Área de identidad
Código de referencia
Título
Fecha(s)
- 1918-1965 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Volumen y soporte
4 production units.
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
The firm was established in Colombo, Ceylon [Sri Lanka] in the 1860s as an import/export shipping agency house. It was acquired by the first Earl of Inchcape in 1918. An associated company, Delmege, Allen and Company (CLC/B/123-21) was established in 1919 to act for Delmege, Forsyth and Company in the United Kingdom. Both companies were part of the Inchcape Group of companies.
Institución archivística
Historia archivística
GB 0074 CLC/B/123-21 1918-1965 Collection 4 production units. Delmege, Forsyth and Co Ltd , import/export shipping agency
The firm was established in Colombo, Ceylon [Sri Lanka] in the 1860s as an import/export shipping agency house. It was acquired by the first Earl of Inchcape in 1918. An associated company, Delmege, Allen and Company (CLC/B/123-21) was established in 1919 to act for Delmege, Forsyth and Company in the United Kingdom. Both companies were part of the Inchcape Group of companies.
The archives were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1987-88 as part of the Group archives. They were catalogued in 1988-9. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Records of Delmege, Forsyth and Company Limited, import/export shipping agents, comprising memorandum and articles of association; memorandum of capital; and general ledgers.
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. People People by roles Importers Transport Maritime transport Shipping Information sources Documents Business records Enterprises Companies Trading companies Export trading companies Shipping agents Commercial agents Business people People by occupation Water transport Delmege , Forsyth and Co Ltd , import/export shipping agency Sri Lanka South Asia
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
The archives were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1987-88 as part of the Group archives. They were catalogued in 1988-9. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
Records of Delmege, Forsyth and Company Limited, import/export shipping agents, comprising memorandum and articles of association; memorandum of capital; and general ledgers.
Valorización, destrucción y programación
Acumulaciones
Sistema de arreglo
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
Condiciones
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Idioma del material
- inglés
Escritura del material
- latín
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
English
Características físicas y requisitos técnicos
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.
Instrumentos de descripción
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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Reglas y/o convenciones usadas
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.
Estado de elaboración
Nivel de detalle
Fechas de creación revisión eliminación
Idioma(s)
- inglés