Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/123-24 - GANGES TRANSPORT AND TRADING COMPANY LIMITED

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/123-24

Title

GANGES TRANSPORT AND TRADING COMPANY LIMITED

Date(s)

  • 1916-1963 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

3 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The company traded in West Bengal, India, as general merchants and agents, and was part of the Inchcape Group of companies.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/123-24 1916-1963 Collection 3 production units. Ganges Transport and Trading Co Ltd

The company traded in West Bengal, India, as general merchants and agents, and was part of the Inchcape Group of companies.

These archives were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1987-88 together with those of other companies in the Group. They were catalogued in 1988-9. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of Ganges Transport and Trading Company Limited, including memorandum and articles of association; annual statements of account; and half-yearly accounts.

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 People People by occupation Personnel Mercantile personnel Merchants Trade International trade Overseas trade Trade (practice) Ganges Transport and Trading Co Ltd West Bengal India South Asia

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

These archives were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1987-88 together with those of other companies in the Group. 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 Ganges Transport and Trading Company Limited, including memorandum and articles of association; annual statements of account; and half-yearly accounts.

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

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

    Sources

    Accession area