This archive relates mainly to the management of the coffee, coconut and cinnamon estates of A. S. Daniell and his son S. W. Daniell in Ceylon [now Sri Lanka]. The estates were called Gomera Tennai, New Gomera, Olooambelam, Imbulgaswaddie and Katooloya Tennei. The archive consists mainly of returns and reports from the local managers, Darley Butler and Company of Colombo, Ceylon, and of correspondence, accounts and legal papers. It also includes some family papers, comprising copies of wills and marriage settlements, accounts, bills and receipts, and a letter. Additional records of Daniell and Company, of separate provenance, are catalogued as Mss 11464-11465a.
Sans titreHistorical notes relating to Harrisons and Crosfield, including published histories; historical notes and research papers; recollections of members of staff; photographs of staff and of the Company's operations, including on foreign plantations; newsletters and bulletins for the main company and branches abroad; advertisements; menu cards; circulars and press cuttings.
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 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 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 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 titreRecords of Sabah Plantations Limited, including articles of association, board minute book, annual reports, correspondence, and loan agreements.
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 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 the Borneo Company, as follows:
1.Deed of settlement; memorandum and articles of association: Ms 27174-7;
- Board, AGM and committee minutes; annual reports and accounts: Ms 27178-90;
- Secretary's papers: Ms 27191-8;
- Accounts: Ms 27199-231;
- Overseas operations records:-
Agency and general agreements-Ms 27232-43;
Java and Sumatra-Ms 27244-58;
Malaya and Singapore-Ms 27259-76;
Philippines-Ms 27277;
Sarawak, North Borneo and Brunei-Ms 27278-304;
Siam-Ms 27305-29; - Investments, takeovers and subsidiary company papers:-
Australia-Ms 27330-45;
Canada -Ms 27346-50;
Hong Kong-Ms 27351;
Colombia-Ms 27352;
Cuba-Ms 27353;
India-Ms 27354-5;
Java and Sumatra-Ms 27356-9;
Malaya and Singapore-Ms 27360-400;
Netherlands-Ms 27401-2;
Sarawak, North Borneo and Brunei-Ms 27403-19;
Siam-Ms 27420;
United Kingdom-Ms 27421-3; - Publicity and sales material: Ms 27424-6;
- Staff records: Ms 27427-43;
- Property records (London only): Ms 27430-6;
- Centenary celebrations and notes for centenary history: Ms 27437-43;
- Photographs: Ms 27444-66;
- Branch records:-
Sarawak: Kuching-Ms 27467-70;
Siam: Bangkok -Ms 27471-4.
Records of the Ouvah Coffee Company Limited, comprising a cash book and notes on the history of the company and of coffee planting in Ceylon.
Sans titre2 letters written to Frederic Seebohm. (1) From Richard Oliver Heslop, iron and steel merchant of Akenside Hill and Newcastle upon Tyne, 8 Feb 1886. Promising to send a tracing of a map of Corbridge, Northumberland; suggests sources bearing on the history of land tenure in Northumberland. (2) From [James] Saunders, of Clapham and Westminster, 20 Oct 1892. Covering letter sent with tracings of some common field systems, discussing land tenure.
Both letters are autograph, with signatures.
Sans titreReports, rules and regulations, manifestos, resolutions, statements, constitutions and addresses issued by the All Ceylon United Workers Congress, the Ceylon Bank Employees' Union, the Ceylon Federation of Labour, the Ceylon Workers' Congress and the Government Clerical Service Union.
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