GB 0102 MS 283792 - British North Borneo Papers

27 boxes

GB 0102 MS 283792 Created 1824-1940s Collection (fonds) 27 boxes Gueritz , Edward Peregrine , 1855-1935 , colonial administrator

British North Borneo (Chartered) Company
The British North Borneo (Chartered) Company was formed in 1881 and from 1882 administered the territory of North Borneo, the present-day Malaysian state of Sabah. The Company ruled the territory until the end of 1941, when the Japanese occupation ended Company rule. After the war, in 1946, the Company surrendered the territory to the British Crown and North Borneo became a British colony until 1963, when the territory became part of Malaysia. The Company was dissolved in 1953.

The territory was administered by a Governor, a nominated Legislative Council and a Civil Service, but the final seat of authority was the Court of Directors of the Company, which sat in London. The Company, under the Charter, was the Government of the territory and had to maintain a civil administration. But the Company was also mindful of its shareholders, and promoted the territory as a source of timber, forest products and mineral wealth, and publicised the territory's potential for growing plantation crops such as rubber and coconut.

Edward Peregrine Gueritz was Governor of British North Borneo, 1904-1911.

Further reading: K G Tregonning, Under Chartered Company Rule (North Borneo 1881-1946) (University of Malaya Press, 1958).

Purchased in June 1971.

Papers, 1824-1940s, relating to British North Borneo, principally collected or written by E P Gueritz, and comprising off-prints, pamphlets, reports, including those of the British North Borneo Company, 1893-1935 (incomplete series), press cuttings, and miscellaneous other papers.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
English

Unpublished handlist.

The School of Oriental and African Studies also holds papers of Ifor Ball Powell, including material on British North Borneo (Ref: PP MS 26).

The Public Record Office, Kew, Surrey, holds correspondence, financial records, deeds, agreements and leases, 1865-1952, of the British North Borneo Company (Ref: CO 874); register of correspondence, 1915-1941 (Ref: CO 777/1-4); register of out-letters, 1915-1926 (Ref: CO 778/1); rules for native courts in the interior, 1907-1941 (Ref: CO 966/1). A memorandum for British North Borneo employees relating to the keeping of geographical records is held at Department of Western Manuscripts, British Library (Ref: Add 46152 Lady Layard diaries). Materials relating to the postal service are held at the Post Office Archives.

15 May 2000 British North Borneo British North Borneo (Chartered) Company Colonial administration Colonial countries East Malaysia Enterprises Gueritz , Edward Peregrine , 1855-1935 , colonial administrator Malaysia Newspaper press North Borneo Political systems Press Press cuttings Private enterprises Sabah South East Asia

Purchased in June 1971.

Papers, 1824-1940s, relating to British North Borneo, principally collected or written by E P Gueritz, and comprising off-prints, pamphlets, reports, including those of the British North Borneo Company, 1893-1935 (incomplete series), press cuttings, and miscellaneous other papers.

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

• English

• Latin

English

The School of Oriental and African Studies also holds papers of Ifor Ball Powell, including material on British North Borneo (Ref: PP MS 26).

Unpublished handlist.

The Public Record Office, Kew, Surrey, holds correspondence, financial records, deeds, agreements and leases, 1865-1952, of the British North Borneo Company (Ref: CO 874); register of correspondence, 1915-1941 (Ref: CO 777/1-4); register of out-letters, 1915-1926 (Ref: CO 778/1); rules for native courts in the interior, 1907-1941 (Ref: CO 966/1). A memorandum for British North Borneo employees relating to the keeping of geographical records is held at Department of Western Manuscripts, British Library (Ref: Add 46152 Lady Layard diaries). Materials relating to the postal service are held at the Post Office Archives.

• English