Collection GB 0074 LMA/4435/G - OLDHAM SIGN SERVICE

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 LMA/4435/G

Title

OLDHAM SIGN SERVICE

Date(s)

  • 1930-1988 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.32 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Oldham Sign Service were manufacturers of neon signs. It is possible that they merged with Claude-General Neon Lights in the 1960s.

Archival history

GB 0074 LMA/4435/G 1930-1988 Collection 0.32 linear metres Oldham Sign Service , sign makers

Oldham Sign Service were manufacturers of neon signs. It is possible that they merged with Claude-General Neon Lights in the 1960s.

Received as a gift in 2002.

Records of Oldham Sign Service, sign makers, 1930-1988. This collection contains corporate and accounts records including minutes of Directors' meetings, documents relating to Annual General Meetings, articles of association, trading agreements, asset transfer documents and some general correspondence.

Sixteen documents catalogued as LMA/4435/G/01/001-016.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation 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.

November 2009 to February 2010 Communication process Information transfer Non-verbal information transfer Signs and signboards Information sources Documents Business records Corporate minutes Industry Manufacturing industry Food industry Brewing industry Equipment Lighting equipment Articles of association Electric lighting Lighting Company archives Oldham Sign Service , sign makers Allied Breweries Ltd London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received as a gift in 2002.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Oldham Sign Service, sign makers, 1930-1988. This collection contains corporate and accounts records including minutes of Directors' meetings, documents relating to Annual General Meetings, articles of association, trading agreements, asset transfer documents and some general correspondence.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Sixteen documents catalogued as LMA/4435/G/01/001-016.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation 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

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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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