Records of Ratanui Rubber Limited, comprising circulars to shareholders and statements of account.
Sans titreRecords of Sengat Rubber Estate Limited, including articles of association, annual report, and circulars to shareholders.
Sans titreRecords of the Soengei Rampah Rubber and Coconut Plantations Company Limited, including articles of association, minute books, annual reports and accounts, circulars and a ledger.
Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
Sans titreRecords of Sungei Kari (Sumatra) Rubber Estates Limited, comprising papers regarding Harrisons and Crosfield's management of the firm's business.
Sans titreRecords of the Tanah Datar Rubber Estates Limited, comprising articles of association and circulars to shareholders.
Sans titreRecords of the United Lankat Plantations Limited, including memorandum and articles of association; minute books; annual reports and accounts; and circulars.
Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
Sans titreRecords of Wilkinson Novatex Limited, manufacturers in plastics, including articles of association; minutes, agendas and papers presented; annual reports and accounts; and papers relating to liquidation.
Sans titreRecords of the Baghdad Light and Power Company Limited, comprising articles of association and minute book.
Sans titreRecords of the Borneo Company, as follows:
1.Deed of settlement; memorandum and articles of association: Ms 27174-7;
Records of Garden Reach Spinning and Manufacturing Company Limited, comprising board meeting minutes.
Sans titreRecords of MacKinnon, MacKenzie and Company, general merchants and agents of Calcutta, India; comprising: partnership deeds and other records concerning the establishment and regulation of the company, 1854-1955 (Ms 27793-6, 27838-41); private journals, 1929-51 (Ms 27797); correspondence, 1852-1955 (Ms 27798-814) operational records, 1847-1940 (Ms 27815-27); photographs, ca. 1905-31 (Ms 27828-8A); historical notes, c 1860-1955 (Ms 27829-34, 27847); and accounts, 1927-51 (Ms 27835-7, Ms 27842-6, 27848).
Sans titreRecords of Higgs and Hill Limited, builders, and of subsidiary or merged companies, 1868-1978. The records are largely of financial nature, but do include other administrative material and contract information. There is a particularly good run of tender books for the period 1906-1965, detailing all the jobs for which Higgs and Hill tendered, regardless of whether or not they won the contract.
Sans titreRecords of the London Gas Light Company, including half yearly reports and accounts submitted by the Directors of the Company to the Shareholders; contracts for lighting parts of Chelsea, Saint Pancras and the Tothill Fields districts; agreements with various road authorities concerning the laying down of gas mains in South London; and papers relating to premises in Lambeth and Battersea.
Sans titreRecords of the North Woolwich Undertaking, comprising papers relating to a messuage called "the Gallions" and 115 acres in North Woolwich, and 10 acres in the parish of Barking, 1774-1801.
Sans titreRecords of the Phoenix Gas Light and Coke Company, 1824-1880, including Proprietors' meeting minutes; Directors' meetings signed minutes; minutes of the Committee of Directors on extravagant burning; and minutes of the Accounts Committee of Directors.
Sans titreRecords of Shoreditch Independent Gas Light Company, comprising minutes of Directors' meetings, 1824-1827.
Sans titreDirectors' Meetings Minutes for the Surrey Gas Consumers Gas Company, 1877-1879.
Sans titreRecords of the Sydenham Gas and Coke Company, 1852-1866, comprising Deed of Settlement and one Shareholders and Directors meeting minute book.
Sans titreRecords of the Woolwich Equitable Gas Light and Coke Company, 1832-1865, comprising small collection of minutes and annotated copies of deed of settlement and indentures amending it.
Sans titreRecords of Whiffen and Son Ltd, manufacturing chemists, 1752-1972, including history of the company; articles of partnership and other contracts and agreements; legal documents relating to property; correspondence; circulars; financial accounts; papers relating to shares and shareholders; stock records; newspaper cuttings; photographs; staff wages books and pensions papers; records relating to staff associations and sports clubs including minute books; reports on chemical manufacture, laboratory notebooks and chemical analyses; papers relating to sales; papers relating to imports and foreign suppliers; advertisements; registers of product labels; samples of packaging; rules, regulations and legislation regarding factories and safety measures; papers regarding the Second World War including war damage to factories and papers relating to staff on active duty.
Also records of Saint Amand Manufacturing Company Limited including ledgers, letter books and journals.
Sans titreRecords of the Wandsworth, Wimbledon, Epsom and District Gas Company, 1913-1949, comprising minutes of Proprietors and Directors meetings, agenda books, and papers relating to the Pension Trust.
Sans titreRecords of the United States branch of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited, comprising correspondence with the London branch.
Sans titreRecords of Asahan Rubber Estates Limited including articles of association; minute books; annual reports and circulars.
Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from the Manuscripts enquiry desk).
Sans titreRecords of Bajoe Kidoel Rubber and Produce Company Limited, including articles of association; minute books; annual reports; circulars; photograph album showing coffee and rubber estates; and ledgers.
Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
Sans titreRecords of Castlefield (Klang) Rubber Estate Limited, including articles of association; minute books; annual reports and accounts; and circulars to shareholders.
Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
Sans titreRecords of Dillons Chemical Company Limited, including general correspondence and statements of accounts.
Sans titreRecords of Doranakande Rubber Estates Limited, including articles of association, board minute books, annual reports, circulars to shareholders and a prospectus.
Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
Sans titreRecords of the Edensor Rubber Estate Limited, including articles of association, board minutes, annual reports and circulars to shareholders.
Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
Sans titreRecords of Fisons (Ceylon) Limited, manufacturer of agricultural chemical products, comprising papers relating to business arrangements with Harrisons and Crosfield Limited.
Sans titreRecords of Harrisons Malaysian Estates Limited, including articles of association; minute book; annual reports; and circulars to shareholders.
Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
Sans titreRecords of Hoscote Rubber Estates Limited, including articles of association; minute books; annual reports; circulars to shareholders; and ledger. Also articles of association and prospectus for Kuala Krau Rubber Company Limited.
Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
Sans titreRecords of Jarmain, Davis and Company, silk buying agency, comprising correspondence with Harrisons and Crosfield Limited.
Sans titreRecords of the Langkon North Borneo Rubber Limited, comprising articles of association, prospectus and circulars to shareholders.
Sans titreRecords of the London Asiatic Rubber and Produce Company Limited, including articles of association; board minutes; annual reports; circulars to shareholders; and financial accounts.
Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).
Sans titreRecords of the Cluny Rubber Estates Limited, including articles of association, prospectus, report of a visit to the estate, and circulars to shareholders.
Sans titreRecords of Rubber Estates of Johore Limited, including articles of association, report of visit to the Gemas estates, and circulars to shareholders.
Sans titreArticles of association of the Sepang Selangor Rubber Estates Limited.
Sans titreArticles of association of Tangkah Rubber Estates Limited; with some annual reports and circulars.
Sans titreRecords of Goodhews Limited, brewers, consisting mainly of minutes from the meetings of the directors of Goodhews Limited and later the subsidiary companies of Goodhews (Holdings), Goodhews (Caterers), Goodhews (Inns), Goodhews (Castle Richmond) and the Cromwell Hotel (Stevenage) Limited. There are also papers relating to the formation of the Goodhews Company and the sale of R.V. Goodhews' shares in the 1930s.
Sans titreRecords of the Anchor Brewery, Lewisham, owned first by H. and V. Nicholl Limited and subsequently by Whitbread and Company. Records include numerous documents and deeds relating to the Lewisham brewery and other premises, correspondence from H and V Nichols, company accounts, and production figures from the late 1880s.
Sans titreRecords of Amey's Brewery, consisting of memorandum and articles of association dated 1946.
Sans titreRecords of Whitbread and Company's Chelsea Brewery, consisting of sign boards and tablets designs book along with a customer ledger dated 1899.
Sans titreTellus Super Vacuum Cleaner Limited balance sheets and directors' reports, 1956 and 1962.
Sans titreRecords of Pritchard and Burton, tobacco manufacturers. The collection contains detailed financial records belonging to the company including balance sheets, private ledgers, departmental account books, journals, cash book, accounts of Alfred Burton's investments and accounts of Edward Pritchard Burton's Estate. There are also photograph albums containing staff portraits (LMA/4577/02/01) and a draft history of the company. The accounts of Alfred Burton's investments are of particular interest as they contain records of payments made to various companies around the world, such as the Grand Trunk Railway, Canada and De Beers consolidated mines (LMA/4577/01/06). The private ledgers also contain detailed capital accounts showing the growth in proprietor assets through the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (LMA/4577/01/02).
Sans titreRecords of Lorna Holder and her fashion business including her final portfolio and photographs of her end of year fashion show for her graduation from Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham (1975); records of Ali Baba Trading Company, Oman (1976-1978) consist of photographs and film of the first televised fashion show in Oman, and correspondence and greeting cards; Davies & Field records include design sketches and portfolios containing sketches, textile samples and cuttings for female clothing during Lorna Holder's time as Head of Young Fashion (1979-1986).
Records of Lapaz, hairdressing and beauty salon (1985-1990) include premises correspondence, account books, photographs of Black hair models and styles and of the two salons, advertising and reference material including fashion magazines.
Records of Lorna Holder Couture from 1989 include design drawings for couture dresses, order book, and photographs of two dresses made by Lorna.
Records of Tuareg Productions Limited are not deposited. For further information on this company and its projects visit http://www.tuaregproductions.com/
Records of Full Spectrum Productions Limited consist of the project archive of Jamaica Hidden Histories (2012-2015) which document training, exhibition and events which had the aim to increase awareness of Jamaican presence in Britain. Included are some interviews with individuals of Jamaican heritage. This was the sixth project led by the company. Other projects and records of Full Spectrum Productions are not deposited.
Sans titreRecords of Westways Greetings including sale catalogues and unused greeting cards published by Lip Productions Limited, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America and imported by Westways Greetings for sale in the United Kingdom. The cards depict gay and Christmas themes mainly marketed to the gay and lesbian community. Some of the cards depict Black people / people of African descent and other ethnic origin.
No administrative records of the firm are known to survive.
This collection was catalogued by Ros Hamner, volunteer, as part of Speakout London project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, supervised by Sally Bevan and Richard Wiltshire, Senior Archivists.
Sans titreRecords of Rotax Limited including nominal and private ledgers covering holding company and subsidiaries, bound in one volume only. No other records are currently known to survive.
Sans titreMinute book of the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding and Engineering Co Ltd, 30 October 1899 to 14 June 1911.
Sans titreAdvertisement of John Besford, supplier of patterns and drawings for needlework and netting silk, dated to the 19th century.
Sans titreDeed of dissolution of partnership between tailors Stephen Brown, 63 Buttesland St, Hoxton and Daniel Kirby, 43 Harmood St, Kentish Town, 1852.
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