Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/123-18 - CHILD, MACFARLAND AND COMPANY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/123-18

Title

CHILD, MACFARLAND AND COMPANY

Date(s)

  • 1946-1961 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

2 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Child, Macfarland and Company Limited were export agents. The company was part of the Inchcape Group of companies.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/123-18 1946-1961 Collection 2 production units. Child, Macfarland and Co Ltd , export agents

Child, Macfarland and Company Limited were export agents. The company was part of the Inchcape Group of companies.

These records were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library as part of the Inchcape Group archives. They were catalogued in 1988-9. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of Child, Macfarland and Company, export agents, comprising private ledger and sales ledger.

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 Enterprises Companies Trading companies Export trading companies Trade International trade Overseas trade Trade (practice) Child , Macfarland and Co Ltd , export agents UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

These records were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library as part of the Inchcape Group archives. 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 Child, Macfarland and Company, export agents, comprising private ledger and sales ledger.

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

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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