Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1908-1976 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
17 production units.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
This company was incorporated on the 12th of January 1909 and had London offices at 9 Cloak Lane (1909-66), Lee House, London Wall (1967-72) and Three Quays, Tower Hill (1973-5). It went into liquidation in December 1976.
Repository
Archival history
GB 0074 CLC/B/157 1908-1976 Collection 17 production units. Manaos Tramways and Light Co Ltd
Para Electric Railways and Lighting Co Ltd
This company was incorporated on the 12th of January 1909 and had London offices at 9 Cloak Lane (1909-66), Lee House, London Wall (1967-72) and Three Quays, Tower Hill (1973-5). It went into liquidation in December 1976.
These archives were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by the liquidators in 1977. They were catalogued in the same year. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Records of Manaos Tramways and Light Company Limited, comprising: memorandum and articles of association, 1909-23; agreements, trust deeds and related items, 1908-39; share transfer schedules, 1965-1972; register of directors, 1909-1971; minutes of directors' meetings and shareholders' meetings, 1909-1975; annual reports and statements of accounts, 1910-73; papers relating to debenture holders and shareholders' meetings, 1923; correspondence, 1961-1966, 1970; register of documents sealed, 1923-73; register of mortgages, 1909-1971 and blank share and debenture certificates, 1923-71. Also correspondence of the Para Electric Railways and Lighting Company Limited.
The collection is arranged into two sub-fonds: CLC/B/157-01: Manaos Tramways and Light Company; CLC/B/157-02: Para Electric Railways and Lighting Company.
Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
English and Portuguese.
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
These archives were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by the liquidators in 1977. They were catalogued in the same year. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Records of Manaos Tramways and Light Company Limited, comprising: memorandum and articles of association, 1909-23; agreements, trust deeds and related items, 1908-39; share transfer schedules, 1965-1972; register of directors, 1909-1971; minutes of directors' meetings and shareholders' meetings, 1909-1975; annual reports and statements of accounts, 1910-73; papers relating to debenture holders and shareholders' meetings, 1923; correspondence, 1961-1966, 1970; register of documents sealed, 1923-73; register of mortgages, 1909-1971 and blank share and debenture certificates, 1923-71. Also correspondence of the Para Electric Railways and Lighting Company Limited.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
The collection is arranged into two sub-fonds: CLC/B/157-01: Manaos Tramways and Light Company; CLC/B/157-02: Para Electric Railways and Lighting Company.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
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 Portuguese.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
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Description control area
Description identifier
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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
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English