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PRESS ASSOCIATION LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/181 · Collection · 1865-1991

Records of Press Association Limited, including:

  1. Corporate records (including articles of association, agreements and minutes);

    1. Share records (including P.A. Share Purchase Company);
    2. Internal administration records;
    3. Financial records;
    4. Operational records (including the Press Association and Exchange Telegraph Service);
    5. Staff records;
    6. Records relating to correspondents;
    7. Property records;
    8. Other Press Association records (including histories of the Association);
    9. Central News;
    10. Reuters;
    11. P.A. Features Limited;
    12. Press Association Photos Limited.

    Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from the Press Association (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Press Association Ltd
OLDHAM SIGN SERVICE
GB 0074 LMA/4435/G · Collection · 1930-1988

Records of Oldham Sign Service, sign makers, 1930-1988. This collection contains corporate and accounts records including minutes of Directors' meetings, documents relating to Annual General Meetings, articles of association, trading agreements, asset transfer documents and some general correspondence.

Oldham Sign Service , sign makers
HART, William (fl 1880)
GB 0074 CLC/459 · Collection · 188-?

These records comprise compilations of London signs, 1649-1767, of advertisements by goldsmiths, 1666-1731, and list of city stage-coach and carrier services, 1749.

Hart , William , fl 1880 , antiquarian researcher
GB 0074 CLC/B/080 · Collection · 1855-1987

Records of news agency Exchange Telegraph Company Limited, including:

  1. Constitution; operating agreements, Mss 22956-61;
    1. Board and AGM minutes etc; annual reports and accounts, Mss 22962-9;
    2. Papers relating to lawsuits, Mss 22970-4;
    3. Internal financial and accounting records, Mss 22975-23012;
    4. Records of subscribers, Mss 23013-24;
    5. Correspondence (subdivided as follows):
      (i) Miscellaneous early correspondence, Mss 23025-7;
      (ii) Correspondence etc relating to dealings with the London Stock Exchange, Mss 23028-32;
      (iii) Correspondence etc concerning the sports services, chiefly horse racing, Mss 23033-41;
      (iv) Correspondence etc concerning relations with the Press Association Ltd, Mss 23042-8. 10;
      (v) Papers of Wilfred King (chairman 1913-43), Mss 23049-51;
      (vi) Papers of E C Barker (a director, 1913-33), Mss 23052-61;
      (vii) Correspondence relating to arrangements with the BBC, Ms 23062;
      (viii) Foreign correspondence (including Second World War correspondence), Mss 23063-6;
      (ix) Correspondence concerning tariff rates, Ms 23067;
    6. Examples of news transmitted and statistics service cards, Mss 23068-74;
    7. Engineering and patents records, Mss 23075-94;
    8. Publicity records, eg tariffs, circulars and application forms, Mss 23095-102;
    9. Records of correspondents, wages and commissions, Mss 23103-6;
    10. Photographs, Mss 23107-15;
    11. News cuttings, Mss 23116-25;
    12. Miscellaneous (chiefly historical notes and records of subsidiaries), Mss 23126-35;
    13. Records of the joint services of ETC and the Press Association Ltd, Mss 23136-57;
    14. Miscellaneous items presented by BT Archives, Ms 38642.
Exchange Telegraph Co Ltd , news agency
CLAUDE-GENERAL NEON LIGHTS
GB 0074 LMA/4435/F · Collection · 1921-1985

Records of Claude-General Neon Lights, neon light manufacturers, 1921-1985. This collection contains corporate and accounts records including minutes of Directors' meetings, register of Directors and Members, articles of association, annual returns and end of year accounts.

Claude-General Neon Lights , neon light manufacturers
CHELSEA BREWERY
GB 0074 LMA/4453/Y · Collection · 1899

Records of Whitbread and Company's Chelsea Brewery, consisting of sign boards and tablets designs book along with a customer ledger dated 1899.

Whitbread and Co Ltd , Chelsea Brewery
GB 0074 CLC/B/041 · Collection · 1815-1979

Records of Charles Barker and Sons Ltd, advertising agency, as follows:-
Mss. 19973-19979: Foundation and Constitution: memorandum and articles of association, certificate of incorporation, shares and related papers;
Mss. 19980-19981: Management: minutes and related papers;
Mss. 19982-20007: Finance: private accounts; annual reports and accounts, ledgers, journals, cash books etc;
Mss. 20008-20028: Administration: advertising record and order books, correspondence and miscellaneous papers, clients lists, newsletter of 1824, papers relating to Joint Stock Companies Directory, reports and scripts;
Mss. 20029-20034: Samples of advertising proofs;
Mss. 20035-20038: Scrapbooks of press cuttings relating to clients and bankers;
Mss 20039-20041: Press releases and miscellaneous press cuttings;
Mss 20042-20044: Printed information booklets relating to the company, presentation documents;
Mss 20045-20055: Personnel: records of appointment, remuneration, fees etc. of partners, directors and managers;
Mss 20056-20058: Property;
Mss 20059-20067: Miscellaneous: company history, personal and genealogical papers relating to the Barker family (see also Ms 19982).

Also records of Barker Family (MS 19982, 20007, 20065), 1764-1905. The records comprise private accounts, receipts and notices concerning life assurance policies and investments, and genealogical notes.

Charles Barker and Sons Ltd , advertising agents