Records of E D Sassoon and Company Limited including records relating to the foundation of the company such as memoranda and articles of association, certificates of incorporation and special resolutions; a board minute book and power of attorney.
E D Sassoon and Company Limited xx D K Investments (Crosby Square) LimitedRecords of E D Sassoon and Company Limited including correspondence files relating to business links and investment in South Africa; and copy judgement.
E D Sassoon and Company Limited xx D K Investments (Crosby Square) LimitedRecords of E D Sassoon and Company Limited including accounts, balance sheets and reports.
E D Sassoon and Company Limited xx D K Investments (Crosby Square) LimitedRecords of Durham Raw Materials Limited, including articles of association, board and general meeting minutes and agendas; correspondence; financial accounts; and sales ledgers.
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).
Durham Raw Materials LtdRecords of the Durham Chemical Group, including articles of association; annual reports; financial accounts; correspondence; list of products sold and historical notes on the company.
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).
Durham Chemical GroupLetter from Peter Stephen DuPonceau of Phildelphia, [Pennsylvania] to J Vaughan, Esq, 19 Nov 1831. Asking him 'to send the enclosed [a copy of An Historical Review of the ... Silk Culture, Manufacture and Trade, etc (1831)] to your excellent nephew'.
Autograph, with signature.
DuPonceau , Peter Stephen , 1760-1844 , French linguist, philosopher, and jurist x Ponceau , Pierre-Etienne , Du x Du Ponceau , Pierre-EtienneRecords of the Dunlop Rubber Company, 1901-1965, consisting of a complete set of reports and balance sheets from all the Dunlop national companies and subsidiaries. The reports consist of both printed (for national companies) and typescript (for subsidiaries) financial reports on a yearly basis, predominantly from January to December. These were reports presented to the Board of Directors which controlled Dunlop Rubber Company Limited. They contain audited balance sheets, profit and loss statements and notes on the accounts. However, the extent of detail varies from company to company.
Also printed painting advertising Dunlop (195-) (ACC/2166/108) .
Dunlop Rubber Company LtdRecords of Douglas Ritchie Limited, construction company, including papers relating to the acquisition of the Company by Flowers Brewery, accounts and annual returns, and correspondence relating to planning and building.
Douglas Ritchie Ltd , construction companyLetter from Thoomas Algernon Dorien-Smith of Tresco Abbey, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall to James Hooper, 28 Dec [1883-1884]. Intending to send flowers by the next mail. Discussing the demerits of the parcel post for the flower trade's deliveries. The islands are suitable for growing flowers, espcially narcissi, but strong winds prevent fruit-growing.
Autograph, with signature.
Smith , Thomas Algernon Dorien- , d 1918 , tenant and governor of the Isles of Scilly x Dorien-Smith , Thomas AlgernonRecords 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).
Doranakande Rubber Estates LtdRecords of Djasinga Rubber and Produce Company Limited, including articles of association; board minute books; general meetings minute book; annual reports; circulars to shareholders; and photographs of tea, rubber and coffee operations on the estates.
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).
Djasinga Rubber and Produce Co LtdRecords of Dixon, Morgan and Company, wine and spirits traders, including incoming letters, vouchers, balance sheet and accounts.
Dixon, Morgan and Co , wine and spirits tradersNotes by John Dixon on medical matters and on things of personal interest to him such as astrology and photography spanning his entire career, 1848-1903. MS.5191 comprises more formal material, namely certificates and indentures.
Dixon , John , 1832-1930 , physicianRecords of Dillons Chemical Company Limited, including general correspondence and statements of accounts.
Dillons Chemical Co LtdThis collection consists predominantly of notes, correspondence, press cuttings and printed matter on subjects such as British industries (including aviation, tin, steel, cotton and coal), prices and wages, restrictive practices, and economic development overseas. The collection also contains some personal papers including bank books and university notebooks.
Devons , Ely , 1913-1967 , economistBritish Steel Corporation Ltd (now known as British Steel) internal documents relating to the future of the industry, 1960s-1970s, and papers produced for the Trades Union Congress by David Delay on the British steel industry.
Delay , David , fl 1960-1994Records of DeClermont and Donner Limited, manufacturers, importers and exporters of and dealers in leather, and their subsidiary companies, 1894-1995. The records include minutes, memoranda and articles of association, accounts, papers relating to shares, and correspondence.
DeClermont and Donner Limited , manufacturers, importers and exporters of and dealers in leatherPapers of William and Dugald Dawson comprising 80 letters from Dugald Dawson (dated 1823-1840) and 64 letters from William Dawson (dated 1828-1843). Also included are 38 letters (including two private journals) from Captain William Dawson, addressed to his wife Barbara (dated 1849-1858), and a number of other letters and papers, chiefly of William's family.
Dawson , William , 1810-1858 , merchant Dawson , Dugald , 1805-1841 , overseerRecords of David Robinson and Company Limited, timber and plywood importers, comprising board minutes and agendas; correspondence with Sabah Timber Company; and financial accounts.
David Robinson and Co Ltd , timber and plywood importersProperty records from the Dartford Brewery Company Limited, comprising insurance register for licensed premises; premises repair order book and tenants' dilapidations ledger.
Dartford Brewery Co LtdFinancial records of the Dartford Brewery Company Limited, including private ledgers; bank account books and publicans loan and deposits interest accounts.
Dartford Brewery Co LtdCorporate records of the Dartford Brewery Company Limited, including board meetings minutes; annual general meeting minutes; stockholders' meetings minutes; registers of directors, secretaries, members, shares, mortgages and deeds; share records; articles of association; annual and half-yearly reports, statistics and accounts.
Dartford Brewery Co LtdThe archive of George Daniels documents his major contribution to horology and include his working papers and drawings, research notes and images for his published books, correspondence photographs and audio-visual material. The records are invaluable to researchers interested in Daniels' own work but also in historical watch and clock makers and tracing of watches, chronometers and clocks.
The earliest document is a volume of Daniels' lecture notes (LMA/4636/A/01/01/001) taken whilst studying at Evening courses at Northampton Polytechnic, St John Street, Islington in 1951-1952 (now City University London). In addition the archive contains: correspondence files, horological exhibition catalogues and papers (series reference LMA/4636/A/04); manuscript and printed technical drawings, calculations and sketches showing the development of the co-axial escapement with Omega and ETA of Switzerland with related patents (series references LMA/4636/A/03 and 04); photographs of Daniels' own watches (series reference LMA/4636/A/05); and Daniels' ledgers containing notes, diagrams and costings on his restoration work, historical watches and his own watches (series reference LMA/4636/A/08).
There are also Daniels' author files with draft manuscripts and research notes for his published books on watch and clockmaking, with photographs of watches used as images and copy business records of Breguet of Paris, France (series reference LMA/4636/B/01); photographs of historical watches and clocks (series references LMA/4636/B/03 and 04), events and studio portraits of Daniels (LMA/4636/D/03); his papers, photographs and video relating to Worshipful Company of Clockmakers (series reference LMA/4636/C); certificates awarded to Daniels (series reference LMA/4636/D/01); collected articles on his life's works and achievements series reference LMA/4636/D/02).
There are also films and video cassettes (series references LMA/4636/D/04 and 05) including talks given by Daniels with his feature in 'Aquarius' produced by London Weekend Television (1976). The archive also includes records of George Daniels Educational Trust (LMA/4636/E), namely Chairman's files on sales and bequests of Daniels' horological collection.
Daniels , George , 1926-2011 , horologistPersonal papers, correspondence, news-cuttings and pamphlets concerned mainly with various literary societies. This collection also comprises correspondence of the Daniel family, including that of George Daniel's son, Jesse Cato Daniel (1825-1876), Jesse's wife Elizabeth (1825-1900), and his grandson, George B. Daniel (1863-1897) who emigrated to Argentina. The Daniel papers include a letter from the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge to "my very dear Cottie" in 1797.
Daniel , George , 1789-1864 , businessman, writer and book collector; Daniel , Jesse Cato , 1825-1876 , lecturerRecords of Daniel Harvey and Company, merchants, comprising a ledger and loose accounts found inside. The ledger shows trade in silk, velvet and other cloth with merchants in Aleppo, Constantinople [Istanbul], Genoa, Livorno, Naples, Rouen and Hamburg.
Daniel Harvey and Co , merchantsRecords of Daniel Desbois and Sons, watch and clockmakers, comprising a series of ledgers and a series of day books.
Daniel Desbois and Sons , watch and clockmakersRecords of the Dalhousie Jute Company, comprising annual report and accounts for 1933.
Dalhousie Jute CoRecords of Dale and Company Limited, brewers, consisting of accounts sheets from the mid-1920s through to the 1950s.
Dale and Company Ltd , brewersRecords of Curtis Nicholson Limited, brewers, 1938-1958. This collection comprises the Memorandum and New Articles of Association for Curtis Nicholson Limited and a Board meetings minute book for Mile End Distillery Company Limited.
Curtis Nicholson Ltd , brewersRecords of Currys Group plc, 1896-1985. The collection comprises records of the parent company and a few records of subsidiary and associated companies.
The records of the parent company include memoranda and articles of association (ACC/3485/1-3), a series of board minute books, 1922-79 (with gaps) (ACC/3485/4-16), which, in addition to policy decisions, include minutes of some annual general meetings and committee meetings, one separate AGM minute book, 1927-72 (ACC/3485/17) and an almost unbroken series of annual reports and statements of accounts presented to shareholders, 1925-83 (ACC/3485/18-74). There are also minutes of meetings of three committees: the directors' committee (known also at various times as the depot management committee, the joint managing directors' committee and the group management committee), 1927-85 (ACC/3485/77-124), at which decisions concerning the operation of the business especially at branch level were taken, the committee of the staff life assurance scheme, 1952-8 (ACC/3485/125) and the sealing committee, 1966-8 (ACC/3485/126). The collection also includes a few share records (ACC/3485/127-31), internal accounting and financial records (ACC/3485/132-43), records relating to the administration of the business (ACC/3485/144-9) and records relating to property (ACC/3485/150-60).
Currys Group Plc , 1981- x H Curry and Sons , 1884-1922 x Currys Limited , 1922-1927 x Currys (1927) Limited , 1927-1930 x Currys Limited , 1930-1981Manuscript of 'The plan and heads of an essay for the improvement of clock and watch works' London, February 18th 1765 by Alexander Cumming.
Cumming , Alexander , 1731/2-1814 , watchmaker and mechanicianRecords of the Crystal Palace District Gas Company, later called the South Suburban Gas Company, 1853-1949. The records include deeds of settlement, proprietors' and directors' meeting minutes and committee meeting minutes and a volume relating to a Parliamentary Bill, 1903.
Crystal Palace District Gas Company , 1854-1904 x South Suburban Gas Company , 1904-1949Papers of Guy Pascoe Crowden, 1927-1953, largely relate to his appointment and work as Lecturer in Applied Physiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and comprise a comparative study of the development and physiology of identical twins by Crowden; information on the applied physiology course 1930-1931; paper on 'The practical value of physiology to industry' by Crowden, communication to the Department on Industrial Co-operation, British Association for the Advancement of Science, Leicester, 11 September 1933; appointment of Crowden as University Reader in Industrial Physiology and as Professor of Industrial Hygiene; material relating to his service in World War Two.
Crowden , Guy Pascoe , 1894-1966 , physiologistRecords of Crosse and Blackwell Limited, food manufacturers, 1830-2003. The records include business agreements; correspondence; published histories; financial records; papers relating to shareholders; papers relating to production including agreements, ledgers, notebooks, reports, and labels; price lists; papers relating to staff organisations and staff photographs; property records including inventories, leases and photographs; papers relating to advertising including newscuttings, publications, adverts, correspondence and photographs.
Also papers of subsidiary companies including British Vinegars Ltd, Elizabeth Lazenby Ltd, James Kellier and Sons and Allards Wharf Ltd.
Crosse and Blackwell Ltd , food manufacturersLetter from J Cross of London to [Mr Oriel], 14 Apr 1794. 'I laid your proposal respecting the mill at Quemerford [near Calne, Wiltshire] before my Lord Lansdown [i.e. the Marquess of Lansdowne], in answer to which he had directed me to give you, in his own words, his opinion of the use of machinery in the cloathing manufacture - vizt "Nothing can be more mistaken than the prejudice conceived against machinery, nor could be more unfortunate for the country if suffer'd to prevail - for the consequence must be, the transfer of the manufacture either to the North of England, where the prejudice has been got the better of, and where they experience the advantage, or else to foreign countrys - or part to one and part to the other. Calne is calculated to be the seat of it, much better than either Chippenham or Devizes, or any town which I can immediately recollect, and independent of the great increase of trade, it would create a number of mechanists, and promote in consequence every sort of ingenuity, which would make up abundantly the loss sustain'd by the spinners; besides the navigations which are proposed [i.e. the Wilts and Berks Canal] will furnish a great deal of work; but rather than attempt any thing so arbitrary & absurd as to stop the progress of the machinery, I am very clear it would be better to come to a general rise of wage, especially if every person was compell'd at the same time to belong to some amicable society ...".'
Autograph, with signature.
Cross , J , fl 1794 , acquaintance of the 1st Marquess of LansdowneRecords of Crosfield, Lampard and Company, managers of tea and rubber plantations in Sri Lanka, including correspondence; financial accounts; and statements of tea shipments.
Crosfield, Lampard and Co , Colombo branch of Harrisons and Crosfield LtdRecords of Crocker Brothers Limited, brewers, including Board and annual general meeting minute book; agendas; and resolutions.
Crocker Brothers Ltd , brewersRecords of Cowie Harbour Coal Company Limited, including articles of association; ledger; and report on coal produced at Borneo.
Cowie Harbour Coal Co LtdRecords of Courage, Barclay and Simonds Limited, brewers, including papers relating to pension funds; copies of staff circulars and memoranda; papers relating to the British Institute of Management and the Brewer's Society; correspondence; reports; staff publications and journals; papers relating to the introduction and development of computers and electronic data processing; papers relating to office equipment.
Courage, Barclay and Simonds Ltd , brewersRecords of Courage, Barclay and Simonds Limited, brewers, including Group Sales Committee papers; correspondence and papers regarding complimentary drinks; sales ledger transfer journals; registers of trademarks for UK and overseas products.
Courage, Barclay and Simonds Ltd , brewersRecords of Courage, Barclay and Simonds Limited, brewers, including precis of news reports about the brewing industry; examples of advertising including a gramophone record; papers relating to public houses; and publicity department correspondence and subject files relating to various events, company activities and aspects of the brewing industry.
Courage, Barclay and Simonds Ltd , brewersRecords of Courage, Barclay and Simonds Limited, brewers, including correspondence relating to properties owned by the company; and papers relating to insurance policies.
Courage, Barclay and Simonds Ltd , brewersRecords of Courage, Barclay and Simonds Limited, brewers, including minutes and papers of the Group Brewing Committee; minutes of the Production Planning Committee; brewing book; papers relating to the production of Harp Lager; and promotional leaflets for brewing and storage apparatus.
Courage, Barclay and Simonds Ltd , brewersRecords of Courage, Barclay and Simonds Limited, brewers, including financial accounts of subsidiary companies incuding Barclay Perkins, Charles Beasley, Courage and Company, Courage and Barclay, the Dartford Brewery, Georges Brewery Properties, Hodgsons Kingston Brewery, Noakes, Reffells Bexley Brewery, Royal Brewery Brentford, Style and Winch, Nicholsons, Harmans Uxbridge Brewery, Clinch and Company, R Halley, and Horselydown Property Investment Company; redemption accounts; papers relating to budgets; papers and correspondence relating to travel insurance; papers and agendas of the Decimalization Sub-committee; papers and correspondence about tenants' goodwill.
Courage, Barclay and Simonds Ltd , brewersRecords of Courage, Barclay and Simonds Limited, brewers, including papers of the Board; debenture trust deeds; articles of association; trust deeds; reports; valuations; registers of directors' share interests and holdings; papers relating to acquisitions and papers relating to subsidiary companies.
Courage, Barclay and Simonds Ltd , brewersRecords of Courage (Western) Limited, brewers, comprising Board and annual general meeting minutes and minutes of the Property Committee and Area Properties Committee, with papers.
Courage (Western) Ltd , brewersStaff records for Courage and Company Limited, brewers, including papers relating to wages and salaries; register of pensioners; papers relating to appointments; papers relating to an insurance policy for war injuries; and bye-laws of The Courage Club, staff association.
Courage and Co Ltd , brewers Courage Ltd , brewersSales records of Courage and Company Limited, including Sales Committee minutes; trading figures; trade books; records of supplies; prices and charges; records of beer bought and sold; records of beer recieved; purchase and adjustment account papers; sales summaries; delivery records; licences, agreements and contracts.
Courage and Co Ltd , brewers Courage Ltd , brewersRecords of Courage and Company Limited, brewers, comprising papers of members of the Courage family including John Courage, John Robert Courage, Robert Courage and Raymond Courage. Also papers of the Hardinge family.
Courage and Co Ltd , brewers Courage Ltd , brewersPublic Relations records for Courage and Company Limited, brewers, including copies of "The Development and Growth of Courage's Brewery, 1787-1932" by GN Hardinge; and printing blocks showing staff, public houses and advertisements.
Courage and Co Ltd , brewers Courage Ltd , brewers