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Titre
Date(s)
- 1864-1874; [1989] (Création/Production)
Niveau de description
Étendue matérielle et support
2 production units.
Zone du contexte
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
This company was formed as a limited company in 1864 to buy and work coffee plantations in Ceylon. It gradually changed over to tea production from the 1870s when the coffee industry was devastated by a fungus. In 1908 it reformed as Ouvah Ceylon Estates Limited. It had offices successively at 79 Cannon Street; 34 Cannon Street; 31 Lombard Street; 5 Dowgate Hill; Thames House, Queen Street Place; and 21 Mincing Lane.
Dépôt
Histoire archivistique
The cash book is the only record of the company known to have survived liquidation in the 1960s.
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-141 1864-1874; [1989] Collection 2 production units. Ouvah Coffee Co Ltd
This company was formed as a limited company in 1864 to buy and work coffee plantations in Ceylon. It gradually changed over to tea production from the 1870s when the coffee industry was devastated by a fungus. In 1908 it reformed as Ouvah Ceylon Estates Limited. It had offices successively at 79 Cannon Street; 34 Cannon Street; 31 Lombard Street; 5 Dowgate Hill; Thames House, Queen Street Place; and 21 Mincing Lane.
The cash book is the only record of the company known to have survived liquidation in the 1960s.
Presented to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1989. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Records of the Ouvah Coffee Company Limited, comprising a cash book and notes on the history of the company and of coffee planting in Ceylon.
One volume, and 6 sheets in an envelope.
Available for general access.
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
English
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.
January to May 2011. Beverage industry Coffee industry Tea trade Agricultural land Plantations Tea Trade (practice) Food trade Coffee trade Information sources Documents Plantation records Agricultural products Plant products Coffee Food industry Manufacturing industry Industry Business records Ouvah Coffee Co Ltd Sri Lanka South Asia
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Presented to the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1989. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
Records of the Ouvah Coffee Company Limited, comprising a cash book and notes on the history of the company and of coffee planting in Ceylon.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Mode de classement
One volume, and 6 sheets in an envelope.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
Available for general access.
Conditions de reproduction
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Langue des documents
- anglais
Écriture des documents
- latin
Notes de langue et graphie
English
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
Instruments de recherche
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Unités de description associées
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Mots-clés - Noms
Mots-clés - Genre
Zone du contrôle de la description
Identifiant de la description
Identifiant du service d'archives
Règles et/ou conventions utilisées
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.
Statut
Niveau de détail
Dates de production, de révision, de suppression
Langue(s)
- anglais