Identity area
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- 1884-1915 (Creation)
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One production unit.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Duncan MacKinnon and Lord Inchcape were directors of this company, which operated in the Garden Reach area of Calcutta, India, and had offices at Winchester House, 50 Old Broad Street. It went into voluntary liquidation in 1915. It was part of the Inchcape Group of companies.
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Archival history
GB 0074 CLC/B/123-25 1884-1915 Collection One production unit. Garden Reach Spinning and Manufacturing Co Ltd
Duncan MacKinnon and Lord Inchcape were directors of this company, which operated in the Garden Reach area of Calcutta, India, and had offices at Winchester House, 50 Old Broad Street. It went into voluntary liquidation in 1915. It was part of the Inchcape Group of companies.
This minute book was deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1988 by Inchcape Plc, together with archives of other companies in the Group. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Records of Garden Reach Spinning and Manufacturing Company Limited, comprising board meeting minutes.
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. Textile industry Spinning Information sources Documents Business records People People by occupation Personnel Industrial personnel Manufacturers Manufacturing industry Industry Garden Reach Spinning and Manufacturing Co Ltd Calcutta West Bengal India South Asia
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
This minute book was deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1988 by Inchcape Plc, together with archives of other companies in the Group. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Records of Garden Reach Spinning and Manufacturing Company Limited, comprising board meeting minutes.
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
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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