Identity area
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Date(s)
- 1910-1977 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
15 production units.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Assam Estates Limited was a tea company operating in Assam, 1910 to 1977. It was part of the Inchcape Group.
Repository
Archival history
GB 0074 CLC/B/123-06 1910-1977 Collection 15 production units. Assam Estates Ltd
Assam Estates Limited was a tea company operating in Assam, 1910 to 1977. It was part of the Inchcape Group.
Deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1987 and 1988 by Inchcape Plc, together with the records of many other constituent companies of the Inchcape Group.They were catalogued in 1988-9. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Records of Assam Estates Limited, tea company, including ledgers, journals, cash books and book of bills payable.
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. Plant products Tea Information sources Documents Business records Trade (practice) Food trade Tea trade Agricultural products Assam Estates Ltd Assam India South Asia
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1987 and 1988 by Inchcape Plc, together with the records of many other constituent companies of the Inchcape Group.They 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 Estates Limited, tea company, including ledgers, journals, cash books and book of bills payable.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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
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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.
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English