Collection GB 0074 CLC/B/112-100 - LANGEN (JAVA) RUBBER ESTATES COMPANY LIMITED

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/B/112-100

Title

LANGEN (JAVA) RUBBER ESTATES COMPANY LIMITED

Date(s)

  • 1909-1952 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

2 production units comprising 2 envelopes.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

This company was registered in 1909 to acquire estates in central Java. Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112) acted as agents and secretaries for the company from c 1911 to 1951. In 1951 Langen (Java) Rubber Estates Company went into voluntary liquidiation.

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/B/112-100 1909-1952 Collection 2 production units comprising 2 envelopes. Langen (Java) Rubber Estates Co Ltd

This company was registered in 1909 to acquire estates in central Java. Harrisons and Crosfield Limited (CLC/B/112) acted as agents and secretaries for the company from c 1911 to 1951. In 1951 Langen (Java) Rubber Estates Company went into voluntary liquidiation.

The records of Harrisons and Crosfield and its subsidiary and secretarial companies were transferred to Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section between 1990 and 1998. The records were presented as a gift to the Library, except the minute books of some subsidiary companies which are held as a deposit. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records of Langen (Java) Rubber Estates Company Limited, including articles of association, prospectuses and circulars to shareholders.

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Available for general access.

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

English and French.

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

The Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd collection has been divided into 167 sub-fonds; CLC/B/112-001 to CLC/B/112-167. 001 to 016 are records relating to Harrisons and Crosfield (such as operational records, staff records, property records and so on), and 017 to 167 are the records of subsidiaries, plantations and associated organisations.

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.

November 2010 to January 2011. Rubber goods Information sources Documents Business records Industry Manufacturing industry Rubber industry and trade Industrial products Langen (Java) Rubber Estates Co Ltd Java Indonesia South East Asia

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The records of Harrisons and Crosfield and its subsidiary and secretarial companies were transferred to Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section between 1990 and 1998. The records were presented as a gift to the Library, except the minute books of some subsidiary companies which are held as a deposit. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Langen (Java) Rubber Estates Company Limited, including articles of association, prospectuses and circulars to shareholders.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English and French.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

The Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd collection has been divided into 167 sub-fonds; CLC/B/112-001 to CLC/B/112-167. 001 to 016 are records relating to Harrisons and Crosfield (such as operational records, staff records, property records and so on), and 017 to 167 are the records of subsidiaries, plantations and associated organisations.

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Notes area

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

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.

Status

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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