Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/123-06 - ASSAM ESTATES LIMITED

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/123-06

Title

ASSAM ESTATES LIMITED

Date(s)

  • 1910-1977 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

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.

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

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Notes area

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

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.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

    Sources

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