I/02/01/005 'Bulletin' 1940 1 volume
LMA/4575/I/02/01/006 'Bulletin' 1941 1 volume
LMA/4575/I/02/01/007 'Bulletin' 1942 1 volume
LMA/4575/I/02/01/008 'Bulletin' 1943 1 volume PHOTOGRAPH
LMA/4575/I/03/001 Staff dinner, Evangelist Court, City of London 193- Partially labelled with names 1 photograph NATIONAL PERMANENT MUTUAL BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY: PUBLICITY CUSTOMER PERIODICALS 'Freeholders' Circular'
LMA/4575/J/01/01/001 'Freeholders' Circular' 1852 - 1853 Includes plan of Moorgate office, City of London 1 volume
LMA/4575/J/01/01/002 'Freeholders' Circular' 1859 - 1871 1 volume
LMA/4575/J/01/01/003 'Freeholders' Circular' 1871 - 1889 1 volume
LMA/4575/J/01/01/004 'Freeholders' Circular' 1890 - 1943 1921 - 1940 printed report of Annual General Meeting 1940 - 1943 typescript of Chairman's speech at Annual General Meeting 1 volume INFORMATION PAMPHLETS AND POSTERS Prospectuses LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 24 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/J/02/01/001 Printed prospectuses 19-- - 1937 1 file of 11 items Company and product information
LMA/4575/J/02/02/001 Printed product pamphlets 1933 - 1943 Savings and mortgage pamphlets 5 items
LMA/4575/J/02/02/002 Posters (193-) 197- - 198- Savings and loans for home purchase. Black and white photographic reproductions only 6 photographs EVENTS Inauguration and dinner to celebrate opening of National House
LMA/4575/J/03/01/001 'New Premises Reception Committee' 1930 Notes from meeting planning events 1 file
LMA/4575/J/03/01/002 Correspondence and other papers 1930 Including potential guest lists, programmes and correspondence with the Lord Mayor 2 files HISTORY
LMA/4575/J/04/001 'The National Building Society 1849-1934' by 19-- George Elkington, Chairman Photocopy. 79 pages. Illustrated. Original published 1935, W Heffer and Sons Limited 1 file NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS
LMA/4575/J/05/001 Newspaper Cuttings 1888 - 1892 Captioned and dated. Includes London Provident Building Society and Bank analysis of report and statement of account (1890) with some resolutions on procedure in manuscript. Latter half blank 1 volume NATIONAL PERMANENT MUTUAL BENEFIT BUILDING SOCIETY: BRANCHES AND AGENTS INSTRUCTIONS TO AGENTS LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 25 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/K/01/001 'Manual of Instructions to Provincial Agents' 1938 1 volume ABBEY ROAD BUILDING SOCIETY: CORPORATE GENERAL MEETINGS Minutes
LMA/4575/L/01/01/001 Minute book 1929 - 1940 1 volume BOARD MEETINGS Minutes and agendas
LMA/4575/L/02/01/001 Minute book 1883 - 1886? Unfit Signed. Latter half missing due to mould Not available for general access damage 1 volume
LMA/4575/L/02/01/002 Minute book including Annual General 1891 Jun - Meetings 1896 Apr 1 volume LMA/4575/L/02/01/003 Minute book 1926 Oct - 1 volume 1927 Mar Former Reference: '20'
LMA/4575/L/02/01/004 'Private Minute Book' 1928 Feb - Not available for general access Includes Directors and staff matters, including 1943 Apr staff name, age, position and salary amendments. Indexed 1 volume
LMA/4575/L/02/01/005 Agenda book 1930 Feb - Unsigned with pencil notes of decisions. 1930 Jul Includes weekly financial statements, individual customer mortgage account details, arrears and related authorisations 1 volume
LMA/4575/L/02/01/006 Agenda book 1930 Jul - Unsigned with pencil notes of decisions. 1931 Jan Includes weekly financial statements, individual customer mortgage account details, arrears and related authorisations 1 volume LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 26 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/L/02/01/007 Minute book 1933 Nov - Not available for general access Signed 1938 Dec 1 file in 6 parts
LMA/4575/L/02/01/008 Minute book 1941 Aug - Not available for general access Signed. Includes named customer applications 1941 Oct for reductions in monthly mortgage repayments with lists of those in reduced wartime circumstances giving name, address, occupation, purchase price, tenure, valuation, maximum advance received, term and amount advanced, balance outstanding and arrears 1 volume Former Reference: '148'
LMA/4575/L/02/01/009 Minute book 1943 Aug - Not available for general access Includes named customer applications for 1943 Dec reductions in monthly mortgage repayments with lists of those in reduced wartime circumstances giving name, address, occupation, purchase price, tenure, valuation, maximum advance received, term and amount advanced, balance outstanding and arrears. Also receivership and possession cases. Signed. Latter half blank 1 volume Former Reference: '160' Reports
LMA/4575/L/02/02/001 Reports regarding war precautions 1941 Includes report regarding Limpley Stoke, Wiltshire, the war headquarters of the Building Society 1 file FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes
LMA/4575/L/03/01/001 Finance and General Purposes and 1921 Jan - Advertisements committees minutes Dec 1930 Advertising - 1921 Jan - 1922 Feb Finance - 1922 Mar - 1930 Dec 1 volume
LMA/4575/L/03/01/002 Finance committee minutes 1931 Jan - Not available for general access Advertising - 1921 Jan - 1922 Feb 1939 May Finance - 1922 Mar - 1930 Dec 1 volume LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 27 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
LMA/4575 Reference Description Dates PREMISES COMMITTEE Minutes
LMA/4575/L/04/01/001 Minute book 1938 May - Signed. Latter half blank 1941 Jan 1 volume PUBLICITY COMMITTEE Minutes
LMA/4575/L/05/01/001 Minute book 1938 Aug - 1 volume 1943 Feb MORTGAGE ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE Agendas
LMA/4575/L/06/01/001 Agendas 1937 Jul - Not available for general access Unsigned. Includes details of individual 1940 Dec accounts and statistics including cases of arrears, possession and receivership 1 volume Minutes
LMA/4575/L/06/02/001 Minutes 1932 Feb - Not available for general access Signed. Includes details of individual accounts 1943 Nov and statistics including cases of arrears, possession and receivership. Originally the Arrears Committee Feb-May 1932, name changed to Mortgage Accounts Committee from Jun 1932 1 volume SURVEY AND ARREARS COMMITTEE Minutes
LMA/4575/L/07/01/001 Minute book 1920 Sep - Begins as Survey and Property in Possession 1927 Apr Committee. Includes individual account details including standard offers to advance and quarterly review of arrears cases. Signed. Latter half blank 1 volume RULES
LMA/4575/L/08/001 Rules 1929 1 booklet LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 28 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
LMA/4575 Reference Description Dates PRESIDENT Correspondence
LMA/4575/L/09/01/001 'The Rt. Hon. Lord Stamp. G.C.B., G.B.E': 1924 - 1941 Josiah Stamp to Harold Bellman, Secretary later General Manager Includes letter inviting him to become President (1924), dinners and speech. LMA/4575/L/09/01/001-003 originally one file 1 file
LMA/4575/L/09/01/002 'The Rt. Hon. Lord Stamp. G.C.B., G.B.E': 1941 - 1942 Josiah Stamp's death Harold Bellman, General Manager's speeches, printed leaflet 'Lord Stamp' by Bellman, orders of service, correspondence and related income tax matters. LMA/4575/L/09/01/001-003 originally one file 1 file
LMA/4575/L/09/01/003 'The Rt. Hon. Lord Stamp. G.C.B., G.B.E': 1927 - 1941 newspaper cuttings LMA/4575/L/09/01/001-003 originally one file 1 file
LMA/4575/L/09/01/004 'Personal letters': letters of condolence to 1941 Harold Bellman on death of Josiah Stamp Mainly addressed to the General Manager, Harold Bellman. Also includes order of service for funeral. 1 file Photographs
LMA/4575/L/09/02/001 Josiah Stamp 1935 Labelled. Also includes Wilfred Stamp [son], F. Reed, Charles Stamp [father] 1 photograph
LMA/4575/L/09/02/002 Josiah Stamp, the first Charter Mayor of 193- Beckenham with wife during the ceremony on Beckenham's Charter Day Image cropped with blackened background. Taken by Photopress 1 photograph LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 29 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/L/09/02/003 Josiah Stamp, the first Charter Mayor of 193- Beckenham with wife during the ceremony on Beckenham's Charter Day Image cropped and printed 1 document Printed booklet
LMA/4575/L/09/03/001 Birmingham and Midland Institute: Inaugural 1936 address by Sir Josiah Stamp President 'The Tyranny and Liberty of Books' 23 pages 1 volume MERGER Meetings
LMA/4575/L/10/01/001 "Union prior to May 1 1943" 1942 - 1943 Includes minutes and draft memoranda 1 file
LMA/4575/L/10/01/002 "Notes of discussions" 1943 Includes minutes and draft memoranda 1 file
LMA/4575/L/10/01/003 Co-ordination committee agendas and minutes 1943 Aug - Harold Bellman's copies. Includes minutes of 1943 Dec Staff Association appointed by the Committee 1 file Information collected about merging companies
LMA/4575/L/10/02/001 "Data re staff, local offices, advances, war 1942 - 1943 damage etc" Includes information about the three Building Societies originally involved in the merger: Abbey Road, National and Woolwich Building Society 1 file
LMA/4575/L/10/02/002 Reports, statistics, statements, circulars and 1939 - 1944 rules collected by Harold Bellman Includes Harold Bellman's manuscript notes on how idea of amalgamation started and proposals. Also photograph of Abbey National Building Society medal design by Paul Vincze 1 file Correspondence LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 30 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/L/10/03/001 "Union correspondence (prior to May 1 1943)" 1942 - 1943 with the National Building Society and the Woolwich Building Society. Includes the withdrawal of the latter from the merger. 2 files
LMA/4575/L/10/03/002 "Reports, correspondence etc re Union, 1942 - 1944 including new organisation, procedure etc" "[only to be drawn by Sir Harold Bellman personally] File 2 Dec 1943 - Feb 1944" 3 files
LMA/4575/L/10/03/003 Bruce Wycherley to Harold Bellman 1942 - 1943 1 file
LMA/4575/L/10/03/004 Bruce Wycherley to Harold Bellman 1943 Includes circulars to members and draft rules 1 file
LMA/4575/L/10/03/005 "Directors" 1943 1 file
LMA/4575/L/10/03/006 'Mr. Fisher' 1943 Harold Bellman's correspondence with C Stanley Fisher concerning draft rules and mortgage 1 file
LMA/4575/L/10/03/007 'Mr. Gregory' 1943 Harold Bellman's correspondence with L F Gregory over issues in implementation of recommendations of Co-ordinating Committee concerning Managers' powers 1 file
LMA/4575/L/10/03/008 'Printing and booklets' 1929 - 1944 Harold Bellman's correspondence mainly with printers and publishers. Includes proofs and final printed rules and customer booklets: 'Investment Service', 'Home Ownership' and 'Home Ownership in Scotland' (all abridged prospectuses 'for war time use'). Also Woolwich Equitable Building Society forms. Includes letter from H Ellis Tomlinson with proposed heraldic lion and key design (1943) 1 file Internal communication LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 31 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/L/10/04/001 "Office notices" 1943 - 1944 Includes appointments of managerial positions and staff conditions 1 file LONDON PASSENGER TRANSPORT BOARD COMMITTEE
LMA/4575/L/11/001 Minutes 1935 Nov - Typescript. Signed 1942 Jul 1 file ABBEY ROAD BUILDING SOCIETY: FINANCE, SHARES AND OPERATIONS ANNUAL SIGNED BALANCE SHEETS
LMA/4575/M/01/001 Signed annual balance sheets 1905 - 1931 Bound Handwritten 1905 - 1908, printed thereafter 1 volume
LMA/4575/M/01/002 Signed annual balance sheets 1932 - 1943 Bound 1 volume ANNUAL REPORTS AND BALANCE SHEETS
LMA/4575/M/02/001 Annual reports and balance sheets 1875 - 1921 Bound. Later reports list amount of credit to members (registration number and amount). With printed report of proceedings (1921) 1 volume
LMA/4575/M/02/002 Annual reports and balance sheets 1921 - 1937 Bound. Earlier reports list amount of credit to members (registration number and amount). With printed reports of proceedings (1922- 1929) and 'The Abbey Road Journal' Volume 1 Numbers 1-11, Volume 2 Numbers 1-3 (1930- 1937) 1 volume
LMA/4575/M/02/003 Annual reports and balance sheets 1937 - 1943 Bound. Includes 'The Abbey Road Journal' Volume 2 Numbers 5-9 (1938-1941) and 'The Abbey Road Monthly Review' (1942-1943) 1 volume SHARES Share register LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 32 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/M/03/01/001 Share accounts register 1898 - 1909 Arranged by share number Indexed at front alphabetically by surname 1 volume Share booklets
LMA/4575/M/03/02/001 Share account record booklets 1930 - 1979 Made out to W C Nagle, deceased, and B L Nagle, deceased. 2 volumes Share certificates
LMA/4575/M/03/03/001 Sample share certificates 1908 - 1932 Some with modern compliments slips from branches. 1 file ADVANCES, INVESTMENTS AND DEPOSITS Advances Register
LMA/4575/M/04/01/001 'Advances authorised in respect of sales by the 1939 - 1941 Not available for general access Society' Contains details of individual accounts which were added to Board agenda 1 volume J H Finch's papers on deposits and investments
LMA/4575/M/04/02/001 List of Numbers Branches and Sub-Offices 193- Branch name, and registered numbers and deposit numbers assigned only 1 volume
LMA/4575/M/04/02/002 List of Numbers Branches and Sub-Offices 193- Branch name, and registered numbers and deposit numbers assigned only 1 volume Former Reference: '2'
LMA/4575/M/04/02/003 'Notes regarding restrictions on Investments, 1932 - 1939 Interest Rates, etc.' Includes Investment Service brochures and circulars concerning restrictions 1 file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 33 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/M/04/02/004 'Allocation of numbers branches and head 1939 - 1944 office' Branch name and share, deposit, advance account numbers allocated. Includes instruction circular on new deposit accounts, and new numbers for Abbey National Building Society (1944) 1 file SALARIES Salary ledgers
LMA/4575/M/05/01/001 Golders Green Branch salary ledger 1931 Jan - 1 volume 1933 Jul
LMA/4575/M/05/01/002 Moorgate Branch salary ledger 1940 Nov - Not available for general access Latter half blank 1944 Mar 1 volume ABBEY ROAD BUILDING SOCIETY: STAFF AND EMPLOYMENT RULES
LMA/4575/N/01/001 Staff rule book with annotations 1930 1 booklet
LMA/4575/N/01/002 Standing rules 1941 "War Emergency Offices and Hostel, Limpley Stoke" 1 booklet NEWSLETTERS
LMA/4575/N/02/001 'The Abbey Road Monthly Review' 1931 May - 4 files 1943 Dec PENSION
LMA/4575/N/03/001 Pension and insurance scheme booklet 1930 "A special arrangement for the benefit of the male staff..." 1 volume PHOTOGRAPHS LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 34 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/N/04/001 Board of Management 192- Mr Broughton-Knight, Chairman, Harold Bellman, Secretary and Directors; visit to branch; ceremony with Josiah Stamp and Harold Bellman 4 photographs
LMA/4575/N/04/002 Portraits 192- - 193- Mr Broughton-Knight, Chairman; Harold Walters, auditor; Edward George Villiers Stanley, Lord Derby; Sir Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip 6 photographs
LMA/4575/N/04/003 'Office staff' 1924 Group outside with Harold Bellman, Secretary (centre). Photographer: Andrew W Dixon 2 photographs
LMA/4575/N/04/004 Staff at work 192- - 193- Counter and office workers, meeting room and customer card filing room 5 photographs
LMA/4575/N/04/005 Staff moving bundles of documents escorted by 192- - 193- policemen Likely to relate to the move into Abbey House (1927) 4 photographs
LMA/4575/N/04/006 Dinners 192- - 193- Includes Eastbourne, Sussex (1929) 1 document and 2 photographs
LMA/4575/N/04/007 Outings 1929 - 1940 Staff groups at Littlehampton, Sussex (1929); Clacton, Frinton, Essex (1930); Knowle Links, Newquay, Cornwall (1940) 3 photographs
LMA/4575/N/04/008 Football Club and May Day Fete 193- - 194- Unlabelled 5 photographs LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 35 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/N/04/009 Metropolitan Building Societies Association 1929 - 1930 Summer School groups and speakers taken outside Hertford College, Oxford (1929); Selwyn College, Cambridge (1930), University College, Oxford (1936). Includes Harold Bellman. Photographer: includes Stearn and Sons 8 photographs
LMA/4575/N/04/010 Conferences 1929 Delegates (including Harold Bellman) of National Association of Building Societies, Scarborough, Yorkshire and 'Surveyors Conference, Great Central Hotel' 2 photographs
LMA/4575/N/04/011 Fleet of cars with drivers next to open 192- - 193- landscape Photographer: Stewart and Ardern Limited, The Vale, Acton 3 photographs
LMA/4575/N/04/012 Portraits of representatives of overseas building 193- and loan societies Some signed. Includes German representatives, J P Agard, Secretary of Trinidad Building and Loan Association, H K Watson, director of Perth Building Society, Western Australia, Aston Redrup, Bulawayo, Rhodesia [Zimbabwe] and Morton Bodfish, executive vice-president of United States Building and Loan League 15 photographs
LMA/4575/N/04/013 Speakers and audiences [unknown events] 193- Unlabelled. Two events including event in Germany or country occupied by Nazi Germany 2 photographs HAROLD BELLMAN Newspaper cuttings
LMA/4575/N/05/01/001 'Press references to Publications' 1927 - 1940 Concerning publications by Bellman 1 volume LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 36 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/N/05/01/002 'Speeches - Miscellaneous' 1933 - 1939 Cuttings including Bellman's speeches to businesses, associations and other organisations 1 file
LMA/4575/N/05/01/003 'Personal Press Cuttings' 1935 - 1938 Concerning Bellman's career in business and associations, and his family 1 file
LMA/4575/N/05/01/004 Merger to form Abbey National Building Society 1943 Aug - 1 file 1943 Oct Published material
LMA/4575/N/05/02/001 'Building Societies Retrospect and Prospect' by 1929 Harold Bellman Published by London General Press. 24 pages 1 volume
LMA/4575/N/05/02/002 'Craftsmanship in the Machine Age' by Harold 1932 Bellman Address delivered at the London Master Printers Association. Published by The Monotype Corporation Limited. 8 pages 1 volume
LMA/4575/N/05/02/003 'Culture or Anarchy?' by Harold Bellman 1939 Address at The American University, Washington DC, United States of America, 5 June. 16 pages 1 volume
LMA/4575/N/05/02/004 'Trustee Investments with special reference to 1928 Building Society Deposits' by Harold Bellman Reprinted from 'Building Societies Year Book'. 11 pages 1 volume Photographs
LMA/4575/N/05/03/001 Harold Bellman, General Manager's office, 192- - 193- Abbey Road Building Society Prior to head office re-opening. Includes Bellman seated at desk with secretary 4 photographs LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 37 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/N/05/03/002 Harold Bellman 193- Includes Bellman seated at desk at Abbey Road Building Society after head office re- opening and photographic copies of portraits including drawing by Vandyk 5 photographs
LMA/4575/N/05/03/003 Harold Bellman and Josiah Stamp 193- Includes National Association of Building Societies Council Luncheon, Great Central Hotel (1934) 2 photograph
LMA/4575/N/05/03/004 Harold Bellman and American Delegates at 1935 Aug 21 Daily Mail offices 3 photographs
LMA/4575/N/05/03/005 Harold Bellman visits in United Kingdom 193- - 194- Includes Amicable Building Society's Stand at Scottish Health Exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland; 'Croydon Ceremony'; and clocking into The Business Efficiency Exhibition, Earls Court, Hammersmith (1937) 4 photographs
LMA/4575/N/05/03/006 Harold Bellman with Edward, Prince of Wales 193- (Edward VIII) Photographers: News Photos (London) Limited, and Sherard 3 photographs
LMA/4575/N/05/03/007 Harold Bellman visiting New York and Dayton, 1930 Ohio, United States of America Group shots including Bellman presenting first prize in the Home Modernisation Contest organised by the Railroad Building and Loan Association 5 photographs
LMA/4575/N/05/03/008 Harold Bellman visiting Austria 193- Speaking and with delegates 4 photographs ABBEY ROAD BUILDING SOCIETY: PUBLICITY CUSTOMER CIRCULARS LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 38 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/P/01/001 'The Abbey Road Journal' 1932 - 1939 March 1932, March 1933, Spring 1939. See bound set in LMA/4575/M/02/002-003 3 volumes
LMA/4575/P/01/002 'Dividend Circulars' 1885 - 1939 Printed letters. Includes 'special request' cards and deposit account payment order slip forms (1930-1939). Latter half blank 3 volumes INFORMATION BROCHURES, LEAFLETS AND PRODUCTS
LMA/4575/P/02/001 Product information pamphlets 192- 'These parents have discovered the ideal gift' (publicising local office, Plymouth, Devon) (192- ); 'A home of your own' mortgage service (1934) 2 volumes
LMA/4575/P/02/002 'The Abbey Road Diary' 1936 'Presented with the Managing Director's compliments' for personal use. Pages 2-6 includes head office, branch and sub-offices directory, details of company schemes, rates and costs. Used by Beryl Tetlow's for rough notes 1 volume
LMA/4575/P/02/003 Scrapbook 192- - 193- Printed circulars, leaflets, cards, brochures, Annual General Meeting invitations, and forms. Includes promotion of savings, mortgages and investments services. Latter half blank 1 volume EVENTS Diamond Jubilee 1874-1934
LMA/4575/P/03/01/001 Dinner brochures 1935 Dinner at the Savoy Hotel, Westminster. Includes menu, toasts and music; and 'complimentary dinner to the staff', Grosvenor House, Park Lane, Westminster 2 volumes LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 39 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/P/03/01/002 '60 years of Public Service' Annual General 1935 Meeting Josiah Stamp's presidential address and audience 9 photographs
LMA/4575/P/03/01/003 'Celebration' 1935 Group shot of older men and women. Photographer: Fox Photos Limited 1 photograph Opening of Abbey House
LMA/4575/P/03/02/001 'A Souvenir of the opening of Abbey House' 1927 Photocopy 1 file Opening of extended Abbey House
LMA/4575/P/03/03/001 Souvenir brochure and luncheon programme 1932 on re-opening of Abbey House Opened by Right Honourable J Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister. Includes luncheon named seating plan, plans of the building and illustrations by Joseph Pike. Printed 2 volumes
LMA/4575/P/03/03/002 Instructions to staff and directors for re-opening 1932 ceremony Includes printed circular from Harold Bellman 1 file
LMA/4575/P/03/03/003 Re-opening of Abbey House 1932 Includes Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald, with Sir Josiah Stamp 7 photographs Ideal Home Exhibition, Olympia
LMA/4575/P/03/04/001 Exhibition Displays for Abbey Road Building 1932, 1935, Society 1937 Black and white. Copyright: Captain E W J Payne (1932) and Fox Photos Limited, 6 Tudor Street (1937) 3 photographs ABBEY ROAD BUILDING SOCIETY: PREMISES (HEAD OFFICE) ABBEY HOUSE, BAKER STREET: PHOTOGRAPHS Interiors LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 40 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/Q/01/01/001 Interior of Abbey House 192- - 193- Labelled. Includes front entrance 8 photographs Exteriors
LMA/4575/Q/01/02/001 Exterior of Abbey House 1930 - 193- Includes before the extension, building works, details of lighhouse motif, views from and over Regent's Park 12 photographs ABBEY HOUSE, BAKER STREET: DRAWINGS
LMA/4575/Q/02/001 Office scene 193- Original in pencil. By Joseph Pike. Shows staff at work 1 document
LMA/4575/Q/02/002 Generator room 193- Original in pencil. By Joseph Pike. Shows member of staff maintaining equipment 1 document
LMA/4575/Q/02/003 Exterior 192- - 193- Original in pencil. By 'H K R'. Shows busy street scene with policeman controlling traffic. Mounted 1 document ABBEY ROAD BUILDING SOCIETY: BRANCHES PHOTOGRAPHS
LMA/4575/R/01/001 Branches 192- - 193- Interiors and exteriors of The Strand; Southend, Essex; Charing Cross; Reading, Berkshire; Finsbury Park; Glasgow, Scotland? 12 photographs BRANCH PROCEDURE
LMA/4575/R/02/001 Branch procedure notes 192- - 193- labelled "Private and confidential" indexed at front 1 volume BUILDING SOCIETIES ASSOCIATION CORPORATE LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 41 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
LMA/4575 Reference Description Dates London Section Co-operation Group meetings
LMA/4575/S/01/01/001 Minute book 1930 May - Unsigned 1933 Jul 1 volume Harold Bellman's correspondence and related papers
LMA/4575/S/01/02/001 Correspondence, minutes and reports 1931 - 1939 Includes Association circulars and Co-operative Group Committee agendas (1931) 1 file
LMA/4575/S/01/02/002 Correspondence, minutes and reports 1938 - 1941 Not available for general access Mainly papers on Association matters and meetings of representatives of five Societies read at Abbey Road Building Society Board meetings but returned to Bellman. Includes Abbey Road reports including 'notes of Society's advances to non-occupying borrowers' (1938)'; list of volunteer staff enrolled in fighting forces giving name, branch, salary, marital status and unit joined (1939); and report on Limpley Stoke, Wiltshire 1 file Rules
LMA/4575/S/01/03/001 Rules 1904 - 1914 Printed. 1904, and amended draft versions to 1914 with Gilbert Lane's manuscript annotations 3 documents Annual report
LMA/4575/S/01/04/001 'Report of the Council 1984-85' 1985 Printed. Illustrated 1 volume MEMBERS
LMA/4575/S/02/001 Subscription rates 1912 List of member societies in union, number of members and value of assets per member; current rates and proposed alterations to rates. With Gilbert Lane's manuscript amendments 1 roll LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 42 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/S/02/002 Subscription rates 1915 Suggested scales and assets of member building societies giving present subscriptions, assets, suggested alterations. Typescript with Gilbert Lane's amendments in manuscript. Includes related circular correspondence from Chairman to Secretary, and Executive Committee agenda 1 roll PUBLICATIONS
LMA/4575/S/03/001 'Report of proceedings at a Conference of 1911 Delegates on the Finance (1909-10) Act, 1910' Includes discussion and resolutions adopted. Edward Wood JP presiding. 39 pages. Gilbert Lane's copy 1 volume
LMA/4575/S/03/002 'Building Societies Their Aims and Practice' 1955 With foreword by the Duke of Devonshire, President. 21 pages 1 volume
LMA/4575/S/03/003 'Address of the Chairman (Mr. Francis E. Lumb) 1956 at the Twentieth Annual Meeting' Held at Bournemouth, Hampshire. Includes 1955 statistics building societies general summary 1 volume
LMA/4575/S/03/004 Conference Handbooks 1954, 1957- Include Annual Conference programme and list 1960 of attendees including 'overseas representatives' and 'representatives and their ladies' 5 volumes
LMA/4575/S/03/005 'Let Your Savings Build' 1959? Guide advertising building societies and their services. Illustrated with scenes of everyday life. Colour. Written and produced for the Association by Everetts Advertising Limited 1 volume LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 43 ABBEY NATIONAL BUILDING SOCIETY
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LMA/4575/S/03/006 National Association of Building Societies: 1935 Aug Council Luncheon menu In honour of the United States delegation to the International Congress of Building Societies. Held at Hotel Great Central, London with inspection and refreshments at Abbey Road Building Society. Illustrated with image of Harold Bellman, Chairman. Printed 1 document