The Baring Archive

One of the finest financial archives in the world. Charting the story of the merchant bank founded on Christmas Day 1762 #BaringArchive

[Global Correspondent Banking 1870-2000 @GloCoBank]

CALL FOR PAPERS: International Conference on Cross-Border Payments in Historical Perspective @GloCoBank @OxfordESH 27-28 Mar 2025 in Oxford. Deadline: 29 Nov 2024 @financialhist @EconHistAssoc @EcHistSoc
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[Carmen Hofmann @bankinghistory]

Join Us to Discuss Financial Stability Issues! #2025eabhParis Join our meeting to explore the historical evolution of public debt: from ancient civilisations to modern warfare financing! Apply now: https://t.co/jP6i7415U1 @FinanceHistory1 @Archivchronicle @MonnaieDeParis #financialhistory #eabh

[The Baring Archive @BaringArchive]

Great to have Simon Lough visit the ⁦@BaringArchive⁩ today!Simon was looking at reports written by his great grandfather Sir William Bisset who was asked by Barings to research Japanese Railways in the early 1900s.

[BAC @_BusinessArch]

Applications are now being accepted for our Bursary for Business History Research. This bursary provides support for researchers to access business archives with awards up to £1000. For more info and how to apply please see https://t.co/WagNUwNFXK

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Congratulations to @ka_peacock who recently won the ����New Researcher Poster Prize🏆at the 2024 @EcHistSoc conference for her presentation on women white collar employment during WW1. Well done Kirsty! 🤩#BaringArchive @OOCDTP https://t.co/RaKanuZfjo

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On #InternationalWomensDay read about the first women to work at Barings in our online exhibition at https://t.co/lYWw6P01sx… #HERstory #womenshistory

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Last month the #BaringArchive held an academic workshop. We were delighted to hear more about how researchers have been using the archive for topics ranging from Anglo-Japanese relations to the making of global financial networks. Find out more at https://t.co/hmCVyG6RL0

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Great to welcome Gustav Ängeby to the #BaringArchive this week. Gustav is a PhD student from Stockholm University and is researching the role of Scandinavians in global trade in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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This week marks the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the first women to work at Barings. Find out more about these pioneering women in our online exhibition at https://t.co/ZSUhCYUbzT #HERstory #womenshistory

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The theme of travel continues in the #BaringArchive's latest #FromtheArchives post: a 1903 letter from a wealthy American client gives some insight into her travels and lays a trail that leads to a Japanese tea house recreated in Upstate New York. https://t.co/ts9ypi7dVz

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As holiday season begins discover a set of letters in the Baring Archive that sheds light on how Joshua Bates, one of Barings' Victorian partners, spent his summer holidays up on the Yorkshire coast at Scarborough.🌞🌊🚂 https://t.co/8O8ydG3bQ4 #Scarborough #SeaSide #Victorians

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Discover how a file in the #BaringArchive provides a snapshot of the British ship building industry in the late 1860s with details of ships built in Dumbarton, Stockton-on-Tees, London, Glasgow, Renfrew and Poole https://t.co/QRuJJlXneE

[The Baring Archive @BaringArchive]

Many documents relating to railways can be found in the #BaringArchive and quite a few can be accessed via our Digitised Collections. Discover more at https://t.co/C2S5n9p9VN #RailwayHistory

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Final item! Barings hired two rooms in St James’ Street to watch the coronation procession of King Edward VII on 9 August 1902. This is the receipt and contract.

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Some coronation related items from the #BaringArchive. Sir Edward Peacock, a senior partner at Barings, was invited to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953. This is his invitation and order of service.

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This commemorative miniature British Coronation medal celebrates the coronation of King George V on 22 June 1911 and was given to John Baring, 2nd Lord Revelstoke. He was also appointed to the Royal Victorian Order.

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In 1886 the Manchester Ship Canal Company was formed to build a 35 mile long canal from the River Mersey at Eastham to Manchester. View the prospectus for an issue made in 1887 to finance its construction. #IndustrialHeritageMonth https://t.co/YC2qg67y3r

[The Library of Mistakes @EdinburghLoM]

**The Festival of Mistakes at the Bank of England**
Big event announcement! Join us in-person or online on 18 May.
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