Coleção GB 0074 CLC/B/112-012 - HARRISONS AND CROSFIELD: BRANCH RECORDS (INDIA)

Zona de identificação

Código de referência

GB 0074 CLC/B/112-012

Título

HARRISONS AND CROSFIELD: BRANCH RECORDS (INDIA)

Data(s)

  • 1907-1975 (Produção)

Nível de descrição

Coleção

Dimensão e suporte

364 production units.

Zona do contexto

Nome do produtor

História biográfica

Harrisons and Crosfield opened an office in Calcutta in 1900 under the style Lampard, Clark and Company (CLC/B/112-099, Mss 37914-25). From 1908 the office was treated as a branch office of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited. An office was opened in Quilon (1911), and also in Calicut (circa 1912) and Cochin (circa 1919). In 1968 the Quilon branch moved to Cochin. See also the records of Davenport and Co, acquired in 1930, which acted as managing agents of a number of Indian tea companies (CLC/B/112-041; Mss 37462-8).

Entidade detentora

História do arquivo

GB 0074 CLC/B/112-012 1907-1975 Collection 364 production units. Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd , traders in tea, coffee, rubber, timber, chemicals, and other agricultural products

Harrisons and Crosfield opened an office in Calcutta in 1900 under the style Lampard, Clark and Company (CLC/B/112-099, Mss 37914-25). From 1908 the office was treated as a branch office of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited. An office was opened in Quilon (1911), and also in Calicut (circa 1912) and Cochin (circa 1919). In 1968 the Quilon branch moved to Cochin. See also the records of Davenport and Co, acquired in 1930, which acted as managing agents of a number of Indian tea companies (CLC/B/112-041; Mss 37462-8).

The records of Harrisons and Crosfield and its subsidiary and secretarial companies were transferred to Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section between 1990 and 1998. The records were presented as a gift to the Library, except the minute books of some subsidiary companies which are held as a deposit. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of the Indian branch of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited, including correspondence with head office; memoranda; papers regarding the business including trading, shipping and property; papers relating to staffing issues including disputes and migration; press cuttings and notes relating to the political situation in India; and financial accounts.

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

The Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd collection has been divided into 167 sub-fonds; CLC/B/112-001 to CLC/B/112-167. 001 to 016 are records relating to Harrisons and Crosfield (such as operational records, staff records, property records and so on), and 017 to 167 are the records of subsidiaries, plantations and associated organisations.

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.

November 2010 to January 2011. Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd , traders in tea , coffee , rubber , timber , chemicals , and other agricultural products Offices Branch offices Industry Manufacturing industry Brick and tile industry Information sources Documents Business records Tea trade Food trade Trade (practice) Architecture Buildings Sawmills Davenport and Co Ltd , tea traders Lampard , Clark and Co , tea traders India South Asia

Fonte imediata de aquisição ou transferência

The records of Harrisons and Crosfield and its subsidiary and secretarial companies were transferred to Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section between 1990 and 1998. The records were presented as a gift to the Library, except the minute books of some subsidiary companies which are held as a deposit. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Zona do conteúdo e estrutura

Âmbito e conteúdo

Records of the Indian branch of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited, including correspondence with head office; memoranda; papers regarding the business including trading, shipping and property; papers relating to staffing issues including disputes and migration; press cuttings and notes relating to the political situation in India; and financial accounts.

Avaliação, seleção e eliminação

Incorporações

Sistema de arranjo

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Zona de condições de acesso e utilização

Condições de acesso

Available for general access.

Condiçoes de reprodução

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Idioma do material

  • inglês

Sistema de escrita do material

  • latim

Notas ao idioma e script

English

Características físicas e requisitos técnicos

The Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd collection has been divided into 167 sub-fonds; CLC/B/112-001 to CLC/B/112-167. 001 to 016 are records relating to Harrisons and Crosfield (such as operational records, staff records, property records and so on), and 017 to 167 are the records of subsidiaries, plantations and associated organisations.

Instrumentos de descrição

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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Existência e localização de originais

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Zona do controlo da descrição

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Identificador da instituição

London Metropolitan Archives

Regras ou convenções utilizadas

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.

Estatuto

Nível de detalhe

Datas de criação, revisão, eliminação

Línguas e escritas

  • inglês

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    Área de ingresso