Collection GB 0120 GC/120 - KGK Syndicate Ltd

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0120 GC/120

Title

KGK Syndicate Ltd

Date(s)

  • 1935-1944 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1 box

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

KGK Syndicate was the name of the partnership between Peter Maurice Koch de Gooreynd and Arthur Kingston, under a deed of partnership dated 20 March 1934, joined by Alexander Koch Worsthone under a further deed, dated 31 December 1936. This partnership was dissolved in Febraury 1938, and in August 1944 Kingston's solicitors were disputing claims made in a BBC radio broadcast and in a special overseas edition of 'The British Optician' that Koch de Gooreynd was the inventor of the plastic optical lens manufactured by Combined Optical Industries, Ltd.

Archival history

GB 0120 GC/120 1935-1944 Collection 1 box KGK Syndicate Ltd

KGK Syndicate was the name of the partnership between Peter Maurice Koch de Gooreynd and Arthur Kingston, under a deed of partnership dated 20 March 1934, joined by Alexander Koch Worsthone under a further deed, dated 31 December 1936. This partnership was dissolved in Febraury 1938, and in August 1944 Kingston's solicitors were disputing claims made in a BBC radio broadcast and in a special overseas edition of 'The British Optician' that Koch de Gooreynd was the inventor of the plastic optical lens manufactured by Combined Optical Industries, Ltd.

These papers were received in July 1990 via the Records Preservation Section of the British Records Association, which had received them from Rubinstein Callingham, solicitors, 2 Rayomond Buildings, Grays Inn, London.

Legal papers relating to this partnership and dispute between partners over credit for inventing plastic optical lens, 1935-1938, 1944.

By file type as follows: 1 Lease; 2 Copies of letters.

Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

English

Wellcome Library online catalogue.

Entry compiled from Wellcome Library online catalogue by Barbara Ball.

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.

September 2008 Anatomy Face Medical sciences Ophthalmology People People by occupation Personnel Equipment Scientific equipment Optical instruments Biology Opticians Medical personnel Medical profession Eye Law KGK Syndicate Ltd

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

These papers were received in July 1990 via the Records Preservation Section of the British Records Association, which had received them from Rubinstein Callingham, solicitors, 2 Rayomond Buildings, Grays Inn, London.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Legal papers relating to this partnership and dispute between partners over credit for inventing plastic optical lens, 1935-1938, 1944.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

By file type as follows: 1 Lease; 2 Copies of letters.

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Conditions governing access

Open. The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Conditions governing reproduction

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

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Finding aids

Wellcome Library online catalogue.

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Wellcome Library

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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.

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  • English

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