Collection GB 0074 B/MR - MERRY AND COMPANY {SADDLEMAKERS}

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 B/MR

Title

MERRY AND COMPANY {SADDLEMAKERS}

Date(s)

  • 1883-1951 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

7.26 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

According to the 1930 Post Office London Directory, Merry and Company were run by E Merry Owen and Arthur Trepess. They were based at 4 Saint James's Street, Piccadilly, SW1.

Archival history

GB 0074 B/MR 1883-1951 Collection 7.26 linear metres Merry and Company , saddlemakers

According to the 1930 Post Office London Directory, Merry and Company were run by E Merry Owen and Arthur Trepess. They were based at 4 Saint James's Street, Piccadilly, SW1.

Donated to the archive in two accessions in 1957 and 1962.

Records of Merry and Company, saddlemakers, 1883-1951, including letter books, ledgers, account books, wages books, order books containing clients' names, notes of their requirements (whips, racing equipment, sporting gear, etc.) and many specimens of coloured silks, order book for jockeys' race caps, and correspondence.

Letter books (001-007); Financial (008-028); Order books and catalogues (029-162); Correspondence (163-168).

Available for general access.

Copyright rests with the City of London.
English

Fit

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. July to October 2009 Craft workers Saddlers Information sources Documents Business records Commercial premises Saddleries Leisure Leisure time activities Sport Equestrian sports Horse racing Skilled workers Workers Personnel People by occupation People Company archives Financial accounts Consumer goods Merry and Company , saddlemakers

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Donated to the archive in two accessions in 1957 and 1962.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Merry and Company, saddlemakers, 1883-1951, including letter books, ledgers, account books, wages books, order books containing clients' names, notes of their requirements (whips, racing equipment, sporting gear, etc.) and many specimens of coloured silks, order book for jockeys' race caps, and correspondence.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Letter books (001-007); Financial (008-028); Order books and catalogues (029-162); Correspondence (163-168).

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright rests with the City of London.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

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

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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

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

    Sources

    Accession area