Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1957-1967 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
Eight production units.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Assam and African Investments Limited was part of the Inchcape Group. It operated in Assam (India) and Kenya and Tanzania (East Africa).
Repository
Archival history
GB 0074 CLC/B/123-04 1957-1967 Collection Eight production units. Assam and African Holdings Ltd
Assam and African Investments Limited was part of the Inchcape Group. It operated in Assam (India) and Kenya and Tanzania (East Africa).
The records of the companies within the Inchcape Group, though not those of Inchcape and Co Ltd itself, were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1987-88. The records were catalogued in 1988-9. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Records of Assam and African Holdings Limited, including board minutes and agendas; annual report with accounts; ledger and out-letter books.
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
English
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
This collection is a sub-fond within the Inchcape Group fonds. See CLC/B/123 for a list of all the companies represented in this collection and a history of the Inchcape Group.
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.
January to May 2011. Information sources Documents Business records Investment Holding companies Finance Financial policy Monetary policy International monetary systems Foreign investment Enterprises Companies Investment companies Assam and African Investments Ltd Assam and African Holdings Ltd Assam India South Asia Tanzania UR East Africa Kenya
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The records of the companies within the Inchcape Group, though not those of Inchcape and Co Ltd itself, were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1987-88. The records were catalogued in 1988-9. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Records of Assam and African Holdings Limited, including board minutes and agendas; annual report with accounts; ledger and out-letter books.
System of arrangement
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
This collection is a sub-fond within the Inchcape Group fonds. See CLC/B/123 for a list of all the companies represented in this collection and a history of the Inchcape Group.
Finding aids
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Access points
Subject access points
- Information sources
- Documents
- Finance » Investment
- Finance
- Finance » Financial policy
- Finance » Financial policy » Monetary policy
- Finance » Financial policy » Monetary policy » International monetary systems
- Finance » Financial policy » Monetary policy » International monetary systems » Foreign investment
- Enterprises
Description control area
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
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.
Language(s)
- English