Collection GB 0074 LMA/4398 - DECLERMONT AND DONNER

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Reference code

GB 0074 LMA/4398

Title

DECLERMONT AND DONNER

Date(s)

  • 1894-1995 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.7 linear metres

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Name of creator

Biographical history

DeClermont and Donner became a limited company in 1938 when it merged its business at 27 Saint Thomas Street, SE1 with a company called The South India Export Company, which they owned. The object of the new company was, in the words of its Memorandum and Articles of Association, "To carry on business as tanners, curriers and leather dressers, and as manufacturers, importers and exporters of and dealers in leather, chamois, leather-cloth, hides, skins, shagreen, artificial leather, oilcloths, linoleum, leather coats, leggings, linings, gloves, purses, boxes, trunks, suitcases, portmanteaux, fancy goods, bags, saddlery, boots and shoes, hose, washers, belting, flax, hemp, jute, manilla, balata, rubber, cotton, artificial silk, baises, wool and any other commodities..." It had interests in the Middle East - Aden and Ethiopia; and South India. Later, subsidiary companies also acted as hide and skin merchants, leather and paint manufacturers and crude drug merchants.

Archival history

GB 0074 LMA/4398 1894-1995 Collection 0.7 linear metres DeClermont and Donner Limited , manufacturers, importers and exporters of and dealers in leather

DeClermont and Donner became a limited company in 1938 when it merged its business at 27 Saint Thomas Street, SE1 with a company called The South India Export Company, which they owned. The object of the new company was, in the words of its Memorandum and Articles of Association, "To carry on business as tanners, curriers and leather dressers, and as manufacturers, importers and exporters of and dealers in leather, chamois, leather-cloth, hides, skins, shagreen, artificial leather, oilcloths, linoleum, leather coats, leggings, linings, gloves, purses, boxes, trunks, suitcases, portmanteaux, fancy goods, bags, saddlery, boots and shoes, hose, washers, belting, flax, hemp, jute, manilla, balata, rubber, cotton, artificial silk, baises, wool and any other commodities..." It had interests in the Middle East - Aden and Ethiopia; and South India. Later, subsidiary companies also acted as hide and skin merchants, leather and paint manufacturers and crude drug merchants.

Deposited in 2002.

Records of DeClermont and Donner Limited, manufacturers, importers and exporters of and dealers in leather, and their subsidiary companies, 1894-1995. The records include minutes, memoranda and articles of association, accounts, papers relating to shares, and correspondence.

The companies have been arranged alphabetically by name: Anglo Eastern Mercantile (Hellas) Limited DeClermont and Donner Limited DeClermont and Donner A.T.C. Limited, formerly Arabian Trading Limited DeClermont and Donner (Leather) Limited DeClermont and Donner (Leeds) Limited DeClermont and Donner (Near East) Limited DECAD Trading Limited John Ronaldson and Company Limited.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Copyright rests with the depositor.
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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. July to October 2009 People by occupation Personnel Skilled personnel Leather workers Business records Corporate minutes Animal products Agricultural products Leather Management Business management Information sources Documents Financial records People Articles of association Leather industry Manufacturing industry Industry Business administration Company archives Companies DeClermont and Donner Limited , manufacturers , importers and exporters of and dealers in leather Enterprises Business

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited in 2002.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of DeClermont and Donner Limited, manufacturers, importers and exporters of and dealers in leather, and their subsidiary companies, 1894-1995. The records include minutes, memoranda and articles of association, accounts, papers relating to shares, and correspondence.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

The companies have been arranged alphabetically by name: Anglo Eastern Mercantile (Hellas) Limited DeClermont and Donner Limited DeClermont and Donner A.T.C. Limited, formerly Arabian Trading Limited DeClermont and Donner (Leather) Limited DeClermont and Donner (Leeds) Limited DeClermont and Donner (Near East) Limited DECAD Trading Limited John Ronaldson and Company Limited.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

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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.

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Language(s)

  • English

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