Collection GB 0074 ACC/2305/56 - CHANDLERS

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/2305/56

Title

CHANDLERS

Date(s)

  • 1935-1957 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.37 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Chandlers Limited was incorporated in South Africa in 1902. It operated in association with Courage and Company from 1950. The name was changed to Union Breweries Limited, South Africa, in 1954. The company merged with South African Breweries Limited in 1956; whereupon Courage and Barclay withdrew from the partnership and the London committee was dissolved in 1957.

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/2305/56 1935-1957 Collection 0.37 linear metres Chandlers Ltd , brewers
Union Breweries Ltd , brewers

Chandlers Limited was incorporated in South Africa in 1902. It operated in association with Courage and Company from 1950. The name was changed to Union Breweries Limited, South Africa, in 1954. The company merged with South African Breweries Limited in 1956; whereupon Courage and Barclay withdrew from the partnership and the London committee was dissolved in 1957.

Deposited as part of an accession of records from Courage Barclay and Simonds, 1969-1988.

Records of Chandlers Limited, brewers, including London committee minutes with agendas; papers about share transfers; list of ordinary shareholders, divided into London, South Africa and other registers; correspondence; memorandum and articles of association; financial accounts; reports and notes on accounts and plant; and forms of proxy.

Records arranged in one series: ACC/2305/56/001-013: Corporate and Accounting Records.

Restricted access: please see staff.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

English

Fit

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

For envelope of papers relating to Chandlers, 1946-1955, see Courage and Co. reference ACC/2305/08/026/13.

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.

November 2009 to February 2010 Business records Corporate minutes Industry Manufacturing industry Food industry Brewing industry Financial records Finance Investment Financial markets Share dealing Architecture Buildings Commercial buildings Breweries Enterprises Transnational corporations Information sources Documents Articles of association Business partnerships Business enterprises Brewers Food industry personnel Personnel People by occupation People Company archives Chandlers Ltd , brewers Union Breweries Ltd , brewers South Africa Southern Africa

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited as part of an accession of records from Courage Barclay and Simonds, 1969-1988.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Chandlers Limited, brewers, including London committee minutes with agendas; papers about share transfers; list of ordinary shareholders, divided into London, South Africa and other registers; correspondence; memorandum and articles of association; financial accounts; reports and notes on accounts and plant; and forms of proxy.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Records arranged in one series: ACC/2305/56/001-013: Corporate and Accounting Records.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Restricted access: please see staff.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

For envelope of papers relating to Chandlers, 1946-1955, see Courage and Co. reference ACC/2305/08/026/13.

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

Related units of description

Related descriptions

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

Access points

Place access points

Name access points

Genre access points

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

    Accession area